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(USA, 2013, 107 min., b&w, 35mm)

Starring Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof

Shakespeare's beloved battle-of-the-sexes comedy gets a contempo-rary make-over. In the wake of a trip abroad, Claudio and Benedick arrive back in Messina, where Claudio declares his love for Hero. When Benedick learns his friend has poured his heart out to the daughter of the governor, he chides his old friend relentlessly over the assertion while engaging Leonato's niece Beatrice in a series of spirited debates. True love seems to blossom between Benedick and Beatrice. –Swank Motion Pictures

“…a delightfully spirited romp, filled with visual splendor, …and flashes of post-modern absurdi-ty.” – Claudia Puig, USA Today, 6/6/2013

Tuesday, April 8, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m.

Going up the Stairs:

(Iran, 2011, 52 min., color, DVD, Subtitled)

Going up the Stairs shows us that true talent will refuse to be stifled and you don't need an education to channel your emotions into art. Akram is an illiterate 50 year old Iranian woman who became a painter unexpectedly when her young grandson asked her to work on a drawing. That simple act tapped into an explosion of powerful, primitive and colorful paint-ings, which she hid under the carpet from possibly disapproving eyes.


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(USA, 2013, 106 min., color, 35mm) Starring Robert Redford

Academy Award-nominated writer/director J.C. Chandor takes the helm for this tense adventure drama about a man who must fight for survival after being lost at sea. – Swank Motion Pictures “All Is Lost is very much Redford's triumph. His turn isn't pure disappearance so much as a brilliantly human example of cresting and plummeting, cresting and plummet-ing.” – Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post, 10/25/2013


(USA, 2013, 82 min., color, DVD)

A once-booming rural community with a thriving middle class has seen its factories and farms close as the population dwin-dles. A deeply personal look at small-town life, Medora follows a down-but-not-out varsity basketball team as its strug-gles to compete parallel the town’s own fight for survival. – PBS

Filmmakers Andrew Cohn and Davy Rothbart deliver a bleakly potent portrait of life in an economically devastated Middle American town.” – Joe Leydon, Variety, 11/6/2013


THE POWER OF ART/WOMEN’S VOICES IN AFRICA (Canada, 2007, 51 min., color, DVD)

Culture is no longer a static body of knowledge, values, practices and expressions shared and passed on by a community. It is a dynamic reality. This documentary explores how contem-porary African women, who choose to be profes-sional artists, claim their position and deal with the stereotypes associated with being African and women. The film also focuses on the role professional artists may play in addressing the challenges women are faced with on the African continent.

Be sure to check out the Folklife Center’s new exhibit, Celebrating Women’s Creative Hands and Spirits, from now until April 30, 2014.


(USA, 2013, 133 min., color, DVD) Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Brad Pitt

Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life. – Criterion

"The cumulative emotional effect is devastating: the final scenes are as angry, as memorable, as over-whelming as anything modern cinema has to offer.” –Tom Huddleston, Time Out, 10/18/2013

Tuesday, April 1, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m. (USA, 2013, 146 min., color, DVD)

Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson

Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmer-ing, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever. – Lionsgate “By far the film's greatest asset is Jennifer Lawrence, who again brings absolute emotional conviction to her haunted and con-flicted heroine.” – Jason Best, Movie Talk, 11/22/2013

Tuesday, May 6, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m.


When filmmaker Kathy Leichter moved back into her childhood home after her mother's suicide, she discovered a hidden box of audiotapes. Sixteen years passed before she had the courage to delve into this trove, unearthing details that her mother had recorded about every aspect of her life from the challenges of her mar-riage to a State Senator, to her son’s es-trangement, to her struggles with bipolar disorder. This film is a visually arresting, emotionally candid film about a woman coping with mental illness, her relation-ships, and the ripple effects of her suicide on those she loved. – Hereoneday.com

Tuesday, May 13, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m.

(USA, 2013, 110 min., b&w, DVD)

Starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte

A father and son road trip, from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska gets waylaid at a small town in central Ne-braska, where the father grew up and has scores to settle. Told with deadpan humor and a unique visual style, it's ultimately the story of a son trying to penetrate his impenetrable father. – Criterion

“A desolate comedy-drama about fathers, sons, life's highways and missed off-ramps.” – Ty Burr, Boston Globe, 11/26/2013

Tuesday, May 20, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m.

(France, 2012, 105 min., color, DVD, subtitled)

Starring Emmanuelle Devos and Pascal Elbe

This film is the moving and provocative tale of two young men - one Israeli, the other Palestinian - who discover they were accidentally switched at birth, and the complex repercussions facing them and their families. – Cohen Media

“In the end, it seems, this is not a story about two families, and two lands. It's a story about one family, and one world.” – Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger, 10/26/2012

Sponsored by a generous donation from The Gloria Bittman Memorial Fund.

Tuesday, June 3, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m.


Starring Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks

When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, "Mary Poppins," he made them a promise - one that took 20 years to keep. Walt comes up against curmudgeonly, P.L. Travers, who has absolute-ly no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by Hollywood. Walt launches an all-out onslaught on Travers, but she won't budge. Only when he reaches into his own childhood does Walt discovers the truth about what haunts her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to make one of the most endearing films ever – Disney “John Lee Hancock's unexpectedly powerful ' Saving Mr. Banks' is a surprising discovery” – Joe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer, 12/20/2013

Tuesday, May 27, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m.

