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AMERICAN MILKSHAKE
Sat, Nov 30, 9:30
In person: filmmakers David
Andalman and Mariko Munro
1995. Takoma Park, Maryland.
Teenager Jolie (Tyler Ross) is a magnet
student who wishes he had more street
cred. He wants an edge, like the
gangsta crowd from Maple Avenue, or
Henrietta (Shareeka Epps, HALF NELSON), whom he tutors, and is secretly his girlfriend—and
not-so-secretly pregnant with another man’s baby. Jolie tries out for the basketball team, hoping
it will bring him closer to being something he is not: black. The debut feature from Takoma Park
native David Andalman premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and features a breakthrough
performance from newcomer Ross in addition to many locations—and a few faces—familiar to
area residents.
DIR/SCR/PROD David Andalman, Mariko Munro. US, 2013, color, 82 min. RATED R
WHEN I WALK
Sun, Dec 1, 6:30
In 2006, 25-year-old Jason DaSilva was on
vacation with his family when, suddenly, he
fell down and couldn’t get back up. Just a few
months earlier doctors had diagnosed him
with multiple sclerosis, a fact with which the
otherwise healthy young man had not yet come
to terms. But now the disease could no longer
be ignored. Picking up the camera and turning
it on his declining body, Jason set out on a
worldwide journey in search of healing, self-
discovery and love. An emotional documentary
filled with unexpected moments of humor and
joy, this is a life-affirming film driven by a young man’s determination to survive—and to make
sense of a devastating disease through the art of cinema. Official Selection 2013 Sundance,
HotDocs Film Festivals.
DIR/SCR/PROD Jason DaSilva; SCR/PROD Alice Cook. US/Canada, 2013, color, 85 min. NOT RATED
LENNY COOKE
Mon, Dec 2, 7:15; Tue, Dec 3, 7:15
In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped
high-school basketball player in the country,
ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e
Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony. A decade
later, Lenny has never played a minute in the NBA.
Filmmaking brothers Joshua and Benny Safdie
(known for their indie features THE PLEASURE OF BEING ROBBED and DADDY LONG LEGS)
pick up the long-discarded footage shot by producer Adam Shopkorn and set out to track the
unfulfilled destiny of a man for whom superstardom was only just out of reach. A quintessentially
American story, this fascinating documentary follows Lenny as he’s filled with nostalgia and regret
contrasting with the Cinderella story of his youth. Official Selection, 2013 Tribeca, Venice Days
Film Festivals.
DIR Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie; PROD Adam Shopkorn. US, 2013, color, 88 min. NOT RATED
AT BERKELEY
Wed, Dec 4, 2:00, 7:00
Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman turns his lens
on the prestigious and once radical University of Berkeley
in this epic documentary filmed over the course of the fall
semester in 2010. Examining, in his trademark style, both
the school’s administrators and its students as the university
faces severe budget cuts, Wiseman creates a holistic
portrait of a community in flux. “As with Wiseman’s best
films, AT BERKELEY ultimately transcends its subject matter
to get at something ineffable and yet so universal about
existence, its promise, mystery, disappointment and drudgery all wonderfully mixed together.”
–Tim Grierson, ScreenDaily.
DIR/SCR/PROD Frederick Wiseman. US, 2013, color, 244 min. NOT RATED
Special Engagements
Courtesy of Phase 4 Films
Courtesy of Long Shot Factory
Courtesy of ShopKorn Productions
