BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//B-Side Presents: Red Rock Film Festival 2008//iCal4j 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081108T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081108T103000 SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of Independent Film Art Show DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look at what it takes to make an independent fi lm. See production photos and other artwork from select films from the f estival. CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:ZION GIANT SCREEN THEATRE URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/behindthescenesofinde pendentfilmartshow_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:173433184-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081109T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081109T180000 SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of Independent Film Art Show DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look at what it takes to make an independent fi lm. See production photos and other artwork from select films from the f estival. CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:ZION GIANT SCREEN THEATRE URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/behindthescenesofinde pendentfilmartshow_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:173433228-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081110T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081110T180000 SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of Independent Film Art Show DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look at what it takes to make an independent fi lm. See production photos and other artwork from select films from the f estival. CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:ZION GIANT SCREEN THEATRE URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/behindthescenesofinde pendentfilmartshow_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:173433240-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081111T180000 SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of Independent Film Art Show DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look at what it takes to make an independent fi lm. See production photos and other artwork from select films from the f estival. CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:ZION GIANT SCREEN THEATRE URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/behindthescenesofinde pendentfilmartshow_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:173433295-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081112T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081112T180000 SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of Independent Film Art Show DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look at what it takes to make an independent fi lm. See production photos and other artwork from select films from the f estival. CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:ZION GIANT SCREEN THEATRE URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/behindthescenesofinde pendentfilmartshow_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:173433435-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081113T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081113T180000 SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of Independent Film Art Show DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look at what it takes to make an independent fi lm. See production photos and other artwork from select films from the f estival. CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:ZION GIANT SCREEN THEATRE URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/behindthescenesofinde pendentfilmartshow_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:173433501-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081113T183500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081113T190500 SUMMARY:Opening Ceremony DESCRIPTION:Part of the Opening Night celebration\, the Texas Roadhouse h osts this special introduction to the festival with a Texas dinner recep tion\nbefore Sultans of the South. Beware\, "the Texan" wants his dinero \, but before he gets a single peso\, we're going to schmooze with the\n filmmakers. CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:RED CLIFFS CINEMA URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/openingceremony_redro ckfilmfestival2008 UID:168399333-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081113T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081113T211000 SUMMARY:Opening Night Ceremony & Premiere Film DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Event, Opening Night LOCATION:RED CLIFFS CINEMA URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/openingnightpremieref ilmtba_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168399836-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081113T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081113T225000 SUMMARY:ZION FLIX I: Stars on 35 DESCRIPTION:A variety of short dramas presented on 35mm film as part of O pening Night. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:RED CLIFFS CINEMA URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/zionflixistarson35_re drockfilmfestival2008 UID:168400505-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081113T214500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081113T234000 SUMMARY:Opening Night Party DESCRIPTION:Later\, after an evening of action\, pathos and drama\, it's time to make your escape to the soiree hosted by The Steak & Seafood Co. Click Here to Buy Opening Night Passes \, which include admission to the opening night reception\, the premiere of Sultans of the South\, the opening night party\, and Zion Flix I. CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:RED CLIFFS CINEMA URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/openingnightpartytba_ redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168400393-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T101500 SUMMARY:Director's Breakfast DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/directorsbreakfast_re drockfilmfestival2008 UID:168401775-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T112600 SUMMARY:ZION FLIX II: Life Treks DESCRIPTION:A shorts program that celebrates the value of life among all cultures\, and the steps taken from the past to the future to save human ity. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:PIONEER BACKLOT URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/zionflixiilifetreks_r edrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168401934-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T180000 SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of Independent Film Art Show DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look at what it takes to make an independent fi lm. See production photos and other artwork from select films from the f estival. CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:ZION GIANT SCREEN THEATRE URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/behindthescenesofinde pendentfilmartshow_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:173433625-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T101000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T114000 SUMMARY:Vaccine Nation DESCRIPTION:From the award-winning director of The Drugging of our Childr en\, Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own and AIDS Inc. comes the latest f ilm of critical social importance: Vaccine-Nation. For most people\, vac cinating themselves and their children seems like a good idea. Vaccines are safe\, effective and are supposed to protect us against dangerous i nfectious diseases - Right? Wrong! What you don‚'t know can harm you or kill you! In this groundbreaking film\, you will see the truth about th e dangers of vaccines and their direct relationship to autoimmune diseas es\, infections\, allergies and an unprecedented increase in development al learning and behavioral disorders in children\, such as Autism.‚ Disc over the truth about the history of vaccines and how they have NEVER bee n proven to be safe and effective for anyone. Witness the legacy of gove rnmental deception and cover-ups associated with vaccines.