Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers

Posted on August 24, 2007
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Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers 2007-2008: Your ticket to exclusive screenings with today’s independent filmmakers!

The Lake Area Film Group in cooperation with the Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana and the City of Lake Charles is proud to announce the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is coming to Lake Charles, LA.

Click the thumbnail above to view the Southern Circuit Tour Poster.

The nation’s only regional tour of independent filmmakers, Southern Circuit provides communities with an interactive way of experiencing independent film. The tour takes the audience away from their televisions, DVD players, and computers to connect them with independent filmmakers, and encourages them to talk with one another about the films and their meanings. Southern Circuit transforms watching independent films from a solitary experience into a communal one.

Originated by the South Carolina Arts Commission in 1975, Southern Circuit provides communities across the South with a tour of highly talented independent filmmakers. Initially launched in three South Carolina cities, the film tour has visited over 30 communities across the Southern United States. Since its inception, Southern Circuit audiences have seen over 200 films and have engaged filmmakers in post-screening discussions of the subjects and themes portrayed in their works.

Accompanying the feature films being screened at the Southern Circuit events is the Short Circuit Traveling Film Festival. The Short Circuit Traveling Film Festival spotlights recent short films by filmmakers living and working in the Southeastern United States. Selected for their artistic merit by an esteemed panel of media arts professionals, these engaging short films will tour the South during the 2007-2008 season.

All screenings will take place at Central School Arts and Humanities Center, 809 Kirby Street, starting at 7:00pm. The touring schedule for 2007-2008 includes:

September 8, 2007
RITUAL ETCHINGS: THE SHORT FILMS OF ERIC PATRICK
by Eric Patrick of Austin, Texas
The interior space of a puppet becomes increasingly reflective, revealing the artifice of his own creation. Experimental
Opening Short: Sandstorm by Yeon Choi of Lafayette, LA. In an imaginary land that lacks water and flesh, two skeleton figures find a pair of eyes in the sand. Their selfish minds start a fight over the eyes, and the fight leads to a bitter end. Animation

October 13, 2007
THE GUESTWORKER
by Cynthia Hill of Durham, North Carolina
The Guestworker tells the story of Don Candelario Gonzalez Moreno, a 66-year old Mexican farmer, who has been coming to the United States for 40 years, harvesting our crops and trying to provide for his family. Without benefits, without retirement, he battles against the elements, his own age, and the backbreaking work, returning to this farm year after year. Documentary
Opening Short: Bowl Digger by Kristy Higby of Alexander, North Carolina. A loving story of octogenarians Maxie and Hilton Eades, rural South Carolinians who create wooden bowls and dough trays as durable as their creators. Documentary

November 3, 2007
DISAPPEARANCES
by Jay Craven of Barnet, Vermont
Disappearances is a North Country Prohibition era tale of high-stakes whiskey-smuggling, a family’s mysterious past, and a young boy’s rite of passage. Starring Kris Kristopherson and Genevieve Bujold. Fiction
Opening Short: Wood Diary by David Meyers of Henderson, Kentucky. Follow a less-than-ordinary man over the course of one day and discover what it takes most people a lifetime to learn. Experimental

February 9, 2008
NEW YEAR BABY
by Socheata Poeuv of New York, New York
New Year Baby is a personal documentary by Socheata Poeuv, who uncovers the story of how her family survived the Cambodian genocide. When Socheata learns a family secret her parents had kept from her for 25 years, she begins a quest to understand how her fractured family became whole during the turmoil of the Killing Fields. Throughout her journey to Cambodia, Socheata pushes her parents to tell her the truth, but it’s when she lets go that healing begins. Documentary
Opening Short: Flyaway by Danny Oakley of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A little wooden plane, despite the price it must pay, does the impossible and joins a world it could only dream of. Animation

March 8, 2008
GUERRILLA RADIO: THE HIP-HOP STRUGGLE UNDER CASTRO
by Thomas Nybo & Simon Umlauf of Atlanta, Georgia
Facing threats of jail and censorship, four hip-hop groups struggle to reveal the boundary of artistic expression in Castro’s Cuba. Documentary
Opening Short: The Cole Nobody Knows by Clay Walker of Avondale Estates, Georgia. This documentary profiles Chicago-native Freddy Cole, the virtually unknown, yet equally talented younger brother of Nat “King” Cole. At age 75, Freddy Cole is, at last, finally being recognized for his amazing musical talent. Documentary

April 12, 2008
UNOCCUPIED ZONE: THE IMPOSSIBLE LIFE OF SIMONE WEIL
by Cathy Crane of Ithaca, New York
Philosopher, trade-unionist, mystic. Following the 1940 German occupation of Paris, Weil is forced to leave for the “unoccupied zone” of southern France. Under Vichy, she is denied the right to teach. For two years, she waits, she says, for God. We may never know Simone Weil. We must, however, contemplate her. Experimental/Fiction
Opening Short: Theodore by Jorge Moran of Nashville, Tennessee. Theodore knows loneliness, but the challenge of his life is knowing love. Fiction

Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers

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