August 8-13th, 2006

Angelika Film Center - Mockingbird Station

The Dallas Theater Center

Women in Film.Dallas has had a strong presence at this year's Dallas Video Festival, check it out:

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"Soft Deductions" is a short experimental film based on an artist book by Trayc McKissick, and screens Saturday, August 12 at Noon the Dallas Theater Center in the Video Lounge. The process of making judgments and the biases that result from it are explored in an exposition of lucid actors, steady sound, and telling words of this experimental piece.

Thursday, August 10, 2006:

From Shirley Thompson and Trayc McKissick:

"KillerSexy": a 17 minute sexy thriller that will showcase as part of Texas Stories. It features Lucy Bannister and Michael Monk, and was written by Jana Perez. A mystery unfolds from found objects in a second hand coat. Two lovers meet, but only one will survive the morning after. Thursday at the Angelika at 9:45pm. Sound and music by Mark and Carmen Menza.

From Cynthia Salzman Mondell:

"Louie, Louie: A Portrait in Parkinson's":

Louis Salzman had at least one thing in common with Pope John Paul II,  Muhammad Ali and Michael J. Fox - Parkinson's Disease. Behind these  famous faces, Louis Salzman is but one of the estimated 4 million people  worldwide affected by this neurological disorder. In a very warm and  human way, the film explores how this disease affected not only Louis
Salzman but also the lives and relationships of those responsible for his emotional and physical caregiving over the course of his illness.
Thursday, August 10th at 7pm Angelika Dallas.

Also from Cynthia and Allen Mondell:

"The Monster Among Us" (Scenes from a Work-in-Progress):
A documentary film about the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe today and how it affects the lives of the Jews who live there. We're now editing the almost 200 hours of footage shot in Germany, Hungary, France, England, Holland and Belgium. Thursday, August 10th at 7pm (immediately following screening of Louie, Louie: A Portrait in Parkinson's at Angelika Dallas).

Wednesday, August 9, 2006:

Women In Film.Dallas sponsored a screening of "Jumping Off Bridges":

Painted in backdrop of fall colors, two highschool friends spend their days listening to indie music, jumping off bridges for fun, and escaping their everyday lives. To a soundtrack reminiscent of early 90s alternative rock, their carefree teenage lives are catapulted to adulthood by one fateful event. Another poetic look at adolescence by Kat Candler. Screens with "Natalie at Five O'Clock".

Women in Film.Dallas is proudly screening the film "Caching In," which was a finalist in this year's 24 hour Video Race. The film screens as part of the 24 hour video race compilation at 9:45 pm at the Angelika Film Center, and was a collaboration among many Women in Film members and friends.

Tuesday, August 8, 2006:

"Trail of Tears": "During the early 19th century, thousands of Cherokee tribes were forced to flee from their ancestral homeland to modern-day Oklahoma. This brutal journey, notorious as “America’s darkest hour,” is revealed in this potent documentary by Chip Richie." Deb Cornish did sound design and James Neel provided an awesome score, both WIF.D members.