‚ Learn about the corruption within the scientific community and how vaccine studies a re seriously flawed.‚ You‚'ll also follow heart-wrenching\, real life st ories of the parents and children devastated by the effects of vaccines. Join director Gary Null PhD and over 40 of the worlds foremost vaccine experts in this shocking exposé that will shatter the truth as you know it. CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Bumbleberry Inn URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/vaccinenation_redrock filmfestival2008 UID:168387358-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T102000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T214600 SUMMARY:Young Filmmaker Shorts DESCRIPTION:Inspired High School and Young Student filmmakers explore th e human condition through the medium of film. CATEGORIES:Narrative (Drama) LOCATION:CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/youngfilmmakershorts_ redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168389738-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T115000 SUMMARY:ZION FLIX V: Hybrid.Pedal & Standing Silent Nation DESCRIPTION:Two documentary featurettes demonstrate a group's desire for the lands in the US: one to address the endangered wildlands\, and one t o\ndevelop a sustainable economy. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:GROOVIES @ OC TANNER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/zionflixvhybridpedals tandingsilentnation_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168402594-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T140000 SUMMARY:ZION FLIX III: Friends and Other Strangers DESCRIPTION:Friends and loved ones are looked at with scrutiny in this sh orts program\, where our relations and how we communicate is held up to the\nmicroscope. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:PIONEER BACKLOT URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/zionflixiiifriendsand otherstrangers_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168402932-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T124000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T134700 SUMMARY:On Paper Wings DESCRIPTION:During WWII\, the Japanese military developed a new weapon in tended to strike directly at the American continent ‚Äì the balloon bomb . High school girls across Japan were conscripted into factories where they built thousands of balloons made of paper. These balloons were the n attached to bombs and launched into the jet stream to drift toward Nor th America. On May 5th\, 1945\, a pastor\, his pregnant wife\, and five children departed on a picnic in Southern Oregon. When they found an u n-detonated balloon bomb\, the device exploded\, killing the pastor‚'s w ife and all five children. They became the only people killed on the co ntinental U.S. as the result of enemy action during WWII.Forty years lat er\, a Japanese American man who had spent his wartime years in an inter nment camp found out about these deaths. He knew several women in Japan who as young girls had been forced to work on the balloon bombs\, and t he news of these deaths shocked and saddened them. These women decided to fold a thousand paper cranes to offer to the families of those killed in Oregon\, and the groups eventually all met face to face. The friend ships formed since have helped citizens on both sides of the Pacific cop e with the tragedies they experienced during WWII.This is the story of f our Japanese women who worked on balloon bombs\, the families of those k illed in Oregon\, and the man whose actions brought them all together fo rty years after WWII\, and the balloon bomb project. CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Bumbleberry Inn URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/onpaperwings_redrockf ilmfestival2008 UID:168388956-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T125000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T141800 SUMMARY:A Soldier's Peace DESCRIPTION:A soldier returns home from Iraq\, and because of his experie nces\, immediately begins to protest the war. He walks the length of his home state\, Utah\, the reddest state in the nation\, to help end the w ar. During his 500-mile peace walk\, he overcomes blisters\, sleet and s now\, government intimidation\, and stereotypes. After the initial thril l of walking with large groups through cities wears off\, he finds himse lf trudging through abandonned highways in a part of the country that is simply apathetic. He learns from his wife that a lump on their 1-year-o ld daughter's neck might be cancer. He decides to go home and be with hi s family\, but with the encouragement of his wife and a Vietnam War vete ran from Oregon whom he befriended on the walk\, he continues the protes t. Things begin to change for the better. His patriotism is renewed as h e meets more and more peace-minded people from across the country who sh ow up to walk with him. He finds out that his daughter doesn't have canc er. As he meets long-time activists like Martin Sheen\, Ron Kovic\, Cind y Sheehan and Daniel Ellsberg\, he learns about the proud history of dis sent and protest in America. He concludes that if his protest doesn't he lp bring peace to Iraq\, it will at least bring peace to his troubled li fe. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/asoldierspeace_redroc kfilmfestival2008 UID:168386339-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T141000 SUMMARY:My Mother's Garden DESCRIPTION:In the suburban setting of a quiet tree-lined street in Grana da Hills\, California we see a 61 year old woman pushing a grocery cart to her front door. We watch her climb through a window covered in ivy an d cob webs into her house\, stepping on top of stacks of newspapers\, pi les of debris\, rotting material\, clothing\, and toys\; a living mass o f waste that has literally pushed her out of the house and into her gard en. My Mother’s Garden is the story of Eugenia Lester whose hoarding di sorder has entered a dangerous and life threatening stage. Directed by h er daughter Cynthia\, it documents how one family comes together to cope with their mother’s disorder and rebuild a lost sense of family. My Mot her’s Garden was an official selection of the 2006 New York IFP Market a nd was a finalist for the IFP Socially Conscious Documentary Award. The film has also received support from the 2007 New York State Council For the Arts and the 2007 Pacific Pioneer Fund. Director’s statement: My p ersonal journey through this documentary was necessary to heal the wound s of abandonment\, isolation\, and dependency that are often present whe n raised by a parent with a persistent mental illness. Though my brother s and I are now adults\, we all feel a deep need for a stabilizing cente r for our family\, a permanent place to call home. This longing for stab ility has caused disorder in our lives\, both socially and emotionally. Through this documentary\, I am applying my experience in social work\, art therapy\, and filmmaking to my own family. I hope that the film can be therapeutic as well as a creative work of art that will help bring aw areness to the issue of mental illness and also reach others who are sym pathetic to this subject matter. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:GROOVIES @ OC TANNER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/mymothersgarden_redro ckfilmfestival2008 UID:168385731-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T165300 SUMMARY:ZION FLIX IV: The Eco Doc DESCRIPTION:A documentary featurettes program that traces how the environ ment is affected by sports\, power and wild life. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:PIONEER BACKLOT URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/zionflixivtheecodoc_r edrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168403369-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T151000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T164600 SUMMARY:An American In China DESCRIPTION:Twenty-two year old David Braddock is floundering - stuck in that lazy period between college and ‚"What am I going to do with the re st of my life?‚" Even David‚'s best friend\, Sha is concerned with David 's aimless attitude. David‚'s parents pressure him to either choose a ca reer path or join the family business. David decides to follow his fathe r‚'s urging to "Go East Young Man.