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BRAHMIN BULLS Q&A’s this Weekend at the Playhouse

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In BRAHMIN BULLS, when Ashok makes a surprise trip to L.A. to visit his estranged son, the two begin a journey to mend their relationship until Sid discovers that his father has actually come in search of an old flame.  Starring Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes, Beauty and the Beast), Roshan Seth (Gandhi), Academy Award winner Mary Steenburgen (The Help), Justin Bartha (The Hangover), and Academy Award nominated Michael Lerner (Barton Fink), BRAHMIN BULLS is a heartfelt and humorous look at the ever-evolving relationship between a father and son, the women in their lives, and the powerful secrets they keep.
The BRAHMIN BULLS filmmakers will participate in Q&A’s all weekend at the Playhouse: they will answer audience member’s questions after the 11/21, 22, and 23 7 PM screenings, as well as after the 1:20 PM show on Sunday the 23rd.
11/21 – Cassidy Freeman (actor), Mahesh Pailoor (director), Anu Pradhan (co-writer), Yoshi Tsuji (producer);
11/22 – Presented by Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Gingger Shankar (Composer), Mahesh Pailoor (director), Anu Pradhan (co-writer);
11/23 (1:20 PM) – Mahesh Pailoor (director), Anu Pradhan (co-writer);
11/23 (7 PM) – Presented by the Indian Film Festival Los Angeles, Mahesh Pailoor (director), Anu Pradhan (co-writer).

SHADOWS FROM MY PAST Q&A’s this Weekend at the Town Center

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The documentary SHADOWS FROM MY PAST, which we open this Friday at the Town Center 5, juxtaposes interviews of prominent contemporary Austrians grappling with their nation’s complicity in the Holocaust with desperate letters written by filmmaker Gita Kaufman’s Jewish family from Vienna, 1939 – 1941, begging to save their children. Both the interviews and the letters reverberate to today.

SHADOWS FROM MY PAST  co-director Gita Kaufman will participate in Q&A’s after the 8 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday and the 1 PM and 3:20 PM screenings on Sunday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJetDlcLUxk

FOOD CHAINS, Documentary Expose About the Exploitation of Farm Workers, Opens this Weekend with Q&A’s and Panel Discussions

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This weekend we open FOOD CHAINS, a new feature documentary that exposes the abuse of farm workers within the United States and the complicity of the multi-billion dollar supermarket and fast food industries. There is more interest in food these days than ever, yet there is very little interest in the hands that pick it. Farm workers, the foundation of our fresh food industry, are routinely abused and robbed of wages. In extreme cases they can be beaten, sexually harassed or even enslaved – all within the borders of the United States.

The FOOD CHAINS filmmakers are planning a number of events around the screenings at the Playhouse 7:

November 21st

5:20PM – TENTATIVE PANEL – details tbd

7:30PM – PANEL:

Thomas Saenz (MALDEF)

Lupe Gonzalo (CIW),

Elena Stein (CIW)

November 22nd

5:20PM – PANEL:

David Damien Figueroa (MALDEF, Executive Producer of Food Chains),

Jon Esformes (Operating Partner of Pacific Tomato Growers featured in Food Chains)

7:30PM – PANEL:

Lupe Gonzalo (CIW),

Elena Stein (CIW); UNCONFIRMED PANELIST: Melody and Bobby Kennedy Jr

(After 5:20 screening there will be Wine Happy Hour at Whole Foods Pasadena).

November 23rd

1:00PM – PANEL:

Joann Lo (Food Chains Worker Alliance),

Lupe Gonzalo (CIW),

Elena Stein (CIW)

7:30 PM – TENTATIVE PANEL – details tbd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqZLrXVAde4

GLEN CAMPBELL…I’LL BE ME Q&A Tonight at the Music Hall

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In 2011, music legend Glen Campbell set out on an unprecedented tour across America. He thought it would last five weeks. Instead it went for 151 spectacular sold-out shows over a triumphant year and a half. What made this tour extraordinary was that Glen had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He was told to hang up his guitar and prepare for the inevitable. Instead, Glen and his wife went public with his diagnosis and announced that he and his family would set out on a “Goodbye Tour.”

GLEN CAMPBELL…I’LL BE ME director James Keach, producer Trevor Albert, executive producer Susan Lord Disney and CEO of Alzheimer’s Association Susan Galeas will introduce and participate in a Q&A following the 7:20 pm screening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAtgraWN5-I

AS NIGHT COMES Q&A Saturday at the Music Hall with Cast and Crew

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In the new thriller AS NIGHT COMES, troubled 17-year-old Sean Holloway falls in with a group of teenage outcasts called ‘The Misfits,’ whose charismatic leader, Ricky, takes him under his wing. But as Sean becomes more and more entangled in the gang’s anarchist ways, things begin to spiral out of control, and Sean realizes Ricky is a ticking time bomb on a rampage of revenge. On the eve of Halloween, as night comes, everything explodes…

AS NIGHT COMES producer/co-writer/director Richard Zelniker, co-producer/actor Jesse Kove and cast members Luke Baines (playing Ricky), Myko Oliver (playing Sean), Evanne Friedmann (playing Sarah) will participate in a Q&A at the Music Hall after the 4:40 screening on Saturday, November 15.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX8PvmCRhdI&feature=youtu.be

Q&A’s with KURMANJAN DATKA QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAINS Star and Director

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KURMANJAN DATKA QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAINS is a historical epic about a strong-willed and courageous woman who sacrificed everything to save her nation from total destruction when the Russian imperial forces conquered the Central Asian country in the 1870s. The most expensive film ever made in Kyrgyzstan, the movie is filled with passion, intrigue, bloody battle scenes, spectacular landscapes and lavish costumes.

KURMANJAN DATKA QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAINS director Sadyk Sher-Niyaz and star Elina Abai Kyzy (who portrays the young Kurmanjan) will participate in Q&A’s at the Music Hall after the 7 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, November 21 and 22 and after the 3:40 show on Sunday, November 23.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIjhRQUsj_8
Q&A's with KURMANJAN DATKA QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAINS Star and Director
Elina Abai Kyzy
Q&A's with KURMANJAN DATKA QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAINS Star and Director
Filmmaker Sadyk Sher-Niyaz

 

THE PLAYBACK SINGER Q&A’s at the Music Hall

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THE PLAYBACK SINGER tells the story of an aimless, would-be jungle-gym architect who finds his existence disrupted – and his marriage upended – when his prickly, Indian, B-movie playback singer father-in-law comes to visit and overstays his welcome. An original feature written by director Suju Vijayan, THE PLAYBACK SINGER is an award-winning family drama liberally spiked with comedy, which gets to the heart of relationships and the challenges of finding our place in this world.

THE PLAYBACK SINGER writer-director Suju Vijayan and producer Mike Blum will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:30 PM screenings and introduce the 9:55 PM screenings Friday-Sunday, November 14-16.

http://vimeo.com/39248218

 

Q&A with 21 YEARS: RICHARD LINKLATER Co-Director Tara Wood Opening Night at the NoHo

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It’s been said that the first 21 years defines the career of an artist. Few directors have single-handedly shaken up the film establishment like the godfather of indie, Richard Linklater. From the groundbreaking SLACKER to his innovative BOYHOOD, Linklater has reached the 21-year mark and has unapologetically carved his signature into American pop culture. 21 YEARS: RICHARD LINKLATER offers a raw and honest perspective on Richard through candid conversations with his collaborators.

Tara Wood, co-director of the new documentary 21 YEARS: RICHARD LINKLATER, will participate in a Q&A after the 7:40 screening at the NoHo on Friday, November 7.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duW5VFPNRhw