Event
Oscar® Docs 2011
The DOC Film Institute of SF State and The Balboa Theater proudly present "Oscar® Docs 2011", an exclusive three-day screening of 2011 Academy Award nominated short and feature documentaries. This is DOC Film Institute's fifth year presenting this show in San Francisco.
Tickets are $7.50 per screening, or $20 for an all-day pass.
Tuesday, Feb. 22
12:00 - Gasland (107m)
2:10 - Restrepo (93m)
4:00 - Waste Land (99m)
6:00 - Shorts Part 1 (80m)
7:45 - Shorts Part 2 (120m)
Wednesday, Feb. 23
12:00 - Exit Through the Gift Shop (87m)
1:50 - Waste Land (99m)
3:50 - Inside Job (120m)
6:10 - Restrepo (93m)
8:10 - Gasland (107m)
Thursday, Feb. 24
2:00 - Shorts Part 1 (80m)
3:45 - Shorts Part 2 (120m)
6:10 - Inside Job (120m)
8:30 - Exit Through the Gift Shop (87m)
Short Subject - PART I
"Poster Girl" Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
"Strangers No More" Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Short Subject - PART II
"Killing in the Name" Jed Rothstein
"Sun Come Up" Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
"The Warriors of Qiugang" Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
SYNOPSIS -- FEATURES
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Directed by Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
Plays on Wednesday, February 23rd at 12:00PM and Thursday, February 24th at 8:30PM
This is the inside story of Street Art - a brutal and revealing account of what happens when fame, money and vandalism collide. Exit Through the Gift Shop follows an eccentric shop-keeper turned amateur film-maker as he attempts to capture many of the world's most infamous vandals on camera, only to have a British stencil artist named Banksy turn the camcorder back on its owner with wildly unexpected results.
One of the most provocative films about art ever made, Exit Through the Gift Shop is a fascinating study of low-level criminality, comradeship and incompetence. By turns shocking, hilarious and absurd, this is an enthralling modern-day fairytale... with bolt cutters.
GASLAND
Directed by Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Plays on Tuesday, February 22nd at 12:00PM and Wednesday, February 23rd at 8:10pm
It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.
INSIDE JOB
Directed by Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Plays on Wednesday, February 23rd at 3:50PM and Thursday, February 24th at 6:10PM
From Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Charles Ferguson ("No End In Sight"), comes INSIDE JOB, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs.
Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, INSIDE JOB traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia. Narrated by Academy Award winner Matt Damon, INSIDE JOB was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China
RESTREPO
Directed by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Plays on Tuesday, February 22rd at 2:10PM and Wednesday, February 23rd at 6:10PM
RESTREPO is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, "Restrepo," named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military. This is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals or diplomats. The only goal is to make viewers feel as if they have just been through a 90-minute deployment. This is war, full stop. The conclusions are up to you.
WASTELAND
Directed by Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Plays on Tuesday, February 22rd at 4:00PM and Wednesday, February 23rd at 1:50PM
Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores"self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz's initial objective was to "paint" the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Director Lucy Walker (DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, BLINDSIGHT, COUNTDOWN TO ZERO) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.
SYNOPSIS -- SHORT SUBJECT
Poster Girl
Directed by Sara Nesson
Plays Tue, Feb 22 at 6:00PM and Thu, Feb 24 at 2:00PM as part of Shorts - Part 1.
POSTER GIRL is the story of Robynn Murray, an all-American high-school cheerleader turned "poster girl" for women in combat, distinguished by Army Magazine's cover shot. Now home from Iraq, her tough-as-nails exterior begins to crack, leaving Robynn struggling with the debilitating effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Strangers No More
Directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Plays Tue, Feb 22 at 7:45PM / Thu, Feb 24 at 3:45PM as part of Shorts - Part 2.
In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. Many of the students arrive at Bialik-Rogozin School fleeing poverty, political adversity and even genocide. Here, no child is a stranger. The film follows several students' struggle to acclimate to life in a new land while slowly opening up to share their stories of hardship and tragedy
Killing in the Name
Directed by Jed Rothstein
Plays Tue, Feb 22 at 6:00PM and Thu, Feb 24 at 2:00PM as part of Shorts - Part 1.
Ashraf Al-Khaled was celebrating the happiest day of his life when an Al-Qaeda suicide bomber walked into his wedding and killed his father and 26 other family members in front of his eyes. Now, he's rising from that horrific tragedy to break the silence in the Muslim community on this taboo subject by speaking out against terrorism. Killing in the Name follows Ashraf's quest to speak with victims and perpetrators and expose the true cost of terrorism, taking us on a journey around the world to see if one man can speak truth to terror and begin to turn the tide.
Sun Come Up
Directed by Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
Plays Tue, Feb 22 at 7:45PM / Thu, Feb 24 at 3:45PM as part of Shorts - Part 2.
Sun Come Up follows the relocation of some of the world's first environmental refugees, the Carteret Islanders a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean. When rising seas threaten their survival, the islanders face a painful decision: they must leave their beloved land in search of a new place to call home.
The film follows a group of young Carteret Islanders led by Nick Hakata as they search for land in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea 50 miles across the open ocean.
The Warriors of Qiugang
Directed by Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Plays Tue, Feb 22 at 7:45PM / Thu, Feb 24 at 3:45PM as part of Shorts - Part 2.
Villagers in central China take on a chemical company that is poisoning their air, water and land. For five years they fight to transform their environment and as they do, they find themselves transformed as well.
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LocationBalboa Theatre
3630 Balboa St. @37th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94121
United States
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