Each month leading up to the 2016 election since March, the Walker teamed up with Full Frame Documentary Film Festival for free documentary screenings and conversations about some of the most important topics of our time.
Cinema of Urgency concludes with a showcase of a selection of contemporary works (some in progress) by Minnesota filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, E.G. Bailey, D.A. Bullock, Karl Jacob, Dawn Mikkelson, Keri Pickett, Norah Shapiro, and Mahmoud Ibrahim & Nathan Fisher.
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Each month leading up to the 2016 election since March, the Walker teamed up with Full Frame Documentary Film Festival for free documentary screenings and conversations about some of the most important topics of our time.
Cinema of Urgency concludes with a showcase of a selection of contemporary works (some in progress) by Minnesota filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, E.G. Bailey, D.A. Bullock, Karl Jacob, Dawn Mikkelson, Keri Pickett, Norah Shapiro, and Mahmoud Ibrahim & Nathan Fisher.
Free tickets available at Hennepin Box Office from 6 pm
The evening includes excerpts of documentaries that tell the stories of the rise of progressive political star Ilhan Omar (who recently won a historic primary election) and Winona LaDuke’s environmental activism and defense of the White Earth Reservation or address the topics of police violence, forgiving the unforgivable, and more. The program features works by Remy Auberjonois, E.G. Bailey, D.A. Bullock, Karl Jacob, Dawn Mikkelson, Keri Picket, Norah Shapiro and Mahmoud Ibrahim & Nathan Fisher..
A panel discussion with the filmmakers will be held after the screening moderated by Full Frame Festival Director Deirdre Haj.
New Neighbors
Directed by E.G. Bailey
New Neighbors tells the story of a mother who is determined to keep her family safe in the face of the assaults on black lives, after they have moved to a new neighborhood. (2016, short film)
First Daughter and the Black Snake
Directed by Keri Pickett
Using an out-of-the-box approach to environmental protection, Native American activist and former Green Party vice-presidential candidate Winona LaDuke focuses on Enbridge’s pipelines for fracked oil, calling attention to its dangers and ways that the shale oil boom is adversely affecting the land. (work in progress, excerpt)
Cold November
Directed by Karl Jacob
A 12-year-old girl raised within a matriarchal household is taken through the right of passage of killing a deer for the first time. Expectations dissolve into chaos, and she finds herself alone, relying on instinct and training to follow through with her decisions and face becoming an adult in the North American wilderness. (2016, excerpt)
Time for Ilhan (working title)
Directed by Norah Shapiro
Rising progressive political star Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee and mother of three, challenges a longstanding, successful incumbent for the Minnesota State Legislature, vying to be the first Muslim African-born woman elected to state office in the United States. (work in progress, excerpt)
Killing Mookie
Directed by D.A. Bullock
Killing Mookie is the story of Terrence Franklin, a black man killed by the police before the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. The film is a portrait of a failure of justice with little response and no systemic change. (work in progress, excerpt)
Blood Stripe
Directed by Remy Auberjonois
Our Sergeant returns home to a small town in Minnesota after a third tour with the US Marines in Afghanistan. Unable to sleep, wracked by paranoia and anxiety, it is clear that she carries unseen wounds in addition to the scars she bears on her torso. When a boisterous homecoming party provokes her into an explosive outburst, she runs … deep into the North Woods, but finds she can’t outrun her own heart of darkness. (2016, excerpt)
Risking Light
Directed by Dawn Mikkelson
From a mother’s meeting with her child’s killer to a genocide survivor’s decision to reject vengeance, Risking Light explores the complex and unique emotional journeys of four remarkable people from the United States, Cambodia, and Australia who have forgiven the unforgivable. (work in progress, excerpt)
Travel Documents
Directed by Mahmoud Ibrahim & Nathan Fisher
Travel Documents follows a Palestinian man living in Baghdad who has his identity documents stolen two weeks before his immigration interview at the US embassy. Reminiscent of the many times he has told his life story to officials, this time he retells it to a sketch artist who draws what he hears. (excerpt)
About Cinema of Urgency
The Walker’s Cinema of Urgency series is programmed in partnership with Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, an annual event in Durham, North Carolina, dedicated to the presentation of contemporary nonfiction cinema.
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