Best of INPUT in Washington DC, USA

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FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 7:00 pm

Silverdocs/American Film Institute,
8633 Colesville Road,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Metro: Silver Spring
Reservations

The Glow of White Women. Dir. Yunus Vally. 78’ documentary.
A documentary by, and about, Yunus Vally born in the 1960s into a Muslim family, during the height of Apartheid in South Africa. This idiosyncratic program chronicles Yunus’s attempts to make sense of his past as he examines the effect the discriminatory laws of the State – specifically the so-called Immorality Act that determined who you could love and the censorship regulations which clearly defined what was deemed desirable – had on his life.

FROM CANADA – (TBC)
Wednesday, January 28, 2009,
7:00 pm

Canadian Embassy (with Government of Québec),
501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20001
Metro: Judiciary Square
Reservations required: + 1 202 682-7797

Mississippi Cold Case. Dir. David Ridgen. 85’, documentary
In this fascinating documentary, director David Ridgen accompanies Mississippi-born Thomas Moore as they attempt to crack a long-dormant civil rights case in which Moore’s brother was murdered. In 2005, the two discover new evidence and go on a long road trip with a camera to confront a Ku Klux Klan member who was involved in the brutal killing. Re-opening the case leads to a trial and – even more surprisingly – to reconciliation between the victim’s brother and one of the key witnesses to the murder.

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Sleeping Betty (Isabelle au bois dormant). Dir. Claude Gauthier. 14’ Animation
Old tales have a long future… For those who think nothing new can be said about the well known fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty – think again. This classically made animation is witty and handsomely produced.

FROM THE USA
Thursday, January 29, 2009, 8:00 pm

WHUT/Howard University Television, Channel 32 (broadcast event)

A Son’s Sacrifice. Dir. Yoni Brook. 27’, documentary
At first glance, Imran Uddin is just another 27-year-old New Yorker struggling to take over his family’s business – a “pick-your-own” Halal slaughterhouse. The son of an immigrant, Imran must confront his mixed Bangladeshi-Puerto Rican heritage and gain acceptance from his father’s conservative Muslim community.

FROM GERMANY
Friday, January 30, 2009, 6:30 pm

Goethe-Institut Washington,
812 Seventh Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20001

Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown
Reservations: +1 202 289-1200 ext. 165 or by Email

Pool of Princesses (Prinzessinnenbad). Dir. Bettina Blümner. 92’, Documentary
A close look at teenage culture in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighborhood. Three 15-year old girls, the best of friends, are convinced that the period of being silly and immature is far behind them. The proof of their maturity is their pure charm, tough attitude and daring frankness, or is it? The most valuable thing for the filmmakers here is the incredible access they have to their subjects.

FROM FRANCE
Sunday, February 1, 2009, 3 pm

La Maison Française,
4101 Reservoir Road,
Washington, DC 20007

Reservations: "Please send Email, providing your surname, first name and the number of persons in your party. Parking available on a first come, first served basis."

Starck vs. Starck. (Starck contre Starck). Dir. Vassili Silovic. 52’ documentary
Philippe Starck is a famous designer and Vassili Silovic is a director who is trying to do a film portrait of Starck. A standard assignment in public television. The only problem is the designer refuses to talk about himself. A television documentary portrait about the nature of television documentary portraits.