3:00 to 5:30 pm: Informal work-in-progress screenings by local filmmakers. Rm. 208 Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street.
Come and provide filmmakers with your feedback. Excerpts to be shown by Stephen Dest (I am Shakespeare), Gorman Bechard (Normal Valid Lives), Rich and Didi Dobbs (Sean So Far), Charles Musser (For John Carlos…(Y)our Family Album), and Matt Jacobson (Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation).
Evening Screenings in the Whitney Humanities Center AUditorium
7:00 pm Angel of Nanjing (Jordan Horowitz and Frank Ferendo, 2015) 70 min
The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing is one of the most famous bridges in China. It is also the most popular place in the world to commit suicide. For the past 11 years Chen Si has been patrolling this bridge, looking to provide aid for those who've gone there to end their lives. Incredibly, he has saved over 300 people.
Followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers.
8:15 pm: coffee
8:30 pm: Hungry Fridays (Hannah Jannitto, 2016) 8 min
Radical Hospitality (Amanda Chemeche, 2016) 26 min
Looks at the Karen refugees from Myanmar who are sponsored by the Mennonites of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The filmmakers will be at all the screenings.
His Name is Midnight (Kelly Colbert, 2015) 28 min
The story of a prince to pauper rodeo horse with an unstoppable will to survive.
Followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers.
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