TUESDAY AT SILVERDOCS:
THROW DOWN YOUR HEART
Screening and Performance by Béla Fleck
Panel discussion with General Wesley Clark following MILOSEVIC ON TRIAL
Silver Spring, Maryland, June 17, 2008—SILVERDOCS presents THROW DOWN YOUR HEART directed by Sascha Paladino. Béla Fleck, the American banjo virtuoso, travels to Africa to explore the little-known roots of the instrument and record an album. Fleck’s riveting journey takes him through Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia, and Mali, where he transcends the barriers of language and culture through a shared passion for music. A special performance by Béla Fleck joined by Cheick Hamala Diabaté, malian n’goni player, follows the Q&A with the director.
- WHAT:
- SILVERDOCS Presents THROW DOWN YOUR HEART Followed by Musical Performance
- WHO:
- Cheick Hamala Diabaté, Malian n’goni Player
- Béla Fleck, Film Subject and Performer
- Sascha Paladino, Filmmaker
- WHEN:
- Tuesday, June 17, 2008
- 8:00 p.m. – Film
- 9:30 p.m. – Q&A/Performance
- WHERE:
- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD
OTHER TUESDAY EVENTS:
9:00 a.m. SILVERDOCS presents a free screening of the first 4 parts of An American Family, a cinema verite series chronicling the Loud family’s life and captured sensitive moments, including the husband and wife filing for divorce and the eldest son’s affirmation of his homosexuality.
11:00 p.m. MECHANICAL LOVE explores the developing relationship between people and therapeutic robots. Special appearance by the robots featured in the film will follow the screening.
12:00 p.m. SILVERDOCS presents “Minor Difficulties,” a free showing of short films featuring THE FIRST DAY, KIDS + MONEY, and YOUNG ARABS.
12:00 p.m. Simon Brook presents GENERATION 68, a film that examines the protests, art, sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll behind “the year that made us who we are.”
1:15 p.m.SILVERDOCS presents UNDER OUR SKIN, a film told through the stories of patients fighting chronic lyme disease.
2:00 p.m. SILVERDOCS presents HEAD WIND, which tells the story of a fast-growing Iranian subculture determined to gain access to Western media by any means necessary.
2:30 p.m. Free screening of Shorts Contest: Current Rocks SILVERDOCS, featuring the five winning entries of SILVERDOCS Short Contest, sponsored by Current TV.
3:30 p.m. SILVERDOCS Conference-Student Pitch: Young Filmmakers Pitch The Pros.
3:45 p.m. Director Michael Christofferson presents MILOSEVIC ON TRIAL, which documents former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic on trial for crimes against humanity. At 4:55 p.m. General Wesley Clark, Edward Joseph, UN eyewitness, and Michael Christofferson, filmmaker, will participate in a panel discussion moderated by Tom Gjelten, NPR.
4:15 p.m. SILVERDOCS presents “Some/Body,” a free showing of short films featuring 52 PERCENT, THE CHAMP, and SMILE PINKI.
4:30 p.m. DOCU-CLUB “IN THE WORKS” presents STAGES by the Meerkat Media Collective, a film about a group of older Puerto Rican women and youth of color who unite in New York City's Lower East Side to create an original play based on their life stories.
5:30 p.m. Filmmaker Patrick Reed presents TRIAGE: DR. JAMES ORBINSKI’S HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA. The story focuses on Dr. James Orbinski, Nobel Prize Winner on behalf of Doctors Without Borders, and his brave trip to Rwanda. Panel Discussion follows film featuring both director and subject.
5:30 p.m. Filmmaker James Marsh presents MAN ON WIRE, the story of a tightrope walker, Philippe Petit, who bridged the Twin Towers in 1974.
5:30 p.m. “Doc Talk”: Rock The Doc: Music Docs featuring musician Béla Fleck, Sascha Paladino, Director THROW DOWN YOUR HEART, Adrian Wills, Director ALL TOGETHER NOW, and Matt Wolf, Director WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSEL.
6:15 p.m. Filmmaker Andrew Jacobs presents the World Premiere of FOUR SEASONS LODGE, a story of Holocaust survivors who gather each summer to share stories of loss and survival. A panel discussion follows the film, featuring, the director Andrew Jacobs, Ester Geizhals, subject, and Raye Farr, Director Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive, US Holocaust Museum). Moderated by Martin Goldsmith of XM RADIO.
6:30 Director Matt Wolf presents WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL, a film that looks at the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist and disco producer Arthur Russell.
7:15 Co-Director Ayat Najafi presents FOOTBALL UNDER COVER, which follows the Iranian Women’s National Football Team searching for a worthy rival. Preceded by the short KICK LIKE A GIRL.
8:00 Sascha Paladino presents THROW DOWN YOUR HEART, the story of musician Béla Fleck searching for the roots of the banjo in Africa. Béla Fleck will perform and participate in a Q&A with the director and Cheick Hamala Diabaté.
8:30 SILVERDOCS presents “Just the Two of Us,” a free showing of short films featuring BEGINNING FILMMAKING, FAREWELL PACKETS OF TEN, IF IT HAPPENS, THE LADIES, PETER AND BEN, ROZ (AND JOSHUA), and SCORING.
9:00 Filmmaker Yung Chang presents UP THE YANGTZE, the story of a cruise ship gliding along the Yangtze River, offering foreign passengers an impressive view of China in transition.
9:00 SILVERDOCS presents DUST, which encourages viewers to ponder the imaginative nature of something that has long escaped imagination.