Cinema on the Bayou
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
6:30 PM Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Delivrance (U.S. Premiere)
Danny Thebeau and Donovan Richard, Writer/Director 2011 Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
This dramatic narrative feature film tells the story of the escape in 1756 from Fort Beausejour by Pierre-Henri Surette and his followers, and Surette's return to battle for the rest of the men who were left behind before their deportation by the British. The film was shot primarily at Fort Beausejour (in the fort's ruins), in the areas of Memramcook and along the Petitcodiac River.
The film premiered across Canada this past fall with great fanfare. The amazing cast and crew created "a great snapshot of the hell Acadians were subject to during the great expulsion," says film and music writer Jim Lavoie. "Well written, directed, shot and acted, this is one film that 'Delivered' as promised."
The film is in both French and English, with English subtitles.
Filmmaker's web site: http://redleafproductions.com
7:30 PM Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Opening Night Party
Following the screening of "Delivrance," join us for the opening night party honoring our guests from New Brunswick, filmmakers Danny Thebeau and Donovan Richard. We will serve complimentary wine provided by the Lafayette Convention & Visitor's Commission as well as appetizers from Johnson's Boucaniere.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
On Location
3:00 PM Thursday, January 26, 2012 - On Location
Advanced Red One Camera Production On Location
Actual Film Production On Location
Pat Mire, along with five other filmmakers from around the United States and Canada, will spend an afternoon on location shooting with the Red One Camera. Attendees will have an opportunity to view an actual film in production.
Anyone interested in attending should contact Pat Mire at 235-7845 or festival@cinemaonthebayou.com for more information.
Pack and Paddle
6:00 PM Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Pack and Paddle
Ice Philosophy (Louisiana Premiere)
Melanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins 2011 4 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
This beautifully shot short film by award-winning filmmakers Melanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins of Quebec examines whether sometimes in a man's ice cold eyes only scarce things become precious.
Filmmaker's web site: http://mofilms.ca
6:15 PM Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Pack and Paddle
Asiemut
Melanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins 57 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A and Reception
There are so many choices in everyday life! Everyone has their own journey, their own direction, their own azimuth. Olivier Higgins and Melanie Carrier chose a journey, but most would call it a long adventure, approximately 8000 kilometres long. Riding their bicycles & pedaling through Asia. Olivier & Melanie traveled from Mongolia to Kolkata, at the mouth of the Ganges in India, passing through Xinjiang, the Taklamakan Desert, Tibet and Nepal. Along the way, they discover the world, but over all, they discover themselves. Who are they? What do they want? What is their place in this world? Maybe, between the encounters, obstacles and the discovery, this daring journey made them reflect: Do we not all have a common Asiemut ?
"Asiemut" is a variation on the word azimuth, the direction taken when following a compass, or metaphorically, the direction taken when following one's life journey.
Filmmaker's web site: http://mofilms.ca
Winner of 35 awards at adventure film festivals.
Friday, January 27, 2012
LITE
1:30 PM Friday, January 27, 2012 - LITE
Make 'Em Dance: The Hackberry Ramblers' Story
John Whitehead and Ben Sandmel, Director (Whitehead) and Producers 2004 53 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
Equal parts biography, social history and road movie, this film tells the story of the Grammy Award-nominated band, The Hackberry Ramblers, and the band's incredible 70 plus year odyssey. These real-life "Soggy Bottom Boys" recall in rich detail the wild and woolly early days of live radio, touring in a 1928 Model-A over unpaved roads, and playing in honky-tonks where "they checked if you were carrying a knife, and if you didn't have one, they gave you one." Intercut with these rich anecdotes are scenes of the band playing at diverse venues around the country.
This screening of the film is in memory of James "Glen" Croker, a lead singer and guitarist who joined the band in 1959 and passed away this past August. It will be presented by Ben Sandmel, who managed the band for 18 years and produced the band's Grammy nominated album "Deep Water."