‚" Once in China\, he finds that it is much different from what he imagined: full of bustling modern cities as well as charming little villages. He travels to a town that the modern world hasn‚'t yet altered and meets Mei: a beautiful\, ambitious young g irl who works two jobs in order to save enough money to follow her dream of going to the prestigious Beijing University. Despite their differen ces\, a romance blossoms during the few short weeks that David is with M ei. He returns home to San Francisco to find that his family‚'s business is in even more difficulty than when he left. Sha encourages David to return to China and see things though: both business and romance\, and t ogether they head back to the middle kingdom. This coming of age\, fish out of water story takes us on a fascinating journey to a world full of strange customs and people. But cultural differences\, politics or dist ance cannot change the fact that we all share the same basic desire: to love and be loved. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Bumbleberry Inn URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/anamericaninchina_red rockfilmfestival2008 UID:168387118-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T152000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T171500 SUMMARY:Breaking The Maya Code DESCRIPTION:There are over six million Maya today. They have a rich and vibrant culture\, and have guarded their traditions with great care. Bu t for four centuries they have been a people cut off from the written re cord of their own extraordinary past.For almost 2000 years\, the ancient Maya recorded their history and ideas in an intricate and beautiful scr ipt. Then\, in the 16th century\, Spanish invaders burned their books a nd ruthlessly extinguished hieroglyphic literacy. By the 18th century\, when stone inscriptions were discovered buried in the jungles of Centra l America and bark-paper books began to surface in the libraries of Euro pe\, no one on earth could read them.Breaking the Maya Code is the story of the struggle to unlock the secrets of the hieroglyphs\, arguably one of the most complex writing systems ever created. It is based in large part on the book by archaeologist and historian Michael Coe\, himself i ntimately involved in the decipherment story. His book has been called by the New York Times "one of the great stories of twentieth century sci entific discovery". This is a detective story filled with misunderstandi ngs and false leads\, rivalries and colliding personalities. It leads u s from the jungles of Guatemala to the bitter cold of Russia\, from anci ent Maya temples to the dusty libraries of Dresden and Madrid.Through on e of the great intellectual achievements of the past 200 years\, the wor ds of the ancient Maya scribes have begun to speak once more. CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/breakingthemayacode_r edrockfilmfestival2008 UID:171164745-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T164800 SUMMARY:Wesley Willis's Joyrides DESCRIPTION:Wesley Willis draws the city with great precision and no trai ning. His love for rock and roll is his inspiration. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:GROOVIES @ OC TANNER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/wesleywillissjoyrides _redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168385761-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T183000 SUMMARY:Friends For Life DESCRIPTION:Four orphaned wolf pups… A man facing a lonely future…and the act of kindness that saved them all.\n \nIt is a story that will touch your heart. Big city attorney Jim Crawford (Michael Flynn) had won most of the battles in his life\, but he couldn’t win the battle against his wife’s illness. Devastated and alone\, he is left to face a lonely fut ure. But suddenly\, an unexpected twist of fate (or perhaps even an ang el) leads Jim to discover four orphaned wolf pups who face certain death unless he takes them in. Unprepared for the task\, but unwilling to see them suffer\, he takes them into his care and keeping. It is a dauntin g task with unintended…sometimes hilarious consequences. CATEGORIES:Feature, World Premiere LOCATION:ZION GIANT SCREEN THEATRE URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/friendsforlife_redroc kfilmfestival2008 UID:168389469-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T174500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T191500 SUMMARY:Leaving Barstow DESCRIPTION:Growing up in Barstow\, CA\, a town of about 9\,000 homes in the Mojave Desert\, high school senior Andrew Dayton hopes for a bigger world. Andrew lives with his somewhat irresponsible single mother\, San dra\, a waitress. Despite being college material -- a quality noted by his science teacher\, Mr. Johns -- Andrew seems to be slipping into the inertia of Barstow. Mr. Johns aggressively challenges Andrew‚'s decision to delay college\, painting a bleak picture of Andrew‚'s future if he d oesn‚'t leave Barstow. This angers Andrew because he feels trapped\, bu t deep down he knows Mr. Johns is right.In the midst of confusion\, Andr ew meets newcomer Jenny and begins his first real sexual experience. Di scovering the relationship\, Sandra becomes increasingly possessive whil e at the same time throwing herself into her current fling with a much y ounger man\, Cody. Andrew‚'s main ally is his best friend Carlos who sh ares Andrew‚'s dreams of college and encourages him. Carlos surprises An drew with the news that Andrew has been accepted to college\, but when A ndrew goes to tell Sandra\, he finds her drowning in misery. Cody has s tolen their few valuables and run off. Desperately relying on Andrew mo re than ever\, Sandra‚'s need and self-absorption overshadow Andrew‚'s n ews as she grabs and clings to him. While Sandra sleeps\, Andrew contemp lates\, weighing those who need him against the possibilities of life in the larger world. Ultimately\, Andrew realizes he must make a choice b etween himself and those he loves. CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative Fiction LOCATION:PIONEER BACKLOT URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/leavingbarstow_redroc kfilmfestival2008 UID:168389031-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T191600 SUMMARY:Nobody Knows: The Untold Story Of Black Mormons DESCRIPTION:Perhaps the most interesting feature of this documentary is a n unprecedented report by Pastor Cecil 'Chip' Murray of an apology issue d to him personally by the Mormon Church president\, Gordon B. Hinckley\ , for the LDS role in the national travesty of racism. Besides this acc ount (which comes late in the documentary)\, "Nobody Knows: The Untold S tory of Black Mormons" includes interviews with Martin Luther King III\, footage of Black Mormon Gladys Knight\, and interviews with various Bla ck Mormons of many backgrounds\, including three converts filmed initial ly in 1968 and then again in 2007. These three men talk about their jou rney in the LDS religion\; how it felt to join a church which restricted its most important privileges from them and their families\, how it fel t when the restrictions were lifted\, and how it feels today\, when ques tions still circulate within Mormon Sunday School classes about God's vi ew of Blacks. Are Blacks cursed\, as Mormon leaders once taught? Were Blacks less valiant than whites in a pre-mortal life (also a prominent t eaching of the 19th and 20th centuries which has yet to be repudiated). More recent Black converts are also interviewed\, and report a spectrum of experiences within the LDS fold--everything from being called a 'Nigg er' in a Mormon temple to feeling completely embraced into the faith\, a nd even being called into leadership positions. CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Bumbleberry Inn URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/nobodyknowstheuntolds toryofblackmormons_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168404468-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T181000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T193500 SUMMARY:Class C DESCRIPTION:On March 3rd\, eight of Montana‚'s smallest towns empty. Lig hts go out. Stores close. No one is left