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Today’s movies: Mann v. Ford, Road to Paloma, Among Ravens Native Cinema Showcase
date_range | August 21, 2014 |
location_on |
113 Lincoln Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States |
schedule | 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Noon: Mann v. Ford
(USA, 2010, 106 min.)
Directors: Maro Chermayeff and Micah Fink
Mann v. Ford tells the story of the Ramapough Mountain Indian community’s epic battle against two American giants, the Ford Motor Company and the Environmental Protection Agency, which failed to ensure that Ford cleaned the land of deadly toxins and erroneously declared the community safe and clean of toxic waste.
Maro Chermayeff is an award-winning producer, director, author, and former executive. Maro is Founder and Chair of the MFA Program in Social Documentary at the School of Visual Arts in New York, and served as a senior programming executive at A&E Television Networks (AETN).
Micah Fink is an award-winning producer, director, and writer specializing in international affairs, public health, and environmental issues. Currently on the faculty of the Social Documentary Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Micah has produced over a dozen films for National Geographic, PBS, Wide Angle, Frontline, and ABC News.
3 pm: Road to Paloma
(USA, 2014, 91 min.)
Director/Co-Writer: Jason Momoa (Native Hawaiian); Producers: Brian Andrew Mendoza and Jason Momoa
After his mother is brutally raped and murdered, a young Mojave man runs from the law after meting out his own justice on the perpetrator. Traveling across the desert, he says his goodbyes to family while making new friends, knowing that the price he will pay for taking a life is his own.
Jason Momoa is poised as one of Hollywood’s upcoming leading male action stars and Road to Paloma is his directorial debut. He will begin shooting his lead role in the second season of the critically acclaimed Sundance TV series The Red Road. Jason also played an integral role in the success of the critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated first season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. He also established a large genre fan base from his portrayal of ‘Ronan Dex’ in the SyFy series Stargate: Atlantis.
7 pm: Among Ravens
(USA, 2014, 103 min.)
Directors: Russell Friedenberg and Randy Redroad (Cherokee); Producer: Heather Rae (Cherokee)
Set against the idyllic lakeside of McCall, Idaho, a family and friends gather for an annual Independence Day weekend celebration. When an unusual and unexpected newcomer arrives, a bird photographer named Chad, the balance is shifted between the numerous self-absorbed adults, and the lone child, Joey, a girl of remarkable insight and boundless understanding.
Randy Redroad is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker whose feature debut, The Doe Boy, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the prestigious Sundance/NHK Award. In 2012, Randy co-produced and edited the Showtime documentary First Circle, an intimate look into the world of the foster care system. Randy’s third feature, The Last Typewriter, is currently in development.
Russell Friedenberg has worked as a screenwriter, actor, producer, and director. Russell has attended the Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab, Tribeca All Access, the Sundance Producer’s Lab, IFP No Border, and was a fellow at the Writer’s Guild Screenwriter’s Lab. Russell’s writing and producing credits include Trudell, which premiered at Sundance in 2005. He is the writer and producer on First Circle, a feature documentary about the foster care system in America that is currently playing on Showtime.
DETAILS
August 21, 2014
Time:
1:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
No cost
Location:
113 Lincoln Avenue , Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States
CONTACT
Organizer:
Marlon Magdalena