Program I – 87 min with live introduction.

Every Day is a Holiday – Jury’s Stellar Award

57 min. by Theresa Loong, New York, NY.

This film tells the painful but life-affirming story of filmmaker Theresa Loong father's journey: Chinese teenager and Japanese POW, to merchant seaman, Veterans Affairs doctor and U.S. naturalized citizen.

A Place of Spirit – Jury’s Choice

6.5 min. by Natalie Conn and Jay Weichun, Brooklyn, NY

Andrea Phillips, a Staten Island based artist, is facing eviction. Rather than center itself around the policy issues associated with her eviction, this film focuses on Andrea's emotional and spiritual relationship to her unique home.

Little Block of Cement with Disheveled Hair Containing the Sea – Jury’s Choice

15.5 min. by Jorge Lopez Navarrete, Barcelona, Spain.

A German shepherd dog and an adventurous mare embark upon a voyage together. Without any dialog, this powerful film celebrates the luminous connections between horse and dog.

Something Like Whales

5 min. by Nora Sweeney, Val Verde, CA.

In a dying industrial neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Queensgate Train Yard pulses with life. A local worker describes the haunting sound ema-nating from the yard as “something like whales.”

Program II – 103 min with live introduction.

Montauk – Jury’s Stellar Award

15 min. by Vinz Feller, Brooklyn, NY.

Elisabeth's husband commits suicide and his last wish is for her to travel to Montauk, NY, where they met and fell in love . To honor him, she em-barks on a journey from Switzerland to the U.S. Her trip is filled with anger, acceptance and reconciliation.

Inquire Within – Jury’s Choice

4 min. by Jay Rosenblatt, San Francisco, CA.

A hypnotic, apocalyptic examination of false choices, double binds, vulnerability and faith.

The Apothecary – Jury’s Choice

17 min. by Helen Hood Scheer, Palo Alto, CA.

Don is a beloved druggist in rural Colorado who operates the only pharmacy within 4,000 square miles. He navigates a profound divide between his public and personal life. To the community, he is jovial and heroic. At home, he is impotent and isolated due to his wife's disability.

Her Children Mourn – Directors’ Choice

10 min. by Marta Renzi, Nyack, NY.

A man and a woman, dressed in funeral black, arrive at a homestead. Both are silent, bottled up, alone. They enter a barn to work through their thoughts. In the end they find their way outside - to the fields and garden, and to peace.

Rivergarden - Directors’ Choice

10 min. by Jack Cronin, Ann Arbor, MI.

Filmed along the Huron River and Malletts Creek in Ann Arbor and Dexter, Michigan, this film explores the river as a place of spectacle and reverie.

Chop – Directors’ Choice

6 min. by Ariana Gerstein, Barton, NY.

A thought-provoking piece, contemplating the texture of wood, soy sauce, rice, the crack of a fortune cookie, and a to-go box, presented with-in the disturbing context of de-forestation. Still images through macro photography are animat-ed and integrated within the body of this docu-mentary short.

5 Ways 2 Die – Directors’ Choice

16.5 min. by Daina Papadaki, Nicosia, Cyprus.

How many ways are there to commit suicide? Can a suicide attempt be considered successful? One cuckolded husband over-analyzes this subject, as he struggles to achieve his ideal result.

Families Are Forever

21 min. by Caitlin Ryan and Vivian Kleiman, San Francisco, CA.

Tom and Wendy are devout Mormon parents obediently serve in their ward, as they raise their five children. They promote support for Califor-nia's Proposition 8 – created by opponents of same-sex marriage. One day, Wendy reads her son Jordon's diary and discovers he is gay. Their lives are changed forever as they struggle to understand and support the son they love.

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(Mexico, 2013, 100 min., color, DVD, subtitled)

Starring Eugenio Derbez and Loreto Peralta

Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep. Valentin ends up finding a new home for himself and his daughter, Maggie, in Los Angeles. An unlikely father, he raises Maggie for six years, while establishing himself as a top stunt-man, with Maggie as his coach. As Valentin raises Maggie, she forces him to grow up too. Their unique and off-beat family is threatened when her birth mom shows up, and Valentin realizes he's in danger of losing his daughter. – Swank Motion Pictures “There's a lot of movie here with unexpected developments, held together by the irresistible chemistry between Derbez and his adorable pint-sized co-star.” – Annlee Ellingson, Los Angeles Times, 8/30/2013

Tuesday, June 17, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m.

32ND BLACK MARIA Film + Video Festival The Festival and its tour operate as an independent non-profit organization and is the primary endeavor of Thomas Edison Media Arts.

Tuesday, June 10 Program I 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 10 Program II 6:30 p.m.


Starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights move-ment, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society. – IMDB.com

“Whitaker digs in deep and gives a marvelous under-the-skin performance; he seems to catch the very essence of a man who has spent his whole life trying not to be seen.” – Scott Foundas, Variety, 8/8/2013

Tuesday, June 24, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m.

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