Feature Documentary

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

Directed by Ruben Östlund Sweden, France, UK, Turkey, Germany / 2022 / 149 minutes English, French, Swedish with English Subtitles Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Models Carl and Yaya are invited for a luxury cruise with a rogues’ gallery of super-rich passengers. At first, all appears Instagrammable, but the cruise ends in catastrophe, marooning the group on a desert island. Screenwriters: Ruben Östlund Producers: Philippe Bober, Erik Hemmendorff Executive Producers: Jim Stark, Bradley Thomas, Lizzie Francke, Dan Wechsler, Andreas Roald, Rose Garnett, Daniel Steinman, Ryan Friedkin, Dan Friedkin, Micah Green, Jamal Zeinal Zade, Mike Goodridge, Alessandro Del Vigna, Brina Elizabeta Blaz Cast: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Zlatko Burić Cinematographer: Fredrik Wenzel Editors: Ruben Östlund, Mikel Cee Karlsson Production Design: Josefin Åsberg

COURTESY OF: NEON

WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sun Oct 25:00pm

NARRATIVE DOCUMENTARY

2ND CHANCE

Directed by Ramin Bahrani USA / 2022 / 89 minutes Richard Davis, inventor of the bullet-proof vest, is ego driven and fearless. He shoots himself through his vest hundreds of times and films these horrific moments for everyone to see. This rags to riches story leaves us wondering why Davis finds joy in shooting and exploding everything and everyone around him. - Sabina Barach Screenwriters: Ramin Bahrani Producers: Charles Dorfman, Ramin Bahrani, Jacob Grodnik, Daniel Turcan, Johnny Galvin Executive Producers: Marlon Vogelgesang, Bahareh Azimi, Myles Estey, Joshua Oppenheimer Cast: Richard Davis Cinematographer: Adam Stone Editor: Aaron Wickenden, ACE Composer: T. Griffin

w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 294:00pm

DOCUMENTARY

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BATTLEGROUND

Directed by Cynthia Lowen USA / 2022 /104 minutes Now more than ever, radical artists are needed to fight against oppressive governments and corporate greed. Ron English is a shining example of one such artist. This wide-ranging documentary uncovers the portrait of a man dedicated to getting people to rethink the images and ideas that they have been indoctrinated with since birth. Screenwriters: Cynthia Lowen, Nancy Novack Producers: Nicole Shipley, Ryan Harrington, Ruth Ann Harnisch Executive Producers: Jill Mazursky, Jason Blum, Sarah CavanaughRebecca Stern, Cynthia Lowen, Steffie Van Rhee, Jeff Sobrato, Dexter Braff Cast: Marjorie Dannenfelser, Kristan Hawkins, Terrisa Bukovinac, Alexis McGill Johnson, Nancy Northup, Jenna King, Samantha Blakely Cinematographers: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo, Barbie Leung Editor: Nancy Novack Composer: Gil Talmi

[THE] BALLAD OF CLEM SNIDE

Directed by Sacha Jenkins USA / 2022 / 53 minutes The film chronicles the pursuit of an artistic life; and all the trials, the tribulations, the ups and downs, the luck and serendipity, the disappointments and frustrations that come along with it. Clem Snide’s story embodies a “lower-case-s” spirituality in a universal way. Screenwriter: John Burkett Producers: John Burkett, Matt Kelley Executive Producers: JEd Gerrard, Peter Himberger , Drew Frankel Cast: Eef Barzelay , Scott Avett Cinematographers: John Burkett Editor: John Burkett Composer: Eef Barzelay

A special musical performance by Clem Snide with Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers will follow the screening

AFGHAN DREAMERS

Directed by David Greenwald Afghanistan, Dubai (UAE), USA / 2022 / 72 minutes Dari, Farsi with English subtitles In a heart wrenching testimony to the strength of will and a sad, troubling commentary on world politics, the Afghan Girls Robotics Team narrates their own story, starting in 2017 when Afghan girls could still dream of careers in science and technology – a dream that is thwarted when the Taliban returns to power. - Sabina Barach Producers: David Cowan, Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins, Ellen Goosenberg, Brad Feld, Alexander Slusky Co-Producer: Beth Murphy Cast: Fatemah Qaderyan, Lida Azizi, Somaya Faruqi, Kawsar Roshan, Saghar Salehi Cinematographers: Elizabeth Mirzaei, Beth Murphy Editor: Edmund Carson Composer: Anton Sanko COURTESY OF: MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 11:00pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sun Oct 210:30am

