Event

David and Me & On Beauty

See the 2015 Audience Award Winners in our first Best of the Fest of the season.

David & Me
USA, 2014, 69 minutes

Directors: Ray Klonsky & Marc Lamy

When David McCallum, a 16 year old from Brooklyn, was tried and convicted for kidnapping, robbery and murder, filmmaker Ray Klonsky wasn't even born. But when he heard David's story and found the evidence leading to his 25 years to life sentence was questionable, Ray vowed to find the evidence that would vindicate him. David & Me is an emotional story about friendship, perseverance and an unwavering belief in justice.

Preceded by
On Beauty
USA, 2014, 31 mins

Director Joanna Rudnick

On Beauty follows fashion photographer Rick Guidotti, who left the fashion world when he grew frustrated with having to work within the restrictive parameters of the industry's standard of beauty. After a chance encounter with a young woman who had the genetic condition albinism, Rick re-focused his lens on those too often relegated to the shadows to change the way we see and experience beauty. Rick's photos challenge both mainstream media's narrow scope of beauty and the dehumanizing black-bar convention of medical textbooks.