to read the marquee at the tin y movie theater: NO SHOW. C YOU AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT. Hundreds of miles away\, the gym fills. High school boys in cheerleaders‚' uniforms scream. Ranchers with painted faces chant. Three months earlier\, ninety -one girls‚' basketball teams from Montana‚'s smallest schools set out t o win the Class C state championship. Only one will win it all. In 18 97\, the game of basketball arrived in Montana. Before men even started playing\, young women formed the first teams in the state. In the earl y years\, women‚'s teams played fast-paced full-court basketball. Heate d matches between girls in bloomers drew enthusiastic crowds. But the e xcitement of these early years faded when rules from the East ‚"tamed‚" the ‚"unladylike‚" sport. Men‚'s basketball flourished. Women‚'s baske tball disappeared. In the 1970s\, Title IX legislation mandated the rev ival of girls‚' basketball programs. Today\, communities rally in suppor t of their girls. Lonely miles of snow drifted gravel roads evaporate wi th the roar of the crowd. Featuring five teams\, ‚"Class C‚" explores th e forces that underlie the dramas played out in every game. Agricultural decline\, school closure\, racial conflict and teen pregnancy shape the fortunes of each team as much as any coaching strategy or star player. ‚"Class C‚" tells the story of a changing rural America and the girls wh o carry hope and heartbreak onto the basketball court. CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/classc_redrockfilmfes tival2008 UID:168388202-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T182000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T200000 SUMMARY:Amal DESCRIPTION:Amal\, a multi-layered portrait of contemporary India\, follo ws an auto-rickshaw driver in New Delhi (Amal [played by Rupinder Nagra] ) who is\ncontent with his small\, but vital role in life. One day he dr ives an eccentric billionaire (G.K. Jayaram [played by Naseeruddin Shah] ) who\,\ndisguised as a vagabond\, is searching the streets for the last morsel of humanity\, and someone he can leave all his money to\, and [A mal's] life\nmay change forever. Amal serves up a visual feast for audie nces. Filmed on location in New Delhi\, India\, this modern day fable as ks the\nimportant question of what success means to each individual and ultimately reveals that the poorest of men are sometimes the richest. CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative (Drama), Special Screening LOCATION:OC Tanner Amphitheater URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/tba2_redrockfilmfesti val2008 UID:168404682-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T212500 SUMMARY:1 Giant Leap: What About Me? DESCRIPTION:Film-makers Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto set off around t he world to capture and weave together as much musical\, philosophical\, artistic and spiritual inspiration as the world had to offer\, and to e xamine\, through their many diverse encounters\, the extent of humanity’ s collective insanity\, insatiable desire\, obsessions\, fixations\, des perations and above all\, our inability to stop thinking. ‘What About Me ?’ fuses opinions and insights\, both alarming and inspirational\, from 50 global locations - hundreds of interviews with writers\, market-sell ers\, brain surgeons\, criminals\, grave diggers and gurus\, some famous \, most unknown…as the artists and singers express from their deepest tr uths the universal themes of Love\, Pain\, Surrender\, and Grace in the most wide-reaching and diverse musical\, philosophical and spiritual col laboration ever created. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:PIONEER BACKLOT URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/1giantleapwhataboutme _redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168389572-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T201500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T214900 SUMMARY:War Eagle\, Arkansas DESCRIPTION:War Eagle is a character-driven drama about a young man's cho ice of whether to leave his family and friends for a career in baseball or stay and redeem his struggling community. The story takes place over a few pivotal weeks in the summer after Enoch Cass's senior year\, and i s set against the backdrop of Arkansas' beautiful Ozark Mountains. CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative Fiction LOCATION:CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/wareaglearkansas_redr ockfilmfestival2008 UID:168386756-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T220800 SUMMARY:Sultanes del Sur (Sultans of the South) DESCRIPTION:Four thieves steal 11 million dollars from a Mexican bank and head off to Buenos Aires to change their greenbacks into pesos\, with t he help of\nThe Texan\, one of the citys big racketeers.\nThe Texan send s three of his men to carry out the transaction in a parking lot. Howeve r\, when the money is exchanged\, a group of unknown\ngunmen open fire\, massacring the Texans men and escaping with all the cash.\nSuddenly\, t he thieves are given a very short period of grace to recover the money b efore The Texan takes his revenge... one of the most\nsuccessful films f rom Mexico – In the tradition of Oceans 11 and crime dramas such as The Italian Job and The Thomas Crown Affair. CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative (Drama), Opening Night, Special Screening LOCATION:OC Tanner Amphitheater URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/sultanesdelsursultans ofthesouth_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:172542498-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T000000 SUMMARY:Filmmakers' Party DESCRIPTION:The Fatali Gallery hosts this gala event for both filmmakers and film lovers alike. Enjoy the sounds of pianist Greg Baker as you min gle with\nthe guests and explore the gallery. CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:FATALI GALLERY URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/filmmakersparty_redro ckfilmfestival2008 UID:168405364-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081114T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T013100 SUMMARY:Defying Gravity DESCRIPTION:Cassandra\, a mute 16-year-old runaway\, gets off the bus in Yermo\, CA. A friendly but feisty transvestite waitress named Lola give s the disheveled traveler a free meal and clean clothes.In Venice\, CA\, a homeless 20-year-old named Shore lives out of a broken-down VW minibu s and builds rock towers at the beach. He appears happy-go-lucky\, but he suffers from delusions. Cassandra reaches her final destination: a J ewish cemetery in Los Angeles. As she steps off the bus and darts into the street\, she is almost hit by Shore's VW bus. She drops her sketchp ad and stuffed animal in the street\, but like a frightened deer\, bolts into the cemetery. Cassandra is watched over by the kindly Hispanic ga rdener named Jorge. In his spare time\, Jorge is committed to the resto ration of a classic Cadillac hearse. Shore returns to the cemetery\, det ermined to befriend the mysterious waif who lives there. Cassandra refu ses Shore's overtures of friendship\, and their scuffle disrupts a funer al service. Jorge helps them flee the police in the back of his truck\, and brings them to the protective care of an illegal immigrant family li ving in a canyon. From that point Cass must depend on Shore for surviva l - until she gets lost once again. When Shore returns frantically to t he cemetery looking for Cassandra\, he and Jorge encounter a violent-tem pered man named Lubitch. Shore and Jorge must find Cassandra before her abusive step-father does - and the only way to do this is in a stolen h earse. CATEGORIES:Feature, Red Eye at Red Rock LOCATION:GROOVIES @ OC TANNER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/defyinggravity_redroc kfilmfestival2008 UID:168388586-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T112500 SUMMARY:Class C DESCRIPTION:On March 3rd\, eight of Montana‚'s smallest towns empty. Lig hts go out. Stores close. No one is left to read the marquee at the tin y movie theater: NO SHOW. C YOU AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT. Hundreds of miles away\, the gym fills. High school boys in cheerleaders‚' uniforms