Filmmaker's web site: http://hackberryramblers.com
3:00 PM Friday, January 27, 2012 - LITE
Puppet
David Soll, Director 2011 74 min. Color
Film Screening
Puppetry has been a human fascination throughout history. What was once a lauded art has become the stuff of children. This film attempts to rectify this unfortunate situation while weaving together three stories: the story of Disfarmer [about whom COTB screened "Disfarmer: A Portrait of America"], the story of director Dan Hurlin's struggle to create the story of Disfarmer, and the story of the puppeteers bringing the story to life. All three stories come together in the fascinating footage of the puppets in action telling the story of Disfarmer. The puppets are a tour de force of mind over matter. - Matt Newman
Filmmaker's web site: http://thepuppetfilm.com
4:30 PM Friday, January 27, 2012 - LITE
Happy (Louisiana Premiere)
Roko Belic, Director 2011 77 min. Color
Film Screening
Does money make you HAPPY? Kids and family? Your work? Do you live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution?
Roko Belic, director of the Academy Award nominated "Genghis Blues," now brings us HAPPY, a film that sets out to answer these questions and more. Taking us from the bayous of Louisiana with the Blanchard family to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the villages of Okinawa, HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.
Filmmaker's web site: http://thehappymovie.com
6:00 PM Friday, January 27, 2012 - LITE
Ice Philosophy (Louisiana Premiere)
Melanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins 2011 4 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
This beautifully shot short film by award-winning filmmakers Melanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins of Quebec examines whether sometimes in a man's ice cold eyes only scarce things become precious.
Filmmaker's web site: http://mofilms.ca
6:15 PM Friday, January 27, 2012 - LITE
Encounters (Louisiana Premiere)
Melanie Carriere and Olivier Higgins 2011 52 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
This documentary film tells the story of a group of young Innus, Huron and non-Aboriginal Quebeckers, who together travel an ancestral land and water path, 310 km long, which joins Lac Saint-Jean and Quebec City. Along the way, they learn about themselves and each other. This is another wonderful film from the award-winning filmmaking team of Melanie Carriere and Olivier Higgins, based in Quebec, for whom questions of identity, social fabric, land protection, and social justice inspire their projects. French with English subtitles.
Filmmaker's web site: http://mofilms.ca
7:15 PM Friday, January 27, 2012 - LITE
Filmmaking Across Linguistic Lines: A Bilingual Discussion With Four French Canadian Filmmakers
Panel Discussion
Faustine Hillard will moderate a bilingual panel discussion with Quebecois filmmakers Melanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins and Acadian filmmakers Donovan Richard and Danny Thebeau on making French language films in North America.
7:45 PM Friday, January 27, 2012 - LITE
Friday Night Reception at LITE
Filmmaker Reception
Following the screening of "Encounters," Quebecois filmmakers Melanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins will be the guests of honor at our Friday night reception at LITE. Complimentary wine provided by the Lafayette Convention & Visitors Commission and appetizers from Johnson's Boucaniere will be served.
8:30 PM Friday, January 27, 2012 - LITE
Remembering Arthur (Louisiana Premiere)
Martin Lavut and Dennis Mohr, Director and Producer 2006 90 min. Color
Film Screening
In this feature length documentary, filmmaker Arthur Lipsett's close friend, Martin Lavut, documents the influence of the eccentric Oscar-nominated film genius. The world of cinema tragically lost Lipsett in 1986 when the Montreal-born artist committed suicide 2 weeks before his 50th birthday. "Remembering Arthur" celebrates the life and legacy of one of Canada's greatest creative minds, who began his filmmaking career at the National Film Board of Canada. As Bruce Bennett reported in The New York Sun, "much of Lipsett's core work was composed of discarded fragments of other films, set to a soundtrack of similarly purloined and reconfigured audio that was originally recorded by other moviemakers for other movies. No less a fan than Stanley Kubrick called Lipsett's Oscar-nominated 1961 debut short film, 'Very Nice, Very Nice,' 'one of the most imaginative and brilliant uses of the movie screen and soundtrack that I have ever seen.'"
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
10:00 AM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Southern Culture Films at AcA
Film screenings throughout the day on Southern culture
This film series, a regular part of the Festival, is dedicated to showcasing both classic and new films on Southern culture, including both narrative fiction and the Southern culture documentary film, what Oxford American Magazine has described as perhaps "the true Southern cinematic art form."
10:05 AM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Wrestling for Jesus (Louisiana Premiere)
Nathan Clarke, Director 2011 72 min. Color
Film Screening
"Wrestling For Jesus" is a documentary about a man from rural South Carolina who tries to find solace from the demons of his past by starting a Christian professional wrestling league. His goal is to use wrestling to evangelize his neighbors. However his passion and vision for his ministry are tested when his personal life begins to disintegrate.
Filmmaker's web site: http://wrestlingforjesus.com
11:30 AM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Howard Citizen - The Man and The Music He Loves
Sharon Donnan and Kathryn Bojorquez, Director (Donnan)/Co-Producers/Editors/Cinematographer (Bojorquez) 2011 39 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
At the close of World War II, many French Creoles made their way out of the bayous and swamp lands of southwest Louisiana to find a second home in Los Angeles, California. Howard Citizen, who left sharecropping to fight in North Africa before the U.S. Army integrated, tells his story with humor, honesty, courage and conviction. He speaks about the survival of his culture and the emergence of a great musical style, unique to his people, Zydeco. He also speaks of his commitment to creating a better life for his family and realizing the American dream with his move after the war from Louisiana to California. Mr. Citizen's enthusiasm for life and the love of his culture is contagious!
12:30 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Mississippi Innocence (Louisiana Premiere)
Joe York, Director 2011 60 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q &A
In the early nineteen-nineties in rural Noxubee County, Mississippi, two young girls - in separate crimes occurring approximately a year and a half apart - were abducted from their homes, sexually assaulted, manually strangled and dumped into nearby pools of water. In each case law enforcement arrested a perpetrator almost immediately, and the prosecution announced that it would seek the death penalty in each case. As a result, Kennedy Brewer was convicted and sentenced to die by lethal injection; Levon Brooks was convicted and sentenced to a term of life without the possibility of parole. Combined, the two men would spend over thirty years in prison.
Both men are innocent.
Mississippi Innocence documents the story behind their wrongful convictions, the path that led to their exonerations in the spring of 2008, and their lives upon their return to the free world. The film uses interviews with the key players involved in both the conviction and exonerations, as well as lengthy interviews and footage of Brooks and Brewer and their families, to tell fully and for the first time the depth of their tragedy.
Filmmaker's web site: http://mississippiinnocencefilm.com
Audience Award, Oxford Film Festival, 2011; Transformative Award, Crossroads Film Festival, 2011
1:45 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Narrative Shorts Film Series
Film Screenings and Filmmaker Q & A's
A series of narrative short films will be screened with filmmakers in attendance.
1:50 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Fingers
JonGunnar Gylfason, Director 2011 23 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
Jimmy has hit rock bottom. He is behind on paying his debts, the mother of his child wants him to babysit, and the hot waitress doesn't want anything to do with him. In desperation, he contemplates putting his hand into a machine at his job to get workers compensation. Little does Jimmy know that the rules have changed.
2:30 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Shock
Chris Spear, Director 2011 4 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmaker Q & A
A young couple. A creepy house. And things that go bump in the night.
2:45 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Bingo Bandito (The) (World Premiere)
Bart Wild, Director/Writer/Producer 2012 20 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
This short comedy film presents the story of what happens in a small, country bingo hall when the Bingo Bandito appears and proceeds to dominate the game. The patrons' only hope lies in a mild-mannered player named Selma Cludbladder. Will good triumph? And what about the Puttmaster?
3:30 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Holding His Rabbits
Ji Choi, Director/Writer/Producer 2011 10 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
Set over one day in the rural terrain of yesteryear, William, a lovelorn woodsman is tormented by his wife's detachment.
