2010 Films
Thirty-four documentaries comprise the 2010 Salem Film Fest, presented at CinemaSalem in Salem, Massachusetts, making it the largest documentary festival in New England. Half of the filmmakers will be attending and dialoging before and after their films, making for a truly unique and powerful cinematic experience. Browse through the film descriptions below to find films to match your passions or open up new windows on the world.
There are two venues for most screenings, the MAIN THEATER (capacity 160), and the SCREENING ROOM (capacity 20). There is also a special showing of Building 173 at the nearby Peabody Essex Museum (P.E.M.) in the Morse Auditorium.
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95 min - USA
Directed by Molly Fowler, Amanda Zinoman
SCREENING ROOM
This is a powerful film every high school Junior in America, and anyone who has ever been one, must see.
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70 min - USA
Directed/Produced by Jenna Rosher
JUNIOR is
Eddie Belasco, a 75 year old Italian American who seems to have jumped from the
pages of a Scorsese script.
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93 min - Alaska via Netherlands
Directed by Jan Louter
SCREENING ROOM
For years the Eskimos of the Alaskan village of Shishmaref –
just below the polar circle – have been living a nightmare: their island is
slowly being swallowed by the ocean.
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77 min - Kyrgyzstan, Russia
Directed by Magnus Gertten, Elin Jönsson
Alisher, a
young Muslim man living in Kyrgyzstan, has a new wife, Dildora, and a baby on
the way—but what he doesn’t have is a job, an effect of the declining economy
of post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan.
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75 min - Bolivia
Directed by Betty M. Park
MAIN THEATER
In 2004, Carmen Rosa was at the forefront of a cholita
wrestler revolution.
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83 min - USA
Directed/Produced by Geralyn Rae Pezanoski
This Sundance hit was hailed as “absorbing,”
“a must see,” and “Oscar material.
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95 min - Poland, USA
Produced by Barbara Bird, Judy Maltz and Richie Sherman
Francisca Halamajowa was a Polish-Catholic
woman who rescued 15 Jews during the Holocaust by passing herself off as a Nazi
sympathizer.
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44 min - The Netherlands
Directed/Produced by Erik van Schaaik
Outside is a marvelous, imaginative, and childlike mashup of live action and overlaid animation created by Dutch cinematographer and general creative genuis, Erik van Schaaik, and is appropriate for everyone of any age, but will be especially appealing to 3-7 year olds.
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70 min - USA
Directed by Patrick Shen
"A
single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study."
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88 min - Jamaica
Directed by Luciano Blotta
A journey into the heart of Jamaica and
the worldwide cultural phenomenon of Reggae.
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80 min - USA
Directed by John Chester
Imagine seeing bands like Led
Zeppelin or the Rolling Stones long before they became famous.
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103 min - South Africa
Directed/Produced by Kim Longinotto
Fearless, feisty and resolute, the ROUGH AUNTIES are a remarkable group of women unwavering in their stand to protect and care for the abused, neglected and forgotten children of Durban, South Africa.
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93 min - Iraq, USA
Produced by Marc J. Perez, Kristian Fraga
Based on the memoir by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti as well as video footage shot by him and other members of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines on the outset of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
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82 min - USA
Directed by Lee Story
The true story of the squeaky clean, smile-drenched singing phenomenon, Up With People.
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88 min - Cuba
Directed by Andrew Lang
The legendary Havana Boxing Academy is a boarding school that takes 9-year old boys and turns them into the best boxers in the world.
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