Dir. Stacey Sotosky
Documentary
25mins

For 20 days in May of 2004, Dr. Kathryn Moller, a theater professor at Fort Lewis College worked with a cast of inmates Center, IL in preparation for the theater performance Through the Fire. This documentary follows the inmates' of Lincoln Correctional Center exploration of theatre in dealing with domestic violence. These struggling women have learned many lessons and want to share their wisdom to help others. They speak out because of their strong desire to empower and encourage others to reveal their traumas. The women at Lincoln have stories and experiences that have been locked up emotionally and physically.

Sunday, March 26th 2pm, FILMMAKER WILL BE PRESENT
w/ Fire and Hope & Hail Mary

Dir. Jeri Slater
Documentary
6mins

Hail Mary' is a documentary/music video that tributes the mothers who have lost their children to police brutality and racism. This piece focuses on one very special mother who shares her trials and strength in the fight for justice and peace.

Sunday, March 26th 2pm
w/ Fire and Hope & A Journey Through the Fire

Dir. Shannon Walsh
Documentary
17mins

Young people have become the fastest growing group of new HIV infections in the world. In South Africa, the pandemic is at epic proportions, and young people have begun to understand that in one way or another, AIDS is affecting their lives. Fire & Hope is an inspiring documentary that looks into the lives of young activists in South Africa who are fighting HIV/AIDS in their communities. Set to a driving hip-hop soundtrack, Fire & Hope captures the vibrancy of this group of activist youth and the world they live in. As the startling statistics in Fire & Hope attest, young women are three to four times more vulnerable to HIV infection than their male counterparts, yet there is still very little within the popular media that specifically addresses issues related to gender, HIV and youth, especially in relation to the high rate of gender-based violence in South Africa. Fire & Hope emphasizes the need to end gender and gang based violence, to provide practical solutions to HIV prevention, to provide treatment and medication for those already living with HIV/AIDS, and to take positive steps towards empowering young people to take action in their own lives.

Sunday, March 26, 2pm
w/ Hail Mary & A Journey Through the Fire

Dir. Michelle Kantor
Short Narrative
16mins

Consciousness is not always a choice for innerspace drifters. Director Michelle Kantor shows the mind of a ballet dancer seized by unpredictability in this short experimental narrative. When epilepsy turns up as a playing card for Bettina, mind fights body on personal battleground. Bettina in the Fog takes you through the multi-dimensional experience of a seizure, as seen through the eyes of an epileptic. Still waters often run deep underneath a smooth-looking surface. Navigating the jungles of romance, side shows ambulances, Bettina reveals the reality and mystery of life lived on the neurological edge.

Sunday, March 26, 4pm w/ Leaving Bountiful

Dir. Helen Slinger
Documentary
47mins

Bountiful is a community founded by breakaway Mormons who believe that polygamy is the secret to everlasting life: the more wives a man has in this life, the higher up the celestial ladder he climbs in the next. And a woman's only hope of salvation is through plural marriage: 'There are no single women in the kingdom of God.' 'Leaving Bountiful' is the story of Debbie Palmer. Raised from a tiny child inside this value system, she somehow finds the courage and clarity to break free. This is an intimately-told story. The audience travels alongside Debbie through a childhood with several mothers and dozens of siblings to her first marriage at 15 to the group's 57-year-old leader. We follow her through three terrible marriages and a deepening depression to the fire that propelled her from Bountiful. And we are with her 15 years later as she returns to Bountiful on her lifelong journey to save the children -- the ones still inside the group, her own children, and herself.

Sunday, March 26th, 4pm
w/ Bettina in the Fog

Dir. Sara Rashad
Short Narrative
18mins

TAHARA is a dramatic narrative film portraying the harsh reality of female genital mutilation (FGM) on the psyche of a young woman. The story deals with an Egyptian housewife, Amina, living in Los Angeles, who must decide if she will follow tradition and circumcise her daughter, Suha, or if she will abandon this age old cultural practice and save her daughter from the physical and psychological horrors of FGM. Will Amina find the necessary courage to defy a deeply ingrained tradition or will she submit her daughter to the same horrifying fate?

Sunday, March 26th, 6pm
w/ Hummingbird

Dir. Holly Mosher
Documentary
48mins

After reading an article about the child sex trafficking industry, Holly Mosher began to research this little talked about problem. During that search, she came across two remarkable programs that work with street children in the beautiful coastal city of Recife, Brazil, one of the world capitals for sex tourism. The film follows the story of Adriana Pinange, a street girl who left home at the age of six and had a daughter when she was eleven. She matter of factly tells how life really is on the streets and how the program worked for her. We also get a look at the root of the problem, which starts with violence in the family. The kids are running away from this reality, only to find that what waits for them - a life with little hope. After seeing the cycle that leads kids to the street, the programs now address the family issues at the root of the problem to combat them from all sides.In Recife, a few determined women decided that they would make what difference they could, just like the fable of the lion and the hummingbird, which Cecy recounts at the end of the film. If we all do our part, just like the hummingbird, this world can become a better place.

Sunday, March 26th 6pm
w/ Tahara

Dir. Karen Campbell
Short Narrative
5mins

Darla Cooper, straight A student, wants was to be on the varsity dodge ball team. Behind her stacks of books and glasses an inner champion exists, but she must first believe in herself to make her dodge ball dreams come true.

Sunday, March 26th, 8pm, FILMMAKER WILL BE PRESENT
w/ Missionary Positions & Final Sale

Dir. Julie Hermelin
Short Narrative
12 mins

When two best friends get into a fight at a trendy clothing store sale a massive kung fu showdown ensues.

Sunday, March 26th, 8pm
w/ Missionary Positions & Gotta Believe

Dir. William Day
Documentary
1hr 13mins

After hearing God say the word 'PORN' to them, two hip young pastors are off on a quixotic journey to help the suffering masses who are in the grips of a dirty, filthy PORNO PLAGUE sweeping the planet. They even create an Internet only church called 'xxxchurch.com.' Despite their good intentions, Craig and Mike discover doing the work of the Lord isn't always easy. It doesn't matter if you view porn as the scourge of modern society or a first amendment birthright, you'll find it hard not to root for these two funny guys.

Sunday, March 26th, 8pm
w/ Gotta Believe