PRESS INFORMATION
Points of Interest:
- Largest Documentary Festival in New England (34 + films)
- Over one-third of filmmakers attend and engage in post-screening dialogue
- Specifically of note, Indie Film legend: Les Blank (four films screening at SFF)
- AND first film festival ever, both Les Blank and his son Harrod Blank screening at the same festival
- “SEVERE CLEAR” 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. Both the filmmaker and the subject of the film are attending for discussion and dialogue.
- “500 WORDS OR LESS” a film ever high-school junior in America, and anyone who has ever been one, must see. Come see the film and meet the filmmakers.
- Academy Award Nominated film, THE COVE screening
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BLUES LEGEND - The great Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins is captured brilliantly by Les Blank in this deeply moving 1969 film which reveals Lightnin's inspiration and features a generous helping of classic blues. See it at the Salem Film Fest 2010.
SEVERE CLEAR - Filmmaker Marc J. Perez and First Lt. Mike Scotti will attend and discuss this unflinching look at the uncertainty, disorder and chaos of war from the remarkable perspective of one Marine during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. See it and hear them at the Salem Film Fest 2010.
SUPERMEN OF MALEGAON - This film depicts the making of a no-budget "Superman movie" in an Indian town smitten by cinema. It is a funny, tragic, and bizarre look at the magic of the movies. See it at the Salem Film Fest 2010.
SONS OF CUBA - The legendary Havana Boxing Academy produces some of the best boxers in the world. Meet three young hopefuls training for Cuba's U-12 Championships. See it at the Salem Film Fest 2010.
ROCK PROPHECIES - Photographer of the Stones, Zepplin, Hendrix, and others before they were legends, Robert Knight is out to find the next rock phenom. See it at the Salem Film Fest 2010.
BROKE - Pawnbroker, David Woolfson of Edmonton, Alberta, is a banker of last resort in this darkly funny, surprising, and sometimes uncomfortable meditation on the economically marginalized. See it at the Salem Film Fest 2010.
