Page 5 - Woods Hole Film Festival 2024

Saturday, July 27 through Saturday, August 3, 2024

Maya and the Wave rare archival, untapped insights, and stop-motion NARRATIVE
Stephanie Johnes • USA • 2022 • 95 min. paper animation, we also come to understand why
August 3, 2024 7:30pm • Redfield Auditorium classics such as “Goodnight Moon,” “Where the
Maya Gabeira is the first woman to attempt to Wild Things Are,” “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” FEATURES
surf the giant wave in Nazaré, Portugal. She nearly and “The Snowy Day” changed the art form and
drowned - and was ridiculed and ostracized by the stand the test of time.
male big wave surfers who dominate the sport.
Three spine surgeries and five years later, she surfs Stewart Udall and the Politics of Beauty Abroad
the biggest wave a woman has ever surfed. When John de Graaf • USA • 2022 • 78 min. Giovanni Fumu • USA/South Korea • 2023 • 85 min.
her accomplishment is disregarded, Maya enlists August 3, 2024 7:30pm • Clapp Auditorium July 30, 2024 8:30pm • Redfield Auditorium
the help of her fans to fight for recognition --and Stewart Udall, America’s most famous Secretary of Taemin and Minji, a couple of Korean tourists,
becomes the first female surfer honored with a Interior, was also a fighter for racial justice, peace,
Guinness World Record. the arts and environmental protections. travel to the Northern part of the United States to
see the Aurora Borealis for the first time. But, after
The Opener The Strike Minji mysteriously disappears, Taemin becomes
Jeff Toye • USA • 2024 • 72 min. JoeBill Muñoz & Lucas Guilkey • USA • 2024 • 86 min. the main suspect, turning the desperate search of
July 27, 2024 5:30pm • Clapp Auditorium July 28, 2024 8:00pm • Clapp Auditorium his girlfriend into a fight to stay alive.
In the internet era, the dream of the struggling Amidst the redwood trees on the California- African Giants
artist is to go viral. That’s what happened to Philip Oregon border sits one of the most infamous Omar S. Kamara • USA • 2024 • 106 min.
Labes, a singer-songwriter who found a following prisons in US history. Pelican Bay is a labyrinthine July 28, 2024 5:30pm • Clapp Auditorium
on TikTok after posting his clever, heartfelt songs construction of solid cement blocks – a supermax
during the pandemic. When his music reached prison designed specifically for mass-scale solitary Over a weekend visit in Los Angeles, two first-
the ears of one of his heroes, Grammy-winner Ja- confinement. For decades, it held men alone in generation Sierra Leonean American brothers
son Mraz, he was invited on his very first tour and a tiny cells indefinitely. Then one day in 2013, 30,000 navigate the changing dynamics of brotherhood
chance to play live in front of thousands - a chance prisoners, against all odds, launched the largest after a surprise announcement.
he hopes will lead to a real career in music where hunger strike in U.S. history. Agua Sala (Salt Water)
he isn’t relying on the whims of an algorithm.
Sugarcane Steven Morales Pineda • Colombia • 2023 • 85 min.
Paint Me a Road Out of Here Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie • USA / July 31, 2024 5:30pm • Meigs Room
Catherine Gund • USA 2024 • 89 min. Canada • 2024 • 107 min. After 20 years, Jacobo reconnects with José Luis,
August 1, 2024 8:00pm • Clapp Auditorium July 30, 2024 6:15pm • Redfield Auditorium the priest who scarred his childhood. His heart
Featuring artists Faith Ringgold and Mary Baxter, In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was dis- now harbors conflicting feelings of resentment,
lust and affection.
PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE uncovers the covered on the grounds of an Indian residential
whitewashed history of Faith’s masterpiece “For school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. After All Happy Families
the Women’s House” and follows its 50-year jour- years of silence, the forced separation, assimilation
ney from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum in and abuse many children experienced at these Haroula Rose • USA • 2024 • 90 min.
August 3, 2024 5:00pm • Meigs Room
a heartbreaking, funny & true parable for a world segregated boarding schools was brought to
without mass incarceration. light, sparking a national outcry against a system The Landrys gather for the weekend to fix up their
designed to destroy Indigenous communities. Set family home in Chicago. But what starts out as a
Porcelain War amidst a groundbreaking investigation, SUGAR- benign family get-together ends up spiraling out of
Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev • Australia/USA/ CANE illuminates the beauty of a community control as some bombshell news threatens to tear
Ukraine • 2024 • 87 min. breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and everything apart.
