POLITICS ON FILM Screening Schedule

WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2010

WORLD PREMIERE: “Advise and Dissent”
Location: E Street Cinema
Time: 7 p.m.
Run Time: 87 Minutes
This documentary goes behind the lines and into the trenches of the Supreme Court confirmation wars.  With unprecedented access to key players, Advise & Dissent tracks two lions of the Senate and two leading lobbyists through the battles over the nominations of John Roberts, Harriet Miers and Samuel Alito.
PANEL DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW

THURSDAY, May 6, 2010

WORLD PREMIERE: “Lucky Strike”
LOCATION: E Street Cinema
Time: 7 p.m.
Run Time: 30 Minutes
Lucky Strike is the true story of one film student’s improbable adventure during the 2008 Presidential election.  Follow Lucas Baiano’s journey to the national political spotlight, fueled by chance encounters, twists of fate, and pure determination.
Q&A WITH LUCAS BAIANO TO FOLLOW

FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2010

US PREMIERE: “Vaclav Havel”
Locations: E Street Cinema
Time: 7 p.m.
Run Time: 52 Minutes
This documentary from the Czech Republic explores the earliest days of Vaclav Havel’s presidency, including the arrival of his team to Prague Castle in the wake of the turbulent 1989 elections. Interviews with Havel, his advisors and staff as well as Madeleine Albright, President George H. B. Bush and more tell the story of a truly unique period in the history of the former Czechoslovakia and the world.
Q&A WITH DIRECTOR TO FOLLOW

SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2010

Noon: “Open Secret”, E Street Cinema
Run Time: 30 Minutes
WASHINGTON PREMIERE
Based on actual transcripts from Alabama’s 1901 Constitutional Convention, Open Secret is a re-enactment that looks into a part of Alabama’s history that is not well known and not necessarily pleasant.
PANEL DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW

1:30 p.m.: “Multiracial Identity”, E Street Cinema
Run Time: 82 Minutes
WORLD PREMIERE
Multiracial people are the fastest growing demographic in America, yet there is no officially political recognition for mixed-race people.  Multiracial Identity examines what it means to be multiracial in America and explores the social, political, and religious impact of the multiracial movement.
Q&A WITH DIRECTOR TO FOLLOW

4:30 p.m.: “Citizen Boilesen”, E Steet Cinema
Run Time:  93 Minutes
US PREMIERE
Brazil’s political environment in the 1970s is the setting for Chaim Litewski’s film from Brazil about the connections between the country’s business elite and its military establishment. Litewski chronicles Brazil’s descent into violence as the forces of the establishment react to the challenges from the Left.  The focus is on Henning Boilesen, a native of Denmark, who emigrated to Brazil at an early age and became a powerful and influential business figure in his adopted country.

7 p.m.: World Premiere Screening of “Overdose”, E Street Cinema
Run Time: 46 Minutes
WORLD PREMIERE
In times of crisis people seek strong leaders and simple solutions. But what happens when their solutions are identical to the mistakes that caused the very crisis? Overdose is a Swedish documentary that tells the story of the greatest economic crisis of our age – the one that awaits us.
Q&A WITH DIRECTOR TO FOLLOW

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