[MCN] 13th Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Feb. 19-28), Day #4

Jim Parker westridge at montana.com
Tue Feb 23 10:29:30 EST 2016 

*Welcome back to one of Missoula’s signature events of the year!//*

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*/Today’s Update: Tuesday February 23, 2016/*

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*13^th Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival /(Feb. 19-28)/*

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*For the full schedule please go to:*

http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/schedule/2016-schedule/2016/02/23 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/schedule/2016-schedule/2016/02/22>

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We’ll post the daily films here and alert you to special events—/happy 
viewing!!/

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  _Today's Events_—Day #5//

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*Special Events*

No Special Events Today

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*DocShop *a 5-day conference for all media makers and enthusiasts.**

*IN 2016 WE ARE FOCUSING ON FILMS FOR CHANGE.* 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/docshop/docshop_2016> The 2016 DocShop 
will focus on media activism and documentary film as a catalyst for 
positive change.**

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9:00am

Firelight Media Impact Producers Lab 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/events/firelight_media_impact_producers_lab/2016/02/23> 
- /Holiday Inn/

11:00am

Audience Building and Crowdfunding Workshop 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/events/audience_building_and_crowdfunding_workshop/2016/02/23> 
- /Holiday Inn/

*Holiday Inn - 90 minutes*

Workshop - The only proven path to independence as an artist is a direct 
connection to your audience! Crowdfunding is becoming a fundamental 
piece of most financing plans for independent film.  However, many 
filmmakers miss the opportunity to turn their film funding campaigns 
into audience-building opportunities that can last an entire career — 
and provide the groundwork for distribution that the filmmaker controls. 
This class for film-related projects by Seed & Spark will provide the 
crowdfunding action plan most likely to create a lasting, flourishing, 
direct relationship with your audience. Speaker: Erica Anderson, Spark & 
Seed

1:00pm

Empowering Your Subjects & Spokespeople 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/events/empowering_your_subjects_spokespeople/2016/02/23> 
- /Holiday Inn/

2:15pm

Online Video Activism 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/events/online_video_activism/2016/02/23> 
- /Holiday Inn/

*Holiday Inn - 90 minutes*

Workshop - Shuling Yong is a documentary filmmaker with a passion for 
creating positive impact on the community. She is the founder of Media 
for Social Change, a social enterprise that works with non-profit 
organizations and socially conscious businesses to tell their stories 
through the power of video. Shuling will walk us through a few case 
studies of online video activism that has worked. Speaker: Shuling Yung

3:30pm

Crowdfunding 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/events/crowdfunding/2016/02/23> 
- /Holiday Inn/

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*_Today's films_**:*

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*/(NEW) /**Lunchtime Films!***

12:00pm, Wilma

K2 and The Invisible Footmen 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/k2_and_the_invisible_footmen> 
- /54 minutes///

*Iara Lee, 2015 *
/Montana Premiere /

In K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, filmmaker Lara Lee and her team 
chronicle the courage and everyday sacrifices of the indigenous porters 
of Gilgit/Baltistan in Pakistan. These heroes of mountaineering make 
possible the ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world.

12:00pm, Crystal

We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/were_still_here_johnny_cashs_bitter_tears_revisited> 
- /54 minutes///

*Antonino D'Ambrosio, 2015
*/Montana Premiere /

A meditative mystery revealing an unknown moment in history that changed 
America, ‘We’re Still Here: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited’ 
chronicles the fiftieth anniversary recording of Cash’s controversial 
concept record Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian.

1:30pm, Wilma

Nallua <http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/nallua> - 
/76 minutes/

1:30pm, Crystal

Following Kina 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/following_kina> 
- /63 minutes/

3:15pm, Wilma

Missing People 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/missing_people> 
- /81 minutes/

3:15pm, Crystal

The Middle Kingdom 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/middle_kingdom> 
- /91 minutes/

4:00pm, Roxy

Breaking a Monster 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/breaking_a_monster> 
- /93 minutes/

5:15pm, Wilma

Peace Officer 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/peace_officer> - 
/109 minutes///

*Scott Christopherson, Brad Barber, 2015
*/Montana Premiere /

Peace Officer is about the increasingly militarized state of American 
police as told through the story of William DubLawrence, a former 
sheriff who established & trained his rural states first SWAT team only 
to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 
years later.

5:15pm, Crystal: *SHORTS BLOCK!*

Alzheimer's: A Love Story 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/alzheimers_a_love_story> 
- /17 minutes/

I Am Ayotzinapa 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/i_am_ayotzinapa> 
- /11 minutes/

Even the Walls 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/even_the_walls> 
- /27 minutes/

Seven Days a Week 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/seven_days_a_week> 
- /10 minutes/

Olga <http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/olga> - /11 
minutes/

Visions of Cristina 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/visions_of_cristina> 
- /5 minutes/

The Montana Sessions 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/montana_sessions> - 
/4 minutes/

7:15pm, Crystal: *SHORTS BLOCK!*

Some Forgotten Calculation 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/some_forgotten_calculation> 
- /6 minutes/

Walt <http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/walt> - /6 
minutes/

Welcoming Arms 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/welcoming_arms> 
- /9 minutes/

Lenny and The Rat 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/lenny_and_the_rat> 
- /8 minutes/

Looking For Trouble 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/looking_for_trouble> 
- /22 minutes/

The Champion 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/champion> - /18 
minutes/

The Montana Sessions 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/montana_sessions> - 
/4 minutes/

7:30pm, Wilma

Thank You For Your Service 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/thank_you_for_your_service> 
- /88 minutes///

*Tom Donahue , 2015
*/Montana Premiere
/*Feature Competition*

Thank You for Your Service takes aim at our superficial understanding of 
war trauma and the failed policies that result.  Following the stories 
of four struggling Iraq War veterans with interviews of top military and 
civilian leaders.  Observing the systemic neglect, the film argues for 
significant internal change and offers a roadmap of hope.  Interviews 
include Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Admiral Mike Mullen, Generals 
David Petraeus and Loree Sutton, Sebastian Junger, Nicholas Kristof, 
Dexter Filkins, Senator Patty Murray, Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Colonels 
Lawrence Wilkerson and Dave Sutherland.

The Montana Sessions 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/montana_sessions> - 
/4 minutes/

9:30pm, Wilma

The Seventh Fire 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/seventh_fire> - 
/78 minutes///

*Jack Riccobono, 2015
*/Montana Premiere /

Terrence Malick presents this haunting and visually arresting nonfiction 
film about the gang crisis in Indian Country. When Rob Brown, a Native 
American gang leader on a remote Minnesota reservation, is sentenced to 
prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent 
drug culture into his beloved Ojibwe community. As Rob reckons with his 
past, his seventeen-year-old protege, Kevin, dreams of the future: 
becoming the most powerful and feared Native gangster on the reservation.

9:30pm, Crystal

The Ground We Won 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2016-peak/ground_we_won> - 
/91 minutes/

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Download 2016 Program 
<http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/documents/BSDFF-2016-Program.pdf>

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*/See everyone tomorrow!!/*

http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/

-- 
Jim Parker, Owner
WestRidge Creative
PO Box 8492
Missoula, Montana 59807
(406) 396-0985
www.WestRidgeCreative.com

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