July 27, 2024 6:30pm • Redfield Auditorium finding the strength to persevere. The Compatriots
Amidst the chaos and destruction of the brutal Ultimate Citizens Spencer Cohen • USA • 2024 • 98 min.
Russian invasion of Ukraine, three artists defi- August 2, 2024 8:30pm • Redfield Auditorium
antly find inspiration and beauty as they defend Francine Strickwerda • USA • 2023 • 52 min.
their culture and their country. In a war waged July 29, 2024 5:30pm • FA-Simon Center Javi, an undocumented immigrant facing immi-
by professional soldiers against ordinary civilians, Jamshid is an Iranian who came to study in 1970’s nent deportation, unexpectedly reunites with his
Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind, America, but due to the Revolution, never went long-lost best friend, Hunter, a vivacious bachelor
armed with their art, their cameras, and, for the “home.” As a guidance counselor in Seattle, his seeking deeper connections. Together, they em-
first time in their lives, their guns. Despite daily best work takes place on the playing field with “his bark on a heartfelt journey to prevent Javi’s expul-
shelling, Anya finds resistance and purpose in her kids,” the children of refugees and immigrants. sion from the only country he has ever called home.
art, Andrey takes the dangerous journey to get his Mr. Jamshid is the charismatic, fiery, funny human
young family to safety abroad, and Slava becomes with a Frisbee in hand, who shows that love wins
a weapons instructor for ordinary people who have on the field, off the field, at home with family, or
become unlikely soldiers. As the war intensifies, boldly forging a new community, in a new coun-
Andrey picks up his camera to film their story, and try - one kid, chicken, ultra-endurance race, and
on tiny porcelain figurines, Anya and Slava capture friend at a time.
their idyllic past, uncertain present and hope for
the future. Water For Life / Agua es Vida
Will Parrinello • USA • 2023 • 90 min.
Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter July 28, 2024 4:00pm • Redfield Auditorium
Abby Ginzberg, Christy Carpenter • USA • 2024 • 78 min. A story of courage and determination, betrayal
August 1, 2024 6:15pm • Redfield Auditorium and corruption, death threats and murder, and of
Over her 89 years, journalist, vice-presidential advi- unexpected victories in the countryside and in the
sor, White House official, author, humorist, political courts, that asks how economic development can
activist, and feminist leader Liz Carpenter was grow in harmony with environmental protections
often front and center where history was unfold- and why we tolerate unbridled greed and profiteer-
ing, leaving her own indelible mark and pushing ing at the expense of human life and our precious
forward an agenda for women’s rights, political planet. Above all, Water For Life illuminates a grow-
engagement, and the environment that is highly ing recognition of Indigenous rights and a rising
relevant today. demand for corporate responsibility and environ-
mental justice that’s being seen around the world.
Sono Lino Saturday, July 27
Jacob Patrick • USA • 2024 • 76 min. The Wonder and the Worry
August 2, 2024 5:30pm • 4:00pm • Redfield Auditorium David Baker • USA • 2024 • 98 min. 10:30pm • Captain Kidd
Lino Tagliapietra is widely held as the greatest July 31, 2024 4:00pm • Redfield Auditorium
master glassblower in history, beloved by millions Chris Johns made some of the the most recog- Opening Night Party
across the globe. He began his journey with glass nizable pictures of our time. He’s the only field
at the age of 11 as a factory worker in Murano, Italy, photographer to rise through the ranks of National
and now at 88, he prepares for his final hot shop Geographic to become Editor-In-Chief, heading the with music by
session while grappling with age, identity and the world’s most iconic magazine during a period of
struggle of watching his protégés continue his industry disruption, digital transformation and eco- Souljah
legacy as his famed career comes to a close. logical crises. After spending a career as a journalist
walking the tightrope between worry and wonder,
Story & Pictures By he’s now being shadowed by a visual artist with her specializing in soulful rhythms and
Joanna Rudnick • USA • 2023 • 86 min. own distinct ethos. His daughter Louise Johns, who vibrant performances. Souljah is a fusion
July 27, 2024 4:15pm • Redfield Auditorium picked up a camera as a child during her father’s band renowned for its ability to blend
Follows three stars of the new “golden age” of kids last field assignment, is shaping her own photogra-
lit— as they push boundaries and create experi- phy vision one image at a time. soul, funk, and contemporary sounds.
mental work that reflects the mysteries of child-
hood, champions the marginalized, and provides
children with windows and mirrors, even when A Bringing Science to the Screen screening.
the creators’ own lives are not fairy tales. Through
This film/program screens live only.