Filmmaker's web site: http://holdinghisrabbits.com
3:45 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Keeper of the Flame
Brian Nelson, Director and Writer 2011 30 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
In this narrative fiction film set in hurricane and flood-ravaged New Orleans, Mardi Gras Indian culture serves as a pillar of African American community and a symbol of resilience and strength in the face of ongoing adversity. When the Big Chief of a prominent Indian gang dies unexpectedly, he passes the leadership of the tribe to an unlikely candidate -- his young grandson Michael. Is he willing to do what it will take to show that he is worthy of his calling?
Audience Award for Best Short, Patois New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival, 2011
4:30 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
So You Think You Can Make A Film, But Can You Do It Legally?
Panel Discussion with Attorney Suzette Toledano
New Orleans attorney Suzette Toledano will wow us with her extensive knowledge of music rights and copyright law in filmmaking. She maintains an arts and entertainment transactional law practice located above the House of Blues in New Orleans with emphasis on copyright matters, music licensing, recording contracts, music publishing contracts, and film industry matters.
Her national client list includes artists, composers, producers, record labels, music publishers, event producers, webcasters, and motion picture production companies, with Billboard award winners and Grammy nominees/winners among them.
Suzette is a member of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Board.
She has twice been voted OffBeat Magazine's Best Entertainment Attorney and spotlighted by New Orleans CityBusiness newspaper in its Women of the Year series.
A 1979 graduate of Tulane University's School of Law, Suzette regularly participates in MIDEM (Cannes), the Cannes Film Festival and South by Southwest (Austin).
5:15 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
How NOT To Make A Film
Panel Discussion
Austin-based filmmakers Andy Cope and Eric Hueber share their experiences in making a journey film and what they learned about what to do and what NOT to do.
5:45 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Texas Filmmakers Film Series
Film Screenings and Filmmaker Q & A's
Our filmmaker friends from Texas will end the day at AcA with two fascinating films from and about Texans.
5:46 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Where in the Heck is Medicine Mound, Texas?
Edward Tyndall, Director 2011 11 min. Color
Film Screening - Louisiana Premiere
Medicine Mound, Texas. Population Zero. Enter the world of Myna Potts, an elderly woman who has created a monument to her childhood memories in the form of the Medicine Mound Museum. Built in the shadows of four dolomite hills held sacred by the Comanche Indians, the town of Medicine Mound was destroyed by fire in the early 1930s and slowly faded into obscurity. Where in the Heck is Medicine Mound, Texas? explores memory, history and the inevitable passage of time as Myna leads us on a tour of her beloved museum and on a final pilgrimage to relive her most important childhood memory.
6:00 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Rainbows End (Louisiana Premiere)
Six Men, Two Roosters, and A Dream
Eric Hueber and Andy Cope, Director (Eric) and Writers/Producers 2010 90 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
An invitation to record with The Legendary Stardust Cowboy prompts Country Willie Edwards and his band The Cosmic Debris to launch their first West Coast tour. Having never broken the gravitational pull of Deep East Texas, the band invites three unique individuals who have dreams of striking it rich in California to make the trip.
Straight out of 1978, opening act, Peter Guzzino hopes that his one-man show resonates with modern audiences. Cockfighter Brian Birdman Birdwell offers to drive the band's fragile bus, Green Hell, in exchange for a chance at landing roles for his prize roosters in a big time Hollywood feature. Parapsychologist, experienced hitchhiker, and global twirler Audrey Dean Leighton guides the expedition as far as Los Angeles. Audrey Dean plans to learn the Internet and strike gold with a cyber psychic readings storefront.
RAINBOWS END chronicles six men, two roosters, and one bus on a perilous journey to the other side of a dream.
Adult language.
Filmmaker's web site: http://rainbowsendthemovie.com
Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch
10:00 AM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch
Bridge to War Eagle (Louisiana Premiere)
Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter 2011 27 min. Color
Film Screening
This documentary film by Emmy award-winning filmmakers Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter of the University of Arkansas tells the story of War Eagle Creek, a wild stream in the Ozark hills protected only by the folks who use it. War Eagle Creek flows under the old steel Water Eagle Bridge and along the War Eagle Mill, which is also featured in the film. The film is narrated by country music star Joe Nichols of Rogers, who's visited the War Eagle area his entire life.
