Garbage Warrior - 2007
Saturday, November 14, 1:00 pm
directed by Oliver Hodge and architect Michael Reynolds
What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you're renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing or "Earthship Biotecture." These experimental structures defy state standards and create conflict between Reynolds and the authorities. Reynolds and his crew seize the opportunity to lend their pioneering skills to those who need it most.

90 minutes, USA, English

My Daughter the Terrorist - 2007
Saturday, November 14, 3:00 pm
a film by Beate Arnestad
This documentary is a rare, inside look at an organization that most of the world has blacklisted as a terrorist group - the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) of Sri Lanka. The film offers important insights into the recently re-ignited conflict. Twenty-four-year-olds Dharsika and Puhalchudar have been living and fighting side-by-side for seven years as part of LTTE’s elite force, the Black Tigers. Their story is told through cinema verité footage, newsreel footage, and interviews with the women and Dharsika’s mother.

58 minutes, Norway, Subtitled

Arusi Persian Wedding - 2005
Saturday, November 14, 5:00 pm
by filmmaker Marjan Tehrani
For filmmaker Marjan Tehrani atnd her brother Alex, growing up Iranian American meant that political tensions often impacted their personal lives. Alex and Marjan grew up interpreting the mostly negative images of Iran in the American media, a conflict that shaped their identities. When the Tehranis are finally granted their Iranian passports, Alex, and his American bride Heather decide to make a trip to Iran to have a Persian wedding. But traveling to Iran is complicated.

63 minutes, Iran and USA, English and subtitles

Anatomy of Hate - 2008
Sunday, November 15, 3:00 pm
from filmmaker Michael Ramsdell
followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
The Anatomy of Hate; A Dialogue to Hope reveals the shared narratives found in individual and collective ideologies of hate, and how we as a species can overcome them. For six years filmmaker and Flint native Michael Ramsdell, had unprecedented access to some of the most venomous ideologies and violent conflicts of our time. By juxtaposing this verite footage with interviews from leading sociological, psychological, and neurological experts, the film weaves a tapestry that reveals both the emotional and biological mechanisms which make all of us susceptible to hate, and how these very same traits make us equally capable of overcoming it.

86 minutes, International, English with subtitles