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Free Screening of Southern Comfort! 9/20/08

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Miami Light Project’s Filmmakers Workshop Series Presents a free screening of Southern Comfort
Saturday, September 20, 2008, 12:00pm
The Light Box, 3000 Biscayne Blvd #100, Miami, FL 33137

This moving documentary chronicles the last year in the life of Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual dying of ovarian cancer. We’re introduced to several people who figure prominently in Robert’s life — most importantly, Lola Cola, a transsexual who’s become Robert’s life partner and cares for him full-time. The two prepare to lead a panel at the annual Southern Comfort conference, a yearly event created for transgender individuals.

A panel discussion with Southern Comfort director Kate Davis, Lola Cola and Tobias Packer of Equality Now will follow the screening. The discussion will be moderated by Rhonda Mitrani.

This program was funded, in part, by a grant from the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council.
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Old Man Bebo: Bebo Valdes film WDNA Fundraiser 9/13/08

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WDNA 88.9FM, in association with Nat Chediak and the Rhythm Foundation proudly present the Florida premiere of OLD MAN BEBO, the award-winning feature film on the legendary composer and pianist, Bebo Valdes.
Old Man Bebo
Saturday September 13th, 8 pm
Artime Theater, 900 SW 1 Street, Miami
A fundraiser for WDNA 88.9 FM, Miami’s Community Radio
Reservations: (305) 662-8889 or online: www.wdna.org
Tickets are $10, $25 or VIP donor $100 (includes cocktail reception, live music by Federico Britos, meet and greet with film director Carlos Carcas and a tour of the new WDNA studios)

Arguably Cuba’s greatest living musician, Bebo Valdes is depicted at his very best, with rare footage shot in and out of Cuba. Winner of the Audience Award at the 2007 In-Edit Barcelona Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain and Best New Director at 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, OLD Man BEBO is a must see.

Interviewd in the movie: Bebo Valdés, Chucho Valdés & the Valdés family, Omara Portuondo, Pío Leyva, Israel López “Cachao”, Guillermo Álvarez Guedes, Paquito D’Rivera, Fernando Trueba, Cesar Portillo De La Luz, Ángel Díaz, Leonardo Acosta
Sponsored in part by Baptist Health South
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Advance Screening Birch Creek Films “If I Were Dictator” 9/27/08

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You are invited to a free advance screening of the new comedy feature-length movie, “If I Were Dictator”.
Saturday September 27th, 7 P.M. at the Westin Hotel/Merrick Ballroom, 180 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida, 33134.
We will feature the advance screening, prize giveaways, live music, and more.
If I Were Dictator was produced by Birch Creek Films, a Miami Production company, and was shot in over thirty locations, utilizing ninety actors, and was written and directed by Justin Routt.
Birch Creek Films has been featured in Deco Drive, Movie Maker magazine, Miami Herald, Sun Sentinel, Fortune Small Business, The Hollywood Reporter, Miami New Times, Aventura magazine, WIOD, WINZ, and at least 25 more media.
What would you do if you could rule the world? If I Were Dictator!
To see a trailer, press, and more, please visit www.dictatormovie.com
Remember, this event is free!
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Free Film Screenings this Sunday at The Wolfsonian-FIU – 8/24/08

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FREE FILM SCREENINGS: MIAMI NOIR: THE ARTHUR E. TEELE STORY (2008, USA, 60 min) AND MILIA (2008, USA, 15 min)—Join filmmakers Sam Rega, Joshua Miller, and Jorge Valdes-Iga for the screenings of Miami Noir: The Arthur E. Teele Story and Milia. Miami Noir is a documentary that examines the events that led up to the suicide of Miami City Commissioner Arthur Teele, Jr. in the lobby of the Miami Herald newspaper building on July 27, 2005. This film blends interviews with dramatizations to portray one of Miami’s most controversial, political, and human interest stories.

In Milia, Nathaniel, a New York fashion photographer, stumbles upon the headshot of Milia, a model who strongly reminds him of a past love. Intrigued, Nathaniel books Milia for test shots, only to realize that she is his daughter. Unaware of this, Milia finds herself falling in love with her father. Both films are free and open to the public and followed by an engaging Q + A session with the filmmakers.
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Wolfsonian Summer Film Series 8/21/08

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Thursday, August 7, 7pm: THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940, USA, John Ford, 100 min, b&w, 16mm)—An Okie family that loses its farm during the Great Depression takes to the road, traveling Route 66 as migrant workers. They journey from the Dust Bowl to California in search of work and opportunity. One of the first movies included in the National Film Registry and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by John Steinbeck.

Thursday, August 14, 7pm: GUN CRAZY (1949, USA, Joseph Lewis, 86 min, b&w, 16mm)—This low-budget “B” noir depicts a deadly crime spree perpetrated by a newly married Second World War veteran fixated on guns and a female six-shooter who’s an ex-carnival performer. The pair go together like “guns and ammunition.” The film, noteworthy for remarkable location shooting, includes a celebrated bank heist sequence that plays out in one long take. Deemed “culturally significant” by the United States Library of Congress in 1998, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Thursday, August 21, 7pm: TWO LANE BLACKTOP (1971, USA, Monte Hellman, 103 min, b&w, DVD)—A time capsule of Route 66 during the pre-Interstate Highway era, this poetic and minimalistic cult classic has a reputation as one of the greatest American road movies of all time. The film’s controversial story is about a race driver and a mechanic who live on the road in their 1955 Chevy, encounter a mysterious hitchhiker, and end up in a cross-country race going east on Route 66.

Thursday, August 28, 7pm: PIERROT LE FOU (1969, France, Jean Luc Godard, 110 min., French with English subtitles, DVD)—This film is the tale of the unorthodox life of Pierrot, the annoying nickname given to unhappily-married Ferdinand Griffon by his babysitter/ex-girlfriend, Marianne Renoir. He leaves his wife and children and flees with Marianne only to find himself chased by Algerian gangsters in a traveling crime spree from Paris to the Mediterranean. Like much pop art of the time, the film uses visuals drawn from cartoons and employs an intentionally garish visual aesthetic based on bright primary colors. Copresented with the Consulat général de France á Miami.