Mid-America Emmy for Best Cultural Documentary
10:45 AM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch
The Fading Cajun Culture
Ray Breaux, Director/Producer 2011 65 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
This Centerville High School Production, which was filmed by students, chronicles the origins of French settlers from Poitou, France to Nova Scotia, Canada and, eventually, to Louisiana. Once in Louisiana, the film focuses on cultural changes such as the Americanization of the Acadians into the current Cajun culture. French dialect,trapping and commercial fishing are highlighted as each of these areas seems to be "fading" from prominence. The oil industry, farming and musical influences are explored along with regional festivals.
12:00 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch
Operation Sussex
Bonnie Friedman, Director 2011 53 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
This documentary, filmed entirely on location in France and England, tells the story of a relatively unknown WWII top secret spy mission involving a French Resistance network created by the Allies. 120 french men and women volunteered for this daredevil mission, jumping into France to gather and supply valuable information about German activity leading up to D-Day and beyond.
1:15 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch
Colores del Carnaval Dominicano (Louisiana Premiere)
Ruben Duran and Donna Pinnick 2011 55 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
The colorful, chaotic, subversive, upside down world of carnaval in the Dominican Republic is explored in this documentary. Award-winning documentary filmmakers Ruben Duran and Donna Pinnick have produced a film that examines the living tradition of the oldest carnaval in the Americas. For 500 years, the island nation has reveled in its rambunctious customs -- music, dancing, masks and mayhem. However, this film reveals that carnaval is something far more rich and complex than a gaudy festival. It is in fact the soul of a people.
2:30 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch
Carnaval Traditions of the Dominican Republic Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
Panel discussion with filmmakers Ruben Duran and Donna Pinnick and folklorist Dr. Carl Lindahl about the carnaval traditions of the Dominican Republic and how they compare to the Mardi Gras traditions found in Louisiana.
3:15 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch
The Natural State of America (Louisiana Premiere)
Brian C. Campbell, Writer/Producer 2011 76 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
In the 1970's, a small group of residents in the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas organized and successfully halted the U.S. Forest Service's planned aerial applications of herbicides. Now the group battles their rural electric cooperative to protect the region's organic farms, wells, springs, and the Buffalo River, the first National River in the United States, from being contaminated by herbicides once again. This film tells their story.
Filmmaker's web site: http://naturalstateofamerica.com
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
12:00 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
A Weaverly Path (Louisiana Premiere)
The Tapestry Life Of Silvia Heyden
Kenny Dalsheimer, Director 2011 62 min. Color
Film Screening and Commentary By Artist Robert Dafford
This film offers an intimate, visually stunning portrait of tapestry weaver Silvia Heyden and captures the inner dialogue and meditations of an extraordinary artist in the moments of creation. The film follows the Swiss-born artist during a year of weaving and reflection. Heyden creates works inspired by the Eno River in Durham, North Carolina and shares how nature, music, her Bauhaus education and her life experiences anchor and inspire her weaving.
Filmmaker's web site: http://thegrooveproductions.com
1:15 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Delivrance (U.S. Premiere)
Danny Thebeau and Donovan Richard, Writer/Director 2011 Color
Fialm Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
This dramatic narrative feature film tells the story of the escape in 1756 from Fort Beausejour by Pierre-Henri Surette and his followers, and Surette's return to battle for the rest of the men who were left behind before their deportation by the British. The film was shot primarily at Fort Beausejour (in the fort's ruins), in the areas of Memramcook and along the Petitcodiac River.
The film premiered across Canada this past fall with great fanfare. The amazing cast and crew created "a great snapshot of the hell Acadians were subject to during the great expulsion," says film and music writer Jim Lavoie. "Well written, directed, shot and acted, this is one film that 'Delivered' as promised."
The film is in both French and English, with English subtitles.
