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Friday
January 9
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La Len by Santiago Otheguy (2007, 85 min.). Surrounded by a labyrinth of waterways meandering through lush wilderness, Alvaro lives a simple, lonely life harvesting reeds and fishing. In this remote area of Argentina, Alvaros homosexuality and his love for books aggravates his isolation. The only link between this boundless territory and the city is the water-taxi "El Len. Its captain, El Turu, feels threatened by Alvaro's differences and continually harasses him. But Alvaro doesnt know that El Turus masks an inner turmoil.
showing through jan 15
Who Does She Think She Is? By Pamela Tanner Boll (2008, 84 min.). From the director of Born into Brothels, Boll's new film Who Does She Think She Is? features five bold women who navigate some of the most problematic intersections of our time: mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art.
showing through jan 17
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Saturday
January 10
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It Always Rains on Sunday by Robert Hamer (UK, 1947, 92 min.) On another rainy Sunday in London, as Rose Sandigate (Googie Withers) goes about her daily, mundane chores, she discovers her ex-lover, Tommy Swann (John McCullum), hiding in her toolshed after his escape from prison. The film combines Hitchcockian suspense with French poetic realism to create a portrait of post-war British life. "A bleak thriller realized with utter vibrancy, Robert Hamers savory stew of Londons lower class roils with an emotional brutality and precision that most films dont dare attempt, let alone achieve. Dense and compact, melodramatic but never maudlin." (Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York). Co-presented by The Boston Jewish Film Festival.
showing through jan 15
La Len by Santiago Otheguy (2007, 85 min.). Surrounded by a labyrinth of waterways meandering through lush wilderness, Alvaro lives a simple, lonely life harvesting reeds and fishing. In this remote area of Argentina, Alvaros homosexuality and his love for books aggravates his isolation. The only link between this boundless territory and the city is the water-taxi "El Len. Its captain, El Turu, feels threatened by Alvaro's differences and continually harasses him. But Alvaro doesnt know that El Turus masks an inner turmoil.
showing through jan 15
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Who Does She Think She Is? By Pamela Tanner Boll (2008, 84 min.). From the director of Born into Brothels, Boll's new film Who Does She Think She Is? features five bold women who navigate some of the most problematic intersections of our time: mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art.
showing through jan 17
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Sunday
January 11
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It Always Rains on Sunday by Robert Hamer (UK, 1947, 92 min.) On another rainy Sunday in London, as Rose Sandigate (Googie Withers) goes about her daily, mundane chores, she discovers her ex-lover, Tommy Swann (John McCullum), hiding in her toolshed after his escape from prison. The film combines Hitchcockian suspense with French poetic realism to create a portrait of post-war British life. "A bleak thriller realized with utter vibrancy, Robert Hamers savory stew of Londons lower class roils with an emotional brutality and precision that most films dont dare attempt, let alone achieve. Dense and compact, melodramatic but never maudlin." (Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York). Co-presented by The Boston Jewish Film Festival.
showing through jan 15
La Len by Santiago Otheguy (2007, 85 min.). Surrounded by a labyrinth of waterways meandering through lush wilderness, Alvaro lives a simple, lonely life harvesting reeds and fishing. In this remote area of Argentina, Alvaros homosexuality and his love for books aggravates his isolation. The only link between this boundless territory and the city is the water-taxi "El Len. Its captain, El Turu, feels threatened by Alvaro's differences and continually harasses him. But Alvaro doesnt know that El Turus masks an inner turmoil.
showing through jan 15
Who Does She Think She Is? By Pamela Tanner Boll (2008, 84 min.). From the director of Born into Brothels, Boll's new film Who Does She Think She Is? features five bold women who navigate some of the most problematic intersections of our time: mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art.
showing through jan 17
$5 children /$10 adults
Join BEEP (Brookline Early Education Program) for our second annual family music event! Come sing, dance and play at the Coolidge with other young children and their families. Features live interactive musical performances and musical short films.
All proceeds support BEEP literacy programs and classroom libraries.
