Poetry 12-2 Saturday
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Schedule of films - At Museum of Ventura County
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SATURDAY
2:30 pm - LORENZO DESTEFANO BLOCK 1 www.lorenzodestefano.com “STAIRWAY TO THE STARS” FILM RT: 24:50 min “STAIRWAY TO THE STARS” BEHIND THE SCENES RT: 16:21 In a Mythical Place called Hollywood Where Dreams of Fame and Fortune Come and Go The only Real Thing left is Friendship TIME - The Present PLACE – The Hollywood Hills CAST - LAVERGNE, a Woman of a Certain Age. TONY, a Heavy-Set Young Man. One hot, smoggy afternoon, Lavergne (SEAN YOUNG), an aging white actress on the verge of physical and mental collapse, attempts to climb an absurdly steep flight of stairs in the Hollywood Hills, goaded on by Tony (QUINTON AARON), a young black man of blind ambition and ample proportions, who has vowed to save her life. Q&A: 15 min 3:30 pm - GENRE BLOCK "L’ŒUF" Director Annabelle Augustine A housewife begins to crack when her breakfast starts speaking to her. RT: 4 min "CHIMERA" Director Justin Hughes A stressed single mother enlists a psychiatrist to help with her troubled teenage son, but she soon discovers a dark secret lurking inside him. RT: 13:02 min "THE LEGEND OF SIX GUN SHOOTER SHAMUS" Director Ethan Messecar A retired sharpshooter practices his aim, but finds he's eerily out of touch. RT: 8:30 min "INNSMOUTH BLVD" Director Ethan Messecar A private eye takes on a routine stakeout, only to find himself investigating an occult ritual. RT: 19 min "OASIS" Director John McKey A journey through a man's memories, alternating between his time as an astronaut stranded on an arid desert planet, and moments of peaceful serenity with the woman he loves. RT: 13:46 min "THE SPACE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS" Director JB Packer RT:11:26 min "TRESS" Director Santiago Lee-Baez As a student spends all the last of their energy on classwork for a few days, the effects of stress and sleep deprivation start to seemingly manifest itself into a body that roams the halls of the school in search of them. Buena High School Program RT: 10 min "WATCH" Director Emil Hernandez A man finds a watch with the power to teleport, but realizes his newfound power is short-lived. Buena High School RT: 6:32 min TOTAL RT: 1 hr 26 min + Q&A 20 min 5:45pm - EXPERIMENTAL BLOCK "CAT MELT" Director Ted Mills RT: 3:32 min "THE FISHERMAN FISHES FISH" Director Dimitri Fouras RT: 12:12 min "IN CHIAPAS" Director Gary Young RT: 2:25 min "SIN GRAVEDAD" Director Maria Mayo Sin Gravedad (Without Gravity) presents viewers with a complex and meditative visual poem attempting to convey the nebulous aspects of grief. RT: 6:01 min "WELCOME TO THE FUNHOUSE" Dir. Angelo Merenda A mind-bending adventure through the creator’s mind where it’s hard to tell what’s real, what’s fake, and what’s just a different perspective on reality. Buena High School RT: 9 min TOTAL RT: 34 min + Q&A 26 min 6:45 pm - DEBORAH ATTOINESE BLOCK http://www.deborahattoinese.com "PLAYING WITH FIRE" A former rodeo queen, U.S. Forest Service Battalion Chief and mother takes on the male-dominated world of fire after being sexually assaulted while on assignment in Colorado. RT: 24 min "GIRL KNIGHT" 16-year-old Isabel is trapped in her own armor until she meets Deliah, a goth princess, in detention at school. Edging around each other at first, these two wounded souls learn to love by finding the courage to let their guard down. RT: 11:08 min "SNAIL" Isaac gets the wake-up call of his life when Anna, his beautiful new neighbor, breaks into his apartment. When he falls for her, he’s forced to come out of his shell. RT: 12:34 min "ON DIRECTING" Featuring AGNES VARDA and WIM WENDERS A chance to learn about the craft of directing from filmmakers who continually dare us to push back against boundaries and cross the lines we've often drawn for ourselves as we continue on our own creative path. RT: 20 min TOTAL RT: 1 hr 7 min + Q&A 23min 
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SUNDAY