EXPOSURE

Directed by Holly Morris USA / 2022 / 88 minutes Why do we crave high-risk adventure? A European-Arabian team of 13 women spend two years preparing for a skiing trek to the north pole, the first all-female team to do so. “Let’s go into the madness,” one of them declares. And so they do. And because of this equally brave filmmaker, we get to experience it all. - Sabina Barach Screenwriter: Holly Morris Producers: Holly Morris, Eleanor Wilson, Michael Kovnat Executive Producers: Jill Mazursky, Jason Blum, Sarah Cavanaugh, Susan Capitelli, Rebecca Cleary Cast: Felicity Aston, Asma Al Thani, Misba Khan, Susan Gallon, Anisa Al Raissi Cinematographers: Ingeborg Jakobsen, Kathryn Barrows Editor: Penelope Falk Composer: Alex Weston

BONNIE BLUE —

James Cotton’s Life in the Blues

Directed by Bestor Cram USA / 2022 / 89 minutes Bestor Cram’s Bonnie Blue: James Cotton’s Life in the Blues is the story of Chicago legend James Cotton, blues harmonica player extraordinaire. With Cotton as its focus, the film traces the larger story of the American blues genre and, due to the wealth of great archival footage, we have the man himself to tell it. - Adam Schartoff Screenwriter: Michael Majoros Producer: Bestor Cram Executive Producers: Judith Laster, James Montgomery, Sam Pollard Cast: James Cotton, Steve Miller, Keb’Mo, Bobby Rush, Jimmie Vaughan Cinematographer: Bestor Cram, Jesse Beecher Editor: Michael Majoros Composer: Dana Wachs

w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCKThur Sept 2911:30am

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[THE] FIRE THAT TOOK HER

Directed by Patricia Gillespie USA / 2022 / 95 minutes The Fire That Took Her tells the true story of Judy Malinowski’s terrifying encounter with domestic violence — she was set aflame by her boyfriend — and with grace and sober optimism, navigates to a startling, unprecedented event: a woman testifying at the landmark trial of her own murder. - Peter Wortman Producers: Patricia Gillespie, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, Kristi Jacobson, Tracy Elizabeth Jarrett Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins, Gretchen McGowan, Nick Quested Cast: Judy Malinowski Cinematographers: Martina Radwan, Tom Hurwitz (ASC), Lisa Rinzler Editor: Emiliano Battista Composer: Katy Jarzebowski

COURTESY OF: MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS 30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING BROTHER’S KEEPER

Directed by Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky USA / 1992 /104 minutes Thirty years ago, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky made this brilliant documentary about a smalltown murder case using what was, at the time, a revolutionary approach: shoot a true-life story, unfolding in real time, and allow it to tell its own tale — an approach that became the touchstone for decades of true-crime podcasts and series to come. - Peter Wortmann Producers: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Executive Producers: Joe Berlinger, Lindsay Law Cast: Delbert Ward, Roscoe Ward, Lyman Ward Cinematographer: James D. Cooper Editor: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Composer: Molly Mason, Jay Ungar

American roots music duo Jay Ungar & Molly Mason will perform a short set before the film. Director Joe Berlinger will be present for the intro and Q&A.

WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sat Oct 14:45pm

FREE RENTY: Lanier v. Harvard

Directed by David Grubin USA / 2021 / 95 minutes Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard tells the fascinating story of Tamara Lanier’s determined effort to force Harvard University to cede ownership of a set of invaluable daguerrotypes that are known to be the earliest photographic depictions of American slaves — and of one slave in particular, Renty, who was Lanier’s great-great-great-grandfather. - Peter Wortmann

Producer: David Grubin Cast: Tamara Lanier, Benjamin Crump, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Tina Campt Cinematographer: Sam Russell Editor: Deborah Peretz Animator: Polymode Composers: Michael Bacon, Xavier Muzik Presented in colloboration with The Center for Photography at Woodstock

[THE] GOOD SOLDIER

Directed by Silvina Landsmann Israel, France, Germany / 2021 / 88 minutes Silvina Landesman’s documentary, The Good Soldier, provides a candid look into Breaking the Silence, an organization run by former Israeli soldiers who speak out about their witnessed abuses of Palestinians, sometimes at their own hand, raising questions about Israel’s dynamic mainstream and the challenges of confronting it. - Adam Schartoff Producers: Silvina Landsmann, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Christoph Menardi Cinematographer: Silvina Landsmann Editor: Tal Shefi

HUNTING IN PACKS

Directed by Chloe Sosa-Sims Canada / 2022 / 82 minutes Delving into the high-stakes and absurd institutions of western politics, Hunting in Packs follows politicians Michelle Rempel Garner (Canada), Jess Philips (UK) and Pramila Jayapal (USA) through elections, leadership campaigns and their efforts to enact bold new policies. Screenwriter: Chloe Sosa-Sims Producer: Hannah Donegan Executive Producer: Ann Shin Cast: Michelle Rempel Garner, Jess Philips, Pramila Jayapal Cinematographer: Lulu Wei Editor: Caitlin Durlak Composer: Laura Barrett

COURTESY OF: FATHOM FILM GROUP

w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 21:45pm

EAST COAST PREMIERE w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 2911:00am Orpheum SAUGERTIES Fri Sept 304:15pm

NEW YORK PREMIERE

IMMEDIATE FAMILY

Directed by Denny Tedesco USA / 2022 / 102 minutes Immediate Family, a new documentary from Denny Tedesco, chronicles the rise and tenure of four legendary studio musicians as they tore through the singer-songwriter scene of the 1970s. The film details their musical collaborations as well as their rambunctious friendship, which has endured through several decades and eras of rock and roll history. - Leo Lasdon Producers: Greg Richling, Jack Piatt, Jonathan Sheldon, Denny Tedesco Executive Producers: Brian McCafferty, Cliff Burnstein, Kelly Mi Li, Lisa Roy Cast: Carole King, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Linda Rondstadt, Keith Richards, Billy Bob Thornton, Phil Collins, David Crosby, Don Henley, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, Peter Asher, Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Steve Postell, Russ Kunkel Editors: Justin Williams, Chris Peterson (ASC), Ryan Nunnerley

w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 306:45pm

NEW YORK PREMIERE

LAST FLIGHT HOME

Directed by Ondi Timoner USA / 2022 / 106 minutes With never-before-seen archival footage, Awardwinning documentarian Ondi Timoner turns the camera on herself and her family, chronicling the final weeks with her father as he prepares for assisted suicide. This intimate family portrait is heartrending yet inspiring, as we witness the compassion of spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren – an almost idyllic ending we might all wish for when the time comes. - Peter Wortmann Screenwriter: Ondi Timoner Producers: Ondi Timoner, David Turner, Jenny Hochberg [Co-Producer] Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins, Ondi Timoner, Ori Eisen, Mirit Eisen Cast: Eli Timoner, Lisa Timoner, David Timoner, Rachel Timoner Cinematographer: Ondi Timoner Editor: Ondi Timoner Composer: Morgan Doctor COURTESY OF: MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 13:30pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sun Oct 21:00pm

LIVING IN DELUSIONVILLE

Directed by Constant van Hoeven USA / 2022 / 68 minutes Now more than ever, radical artists are needed to fight against oppressive governments and corporate greed. Ron English is a shining example of one such artist. This wide-ranging documentary uncovers the portrait of a man dedicated to getting people to rethink the images and ideas that they have been indoctrinated with since birth. - Max Wexler. Producers: Constant van Hoeven, Andrew Porter Cast: Ron English, Futura, Shepard Fairey, Lee, Alex Grey Cinematographer: Andrew Porter Editor: Kevin Chapados Composer: Peter Schwartz

LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK & BLUES

Directed by Sacha Jenkins USA / 2022 / 104 minutes In Sasha Jenkin’s Black & Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong over a trove of rich archival footage we get the best possible narrator to walk us through the life of the musical legend Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, the man himself. - Adam Schartoff Producers: Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Sacha Jenkins, Julie Anderson Executive Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Michele Anthony, David Blackman Cinematographer: Ed Lachman Editors: Jason Pollard, Alma Herrera-Pazmiño Animator: Hectah Arias Composer: Terence Blanchard

COURTESY OF: APPLE TV+

w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 309:45pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sat Oct 11:00pm

MAMA IRENE, HEALER OF THE ANDES

Directed by Elisabeth Möhlmann, Bettina Ehrhardt USA, Germany / 2022 / 71 minutes Quechua, English, Spanish with English Subtitles Healer of the Andes: In a film that is both a story about women’s empowerment and a testament to living harmoniously with Mother Earth, 84-yearold Peruvian shaman and healer Mama Irene compassionately treats both the emotional and physical wounds of the women and children who come to her for guidance. - Sabina Barach Screenwriters: Bettina Ehrhardt, Elisabeth Möhlmann Producer: Elisabeth Möhlmann Co-Producer: Torsten Bönnhoff Cast: Mama Irene (Juana Irene Contreras Pumayalli), Puma Fredy Quispe Singona, Natividad M. Pañiuhuara Contreras, Uma Ladiwala Cinematographers: Franz Zavala, Tenmy Johan Carrasco Monzón Editor: Monika Abspacher Composer: Jim Papoulis

w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCKThur Sept 295:00pm

WORLD PREMIERE

MY SO-CALLED HIGH SCHOOL RANK

Directed by Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg USA / 2022 / 101 minutes English, Spanish with English Subtitles Through the lens of a high-school musical inspired by its own students’ experiences, and with a remarkable intimacy, My So-Called High School Rank explores the overwhelming anxiety so many high school students face in their pressured journey through the college admissions process and, ultimately the resilience and triumph of these students, in art and in life. - Peter Wortman Producers: Tina Nguyen, Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg Executive Producers: Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller Cast: Kyle Holmes, David Taylor Gomes, Arcadia Conrad, Linda Key, Hayley Wright Cinematographer: Michelle McCabe Editor: Hannah Vanderlan Composer: Paul Brill

OF MEDICINE AND MIRACLES

Directed by Ross Kauffman USA / 2022 / 96 minutes Six-year-old Emily Whitehead’s battle with leukemia compassionately weaves the hope and desperation of Whitehead’s family together with the humility and perseverance of one committed doctor on the vanguard of cancer research. - Leo Lasdun

Producer: Robin Honan Executive Producers: Sean Parker, Pam Williams, Lessing Stern, Regina K. Scully, Geralyn White Dreyfous Cast: Carl June, Tom Whitehead, Kari Whitehead, Emily Whitehead Cinematographers: Ross Kauffman, Henry Roosevelt Editor: Hypatia Porter Composer: Amie Doherty

COURTESY OF: HBO DOCUMENTARIES

w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 303:45pm Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat ,Oct 19:15pm w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Wed Sept 287:00pm

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[THE] PICTURE TAKER

Directed by Phil Bertelsen USA / 2022 / 89 minutes Photographer Ernest Withers was a renowned chronicler of the African-American experience during Jim Crow, and became an icon of the Civil Rights Movement. But he was also, secretly, an FBI informant. The Picture Taker keenly explores this disturbing contradiction that straddles the borderline between art and the emotion-laden politics of race. - Peter Wortmann Producer: Lise Yasui Cinematographers: Jerry Henry, Keith Walker, Aaron Baggett Cast: Julia Bruzzese, Enrico Bruzzese, Neil Spector, Mary Beth Pfieffer Editors: Paula Heredia, Bryan Gunnar Cole Presented in colloboration with The Center for Photography at Woodstock

