BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//B-Side Presents: Portland Women's Film Festival 2009//iCal4j 1. 0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T193804Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090319T202800 SUMMARY:Coming Up Easy DESCRIPTION:This film by local\, self-taught\, Latina Director\, Rebecca Rodriguez was originally released in 2004\, won the Best Feature Award a t the Reel Women International Film Festival in 2005 and features a soun dtrack by Matt Messina – recipient of the 2009 Grammy Award for “Best Co mpilation” on the JUNO Soundtrack. Rodriguez will be in attendance to di scuss the film after the screening. A portion of the proceeds from the e vening will benefit a local nonprofit domestic violence service provider .\n \nSynopsis: Lily lives a simple life in the Pacific Northwest\, far from the dysfunction of her family. A high school dropout and painfully aware of her limited education\, she spends hours at the library trying to improve herself. When her older sister Denise arrives from California with an abusive\, drug addicted husband and two damaged children in tow \, Lily is thrust into a present day version of her own childhood where she comes face to face with her demons and possibility of murder. It is a film about the darkness in a damaged soul\, choices that can change ev erything\, and love without exceptions. \n \nSharon M. Vineyard\, LMFT \ n \nNew Beginnings Educational Programs*\n \n \n\nThis movie is an ac curate portrayal of the effects of childhood abuse on adults that suffer ed as children. It demonstrates both poles of reactions as an adult in b oth sisters\; one very obvious and not so obvious in Lily\, but never th e less the damage is there. The various behaviors that are common to unh ealthy families are also demonstrated vividly\; the cycle of abuse\, the difficulty an abused woman has in leaving her abuser\, how the children learn to turn a deaf ear\, and the distorted thinking of an abuser\, to mention a few.\n \n \n\nThis is a thought provoking movie that has le ft each of my classes in which I have used it\, bothered and reflective in their own actions. I plan to use this film as a regular part of my cu rriculum. I thank you so much for allowing me to use this film in my Bat terer's Treatment Program and Child Abuse / Child Endangerment Program. It’s awesome in its purpose. CATEGORIES:OPENING NIGHT + LOCALS SHOWCASE LOCATION:The Hollywood Theatre URL:http://powfest.bside.com/2009/films/comingupeasy_powfest2009 UID:2471709645-powfest.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T193804Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090319T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090319T230000 SUMMARY:Opening Night Reception - Sponsored by Studio Bard and @ Large Fi lms DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Parties LOCATION:Studio Bard URL:http://powfest.bside.com/2009/films/openingnightreception_powfest2009 UID:2471710953-powfest.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T193804Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090320T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090320T201600 SUMMARY:An Evening with Irene Taylor Brodsky *featuring two Oscar nominat ed Short Films* DESCRIPTION: The Final Inch (37 min) \ndir. Irene Taylor Brodsky \nNear ly 50 years after a vaccine for Polio was developed in the United States \, the Polio virus still finds refuge in some of the world’s most vulner able places. Into India’s impoverished neighborhoods\, The Final Inch fo llows the massive – and yet highly personalized - mission to eradicate P olio from the planet. One of history’s most feared diseases\, now largel y forgotten\; Polio has become a disease of the world’s poor. A quiet ar my goes door-to-door\, and slum to slum\, to reach the last unvaccinated children. In all\, The Final Inch explores how the final days of any en deavor are always the most challenging and is a profound testament to th ose working on the front lines of public health in the backwaters of our world. Everyone’s stories challenge our most basic assumptions about di sease\, poverty and our own health as a human right.\n \n Smile Pinki ( 39 minutes) \ndir. Megan Mylan \nSmile Pinki is a real-world fairytale about the journey of Pinki and Ghutaru\, two children in rural India bor n desperately poor and with a cleft lip. The simple surgery that can cur e them is a distant dream until they meet Pankaj\, a social worker trave ling village to village\, gathering patients for a hospital that provide s free surgery to thousands each year. Told in a vibrant verite-style\, the film follows its two wide-eyed protagonists on a journey from isolat ion to embrace. In Hindi with English subtitles. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:The Hollywood Theatre URL:http://powfest.bside.com/2009/films/documentarynightfeaturingtwooscar nominatedshortfilms_powfest2009 UID:2471710872-powfest.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T193804Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090321T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090321T120000 SUMMARY:Women-in-Film & Video (WIFV) Informational Meeting DESCRIPTION:Producing nearly 60 events per year\, ranging from community outreach programs and professional development to pure networking\; the public is invited to participate in the dialog about starting a Portland chapter of this global organization CATEGORIES:Panels LOCATION:The Hollywood Theatre URL:http://powfest.bside.com/2009/films/womeninfilmvideowifvinformational meeting_powfest2009 UID:2471709716-powfest.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T193804Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090321T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090321T182000 SUMMARY:Video Verite Presents "The Bigamist" DESCRIPTION:Director Ida Lupino’s acclaimed 1953 film\, “The Bigamist”\, is a thoughtful drama about a man divided between two wives: an infertil e upper-crust career woman (staid Joan Fontaine)\, and a tough-talking w orking-class waitress (Lupino herself\, in fine form). Edmond O'Brien st ars as the salesman whose secret life threatens to implode under the wei ght of its own contradictions. The film is a dissection of '50s masculin ity and study of male passivity anchored by O'Brien's self-searching voi ceover. The film clearly illuminates the limited roles available to wome n in the context of postwar America. CATEGORIES:Matinee "Classical Presentation LOCATION:The Hollywood Theatre URL:http://powfest.bside.com/2009/films/thebigamist_powfest2009 UID:2471710382-powfest.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T193804Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090321T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090321T203500 SUMMARY:The Betrayal DESCRIPTION:The epic story of a family forced to emigrate from Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the U.S. during the Vietnam Wa r. Kuras has spent the last 23 years chronicling the family's extraordin ary journey in this deeply personal\, poetic\, and emotional film. CATEGORIES:Features LOCATION:The Hollywood Theatre URL:http://powfest.bside.com/2009/films/thebetrayal_powfest2009 UID:2472881558-powfest.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T193804Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090321T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090321T230000 SUMMARY:Closing Party Sponsored by Tony Starlight's Supper Club DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Parties LOCATION:Tony Starlight’s URL:http://powfest.bside.com/2009/films/closingparty_powfest2009 UID:2471711476-powfest.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR