Snake Tales
PROGRAM 2
PROGRAM 3
Delusion Ghetto Ambition
PROGRAM 4
Sabado de Mierda
PROGRAM 5
Babyshakes and the Return of Macdaddy
1998 16mm/Color
Director: Francesca Talenenti
91 miniutes
Lizie is driving through Pandale, Texas. She's just passing through, minding here own business, until she gets arrested and thrown into jail. The crime Roadkill…or so she thinks. The Judge who will see her case hates women, know Lizie is in trouble presumed guilty from the start. What defense can she mount? All she can do is tell her story. But inside her story is another story with another character that tells another story. A dark sexy-snake-hunter, a greedy real estate developer, hypocritical governor, and a violent man people call the Crazy Rancher: These are some of the folks tangled up in Lizie's yarn, each with a yarn of their own. From the two stepping gay cowboys to sex with snake goddess, Folktales unfold and secrets are told.
BLVD.
Director: Deborah Stratman
Video Color 63:22 1999 US
The BLVD defines addictive lifestyles. The lifestyle of street racing in Chicago. Secretive and controversial, this obsession with speed provokes a disparity of community response- from ardent disapproval to adulation. Most people, though have no idea it even exists. The BLVD focuses intently on environment, turning its measured gaze towards the inner-city industrial landscape where races occur. The piece intimately reveals details that mark the invariable hours of waiting, sharply contrasting the brief blasts of adrenaline from a run.
Director: Anna Terean
16mm/Color 21:00 1999 US
Hero's delusion of self purity and blamelessness, his always having avoided the complexities of worldly life, make him a victim of his own insularity. Helpless, and unable to cope with the game, he chooses escape. Doomed to lose he melts into the inevitable reality.
Director: Mark Siska
Video/16mm.Color-B/W 29:00 1999
Chicago
Sneak preview of work in progress
Ghetto Ambition is a project studying street organizations in Chicago. What is unique about this documentary is the scope of the subject matter. Not only are some of the strongest Chicago street organizations being filmed, but the coming together of these organization to help produce, act in and make music for a series of documentaries and narrative films exploring the social and human condition of individuals involved with street organizations in Chicago. The main focus is to give individuals involved with street organizations an outlet for them to evolve into positive productive entities within the urban community. Music byCrock County Clique, Shaddy, J-Roc and Rebelious Life.
Director:Gregorio Rocha
16 mm. 25:00 1987 Mexico
In a post-apocaliptic scenario, right after the major 1985 earthquake, the "Mierdas Punks", a teenage gang from the outskirts of Mexico City, have to fight against a rocker gang, just to find out who the real enemy is.
110/220
Director: Juris Poskus
16 mm. 52:00 1999 US/Russia
Devoid of commentary, this film depicts the notion of modern megacities, following the streets of Los Angeles and Moscow. A look at the human race by a perfect alien.
Director: Gregg Paine
35 mm. 90:00 1999 US
Steve is a man not happy with his station in life. He knows what he wants but he just doesn't know how to get it. He is living a life of quiet (or not so quiet) desperation. As a New York City bicycle messenger, Steve has the opportunity to meet the woman of his dreams, Babyshakes. But the elusive prize of love can drive people to lose control of their lives. Can two people overcome their own neuroses and find true love?