scream. Ranchers with painted faces chant. Three months earlier\, ninety -one girls‚' basketball teams from Montana‚'s smallest schools set out t o win the Class C state championship. Only one will win it all. In 18 97\, the game of basketball arrived in Montana. Before men even started playing\, young women formed the first teams in the state. In the earl y years\, women‚'s teams played fast-paced full-court basketball. Heate d matches between girls in bloomers drew enthusiastic crowds. But the e xcitement of these early years faded when rules from the East ‚"tamed‚" the ‚"unladylike‚" sport. Men‚'s basketball flourished. Women‚'s baske tball disappeared. In the 1970s\, Title IX legislation mandated the rev ival of girls‚' basketball programs. Today\, communities rally in suppor t of their girls. Lonely miles of snow drifted gravel roads evaporate wi th the roar of the crowd. Featuring five teams\, ‚"Class C‚" explores th e forces that underlie the dramas played out in every game. Agricultural decline\, school closure\, racial conflict and teen pregnancy shape the fortunes of each team as much as any coaching strategy or star player. ‚"Class C‚" tells the story of a changing rural America and the girls wh o carry hope and heartbreak onto the basketball court. CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:PIONEER BACKLOT URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/classc_redrockfilmfes tival2008 UID:168391858-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T180000 SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of Independent Film Art Show DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look at what it takes to make an independent fi lm. See production photos and other artwork from select films from the f estival. CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:ZION GIANT SCREEN THEATRE URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/behindthescenesofinde pendentfilmartshow_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:173433634-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T101000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T114200 SUMMARY:Defying Gravity DESCRIPTION:Cassandra\, a mute 16-year-old runaway\, gets off the bus in Yermo\, CA. A friendly but feisty transvestite waitress named Lola give s the disheveled traveler a free meal and clean clothes.In Venice\, CA\, a homeless 20-year-old named Shore lives out of a broken-down VW minibu s and builds rock towers at the beach. He appears happy-go-lucky\, but he suffers from delusions. Cassandra reaches her final destination: a J ewish cemetery in Los Angeles. As she steps off the bus and darts into the street\, she is almost hit by Shore's VW bus. She drops her sketchp ad and stuffed animal in the street\, but like a frightened deer\, bolts into the cemetery. Cassandra is watched over by the kindly Hispanic ga rdener named Jorge. In his spare time\, Jorge is committed to the resto ration of a classic Cadillac hearse. Shore returns to the cemetery\, det ermined to befriend the mysterious waif who lives there. Cassandra refu ses Shore's overtures of friendship\, and their scuffle disrupts a funer al service. Jorge helps them flee the police in the back of his truck\, and brings them to the protective care of an illegal immigrant family li ving in a canyon. From that point Cass must depend on Shore for surviva l - until she gets lost once again. When Shore returns frantically to t he cemetery looking for Cassandra\, he and Jorge encounter a violent-tem pered man named Lubitch. Shore and Jorge must find Cassandra before her abusive step-father does - and the only way to do this is in a stolen h earse. CATEGORIES:Feature, Red Eye at Red Rock LOCATION:Bumbleberry Inn URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/defyinggravity_redroc kfilmfestival2008 UID:168392012-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T113000 SUMMARY:Directors' Panel DESCRIPTION:The Fatali Schoolhouse of photography hosts this panel on ada pting and changing styles between creating art and making a living. CATEGORIES:Panel LOCATION:ROCKVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/directorspanel_redroc kfilmfestival2008 UID:168405636-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T102000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T115600 SUMMARY:An American In China DESCRIPTION:Twenty-two year old David Braddock is floundering - stuck in that lazy period between college and ‚"What am I going to do with the re st of my life?‚" Even David‚'s best friend\, Sha is concerned with David 's aimless attitude. David‚'s parents pressure him to either choose a ca reer path or join the family business. David decides to follow his fathe r‚'s urging to "Go East Young Man.‚" Once in China\, he finds that it is much different from what he imagined: full of bustling modern cities as well as charming little villages. He travels to a town that the modern world hasn‚'t yet altered and meets Mei: a beautiful\, ambitious young g irl who works two jobs in order to save enough money to follow her dream of going to the prestigious Beijing University. Despite their differen ces\, a romance blossoms during the few short weeks that David is with M ei. He returns home to San Francisco to find that his family‚'s business is in even more difficulty than when he left. Sha encourages David to return to China and see things though: both business and romance\, and t ogether they head back to the middle kingdom. This coming of age\, fish out of water story takes us on a fascinating journey to a world full of strange customs and people. But cultural differences\, politics or dist ance cannot change the fact that we all share the same basic desire: to love and be loved. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/anamericaninchina_red rockfilmfestival2008 UID:168390874-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T114800 SUMMARY:Wesley Willis's Joyrides DESCRIPTION:Wesley Willis draws the city with great precision and no trai ning. His love for rock and roll is his inspiration. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:GROOVIES @ OC TANNER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/wesleywillissjoyrides _redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168390257-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T123000 SUMMARY:Filmmakers' Lunch DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:ROCKVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/filmmakerslunch_redro ckfilmfestival2008 UID:168405989-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T140000 SUMMARY:Friends For Life DESCRIPTION:Four orphaned wolf pups… A man facing a lonely future…and the act of kindness that saved them all.\n \nIt is a story that will touch your heart. Big city attorney Jim Crawford (Michael Flynn) had won most of the battles in his life\, but he couldn’t win the battle against his wife’s illness. Devastated and alone\, he is left to face a lonely fut ure. But suddenly\, an unexpected twist of fate (or perhaps even an ang el) leads Jim to discover four orphaned wolf pups who face certain death unless he takes them in. Unprepared for the task\, but unwilling to see them suffer\, he takes them into his care and keeping. It is a dauntin g task with unintended…sometimes hilarious consequences. CATEGORIES:Feature, World Premiere LOCATION:PIONEER BACKLOT URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/friendsforlife_redroc kfilmfestival2008 UID:168394007-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T124000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T135600 SUMMARY:Nobody Knows: The Untold Story Of Black Mormons DESCRIPTION:Perhaps the most interesting feature of this documentary is a n unprecedented report by Pastor Cecil 'Chip' Murray of an apology issue d to him personally by the Mormon Church president\, Gordon B. Hinckley\ , for the LDS role in the national travesty of racism. Besides this acc ount (which comes late in the documentary)\, "Nobody Knows: The Untold S tory of Black Mormons" includes interviews with Martin Luther King III\, footage of Black Mormon Gladys Knight\, and interviews with various Bla ck Mormons of many backgrounds\, including three converts filmed initial ly in 1968 and then again in 2007. These three men talk about their jou rney in