[THE] QUIET EPIDEMIC

Directed by Lindsay Keys, Winslow Crane-Murdoch USA / 2022 / 101 minutes A girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist are diagnosed with Chronic Lyme disease, a condition said not to exist. Their quest for answers leads to a paper trail of suppressed scientific research and buried documents that reveal why tick-borne diseases have been allowed to quietly spread around the globe. - Sabina Barach Producers: Daria Lombroso, Chris Hegedus, Lindsay Keys Executive Producers: Phyllis, Scott Bedford, Alex Cohen, Laure Woods, Linda Giampa Cast: Julia Bruzzese, Enrico Bruzzese, Neil Spector, Mary Beth Pfieffer Cinematographers: Winslow Crane-Murdoch, Lindsay Keys Editors: Mark Harrison, Winslow Crane-Murdoch Composer: Alex Ebert

w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 110:00am Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 23:30pm w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 303:45pm ROSENDALE Theater Sat Oct 12:30pm

RELATIVE

Directed by Tracey Arcabasso Smith USA / 2022 / 72 minutes Using a remarkable collection of home movies, family interviews, and personal therapy sessions, Relative is the shocking story of physical abuse, over generations of women in one family. Enmeshed in loyalties, most instances are never spoken of at all, leaving us to wonder if keeping secrets is a path worth taking. - Sabina Barach Producers: Laura Poitras, Jenya James Hamidi, Tracey Arcabasso Smith Executive Producer: Charlotte Cook Cinematographer: Topaz Adizes Editors: Jeremy Stulberg, Ian Olds, Natasha Mottola Composer: Garth Stevenson

[THE] RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER - Featuring Brandi Carlile

Directed by Kathlyn Horan USA / 2020 / 108 minutes Tanya Tucker is brought out of retirement by Brandi Carlisle to make an album, and we are lucky to be in the room where this happens. A powerful film, adding rare archival footage to the mix, weaving together the past and the present. A beautiful story, full of music and heart. - Sabina Barach. Producers: Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn Executive Producers: Lynn Hubbard, David Zapolsky Cast: Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile, Shooter Jennings Cinematographer: Jessica Young Editor: Brady Hammes Music by: Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth COURTESY OF: SONY PICTURE CLASSICS

w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 16:30pm ROSENDALE Theater Sun Oct 211:00am

SKATE DREAMS

Directed by Jessica Edwards USA, Japan, Cambodia / 2022 / 83 minutes English and Khmer with English subtitles This is the first feature-length documentary about the often overlooked revolutionary subculture of female skateboarding. Featuring pioneer skateboarders Nora Vasconcellos and Cara-Beth Burnside, among many others, this story is filled with heart, grit, and determination, and makes us all want to skate like a girl. - Sierra Slaughter Producers: Erin Owens, Jessica Edwards Executive Producers: Gary Hustwit, Bowie Barnett-Zunino, Jeff Barnett-Zunino, Molly Gochman, Michael Armilio Cast: Nora Vasconcellos, Nicole Hause, Mimi Knoop, Kouv “Tin” Chansangva Cinematographer: Jenni Morello Editor: Maya Tippett Composers: Arianna Gil, Sarah Snider, BRUJAS

w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 3010:00am Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sat Oct 16:30pm

WONDERFULLY MADE - LGBTQ+R(ELIGION)

Directed by Yuval David USA / 2022 / 95 minutes The film criticizes Church teaching, but it is respectful of those of faith. It features interviews with leading advocates of LGBTQ+ Catholics, including a pioneering nun, two prominent priests (one of whom is openly gay), and a former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Screenwriters:Yuval David, Mark McDermott Producers: Mark McDermott, Yuval David, Lance Bass, Mitchell Gold, Bishop Gene Robinson, Andrew Tobias, Reverend Mel White Executive Producers: Mark McDermott, Yuval David Cast: Father James Martin, S.J., Father Bryan Massingale, Sister Jeannine Grammick, SL, JR Zerkowski, Marianne Duddy-Burke, Cathy Renna, Natalia M. Imperatori-Lee, Miguel Diaz, Xorje Olivares Cinematographer: Nicco Quinto Editors: Hugo Perez Composer: Ariel Blumenthal

w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 297:00pm