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Documentary Competition
The Century Plaza
Directed by Eric Lahey
First-time feature filmmaker Eric Lahey's stirring portrait of life inside a Portland single room
occupancy hotel is as visually mesmerizing as it is emotionally riveting.
Ears, Open, Eyeballs, Click
Directed and written by Canaan Brumley
An insider's portrait of Marine recruits enduring six weeks of boot camp, this verité documentary is
so real it becomes surreal.
Everyone Their Grain of Sand
Directed by Beth Bird
This intimate and heartbreaking film chronicles Mexican community Maclovio Rojas's 18-year long battle
with their government to obtain education, electricity, and water, while town leaders fight to be freed
from unjust imprisonment.
The Grace Lee Project
Directed by Grace Lee
Do you know a Grace Lee? Director Grace Lee's The Grace Lee Project is a wry and moving examination
of the many faces of Asian femininity connected by one ultra-popular name.
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Directed by Joe Angio
Joe Angio's revealing documentary about maverick director Melvin Van Peebles features rare archival
footage and interviews with friends and family, including Spike Lee, Elvis Mitchell, and the man
himself, unabashed and unapologetic.
In a Nutshell: A Portrait of Elizabeth Tashjian
Directed by Don Bernier
In the hamlet of Old Lyme, Connecticut, self-proclaimed "nut culturist" Elizabeth Tashjian walks
the fine line between eccentric artist and unstable incompetent.
Romántico
Directed by Mark Becker
Carmelo peddles ballads for Mission District drinkers in this engrossing documentary, which binds
audiences to a culture of Mexican men whose struggle for respect leaves them scapegoated, exploited,
or ignored.
La Sierra
Directed by Scott Dalton, Margarita Martinez
Courageous and visceral, La Sierra covers a year in the life of a Medellín, Colombia barrio, where
gun-toting youths fight territorial wars in a desperate struggle for survival.
Sir! No Sir!
Directed by David Zeiger
This smartly-crafted, provoking documentary about the Vietnam era anti-war movement within the
military introduces men and women who sought justice but found themselves judged guilty of treason.
Stolen
Directed by Rebecca Dreyfus
Sporting a bizarre cast of characters, Stolen explores the conspiracies and rumors surrounding the
unsolved mystery of what is considered to be the greatest art heist in modern times.
To The Other Side
Directed by Natalia Almada
The tradition of corridos - ballads sung to commemorate people, places, and events - in Mexico melds
with the truth of today's economy through songs about drug trafficking and illegal border crossing.
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