2008
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The pain and ecstasy of being young glow like ember in Glory Boy Days, one of the most extraordinary debuts at Cinequest.
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The day-to-day becomes suspenseful as a casual date turns into the love of a lifetime.
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The distance between us and those we love is often measured by silence. In that special darkness, we search for a bridge over which we can connect.
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Imagine a documentary about George W. Bush?s homosexual lover assassinating him with a car bomb.
AFR is the Danish equivalent of just such a story. Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AFR) -- the current prime minister of Denmark ? aims to reform the industrialized West?s economic policies toward the Third World. He meets Emil, an anarchist with severe neuroses. Emil and Rasmussen are both bisexual and each a reformist in his own way. But their lives are as different as can be.
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A brilliant Stanford student descends into a life on the street.
Elizabeth Wiltsee?s intellect and talent showed promise for a brilliant writing career. In writer-director Bill Rose?s (The Loss of Nameless Things) moving homage, Wiltsee?s life and her work are given the tribute they deserve.
Elizabeth was a prolific writer, but she was unable to get her works published. She eventually landed homeless in Watsonville, sleeping on the steps of St. Patrick?s Church, apparently mute. It was at St. Patrick?s that she became part of a community that knew and cared for her.
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A fast-paced stunner of Sputnik?s blast into orbit reveals the wellsprings of both our Cold War fears and space travel hopes.
In 1957, the Cold War had been solely a battle of words, but with the launch of earth?s first manmade satellite, the race to dominate space began. Featuring a plethora of remarkable original footage, including information recently declassified by the CIA, this captivating journey provides a story filled with stunning immediacy considering the events depicted took place fifty years ago.
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In the maw of the Hollywood machine, it can be a quick and precipitous fall from being yesterday?s darling to today?s ignored and unemployable pariah.
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The father of modern electric guitar sound, this 92-year-old still rocks.
Without Les Paul, there would have been no Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton. Just ask Keith Richards, who is one of many rock legends who appears to pay tribute in this captivating story of one of the 20th century?s greatest mavericks. Acquiring his jazz chops in Chicago during the depression, wowing audience in 1930?s Harlem and even backing Bing Crosby?s ?It?s Been a Long, Long Time,? Paul?s career spans decades and has yet to be matched by any other music artist.
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Can we ever know the truth, or is it too changeable and elusive, always just beyond our grasp?
A riveting, complex tale of espionage, manipulation, and betrayal, where the line between right and wrong and good and evil is constantly shifting and always blurry.
Helen Smyth, a New Zealand journalist, travels to Cuba with her family. While there, she by chance meets enigmatic, suave and beguiling Nestor Baguer. Later, however, after being pulled into a tangled web of intrigue, Smyth senses that something is wrong.