Filmmaker's web site: http://redleafproductions.com
2:15 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
A Conversation With Actors About Acting In Film
A panel discussion
A conversation with actor and acting professor Robyn Nolting and actor and filmmaker Danny Thebeau.
2:45 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Encounters (Louisiana Premiere)
Melanie Carriere and Olivier Higgins 2011 52 min. Color
Film Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
This documentary film tells the story of a group of young Innus, Huron and non-Aboriginal Quebeckers, who together travel an ancestral land and water path, 310 km long, which joins Lac Saint-Jean and Quebec City. Along the way, they learn about themselves and each other. This is another wonderful film from the award-winning filmmaking team of Melanie Carriere and Olivier Higgins, based in Quebec, for whom questions of identity, social fabric, land protection, and social justice inspire their projects. French with English subtitles.
Filmmaker's web site: http://mofilms.ca
4:00 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears (Southern U.S. Premiere)
Michael Todd, Director 2011 72 min. Color
Fialm Screening
They say Philadelphia is the capital of boxing, and Joe Frazier's Gym is the White House. As the world mourns the recent death of this boxing legend, "Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears," a dramatic and emotional feature length film, tells the story of the real Joe Frazier, who rose from the rural poverty of South Carolina's Gullah community to become one of the world's most famous athletes. The film, which has been hailed as superb, heartfelt and inspirational, is more than just a boxing film - although it is definitely that; it is also the story of a son's love and admiration for his father and the importance of his father and the sport -- including his landmark gym -- to the greater community. For over forty years, long after his million-dollar bouts with Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and others, Frazier's dedication kept his gym alive. Now, as the film reveals, there is a struggle to keep it open.
Realscreen Magazine has called this a "must see" film.
The film screened this fall in Philadelphia, the adopted city of the legendary fighter; in New York City, on the day of Frazier's death; and, most recently, at the 49th Annual World Boxing Council Convention in Las Vegas. Now it makes is Southern U.S. Premiere at Cinema on the Bayou.
Filmmaker's web site: http://joefrazierfilm.com
5:30 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA)
Closing Reception and Awards Ceremony
Reception and awards for visiting filmmakers
We will close the Festival with a reception for all of our visiting filmmakers as well as an awards presentation and music by David Egan and Johanna Divine.
Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch
1:15 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 - Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch
Puppet
David Soll, Director 2011 74 min. Color
Film Screening
Puppetry has been a human fascination throughout history. What was once a lauded art has become the stuff of children. This film attempts to rectify this unfortunate situation while weaving together three stories: the story of Disfarmer [about whom COTB screened "Disfarmer: A Portrait of America"], the story of director Dan Hurlin's struggle to create the story of Disfarmer, and the story of the puppeteers bringing the story to life. All three stories come together in the fascinating footage of the puppets in action telling the story of Disfarmer. The puppets are a tour de force of mind over matter. - Matt Newman
Filmmaker's web site: http://thepuppetfilm.com
2:45 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 - Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch
Bridge to War Eagle (Louisiana Premiere)
Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter 2011 27 min. Color
Film Screening
This documentary film by Emmy award-winning filmmakers Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter of the University of Arkansas tells the story of War Eagle Creek, a wild stream in the Ozark hills protected only by the folks who use it. War Eagle Creek flows under the old steel Water Eagle Bridge and along the War Eagle Mill, which is also featured in the film. The film is narrated by country music star Joe Nichols of Rogers, who's visited the War Eagle area his entire life.
Mid-America Emmy for Best Cultural Documentary
3:30 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 - Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch
Happy (Louisiana Premiere)
Roko Belic, Director 2011 77 min. Color
Film Screening
Does money make you HAPPY? Kids and family? Your work? Do you live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution?
Roko Belic, director of the Academy Award nominated "Genghis Blues," now brings us HAPPY, a film that sets out to answer these questions and more. Taking us from the bayous of Louisiana with the Blanchard family to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the villages of Okinawa, HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.
Filmmaker's web site: http://thehappymovie.com