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Monday
January 12
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Tuesday
January 13
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Wednesday
January 14
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Empty Nest by Daniel Burman (Argentina, 2008, 91 min.) Daniel Burman's superbly imaginative and entertaining Empty Nest is a comedic look at the problems inherent in married life and the difficulties associated with keeping a long-term relationship new and exciting. Burman invites the viewer into the quasisurrealist world of playwright Leonardo (Oscar Martnez) and his wife Martha (Cecilia Roth). At once hilarious and nostalgic, Burman's film ponders reality itself while offering a profound consideration of memories and how they are created. In Spanish and Hebrew with English subtitles. Description adapted from the Toronto International Film Festival. Co-presented by The Boston Jewish Film Festival.
showing through jan 25
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath (US/Laos 2008, 100 min.). Filmed over the course of 23 years, The Betrayal is an epic story of one family's journey from war-torn Laos to the mean streets of New York in the 80's to the present. Thavisouk Phrasavath tells the story of himself as a young man struggling to survive a war and the hardships of immigrant life. His mother tells her own astonishing tale of perseverance as a soldier's wife. Breathtaking and compelling, renowned cinematographer Ellen Kurass directorial debut is a remarkable collaboration with co-director Phrasavath a poetic, deeply personal film about the hidden, human face of wars collateral damage. In English and Lao with English subtitles.
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Thursday
January 15
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Empty Nest by Daniel Burman (Argentina, 2008, 91 min.) Daniel Burman's superbly imaginative and entertaining Empty Nest is a comedic look at the problems inherent in married life and the difficulties associated with keeping a long-term relationship new and exciting. Burman invites the viewer into the quasisurrealist world of playwright Leonardo (Oscar Martnez) and his wife Martha (Cecilia Roth). At once hilarious and nostalgic, Burman's film ponders reality itself while offering a profound consideration of memories and how they are created. In Spanish and Hebrew with English subtitles. Description adapted from the Toronto International Film Festival. Co-presented by The Boston Jewish Film Festival.
showing through jan 25
It Always Rains on Sunday by Robert Hamer (UK, 1947, 92 min.) On another rainy Sunday in London, as Rose Sandigate (Googie Withers) goes about her daily, mundane chores, she discovers her ex-lover, Tommy Swann (John McCullum), hiding in her toolshed after his escape from prison. The film combines Hitchcockian suspense with French poetic realism to create a portrait of post-war British life. "A bleak thriller realized with utter vibrancy, Robert Hamers savory stew of Londons lower class roils with an emotional brutality and precision that most films dont dare attempt, let alone achieve. Dense and compact, melodramatic but never maudlin." (Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York). Co-presented by The Boston Jewish Film Festival.
final showing
La Len by Santiago Otheguy (2007, 85 min.). Surrounded by a labyrinth of waterways meandering through lush wilderness, Alvaro lives a simple, lonely life harvesting reeds and fishing. In this remote area of Argentina, Alvaros homosexuality and his love for books aggravates his isolation. The only link between this boundless territory and the city is the water-taxi "El Len. Its captain, El Turu, feels threatened by Alvaro's differences and continually harasses him. But Alvaro doesnt know that El Turus masks an inner turmoil.
final showing
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North by Katrina Browne, Alla Kovgan, and Jude Ray (2008, 86 min.). When filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her ancestors, the DeWolfs, a highly respected Northern family, used to be the largest slave-trading family in US history, she and nine relatives embark on a journey along their ancestors slave trade routefrom quaint Bristol, Rhode Island, to the slave castles in Ghana, and the familys former sugar and coffee plantations in Cuba. Confronting guilt (or the lack of it), grief, and questions of their own privileges, the family members begin to develop a vision of how to reconcile their own lives with their familys past. Browne traces a brave journey that provides a glimpse of how we can work our way through the rough tangle of the black-white divide. Discussion with the directors follows the January 15 screening.
