The NHdocs Videotheque
New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm Street, Philip Marrett room - 12:00 PM & 2:30 PM
- The Politics of People (Briana Burroughs, 2017) – 25min A 5-part political docuseries about how four voters and two local elected officials in New Haven engage with the political process at the local and state level. Featuring Alder Jeanette Morrison and State Senator Gary Holder-Winfield.
- Journey of the N-Word (Frank Harris, 2017) – 55min Combining interviews with diverse Americans, research through hundreds of newspaper archives and surveys of today’s news media , this film takes viewers on an unforgettable journey about the word that persistently rattles the chain from our past to our present. Journalism professor and news columnist Frank Harris, III will be present to discuss his documentary after the Monday 12:00PM screening.
- Patrolling Sandy Hook (Kelly Quinn and Caroline Clark, 2016) – 20min The mass murder of twenty children and six adults inside an elementary school is still hard for many to believe…and some choose not to. Three years after the Sandy Hook shooting, Lenny Pozner is forced to defend the existence and memory of his six year-old son, Noah. Meanwhile, conspiracy theorists like Wolfgang Halbig continue to engage in lawsuits with families in Connecticut and the state at-large.
- Yale Goes to War (Tina Babarovic and Fred Mamoun, 2017) – 17min This video series, produced by the Yale Office of Public Affairs and Communications, features campus scholars and archivists discussing the multi-faceted contributions made by university people to the war effort — from individuals who introduced medical and military innovations to the first female African American graduate of the Yale School of Music, who entertained black troops during WWI.
Event 2
Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven - 7:00 PM
- All The Rage (Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley, David Beilinson, 2016) –Connecticut Premiere – 94min (Q & A with Robert D. Kerns, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychology, Yale University and the filmmakers follows screening) Co-Director Michael Galinsky’s father read Dr. John Sarno’s book “Healing Back Pain” in the 1980’s and was miraculously cured of the chronic whiplash he suffered from for years. The book, which connects pain with emotions rather than structural causes, put Sarno at blunt odds with the medical system. Though dismissed by peers, Sarno’s work changed the lives of millions, including luminaries like Howard Stern and Larry David. Dr. Sarno radically predicted that the medical system’s disregard for the true cause of chronic pain — repressed emotions — would lead to an epidemic. This artful and personal film braids Galinsky’s universal story of pain and emotion together with the story of Dr. Sarno’s work, connecting the audience to both the issues and the emotions at play.
Event 3
Cafe Nine, 250 State Street, New Haven – Doors open at 7:00 PM, film starts at 8:00 PM, Music starts at 9:30 PM – $8 admission
- Daybreak Express (DA Pennebaker, 1953) – 5min Pennebaker directed his first film, Daybreak Express, in 1953. Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording of the same name, the five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway station in New York City is the earliest known example of Pennebaker’s penchant for blending together documentary and experimental filmmaking techniques.
65 Revisited (DA Pennebaker, 2007) – 65min (This screening will be followed by a live Decade of Dylan tribute concert.) 65 Revisited features footage the director shot for his 1967 film Don’t Look Back. Both films show Bob Dylan and entourage during their 1965 concert tour of the UK. The newer film shows outtakes from its predecessor and contains several full-length song performances, something the first film did not provide.The film ends with an alternate take on the famous cue-card scene from Don’t Look Back. This time it’s done on a city rooftop rather than in an alley. Performers include: Frank Critelli, Roger Reale. Brian Stevens, Lys Guillorn, Brenden Toller, Paul Belbusti, Dave Schneider, Jason Hammel (Mates Of State) Shellye Valauskas, Steve Atwood, Rick Mealey, Jim Balga, Dean Falcone & Special Guests.
Admission To All Screenings Is Free (except as noted at Cafe Nine below)