the LDS religion\; how it felt to join a church which restricted its most important privileges from them and their families\, how it fel t when the restrictions were lifted\, and how it feels today\, when ques tions still circulate within Mormon Sunday School classes about God's vi ew of Blacks. Are Blacks cursed\, as Mormon leaders once taught? Were Blacks less valiant than whites in a pre-mortal life (also a prominent t eaching of the 19th and 20th centuries which has yet to be repudiated). More recent Black converts are also interviewed\, and report a spectrum of experiences within the LDS fold--everything from being called a 'Nigg er' in a Mormon temple to feeling completely embraced into the faith\, a nd even being called into leadership positions. CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Bumbleberry Inn URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/nobodyknowstheuntolds toryofblackmormons_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168394254-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T125000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T144300 SUMMARY:ZION FLIX IV: The Eco Doc DESCRIPTION:A documentary featurettes program that traces how the environ ment is affected by sports\, power and wild life. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/zionflixivtheecodoc_r edrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168406095-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T142500 SUMMARY:1 Giant Leap: What About Me? DESCRIPTION:Film-makers Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto set off around t he world to capture and weave together as much musical\, philosophical\, artistic and spiritual inspiration as the world had to offer\, and to e xamine\, through their many diverse encounters\, the extent of humanity’ s collective insanity\, insatiable desire\, obsessions\, fixations\, des perations and above all\, our inability to stop thinking. ‘What About Me ?’ fuses opinions and insights\, both alarming and inspirational\, from 50 global locations - hundreds of interviews with writers\, market-sell ers\, brain surgeons\, criminals\, grave diggers and gurus\, some famous \, most unknown…as the artists and singers express from their deepest tr uths the universal themes of Love\, Pain\, Surrender\, and Grace in the most wide-reaching and diverse musical\, philosophical and spiritual col laboration ever created. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:GROOVIES @ OC TANNER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/1giantleapwhataboutme _redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168394884-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T131500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T134500 SUMMARY:Cinematographers' Panel DESCRIPTION:The Fatali Schoolhouse hosts this panel on the ever changing formats and styles of cinematography from film to IMAX to video and the new\nRED cameras. CATEGORIES:Panel LOCATION:ROCKVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/cinematographerspanel _redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168406406-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T165500 SUMMARY:Breaking The Maya Code DESCRIPTION:There are over six million Maya today. They have a rich and vibrant culture\, and have guarded their traditions with great care. Bu t for four centuries they have been a people cut off from the written re cord of their own extraordinary past.For almost 2000 years\, the ancient Maya recorded their history and ideas in an intricate and beautiful scr ipt. Then\, in the 16th century\, Spanish invaders burned their books a nd ruthlessly extinguished hieroglyphic literacy. By the 18th century\, when stone inscriptions were discovered buried in the jungles of Centra l America and bark-paper books began to surface in the libraries of Euro pe\, no one on earth could read them.Breaking the Maya Code is the story of the struggle to unlock the secrets of the hieroglyphs\, arguably one of the most complex writing systems ever created. It is based in large part on the book by archaeologist and historian Michael Coe\, himself i ntimately involved in the decipherment story. His book has been called by the New York Times "one of the great stories of twentieth century sci entific discovery". This is a detective story filled with misunderstandi ngs and false leads\, rivalries and colliding personalities. It leads u s from the jungles of Guatemala to the bitter cold of Russia\, from anci ent Maya temples to the dusty libraries of Dresden and Madrid.Through on e of the great intellectual achievements of the past 200 years\, the wor ds of the ancient Maya scribes have begun to speak once more. CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:PIONEER BACKLOT URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/breakingthemayacode_r edrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168394184-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T151000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T164000 SUMMARY:Vaccine Nation DESCRIPTION:From the award-winning director of The Drugging of our Childr en\, Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own and AIDS Inc. comes the latest f ilm of critical social importance: Vaccine-Nation. For most people\, vac cinating themselves and their children seems like a good idea. Vaccines are safe\, effective and are supposed to protect us against dangerous i nfectious diseases - Right? Wrong! What you don‚'t know can harm you or kill you! In this groundbreaking film\, you will see the truth about th e dangers of vaccines and their direct relationship to autoimmune diseas es\, infections\, allergies and an unprecedented increase in development al learning and behavioral disorders in children\, such as Autism.‚ Disc over the truth about the history of vaccines and how they have NEVER bee n proven to be safe and effective for anyone. Witness the legacy of gove rnmental deception and cover-ups associated with vaccines.‚ Learn about the corruption within the scientific community and how vaccine studies a re seriously flawed.‚ You‚'ll also follow heart-wrenching\, real life st ories of the parents and children devastated by the effects of vaccines. Join director Gary Null PhD and over 40 of the worlds foremost vaccine experts in this shocking exposé that will shatter the truth as you know it. CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Bumbleberry Inn URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/vaccinenation_redrock filmfestival2008 UID:168391012-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T152000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T165000 SUMMARY:ZION FLIX III: Friends and Other Strangers DESCRIPTION:Friends and loved ones are looked at with scrutiny in this sh orts program\, where our relations and how we communicate is held up to the\nmicroscope. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/zionflixiiifriendsand otherstrangers_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168406463-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T164000 SUMMARY:My Mother's Garden DESCRIPTION:In the suburban setting of a quiet tree-lined street in Grana da Hills\, California we see a 61 year old woman pushing a grocery cart to her front door. We watch her climb through a window covered in ivy an d cob webs into her house\, stepping on top of stacks of newspapers\, pi les of debris\, rotting material\, clothing\, and toys\; a living mass o f waste that has literally pushed her out of the house and into her gard en. My Mother’s Garden is the story of Eugenia Lester whose hoarding di sorder has entered a dangerous and life threatening stage. Directed by h er daughter Cynthia\, it documents how one family comes together to cope with their mother’s disorder and rebuild a lost sense of family. My Mot her’s Garden was an official selection of the 2006 New York IFP Market a nd was a finalist for the IFP Socially Conscious Documentary Award. The film has also received support from the 2007 New York State Council For the Arts and the 2007 Pacific Pioneer Fund. Director’s statement: My p ersonal journey through this documentary was necessary to heal the wound s of abandonment\, isolation\, and dependency that are often present whe n raised by a parent with a persistent mental illness. Though my brother s and I are now adults\, we all feel a deep need for a stabilizing cente r for our family\, a permanent place to call home. This longing for stab ility has caused disorder in our lives\, both socially and emotionally. Through this documentary\, I am applying my experience in social work\, art therapy\, and filmmaking to my own family. I hope that the film can be therapeutic as well as a creative work of art that will help bring aw areness to the issue of mental illness and also reach others who are sym pathetic to this subject matter. