2008 Films - Page 3 of 5

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Maine Story

When her high-school sweetheart unexpectedly returns to town, Shelly is forced to confront those things she's been avoiding, including her 12 year-old son. (24 min.)



Man Meets Barbara

Director Dieter Weihl falls in with a band of women-hungry 70-something Latin dancers. Headlined by "Cuban Pete," the Bronx-raised Puerto Rican Mambo King, each seeks their golden ticket - someone who can get them to "another level of living." (68 min.)


MINOTAURO
Fight Against Your Past. Dream of Your Future. Defy Your Destiny. Flora, a Mayan girl in Mexico, can see the future in her dreams; but always the future of others, never her own. (101 min.)



Music is Fun for Everyone

"Music is Fun for Everyone" is a drama about eight year old Kevin, who discovers his passion for playing the piano. (6 min.)


99 to 1: Ovarian Cancer and Me
In the summer of 2005 the doctors said they were 99% sure filmmaker Phoebe Brown did not have ovarian cancer. She turned out to be the 1%. This is her story. (20 min.)


Notes from the Acrid
Plain with Burton Hoary Vol. 7

Naturalist Burton Hoary hosts a survey of the toxic landscape known as the 'Acrid Plain,' peopled by the masked descendants of the human race. This chapter focuses on the Harvesters, their obscure practices and the perils they face. (15 min.)



Of Golf and God
When Daniel, a 24-year-old pizza delivery guy is dumped by his long-term girlfriend, he accidentally summons God to his side to help him cope with the ordeal. God deals with Daniel on his own level, leaving him believing that there may be more to life than ex-girlfriends. (82 min.)


Of Love and Race
Forty years after 'Loving v. Virginia', four interracial couples talk love and race. (14 min.)


On Paper Wings
In 1945, a Japanese balloon bomb claimed the lives of the only people killed on the continental U.S., in Oregon, as the result of enemy action during WWII. Forty years later, the decision to fold a thousand paper cranes would unite the Japanese and American civilians affected by this incident. (67 min.)


One of the Oldest Con Games
It's 1959. A pair of con artists are about to fleece a grieving widow (Fionnula Flanagan). One-upmanship is the art of the con. (20 min.)


One Year Later
A woman is so obsessed with the sound of her own voice it takes her over a year to realize she's been living with the wrong man. He has been patient with her and has become fond of the sound of her voice. (3 min.)


Passing Poston
Four Japanese-Americans reveal how their lives were shaped, defined and impacted by the time they spent forcibly interned during World War II. In the last chapter of their lives they are still trying to find meaning in the inexplicable. (60 min.)


Rabia
A story about a woman who must blow herself up, in order to exist. (24 min.)


Randal
Randal collects geodes. Sometimes they have crystals inside, sometimes they don't. But you never know unless you break it open. (21 min.)



Reserved To Fight

Four Marines are documented for four years after coming home from combat in Iraq as they struggle through social and psychological reintegration. Living with loved ones as they suffer from a psychological disorder that is difficult to acknowledge these veterans grapple to find purpose and healing. (77 min.)

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