SHOWTIMES / VENUE LOCATIONS

Saturday, September 16, 6:30 pm Glaxa Studios TRT: 54 min.
The Art of Tagging:
GV3: A VOYAGE INTO THE ICONOGRAPHY OF GRAFFITI ART
Dir: Bob Bryan, 2000, USA, Video, 54 min. (World Premiere)
The latest installment of Bob Bryan's award-winning series on graffiti culture, GV3 departs from the traditional story-telling employed in the first two films in the series. Visual treatments of urban wall art are juxtaposed against contemporary musi cal idioms from Malaysian, Italian and African to Techno, Hip Hop and House to communicate the feeling of this underground movement. Making a brief aural appearance is Pjay, former leader of the infamous West Coast Artists Graffiti crew.

Sunday, September 17, 10 am Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: tba
Conventional Revolution:
CLASHING THE PARTY: DEMOCRATIC NC 2000
(World Premiere, Co-Presented by Independent Media Center)
With memories of the DNC only days old, filmmakers from the Independent Media Center will edit together footage in time for the Silver Lake Film Festival, documenting the LAPD, the D2k/Direct Action Network, Al Gore, Richard Riordan and a cast of thousands of activists united against corporate power and politics as usual in America. FREE PROGRAM!

Saturday, Sept 16, 12:30 pm Glaxa Studios TRT: 72 min.
Crusaders:
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MR. ALLEN
Dir: Edward Rosenstein, 2000, USA, Video, 52 min. (West Coast Premiere)
Inspiring real life accounts of two individuals who, in very different ways, have devoted their lives to a single mission: improving the plight of others. Mr. Allen is a former addict who runs a Harlem self-help drug abuse center. Rebecca is a union organizer of largely immigrant workers. WITH SHORT: BECA DE GILAS: REBECCA’S STORY Dir: Pepe Urquijo, 1999, Atzlán, Video, 20 min.

Saturday, September 16, 2:30 pm Glaxa Studios TRT: 110 min
The Dark Side of Capitalism:
HARD ROAD TO KLONDIKE
Dir: Desmond Bell, 1998, UK, Video, 53 min.
CENTRALIA
Dir: David Grabias, 1999, USA, Video, 57 min. (West Coast Premieres)
Told from the personal viewpoints of Irish immigrants, both of these films will tear at your heart strings, while revealing the plight of miners in two totally different environs, in the Yukon and in Pennsylvania. Corporate conspiracy or government ineptitude? You be the judge.

Sunday, September 17, 4 pm Silver Lake "Dog Park" Rec Center TRT: 90 min.
Going to the Dogs:
A.J.’S DOGUMENTARY
Dir: A.J. Poulin, 1999, USA, 16mm, 73 min. (West Coast Premiere, Co-Presented by Catts & Doggs)
Meet the most pampered pooches in So Cal and their adoring owners. Witness acupuncture, canine crafts, doggie day care, psychic readings, dog parks and much more. WITH SHORT: DYKES AND THEIR DOGS Dir: Mary Jo Godges and Renee Sotile, 2000,USA, DV, 17 min, a musical comedy dyke-umentary about the annual West Hollywood Dykes and Their Dogs Contest. FREE DOG TREATS!

Saturday, September 16, 12 noon Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: 85 min.
Grrrrls:
RED RAIN
Dir: Laura Plotkin, 1999, USA, Video, 60 min. (In collaboration with LA Sparks Booster Club)
Gina "Boom Boom" Guidi is a professional boxer in pursuit of the Junior Welterweight World Championship. Destined for glory, she breaks from the grips of a broken home, poverty and drug abuse to find the warrior within. WITH SHORT: BREAKIN’ THE GLASS: AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE 1996-98 Dir: Marla Leech & Dina Maria Munsch, 2000, USA, video, 25 min, takes a look at the ground-breaking American Basketball League, the first professional women's league in the United States.

Friday, September 15, 9 pm Glaxa Studios TRT: 79 min.
Punks Galore:
FORMING: THE MOVIE
Dir: John Roecker, 2000, USA, Video, 79 min. (World Premiere, Co-Presented by Mean Magazine)
The70s L.A. punk rock scene crackled with a freedom and energy not seen since the earliest days of rock ‘n’ roll. Singer/poet Exene Cervenka delivers unapologetic rants and opinions, recalling the forces and times that shaped the movement. Rare performances by T.S.O.L., The Weirdos, Devo, the Go-Gos, X and the Flesheaters.
WILD PARTY TO FOLLOW: at Soap Plant with live performances and surprise guests, including a Tupperware party by Jewish lesbian folk icon and L.A. punk legend, Phranc.

Saturday, September 16, 9:30 pm Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: 90 min.
Sexploitation:
SCHOLCK! THE SECRET HISTORY OF AMERICAN MOVIES: 1953-1969
Dir: Ray Greene, 2000, USA, Video, 90 min. (World Premiere)
Exploitation films explored content taboo for Hollywood films subject to the Hayes production code. This wild documentary explores the world of this parallel film universe with clips and interviews, which exposes the hidden history of the genre that cracked the code and lifted censorship.
ALSO TONIGHT: a rare late-night screening of AGONY OF LOVE, a sexploitation classic (see listing under "Features").

Sunday, September 17, 12:30 pm Glaxa Studios TRT: 125 min.
Under Construction:
HAMMERING IT OUT: WOMEN IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE
Dir: Vivian Price, 2000, USA, Video, 54 min. (L.A. Premiere)
THE WITNESS
Dir: Jenny Stein, 2000, USA, Video, 43 min. (West Coast Premiere)
ELECTRUM
Dir: Alberta Chu, 2000, USA, 16 mm/Video, 28 min. (L.A. Premiere)
Scratching beneath the veneer of the construction industry, three filmmakers document the stories of individuals who do not fit the blue-collar stereotype. A group of women blaze their own paths in an admittedly man’s profession. A construction contractor from a tough neighborhood unwittingly becomes the Florence Nightingale of cats. An eclectic group of artists and engineers unite on an electrifying mission to construct a high-voltage sculpture.

Saturday, September 16, 12 noon Vista Theater TRT: 99 min
A View to Remember:
SILVERLAKE LIFE: THE VIEW FROM HERE
Dir: Peter Friedman & Tom Joslin, 1993, USA, 16mm, 99 min. (In collaboration with Outfest)
Making its world premiere at the Vista Theater in 1993, Silverlake Life returns to the Vista for another look at this award-winning exploration of living with AIDS. With guts and humor, the film documents the love and dedication of longtime companions Tom Joslin and Mark Massi. A heartfelt journey that is ultimately a celebration of the strength of the human spirit.

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