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:GROOVIES @ OC TANNER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/mymothersgarden_redro ckfilmfestival2008 UID:168390177-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T183000 SUMMARY:Forever Plaid – The Movie DESCRIPTION:FOREVER PLAID is a musical comedy revue interspersed with wit ty and insightful banter about the love of music\, and growing up\, and “making one’s mark.” It is also about the everyday courage we need to f ace life\, warts and all\, kind of a swinging American version of “Happy Days” meets “The Full Monty” meets Tony Bennett (but more of that\, lat er) chock full of all those “retro” songs that are cool again (e.g. Gwen Stefani’s\, “If I were a Rich Man” and similar songs by Pink\, Mariah C arey and Justin Timberlake). As Peter Allen once sang\, everything old is new again. The current worldwide total box office gross: $265\,000\, 000 and rising. The show has played non-stop\, worldwide for nearly twe nty years. THE PLAY: The story is a simple one of four young men st ruggling to “make it” as a swing & standards “close harmony” group in th ose pre-Beatles\, pre-“grassy knoll” days of our Perry Como innocence. So what’s the problem? They’re dead! Wiped out by a bus full of Cath olic school girls while the lads were driving in their now iconic red ’5 4 Mercury convertible to their first real gig (at the “Fuselounge” in a local Pennsylvania airport). The schoolgirls\, by the by\, were okay. But a second opportunity is now heaven sent to the FOUR PLAIDS. They’ve been returned to Earth nearly 50 years later to put on the show they ne ver performed in life. There are problems of course\, not least of which is that they are dead\, the ultimate fish-out-of-water. And then there are the more prosaic challenges\, like remembering lyrics and moves tha t they haven’t sung or danced in over 40 years\, and a nosebleed\, and w orse. As the PLAIDS mount the stage\, a disembodied voice\, heaven ly in cadence\, tells us about astral planes and harmonics and\, in gene ral\, lays down the stakes. There is a perfect harmonic chord\, burie d in the song “Love is a Many Splendored Thing\,” a chord the PLAIDS nev er fully hit in life\, and they are needed here on Earth to hit it now\, in death. Nerves are raw\, mistakes are made\, but bit-by-bit\, with c onfidence growing\, they attack with increasing gusto the celestial musi cal opportunity they’ve been given\, for each one of the four to achieve the happy resolution of his redemptive arc\, and for the quartet to rea ch the perfect chord and achieve perfect harmony. This harmonic chord i s finally found and sung. It resonates with the harmony we all want\, i n our lives and in our worldview\, all across America and around the wor ld. It is the epicenter of the “feel good” explosion that is FOREVER PL AID. It is meant to be a lesson to us all. Our movie version is set i n a fiercely trendy\, post-now club\, designed by multiple Tony and Obie winner\, Neil Jampolis\, and peopled by glamorous extras with a ferocio us fashion sense (and not a few celebs who love the show\, or have been in it\, and want to be among the extras seated at the tables). Our cele stial MC is David Hyde-Pierce. And so\, the PLAIDS intimidated by the club\, and weirded-out that they “have bodies again\,” begin to put on t heir show\, haltingly and error prone at first\, as in the play\, but th en increasingly better\, tighter\, and more wonderfully and harmonically complex as their confidence grows. And with their confidence comes coo l\, real cool\, the kind of cool that all men want to be and all women w ant to be with\, hot-sexy-cool. Also\, the “audience volunteer\,” alwa ys a highlight of the musical play\, will be a surprise actress to be re vealed at our red carpet media and celebrity event live before our studi o audience. Add some CGI\, too. There’ll be the typical starbursts an d glissandos and whatnot\, but we’ll also be “breaking out” of the play from time so time\, so that when the Plaids talk about rehearsing in the ir basement\, we are suddenly in the basement rehearsing with them! And when they talk about the gas station where Perry Como’s limo broke down \, we’re suddenly at a dreamy nighttime fantasy of a small town gas stat ion as they sing their Como medley. At the climax the PLAIDS have bec ome the cool characters they first set out to be nearly 50 years ago. T hey’ve also come to realize what this night is all about. They’ve learne d of the perfect harmonic chord. They know it’s in “Love is a Many Sple ndored Thing\,” the very next number. Now they confront the Heavenly Fi gure\, but they know in their hearts why it’s needed. And they feel sure they can hit it. But do they want to? If they hit this chord they wi ll have finished their mission on Earth and they will have to return to heaven. The Heavenly Figure impatiently awaits the drama of their deci sion… They sing\, of course\, and the moment will thrill us to our bon es\, the way it’s been thrilling theatre audiences for two decades. CATEGORIES:Narrative (Drama) LOCATION:ZION GIANT SCREEN THEATRE URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/foreverplaidthemovie_ redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168389701-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T182200 SUMMARY:On Paper Wings DESCRIPTION:During WWII\, the Japanese military developed a new weapon in tended to strike directly at the American continent ‚Äì the balloon bomb . High school girls across Japan were conscripted into factories where they built thousands of balloons made of paper. These balloons were the n attached to bombs and launched into the jet stream to drift toward Nor th America. On May 5th\, 1945\, a pastor\, his pregnant wife\, and five children departed on a picnic in Southern Oregon. When they found an u n-detonated balloon bomb\, the device exploded\, killing the pastor‚'s w ife and all five children. They became the only people killed on the co ntinental U.S. as the result of enemy action during WWII.Forty years lat er\, a Japanese American man who had spent his wartime years in an inter nment camp found out about these deaths. He knew several women in Japan who as young girls had been forced to work on the balloon bombs\, and t he news of these deaths shocked and saddened them. These women decided to fold a thousand paper cranes to offer to the families of those killed in Oregon\, and the groups eventually all met face to face. The friend ships formed since have helped citizens on both sides of the Pacific cop e with the tragedies they experienced during WWII.This is the story of f our Japanese women who worked on balloon bombs\, the families of those k illed in Oregon\, and the man whose actions brought them all together fo rty years after WWII\, and the balloon bomb project. CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Bumbleberry Inn URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/onpaperwings_redrockf ilmfestival2008 UID:168392253-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T193000 SUMMARY:ZION FLIX V: Hybrid.Pedal & Standing Silent Nation DESCRIPTION:Two documentary featurettes demonstrate a group's desire for the lands in the US: one to address the endangered wildlands\, and one t o\ndevelop a sustainable economy. