We hope you’ve had a great summer. We know some of our 2009 featured films have.
Many of you will remember the Audience Award Winner, The Response, which played to a sold out house at the E Street Cinema on opening night.
Since its appearance at PoliFi, The Response has been screened at numerous other festivals, and at special screenings at the Pentagon and the Department of Justice. Producer Sig Libowitz, a DC-area native, even had the chance to go to Guantanamo to get a firsthand look at the military tribunals, which are the subject of this powerful 30-minute film.
Neshoba, the chilling, behind-the-scenes look at the trial of Edgar Ray Killen, continues a successful run on the fest circuit, recently picking up the Audience Award at the Albuquerque Film Festival. Neshoba plays The New Orleans Film Fest and the Hollywood Film Fest in October.
Our 2009 Best Documentary Winner, The Reckoning, aired on PBS in July and continues screenings all over the world – from the Rio Film Festival to Berlin’s Film Festival for Human Rights.
If you missed it at PoliFi, you can see it soon in DC at several screenings: October 28 at 6 pm at the Goethe Institute, 812 7th St. NW; and October 29 at 5:30 pm at American University’s Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Finally, check out the super-cool web site for Best International Film Winner, France’s 8th Wonderland….www.8thwonderland.com. You will be sorry you missed this original, topical political thriller at the fest….