This Week’s New Releases:
Dark Comedy
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Diary of a Bad Lad SYNOPSIS: (Feature Film) Frustrated filmmaker, Barry Lick, sets out to make a documentary about a local property racketeer and drugs baron with hilarious and tragic results.
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Documentary
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Made in India? SYNOPSIS: (Feature Film) Meet Deepti Paul. She is 27 years old – Indian – and it’s time to get married. That’s what her parents and extended family think. It doesn’t matter that Deepti grew up American and is currently living on her own in New York City, happy and independent. Her family believes that Deepti’s only chance at lasting happiness lies in marrying a South Indian Orthodox Syrian Christian male. And of course, every relative knows just the right guy for her. And guess what- she has consented to go to India and give their traditional values a chance. But only on one condition -she gets to document the entire process. Will Deepti learn how to bridge the gap between her two cultural lives? Will she resist her traditions, culture, and family? Or, will she finally know what it takes to be Made in India? Film Festival Screenings: South Asian International Film Festival (New York) NewFilmmakers (New York)
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Skid Row SYNOPSIS: (Feature Film) A documentary that chronicles Pras Michel’s (The Fugees) 9-day experiment as a homeless man in downtown Los Angeles.
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Manga Mad SYNOPSIS: (Feature Film) From Tokyo, the comic capital of the world, comes an exploration of Japan’s passion for anime, their biggest pop culture phenomenon, and their largest export.
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The Survival of the Wildebeest SYNOPSIS: (Feature Film) Stuart Ross, an inner city public high school teacher by day and a guerrilla artist by night has discovered the delicate balance of a nine to five and his passion, art. Avid dumpster diver and self proclaimed engineer and inventor, without even a day’s worth of formal art training, he is nothing short of a phenomenon. The Survival of the Wildebeest is a compelling documentary about life, passion, curiosity and learning that depicts 8 months of intense “Ross-reality.” A wildebeest in the jungle of Manhattan, Stuart Ross most show us what makes him different than the thousands of other emerging artists all around him and survive the treacherous elements that he will encounter on the creative journey of a lifetime. In just 80 days, he must prepare for the largest showcase of his artistic career. Now the question is, can Stuart Ross pull it off?
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