The director and producer of THE SQUARE, the acclaimed documentary about the Egyptian revolution, will participate in Q&A’s at the Monica this weekend. Director Jehane Noujaim and producer Karim Amer will participate in a Q&A after the 7:10 PM screening and introduce the 9:55 PM screening on Saturday, November 2. Amer will also do Q&A’s after the 4:10 and 7:10 screenings on Sunday the 3rd.
STAFF PICK – “Blood Brother”
Blood Brother is a breathtaking film packed with humanity. It chronicles the life of ROCKY BRAAT, a young American who, on a trip to India, finds himself volunteering at a group home for kids with HIV. With Rocky and the irrepressible children, it’s love at first sight and their lives soon become intertwined.
Fortunately for Rocky and film audiences, his good friend STEVE HOOVER just happens to be a gifted filmmaker. Skeptical at first, Hoover is persuaded to travel to India and document Rocky’s exploits. The result is a powerful and eloquent depiction of the situation at the group home, illuminating Rocky, the plight of the kids, village life in India, and the nature of love, amongst other things.
There’s scarcely a need to go into further detail about Blood Brother. Yes, it’s well-made, even unexpectedly stylized at certain points. But more than that it’s a transformative experience. Brilliantly, it compels us to watch things that are very hard to watch, yet does so with such love and tenderness that we never feel the need to turn our heads. Buoyed by Rocky’s courage, we feel that we too can look into the heart of suffering and face it with newfound resolve and compassion.
In a Q&A session at the Royal, Hoover related that all ticket revenue from Blood Brother will be donated to a non-profit recently founded to support Rocky’s work. If that’s not enough you can also donate directly HERE.
For Laemmle audiences Blood Brother is yet another example of film transcending entertainment, commerce, and one might argue, even art. It’s a must see.
– Marc H.
Free ENZO AVITABILE MUSIC LIFE soundtrack CD with ticket purchase. Only 6 available!
The first three people to purchase tickets at the box office for the evening shows of ENZO AVITABILE MUSIC LIFE this Friday at the Royal Theatre (8PM) or the Playhouse 7 (7:40PM) will receive a free limited edition ENZO AVITABILE MUSIC LIFE soundtrack CD.
Enzo Avitabile, renowned Neapolitan saxophonist and singer/songwriter, is here filmed by Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme, a longtime admirer of Avitabile’s music.
SWEET DREAMS: Q and A’s Opening Weekend w/Oscar-winning director Lisa Fruchtman
Oscar winner and SWEET DREAMS co-director Lisa Fruchtman will be in town for Q&A’s at the Music Hall opening weekend (November 29-31). Exact times TBD.
Premiere of Frederick Wiseman’s AT BERKELEY trailer
Indiewire just posted the new trailer for master documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s latest, AT BERKELEY. Laemmle Theatres is proud to open the film at the Royal this November 15.
http://vimeo.com/77225450
A.K.A. DOC POMUS Q and A’s this Weekend at the Music Hall with Doc’s Daughter
A.K.A. DOC POMUS co-producer (and Doc’s daughter) Sharyn Felder will participate in Q&A’s after the 5 PM screenings at the Music Hall on Friday and Saturday, October 18 and 19.
GOD LOVES UGANDA Director on MSNBC: “Meet Roger Ross Williams, exposing America’s exported intolerance” + Q and A’s at the Royal
For hundreds of years, Africans suffered terribly from European colonialism and are, of course, still dealing with the consequences. So it is deeply troubling to learn from the documentary GOD LOVES UGANDA that some U.S. citizens — religious zealots — are perpetuating that tragic legacy with missionary work that leads to violent homophobia. The Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams was recently interviewed on MSNBC to talk about his important new movie. You can also meet him at the Royal this weekend. Here is the Q&A schedule:
Friday // 530pm – Q&A with director Roger Ross Williams and special guest, Los Angeles World Affairs Council President Terry McCarthy
Friday // 750pm – Q&A with director Roger Ross Williams
Saturday // 310pm – Q&A with director Roger Ross Williams and special guest
Saturday // 530pm – Q&A with director Roger Ross Williams and special guest Chris Freeman, ONE Archives
Saturday // 750pm Q&A with director Roger Ross Williams and special guest Samantha Curley, founder and executive co-director of Level Ground
THE PAW PROJECT Q and A’s this weekend at the Playhouse and Monica 4
THE PAW PROJECT Q&A schedule:
with special guests: Aragon the Cat (AKA Lord Tubbington from GLEE) and Randall The Honey Badger guy
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