Films by NYWIFT Members Featured During DocuWeek

August 5, 2010 by tlawler

NYWIFT Members' work is being featured in IDA's Docuweek screenings through August 19th at the IFC Center. DocuWeeks is a theatrical showcase that helps documentaries qualify for the Academy Award consideration.

FREEDOM RIDERS: Produced by LAURENS GRANT and Directed by STANLEY NELSON

PUSHING THE ELEPHANT: Directed and Produced by BETH DAVENPORT and ELIZABETH MANDEL

FREEDOM RIDERS

Produced by Laurens Grant and Directed by Stanley Nelson

Freedom Riders is the first feature-length film about a courageous band of civil rights activists who called themselves the Freedom Riders. They challenged segregation in interstate transport in the American South during the spring and summer of 1961. The attention the movement generated caused the federal government to take down Jim Crow signs of “whites only” and “colored only,” allowing every American to travel freely — a legacy we enjoy today.
 
Fri. Aug. 13: 12PM, 5:30PM
Sat. Aug. 14: 1:45PM, 7:30PM - Director Stanley Nelson In Person at 9:15pm
Sun. Aug. 15: 3:30PM, 9:35PM - Director Stanley Nelson In Person at 11:20pm
Mon. Aug. 16: 12PM, 5:30PM
Tues. Aug. 17: 1:45PM, 7:30PM - Producer Laurens Grant In Person at 9:15pm
Wed. Aug. 18: 3:30PM, 9:35PM - Producer Laurens Grant In Person at 11:20pm
Thu. Aug. 19: 12PM, 5:30PM

PUSHING THE ELEPHANT

Directed and Produced by BETH DAVENPORT and ELIZABETH MANDEL
Producers KATY CHEVIGNY and ANGELA TUCKER edited by MONA DAVIS

Pushing The Elephant chronicles the story of Rose Mapendo and how she escaped from the ethnic violence of the Democratic Republic of Congo to become a vital voice to help mend her divided country. She has assisted dozens of survivors to recover and rebuild their lives. But there is still one person Rose must teach to forgive—her daughter Nangabire.

Fri, Aug 6 at: 12:00 PM, 5:30 PM
Sat, Aug 7 at: 1:35 PM, 7:30 PM
Sun, Aug 8 at: 3:35 PM, 9:45 PM
Mon, Aug 9 at: 12:00 PM, 5:30 PM
Tue, Aug 10 at: 1:35 PM, 7:30 PM
Wed, Aug 11 at: 3:35 PM, 9:45 PM
Thu, Aug 12 at: 3:35 PM, 9:45 PM