Main B, 4:00 PM
ReelHeART Main “B” Program
Theater 222, Innis College,
2 Sussex Street, U of T Campus, Toronto, M5S 1J5
(1 block south of St. George Subway)
2 Sussex Street, U of T Campus, Toronto, M5S 1J5
(1 block south of St. George Subway)
**Filmmakers and Special Guests in Attendance**
Banana Who?
Director, Lesley Mackay Hunter, CAN
Take a journey through a dancer’s psyche as a little voice urges him on to climb higher and challenge himself more than he ever has before.
“Banana Who” is a short modern dance film. It’s infectious rhythmic energy is combined with spoken word. “Banana Who” is designed to fascinate the eye and empathize with the dancer’s struggle, while tickling the funny bone!
“Banana Who” is a short modern dance film. It’s infectious rhythmic energy is combined with spoken word. “Banana Who” is designed to fascinate the eye and empathize with the dancer’s struggle, while tickling the funny bone!
TRAILER: www.runningduck.ca/banana_who?
Northern Spy
Director, Lesley Mackay Hunter, CAN
Is it possible that Mr. Wonderful could be a chance encounter at the grocery store?
Journey into the imagination of a dancer and her dream of the perfect man. Follow along as she decides if her dreams are really all that they’re cracked up to be A ballet drama designed to delight the eye with the movement and visuals while tickling the funny bone with a visual expression of a relationship in fast forward.
Journey into the imagination of a dancer and her dream of the perfect man. Follow along as she decides if her dreams are really all that they’re cracked up to be A ballet drama designed to delight the eye with the movement and visuals while tickling the funny bone with a visual expression of a relationship in fast forward.
TRAILER: www.runningduck.ca/northern_spy
Never Turning Back
Director, Jerri Zbiral, USA/Czech Republic
A 30 minute film celebrating the life and work of 90 year old Peggy Lipschutz. Peggy is an artist, political activist, labor unionist, feminist, pacifist. She pioneered the “chalk-talk”- a performance that combines drawing and music before a live audience. Over the years, Peggy performed with musicians and personalities such as Pete Seeger, Ella Jenkins, Studs Terkel, Win Stracke, and many others.
This film explores Peggy’s unwavering commitment to art, peace, justice and social change.
This film explores Peggy’s unwavering commitment to art, peace, justice and social change.
TRAILER: www.neverturningback.net
A Gal and Her Gallery
Director, Suzanne Campbell-Jones, UK
The October Gallery, London, is the life’s work of Chili Hawes. Born in Colorado USA, ‘discovered’ art in Paris, built adobe mud houses, a geodesic dome and a ferro cement ship in New Mexico she eventually made her home in Bloomsbury. The gallery opened with the astonishing visual art of writer William Burroughs. Chili championed artists from Guyana, Mexico, the Amazon, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Japan, China, Mongolia, Tibet and especially West Africa.
TRAILER: www.blueshed.co.uk/~mostlym/_Media/a_gal_her_gallery_trailer.mov
Secrets to Love
Director, Tracie Donahue, USA
Secrets to Love is a compelling documentary about relationships, marriage and -of course- love. For just over an hour, we hitch a ride with a recent divorcee on her journey to find answers to the questions so many of us ask: How do couples get to “happily ever after?” Why is love so complicated? What, if anything, can couples do to ensure their marriage lasts a lifetime? Secrets To Love is heart warming and fun as it navigates through some very difficult situations that real couples experience.
TRAILER: http://www.secretstolove.com