1:30 pm - JOHN TREUR BLOCK https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7793246/ "CALL THE MEAT WAGON" After his wife leaves him, Quietus Morbidity drives around picking up the victims of the “Black Glove Killer.” RT: 19:47 min "PINEAPPLE AND BANANAS" RT: 4:33 "SONIC BOOM" RT: 2:35 "THE END OF OUR RELATIONSHIP" RT: 0:25 min Total RT: 27 min + Q&A 33 min 2:30 pm - DRAMEDY BLOCK "MY STUFFED ANIMALS THINK I’M FUNNY" Director Annabelle Augustine An awkward comedienne suffers a nervous breakdown after meeting a potential new roommate. RT: 14 min "ALEX N. IS AN IDIOT" Director Luis Guereca RT: 22:52 min "LADKE" Director Sruchi Patel After seeing the coolest shoes on campus, Saloni, a hopeless romantic, embarks on a quest to find the boy wearing them. There’s only one problem: She has no idea what he looks like. RT: 14:27 min "MAN DOWN" Director Jonathan Rowan After the racially charged shooting of an unarmed teenager, an officer of color must decide whether to stand on the side of the law or seek justice for his community. RT: 15:05 min TOTAL RT: 1hr 07 min + Q&A 23 min 4:30 PM - CAPS MEDIA BLOCK TOTAL RT: 30 min + 20 min Q&A 5:30 PM - LORENZO DESTEFANO BLOCK 2 www.lorenzodestefano.com "HEARING IS BELIEVING" TRAILER & 6 CLIPS In a World Filled with Noise There is Another Sound Worth Hearing And Her Name is Rachel Flowers “Hearing Is Believing” introduces the world to the astonishing young musician and composer, Rachel Flowers. Born 15 weeks premature, at a body weight of one pound five ounces, Rachel lost her eyesight due to Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). At 2 she began picking up melodies from her musician parents and was soon playing every song she heard by ear, including Bach fugues. The child had perfect pitch. A dynamic and engaging portrait of two years in the life of a tight-knit American family, a single mom and her two kids, living paycheck to paycheck in Oxnard, California, “Hearing is Believing” revels in Rachel’s joyous and free-flowing love of song, illuminating the bonds of family and the divine mysteries of creativity. "HEARING IS BELIEVING" TRAILER RT: 2:23 min Clip 1 Rachel w/ Ray Charles RT: 3:12 min Clip 2 Rachel w/ Braille machine RT: 2:12 min Clip 3 Rachel plays the national anthem RT: 4:26 min Clip 4 Rachel plays “Pictures at an Exhibition” RT: 2:05 min Clip 5 Rachel plays “The Way It Is” RT: 3:20 min Clip 6 Rachel & Arturo Sandoval “My Funny Valentine” RT: 3:16 min "LOS ZAFIROS - MUSIC FROM THE EDGE OF TIME" TRAILER & FILM EXCERPT RT: 17:47 min For Those Whose Lives They Briefly Touched Los Zafiros are Legends Music, history, and emotion fuel this dynamic, award-winning tribute to Los Zafiros / The Sapphires, the great Cuban pop group known as “The Beatles of 1960s Cuba.” As John, Paul, George and Ringo were forming the Beatles in Liverpool in the early 1960s, another band was coming together in the tough district of Cayo Hueso in Havana. Playing a brilliant mix of American inspired Doo Wop and traditional Latin forms, Los Zafiros became a sensation in their native land and beyond before dissolving in the mid-1970s from the effects of the fast life, infighting and changing political and musical tastes. "TALMAGE FARLOW" TRAILER & FILM EXCERPT RT: 15:23 He Painted Signs He Played Guitar He Vanished From The Scene TALMAGE HOLT FARLOW’s half-century career in jazz embodied the unusual. Born June 7, 1921 in Greensboro, North Carolina, he was supposed to grow up and become a textile plant worker like his father. Instead, he spent countless hours tuned in to remote radio broadcasts of Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Coleman Hawkins. By the late 1940s, the polite, lanky boy with the massive hands had moved to New York after playing in dance and society bands down south. Tal’s highly innovative style and unique sense of harmony launched him on a successful and much-heralded career as a leader, resulting in many international awards including Down Beat magazine’s New Star of 1954 and Down Beat poll winner in 1956 & 1957. It has been over 26 years since Tal Farlow’s death on July 25, 1998. “TALMAGE FARLOW” chronicles Tal’s unique story and his timeless music with the legions of true believers as well as for a whole new audience. "FROM A DARKENED ROOM – THE DIARY OF A NOBODY" FILM EXCERPT RT: 14:31 min Before There Was Facebook Before There Was Social Networking There Was Arthur Inman “FROM A DARKENED ROOM – THE DIARY OF A NOBODY” is a new feature documentary from Lorenzo DeStefano about the notorious Boston diarist ARTHUR CREW INMAN (1895-1963) and his 17-million word/155 volume “Inman Diary”, published by Harvard University Press. An epic of collective memory, the film chronicles the bizarre true story of Inman’s 60-year quest for literary immortality, his 40-year marriage to his long-suffering wife and collaborator EVELYN YATES INMAN, and the 1,000 citizens of Boston who found their hopes and dreams and personal demons frozen in amber by Inman, a man obsessed with connectivity decades before the word was invented. Q+A 15 min TOTAL RUN TIME: 1 hr 25 min 
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