REFUGE + LETTER TO A PIG
Rowland
Saturday, November 5, 1:30 - 3:30 PM @ THE ROWLAND THEATRE
ARNO MICHAELIS and MUBIN SHAIKH of Parents for Peach (Refuge) in attendance.
Refuge (runtime: 74 minutes; languages: English, Arabic, Kurdish) is a film about love and fear in the American South. Chris Buckley is a husband, father, veteran, and until recently, a leader in the KKK. He began hating Muslim people following 9/11, but is forced to confront his hatred when he receives a text message from Muslim refugee, Dr. Heval Kelli. Dr. Kelli lives in Clarkston, Georgia, a town that has welcomed refugees from around the world for over 40 years and is known as the most ethnically diverse square mile in America. Clarkston residents have survived persecution in their home countries, and now they find themselves threatened by a new kind of hate - American white nationalism. Refuge illustrates the roots of hate, its devastating impacts, and ultimately how it can be overcome.
Letter to a Pig (runtime: 17 minutes) A Holocaust survivor writes, after the war, a thank-you letter to a pig that saved his life. After his testimony in a classroom, a young student dreams a tragic version of his story. Beyond her personal vision, the film also explores the themes of collective trauma, vengeance, human evil and compassion.
Showings –
[Available October 28, 7:00 PM - November 7, 9:00 PM, 2022] Stream online...
Sat, Nov 5th, 1:30 PM @ THE ROWLAND THEATRE

A WOMAN ON THE OUTSIDE + BLUE ROOM
Saturday, November 5, 3:30 - 5:30 PM @ THE ROWLAND THEATRE
KRISTAL BUSH and director LISA RIORDAN SEVILLE (A Woman on the Outside) in attendance in conjunction with DIVINE LIPSCOMB and SHAHEEN PASHA of the Prison Journalism Project . . |
A WOMAN ON THE OUTSIDE (runtime: 87 minutes) Kristal is a young, ambitious Philadelphian driven to keep families connected to their incarcerated loved ones. But when her father and brother return from prison, she confronts the ultimate question: can she reunite her own family?
BLUE ROOM (runtime: 11 minutes) Incarcerated participants in a mental health experiment watch videos of sunset-soaked beaches, wildflowers and forests on loop, prompting them to reflect on isolation and wilderness. Equal parts meditation and provocation, Blue Room identifies the damage done by withholding access to the outdoors and how we are all prisoners when the essential human need for communion with nature is denied.
Showings – [Available October 28, 7:00 PM - November 7, 9:00 PM, 2022] Stream online...
And Sat, Nov 5th, 3:30 PM @ THE ROWLAND THEATRE

OF MEDICINE AND MIRACLES + DEAR ANI
Saturday, November 5, 6 - 8 PM @ THE ROWLAND THEATRE
EMILY, TOM, KARI WHITEHEAD (Of Medicine and Miracles) attending MICAH LEVIN and KEITH WASSERMAN (Dear Ani) attending.
Of Medicine and Miracles (runtime: 95 minutes) This riveting documentary chronicles the monumental task of curing cancer, as seen through the harrowing experiences of one young girl, her family, and a doctor on a mission. Director Ross Kauffman is the Academy Award®-winning filmmaker of the feature documentary BORN INTO BROTHELS.

Dear Ani (runtime: 38 minutes) In 1995, an aspiring artist and college sophomore, took a semester off to live in a cabin in Northern Maine. He sat by the edge of a lake and asked the universe to send him a “story worth telling”. Two month later, he was admitted to Bellevue Hospital, while searching for Ani DiFranco. Was this a vision quest? A mental health issue? Was this all an elaborate art project? For twenty years Keith Wasserman has made and delivered elaborate art mail packages - all in the hopes of befriending his muse. Dear Ani explores what can happen when you present your truest self, and risk total failure. It is an intimate account of psychotic mania, personal mastery, and creative triumph.
Showings – [Available October 28, 7:00 PM - November 7, 9:00 PM, 2022] Stream online...
And Sat, Nov 5th, 6:00 PM @ THE ROWLAND THEATRE

THE INSPECTION + SOLDIER
Saturday, November 5, 8 - 10 PM @ THE ROWLAND THEATRE
Director JUSTIN ZIMMERMAN (Soldier) in attendance
The Inspection (runtime: 95 minutes) In Elegance Bratton’s deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines; doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.
Soldier (runtime: 22 minutes) focuses on Daniel Krug: a heroic firefighter, father of five, SWAT trainer and armored combat enthusiast. Daniel is also a former sniper, with ten years of combat, security, rescue and recovery experience in Iraq. And over the past decade, he's lost 11 of his close military friends - and almost lost himself - to PTSD.
Showings – [Available October 28, 7:00 PM - November 7, 9:00 PM, 2022] Stream online...
And Sat, Nov 5th, 8:00 PM @ THE ROWLAND THEATRE