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:GROOVIES @ OC TANNER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/zionflixvhybridpedals tandingsilentnation_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168406764-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T174500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T191900 SUMMARY:War Eagle\, Arkansas DESCRIPTION:War Eagle is a character-driven drama about a young man's cho ice of whether to leave his family and friends for a career in baseball or stay and redeem his struggling community. The story takes place over a few pivotal weeks in the summer after Enoch Cass's senior year\, and i s set against the backdrop of Arkansas' beautiful Ozark Mountains. CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative Fiction LOCATION:PIONEER BACKLOT URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/wareaglearkansas_redr ockfilmfestival2008 UID:168390650-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T181000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T193600 SUMMARY:ZION FLIX II: Life Treks DESCRIPTION:A shorts program that celebrates the value of life among all cultures\, and the steps taken from the past to the future to save human ity. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/zionflixiilifetreks_r edrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168406901-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T182000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T200000 SUMMARY:Mark of Cain DESCRIPTION:Shane Gulliver and Mark 'Treacle' Tate are two ordinary 18 ye ar-olds serving with the British Army in Iraq. Admidst constant insurgen t attacks\nthe platoon struggles to maintain the uneasy peace and to sub due a barrage of hostilities.\nWhen the popular company captian is kille d on patrol by a roadside bomb\, morale in the platoon his rock bottom. Acting on orders they round\nup several suspects from house-to-house ser ches. That night feelings at the camp are running high and as the chain of command is\nweakened events spiral out of control.\nThe Mark of Cain pulls you deep inside the Iraq conflict and shows you the true fear\, ho rror and uncertainty of war. It strips away the catch\nphrases of the me dia\, exposing the crimes as those from an unstable generation who live in a world of internet-porn\, digital gadgets and male\nloyality. CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative (Drama), Special Screening LOCATION:OC Tanner Amphitheater URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/tba3_redrockfilmfesti val2008 UID:168407167-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T212800 SUMMARY:A Soldier's Peace DESCRIPTION:A soldier returns home from Iraq\, and because of his experie nces\, immediately begins to protest the war. He walks the length of his home state\, Utah\, the reddest state in the nation\, to help end the w ar. During his 500-mile peace walk\, he overcomes blisters\, sleet and s now\, government intimidation\, and stereotypes. After the initial thril l of walking with large groups through cities wears off\, he finds himse lf trudging through abandonned highways in a part of the country that is simply apathetic. He learns from his wife that a lump on their 1-year-o ld daughter's neck might be cancer. He decides to go home and be with hi s family\, but with the encouragement of his wife and a Vietnam War vete ran from Oregon whom he befriended on the walk\, he continues the protes t. Things begin to change for the better. His patriotism is renewed as h e meets more and more peace-minded people from across the country who sh ow up to walk with him. He finds out that his daughter doesn't have canc er. As he meets long-time activists like Martin Sheen\, Ron Kovic\, Cind y Sheehan and Daniel Ellsberg\, he learns about the proud history of dis sent and protest in America. He concludes that if his protest doesn't he lp bring peace to Iraq\, it will at least bring peace to his troubled li fe. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:PIONEER BACKLOT URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/asoldierspeace_redroc kfilmfestival2008 UID:168390560-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T201500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T214500 SUMMARY:Leaving Barstow DESCRIPTION:Growing up in Barstow\, CA\, a town of about 9\,000 homes in the Mojave Desert\, high school senior Andrew Dayton hopes for a bigger world. Andrew lives with his somewhat irresponsible single mother\, San dra\, a waitress. Despite being college material -- a quality noted by his science teacher\, Mr. Johns -- Andrew seems to be slipping into the inertia of Barstow. Mr. Johns aggressively challenges Andrew‚'s decision to delay college\, painting a bleak picture of Andrew‚'s future if he d oesn‚'t leave Barstow. This angers Andrew because he feels trapped\, bu t deep down he knows Mr. Johns is right.In the midst of confusion\, Andr ew meets newcomer Jenny and begins his first real sexual experience. Di scovering the relationship\, Sandra becomes increasingly possessive whil e at the same time throwing herself into her current fling with a much y ounger man\, Cody. Andrew‚'s main ally is his best friend Carlos who sh ares Andrew‚'s dreams of college and encourages him. Carlos surprises An drew with the news that Andrew has been accepted to college\, but when A ndrew goes to tell Sandra\, he finds her drowning in misery. Cody has s tolen their few valuables and run off. Desperately relying on Andrew mo re than ever\, Sandra‚'s need and self-absorption overshadow Andrew‚'s n ews as she grabs and clings to him. While Sandra sleeps\, Andrew contemp lates\, weighing those who need him against the possibilities of life in the larger world. Ultimately\, Andrew realizes he must make a choice b etween himself and those he loves. CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative Fiction LOCATION:CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/leavingbarstow_redroc kfilmfestival2008 UID:168393575-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T220400 SUMMARY:Feuerherz (Heart of Fire) DESCRIPTION:After spending the first ten years of her life in a Catholic orphanage\, the young and fiery Awet excitedly learns that she is soon t o be reunited with her family. But her hopes for a normal life are dashe d when her father\, a fanatical supporter of the Eritrean Liberation Fro nt\, places Awet directly into the military forces' hands. At first will ing to join the fight\, she soon realizes that their enemies are just as human as she\, and Awet makes a solemn vow never to kill... Labeled a t raitor by the group's commander\, the young Awet nevertheless courageous ly stands by her convictions and fights the violence in the disarming wa y that only a child could. CATEGORIES:Narrative (Drama) LOCATION:OC Tanner Amphitheater URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/feuerherz_redrockfilm festival2008 UID:168388101-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081115T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081116T000000 SUMMARY:Closing Night Party DESCRIPTION:It's a wrap! Sol Foods hosts this festive event as the filmma kers make their last pitch and farewells. Music indoors\, and hors d’o euvres\nbeneath the stars. CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:SOL FOODS URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/closingnightparty_red rockfilmfestival2008 UID:168407506-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081116T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081116T103000 SUMMARY:Awards Breakfast & Ceremony DESCRIPTION:After a busy weekend\, relax and enjoy breakfast as the festi val crew announce the winners.. Will take place at a TBA location in Sp ringdale\, UT CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:TBA URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/awardsbreakfastceremo ny_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:168407722-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T223115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20081231T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20081231T235500 SUMMARY:FIRST NIGHT: Best of Shorts and Features 2008 DESCRIPTION:The Red Rock Film Festival shares the best of the Shorts and Features from the recent acclaimed film festival including the winning s horts of 2008\, clips from features\, plus a few shorts from the festiva l's official selections and finalists. CATEGORIES:Shorts, Shorts Program LOCATION:TBA URL:http://redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/firstnightbestofshort sandfeatures2008_redrockfilmfestival2008 UID:2104414058-redrockfilmfestival.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR