NEWS   ·  February 6, 2014

Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue

Sundance Institute and the Museum of Photographic Arts to Collaborate
and Host Free Screenings, Discussions and Workshops

 

Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue and MOPA have scheduled a number of screenings of independent films throughout San Diego County and Tijuana. Various community partners are working to facilitate these screenings. All screenings include a discussion afterwards and are free and open to the public.

Twenty Feet From Stardom 

(Directed by: Morgan Neville)

Millions know their voices, but no one knows their names. Twenty Feet From Stardom shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century.

US Documentary

Feb. 24th at 7:00 pm
at MOXIE Theater
6663 El Cajon Blvd. Suite N, San Diego

RSVP: 858-598-7620 / boxoffice@moxietheatre.com

Feb. 26th at 6:00 pm
at SD School of Creative and Performing Arts
2425 Dusk Dr, San Diego

RSVP: 619-470-0555 ext. 2211 / rtrujillo@sandi.net



The World Before Her 

(Directed by: Nisha Pahuja) Moving between two extremes—the intimate verité drama of the Miss  India pageant’s rigorous  beauty  “bootcamp”  and the intense regime of a militant Hindu fundamentalist camp for young girls—The World Before Her delivers a provocative portrait of India and its current cultural conflicts during a key transitional era in the country’s modern history.

International Documentary

Feb. 25th at 7:00 pm
at CSU San Marcos
333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos

RSVP: mchu@csusm.edu / 760-750-4378

March 5th at 6:00 pm
at Casa Familiar
114 West Hall Avenue, San Ysidro

RSVP: leticia.g.franco@gmail.com

March 3rd at 7:00 pm
at UCSD – International House
9500 Gilman Drive #0550, La Jolla

RSVP: iag.ucsd@gmail.com

March 8th at 1:00 pm
at MOPA
1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, SD

RSVP: filmrsvp@mopa.org



Fruitvale Station

(Directed by: Ryan Coogler)

The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.

US Narrative

Feb 28th at 7:00pm
at Stronghold Creative Studios & Gallery
1835 Main Street, San Diego

RSVP: (858) 380-7283

March 2nd at 1:00 pm
at San Diego Public Library – Malcom X Branch
5148 Market St, San Diego

(619) 527-3405/ lmcnabb@sandiego.gov



The Rocket

(Directed by: Kim Mordaunt)

A boy who is believed to bring bad luck leads his family and a couple of ragged misfits through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity–filled journey through a land scarred by war, the boy sets off to prove he’s  not  cursed and builds  agiant rocket  to enter the most lucrative but dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket Festival.

International Narrative

March 2nd at 1:00 pm
at MOPA
1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, SD

RSVP: filmrsvp@mopa.org



Valentine Road

(Directed by: Marta Cunningham)

On February 12, 2008, eighth-grade student Brandon McInerney shot his classmate Larry King twice in the back of the head. With keen insight, the film connects the human wreckage  of Larry’s and Brandon’s troubled lives—both bullied and both searching for a sense of belonging.

US Documentary

March 5th at 11:30 a.m.
at San Ysidro High School
5353 Airway Rd, San Diego

RSVP: juan.neria@sweetwaterschools.org

March 7th at 7:00 pm
at MOPA
1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, SD

RSVP: filmrsvp@mopa.org



Circles

(Directed by: Srdan Golubovic )

Five people are affected by a tragic heroic act. Twenty years later, all of them will have to confront the past through their own crises. Will they overcome the guilt, frustration, and the urge for revenge? Will they do the right thing, at all costs?

International Narrative

March 4th at 6:00 pm
at Point Loma Public Library Branch
3701 Voltaire Street, San Diego

RSVP: (619) 531-1529 / cgonzalez@sandiego.gov

March 6th at 6:30 pm
at Joan B. Kroc School for Peace & Justice – USD
5998 Alcala Park, San Diego

RSVP: http://peacexpiece.eventbrite.com

March 7th at 1:40 pm

at Preparatoria Federal Làzaro Càrdenas – Tijuana

Av. Paseo de los Héroes 11161, Zona Río

Tijuana, B.C. 22010

Reservaciones: (664) 686-1297 / ebrislo@lazarocardenas.edu.mx

March 8th at 10:00 am
at Media Arts Center – Digital Gym
2921 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego

RSVP: leticia@mediaartscenter.org

(part of a full day of programming)

March 8th at 6:00 pm
at San Diego Public Library
330 Park Blvd., San Diego

RSVP: (619) 236 – 5831 / emagbanua@sandiego.gov

March 9th at 6:00 pm
at MOPA
1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, SD

RSVP: filmrsvp@mopa.org



Dancing in Jaffa

(Directed by: Hilla Medalia)

Renowned ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulaine, takes his belief that dance can overcome political and cultural differences and applies it to 11 year old Jewish and Palestinian Israelis. What occurs is magical and transformative.

International Documentary

March 6th at 12:15 pm
at SD School of Creative and Performing Arts
2425 Dusk Dr, San Diego

RSVP: patclark1@gmail.com

March 7th at 7:00 pm
El Cuarto De Luz – Tijuana
4590 Ave. Las Palmas

Fracc. Las Palmas, Tijuana

RSVP: 664 621 0592 / csm@elcuartodeluz.com

March 8th at 1:00 pm
at Media Arts Center – Digital Gym
2921 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego

RSVP: leticia@mediaartscenter.org

(part of a full day of programming)

March 8th at 7:00 pm
at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral
2728 Sixth Ave. San Diego

RSVP: (619) 298–7261 x356 / lifer@stpaulcathedral.org

March 9th at 3:00 pm
at Congregation Beth Israel
9001 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego

RSVP: filmrsvp@mopa.org



If You Build It

(Directed by: Patrick Creadon)

If You Build It spends a year in the life of  one  of America’s  most innovative classrooms.  Designer/activists Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller, together with their high school students, unleash the power of humanitarian design to help their struggling community in rural North Carolina.

US Documentary

March 14th at 5:00 pm
at High Tech High International
2855 Farragut Road, San Diego

RSVP: hmurugesan@hightechhigh.org

 

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