showing through feb 1
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Friday
January 16
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Promise to the Dead by Peter Raymont (Canada, 2006, 92 min.). On September 11, 1973, Chiles military attacked its government. As the coup took hold, the democratically elected president Salvador Allende called government members to the presidential palace to stand against their attackers, facing certain death. Ariel Dorfman was Allendes cultural advisor, and should have been called too; he later discovered his name had been struck from the list so he could live to tell what happened that day. Three decades later, Dorfman is an internationally respected writer and human rights activist, winner of the Sir Laurence Olivier Award for the play Death and the Maiden. Filmmaker Peter Raymont travels to Chile with Dorfman in late 2006, at the time when Augusto Pinochet, is dying. In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
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Short Program: Youth Producing Change (78 min.). The Countdown by Rene Dongo (US, 2007, 6 min.) shares an artists hope that society can work to fill the empty space left by September 11. Women Empowerment by Bridges to Understanding (South Africa, 2007, 5 min.) reflects the harsh reality South African mothers face in raising children alone in their township. I Want My Parents Back by students of the Media Arts Center San Diego (US/Mexico, 2007, 11 min) shows the impact of U.S. immigration policies on families. Islands of the People by Students of the Atira Womens Resource Society (Canada, 2007, 6 min.) A 13-year-old girl makes a commitment to learn the Haida language from her grandmother, one of the last living people who can speak, read, and write in Haida. The True Cost of Coal by Students of the Appalachian Media Institute, Appalshop Inc. (2007, 8 min.). Mountain communities rally to protect their rights, land, and health. The Hidden Cost of Cashme
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The Brattle Selects 2009. Braffle Winner Selects: DAS BOOT: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT
Brattle Theatre
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Saturday
January 17
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Project Kashmir by Senain Kheshgi and Geeta V. Patel (2008, 89 min.). Two American friends, one Hindu and one Muslim, enter the war zone of Kashmir to investigate the 60-year rivalry between their homelands India and Pakistan. Beautifully shot, the film captures the physical splendor of Kashmir, while expertly interweaving deeply moving personal stories of Kashmiris with those of the two American women, who strive to reconcile their ethnic and religious heritage with the violence that haunts their homeland. In English, Urdu, Kashmiri, and Hindi with English subtitles.
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USA vs. Al-Arian by Line Halyorsen (Norway, 2007, 98 min.). A passionate, outspoken pro-Palestinian activist, university professor Sami Al-Arian was charged in 2003 with funding and supporting a Palestinian terrorist group and held in prison awaiting a trial for two-and-a-half years. USA vs. Al-Arian is an intimate family portrait that documents the strain brought on by Al-Arians trial, a battle waged both in court and in the media. A tight-knit family unravels before our eyes as trial preparations consume their lives. In Arabic with English subtitles.
one day only
Who Does She Think She Is? By Pamela Tanner Boll (2008, 84 min.). From the director of Born into Brothels, Boll's new film Who Does She Think She Is? features five bold women who navigate some of the most problematic intersections of our time: mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art.
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Sunday
January 18
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Confronting Amnesia: Frozen Memories of the Russian Gulag by John J. Michalczyk (2008, 50 min). This powerful and insightful documentary explores the establishment and operations of the Gulag, which led to the arbitrary decisions of life or death for its prisoners. Weaving interview with survivors, scholars, and historians, Michalczyk tells the story of the Russian people under Stalins era of The Great Terror, in which the remote labor camps of the Gulag were used as a deterrent to real or perceived threats against the regime. The film exposes the unrelenting suffering experienced by Gulag victims and their families. But the film also recognizes the profound changes of the past 15 years in the former Soviet Untion which have seen the establishment of various human rights advocay groups to ensure that this abuse never happens again. Director present.
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Empty Nest by Daniel Burman (Argentina, 2008, 91 min.) Daniel Burman's superbly imaginative and entertaining Empty Nest is a comedic look at the problems inherent in married life and the difficulties associated with keeping a long-term relationship new and exciting. Burman invites the viewer into the quasisurrealist world of playwright Leonardo (Oscar Martnez) and his wife Martha (Cecilia Roth). At once hilarious and nostalgic, Burman's film ponders reality itself while offering a profound consideration of memories and how they are created. In Spanish and Hebrew with English subtitles. Description adapted from the Toronto International Film Festival. Co-presented by The Boston Jewish Film Festival.
showing through jan 25
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North by Katrina Browne, Alla Kovgan, and Jude Ray (2008, 86 min.). When filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her ancestors, the DeWolfs, a highly respected Northern family, used to be the largest slave-trading family in US history, she and nine relatives embark on a journey along their ancestors slave trade routefrom quaint Bristol, Rhode Island, to the slave castles in Ghana, and the familys former sugar and coffee plantations in Cuba. Confronting guilt (or the lack of it), grief, and questions of their own privileges, the family members begin to develop a vision of how to reconcile their own lives with their familys past. Browne traces a brave journey that provides a glimpse of how we can work our way through the rough tangle of the black-white divide. Discussion with the directors follows the January 15 screening.
showing through feb 1
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Monday
January 19
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