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Q&A with the director of THE SECOND MEETING this weekend in Pasadena

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Q&A with the director of THE SECOND MEETING this weekend in PasadenaQ&A with THE SECOND MEETING director Zeljko Mirkovic following the 12:20pm show on Saturday, May 18, at the Playhouse 7.

THE SECOND MEETING is about the first two encounters of former American pilot Dale Zelko and former Yugoslav missile officer Zoltan Dani. The first was on radar in 1999, when Dani shot down Zelko’s F-117A stealth attack plane – the only one ever downed in combat — during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The second was 12 years later, during peacetime, when they decided to meet face to face as civilians and friends.

FREE THE MIND Q&A’s May 17-19

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John Osborne, National Director, faculty, and teacher trainer for Project Welcome Home Troops, who is featured in the film, FREE THE MIND, will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:30 PM screenings Friday-Sunday, May 17-19, at the Music Hall 3 and after the 11 AM screenings Saturday, May 18 at the Playhouse 7 and Sunday, May 19 at the Monicas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkTQemr26xg&list=PL7x4e59eqQ21oid9NRU__jwWqZNF8EgPr

DESPERATE ACTS OF MAGIC: Q&A’s and Magicians

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The DESPERATE ACTS OF MAGIC filmmakers will participate in Q&A’s at the NoHo after the 7:45 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, May 10 and 11, and after the 1 PM screening on Sunday, May 12. Magicians will perform before the 7:45 and 10:15 screenings on Friday and Saturday and before the 1 PM screening on Sunday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n9ScoKQNWjo

 

Homeboy Industries Homeboys do Q&A’s

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Homies from Homeboy Industries will participate in Q&A’s after all G-DOG screenings Saturday and Sunday morning, May 11 and 12, at the Claremont, Monica and Playhouse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mYEAwtdsYo

THE FRUIT HUNTERS Q and A with Bull Pullman May 13 at the Monica

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Bill Pullman and Hollywood Orchard host the premiere screening of THE FRUIT HUNTERS, directed by Yung Chang (Up The Yangtze), May 13 at the Monica. The screening begins at 7:30 PM. Pullman, a rare fruit aficionado and founder of Hollywood Orchard, will join three other subjects who are featured in the film for a post-screening Q&A moderated by entertainment reporter Zorianna Kit.

http://vimeo.com/53036651

Filmmaker Magazine interview with the director of FREE THE MIND

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The fascinating new documentary FREE THE MIND brings together two groups of people whose numbers are increasing — children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and military veterans diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder — and explores the possibility that at least some of these people from both groups can be greatly helped by meditation. Danish filmmaker Phie Ambo: “I was very impressed with the courage and openness that the veterans showed by signing up for the breathing program but even more surprised to see how they transformed themselves over the week long intervention.”

Read the full interview

 

We open the film May 17 at the Music  Hall and the next day at the Playhouse, Monica and Claremont.