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The 32nd Annual Woods Hole Film Festival

Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection Locked Out Patrick and the Whale
Randy Martin • USA • 2023 • 99 min. Luchina Fisher, Kate Davis • USA • 2023 • 78 min. Mark Fletcher • Austria • 2022 • 72 min.

¿ July 29 at 8:30pm • Redfield Auditorium ¿ August 3 at 8:30pm • Redfield Auditorium ¿ July 29 at 5:45pm • Clapp Auditorium
Forty years after her death, this captivating, revealing, Nothing symbolizes ‘making it in America’ quite like An inspiring and engaging tale of Patrick Dykstra and
and unvarnished documentary provides astounding owning a home. Yet today, the racial gap in home a sperm whale “Dolores.” For years, Patrick Dykstra has
new insight into the singer’s tragically short life and en- ownership is widening, and those most impacted are dedicated his life to traveling the globe, following and
during musical legacy. For the first time, we hear Karen women of color. Set in Detroit, LOCKED OUT takes us diving with whales. Over the years, Patrick has learned
Carpenter’s personal struggle in her own voice through into the lives of courageous Black women who face how whales see and hear, how they perceive other
never-before-released recordings—and through the evictions, predatory lenders and traditional banking, as creatures in the water and how they behave at close
legendary voices of those who knew her and were they become ground fighters in a movement to battle quarters. He has a finely tuned sense and knows how
inspired by her music. modern-day redlining and housing injustice, so The to act when within touching distance of a whale. The
American Dream may become a reality for all. film follows his personal journey and explores the psy-
King Coal chology of a man who has sacrificed everything in his
Elaine Sheldon • USA • 2023 • 79 min. Maestra single-minded quest to connect with and understand
Maggie Contreras • USA • 2023 • 88 min. one of the the biggest creatures in the ocean.

PATROL
Brad Allgood, Camilo de Castro • Nicaragua • 2023 • 81 min.

¿ August 1 at 4:00pm • Redfield Auditorium
¿ August 5 at 5:15pm • Falmouth Acadamy
Central Appalachia is a place of mountains and myth.
Director Elaine McMillion Sheldon knows this well, calling Five incredible women from around the world gather in
those mountains home. Coal has had a profound influ- Paris for ‘La Maestra’, the only competition in the world ¿ August 2 at 5:30pm • Falmouth Acadamy
ence on this community’s identity, but Sheldon dares to for female conductors, to show the world the singular
consider what future stories might look like out of the talent that unites them and which, for far too long, has An emerging crisis in one of the last remaining rain-
shadow of coal, now that relationships to coal are chang- been considered the pursuit of only men. forests in Central America ignites a heroic mission in
ing. The film takes us on an alluring cinematic journey PATROL. When illegal cattle ranchers decimate large
through the past, present, and future of Appalachia. Mom & Dad’s Nipple Factory swaths of rainforest, indigenous rangers join forces with
Sheldon’s distinct vision remixes present-day moments of JustinSuperstar • USA • 2023 • 76 min. an American conservationist and undercover journalists
life in a coal-mining town with archival footage and atmo- to expose the dark world of conflict beef.
spheric invocations of the land to create something new
— a rare, nuanced depiction of this community. The end of Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
one story welcomes the beginning of another. Peter Schnall • USA • 2022 • 113 min.
King of Kings : Chasing Edward Jones
Harriet Marin Jones • France • 2022 • 98 min.

¿ August 4 at 7:45pm • Falmouth Acadamy
When Randi is diagnosed with breast cancer, her
husband Brian, a conservative Midwest family man, em-
barks on an extraordinary journey to boost her morale, ¿ July 30 at 7:30pm • Falmouth Acadamy
which turns into a homespun prosthetic nipple busi-
ness, all while staying under the radar from their friends, The first major film to explore the life and career of
¿ August 4 at 6:15pm • Redfield Auditorium their church and their five children. jazz luminary Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in
history. Featuring original concert footage and candid
Gangster for some, philanthropist for others, who was insights from jazz icons, Finding the Right Notes is a
really Edward Jones? A European filmmaker searches vibrant portrait of the artist in his own words.
for the truth about her grandfather, a legendary African
American who rose to the heights of financial and political
prominence in Depression-era Chicago. In the ’30s and
’40s, this descendant of slaves becomes one of the richest
men in the United States thanks to the Policy business,
an illegal numbers game, that ultimately became the
modern State Lottery. But in these times of segregation,
his success and unfailing support to the African American
community are a problem. In conflict with both the mob
and the Feds, he is forced into a life on the run.
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