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Directed By Daniel Roher
Daniel Roher is a Canadian documentary flm director from Toronto, Ontario. He is most noted for his 2019 flm Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, which was the opening flm of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Retrograde
12:45 P.M. THURS. 10/6 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1
1:15 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1
94 MIN. | USA | WEST COAST PREMIERE | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
The fnal nine months of America’s twenty-year war in Afghanistan, captured from multiple perspectives: one of the last US Special Forces units deployed there; a young Afghan general and his corps fghting to defend their homeland against all odds; and the civilians desperately attempting to fee as the country collapses and the Taliban take over. From rarely seen operational control rooms to the frontlines of battle to the chaotic Kabul airport during the fnal US withdrawal, this flm offers a cinematic and historic window into the end of America’s longest war, and the costs endured for those most intimately involved.
DIRECTED BY GRETCHEN STOELTJE
A Texas-based flmmaker, director Gretchen Stoeltje makes independent documentaries centering women’s experiences. Her flms have played festivals and on television in the US, Canada, and Europe, and in curated art venues, including the Whitney Biennial.
We Are as Gods
12:30 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ TOWER THEATRE
12:15 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6
94 MIN. | OREGON PREMIERE | GREENWICH ENT.
Stewart Brand, creator of The Whole Earth Catalog and an infuential member of Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters, was a founder of the modern environmental movement, and, today, a vocal advocate for bringing back extinct species of animals and plants. Now in his 80s, he looks to leave a legacy for the future. Under fre from former allies who believe he’s gone too far, Brand won’t be easily deterred from a mission he feels is necessary to save the future of the planet.
“Every rogue individual swims against a tide of ordinary thinkers, and it takes a while for their ideas to be accepted. Thank God they exist.”
Directed By Matthew Heineman
, making Heineman and Martin Scorsese the only flmmakers ever nominated for both narrative and documentary DGA Awards. Heineman’s 2015 flm Cartel Land, which explores vigilantes taking on Mexican drug cartels, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and won three Primetime Emmy Awards. 2022 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES SPOTLIGHT
Tower Theatre sponsored by Film sponsored by Bend Anesthesiology Group
DIRECTED BY DAVID ALVARADO AND JASON SUSSBERG
Jason is a San Francisco-based flmmaker focusing on art and humanity in the sciences. He started his career working in sports TV. After receiving his MFA at Stanford University, he and flmmaking partner David founded Structure Films. David is a director/cinematographer focusing exclusively on science, health, technology and nature. Together, they directed The Immortalists Bill Nye: Science Guy, and We Are as Gods
