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Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man, moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents, he meets two women in quick succession: Michelle, a mysterious and beautiful neighbor, and Sandra, the lovely girl his family is pushing him toward. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision - desire or comfort - or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him. (USA, 2009, 108 mins., R, Dir. James Gray)
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Three very different women lives intertwine in modern Tel Aviv. Batya, a waitress, comes across a mute child who seemingly emerges out of the sea. Keren, a bride whose wedding Batya worked, breaks her leg climbing out of bathroom stall and ruins her dream honeymoon in the process. And Joy, a Filipino domestic, attends with her employer with whom she struggles to communicate. Poetic imagery draws connections between the lives of these women, all of whom find solace in the sea. (France, 2008, 78 mins, NR, Subtitles, Dir. Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen)
This film is presented as part of LPCA’s Curated Film Series and will feature a special post-screening drumming & dance circle led by the Adirondack based group Wulaba.
“Throw Down Your Heart” follows American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck on his journey to Africa to explore the little known African roots of the banjo and record an album. It’s a boundary-breaking musical adventure that celebrates the beauty and complexity of Africa – an Africa that is very different from what is often seen in the media today. (USA, 2008, 97 mins., Dir. Sascha Paladino)
Filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, on Ross Island, the headquarters for the National Science Foundation and part-time home to 1,100 people. Herzog ventures from the under-ice depths of the Ross Sea to the brink of the Mount Erebus volcano. Over the course of his journey, nature in the wild shares equal time with human nature and he encounters many a colorful character along the way. (USA, 2008, 99 mins., G, Dir. Werner Herzog)
Award-winning documentary and provocative coming-of-age story—an odyssey into the soul of an American teenager. Following fifteen-year-old Billy as he bicycles through the quiet streets of small town Maine, we watch him traverse the frustrating gap between imagination and reality, grappling with isolation and first-time young love. (USA, 2007, 85 mins., Dir. Jennifer Veditti)
This film is presented as part of LPCA’s Curated Film Series and will feature a special jewelry event for BeadforLife. (A socially responsible global organization, lifting families out of poverty with handmade, high-quality beaded jewelry, featured on NBC Nightly News, in O Magazine, Vanity Fair, Family Circle...)
After more than a decade of civil wars leading to more than 250,000 deaths and one million refugees, a group of women rose up to force peace on their shattered Liberia and propel to victory the first female head of state on the African continent. (USA, 2008, 72 mins., NR, Dir. Gini Reticker)
LPCA Award Winning & Curated Film Series made possible with public funds from
the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
