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Graceland
Ron Morales / Narrative / Philippines, USA / Narrative / 84 mins
The director of festival favorite Santa Mesa returns with this powerhouse thriller set in Manila’s urban underbelly. A dedicated chauffer finds himself over his head when kidnappers abduct both his daughter and the daughter of his boss, a corrupt and ruthless congressman.Graceland
New People
March 15, 2013 7:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsGraceland
New People
March 22, 2013 10:15 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Groove Salon
New Directions / 90 mins
In the Groove Salon, we bring together two artists who go beyond performance to talk life and shop.Groove Salon
SuperFrog Gallery
March 24, 2013 4:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Harana
Benito Bautista / Documentaries / Philippines, USA / 2012 / Documentary / 103 mins
In this award-winning feature documentary, director Benito Bautista and guitarist Florante Aguilar bring to light the long-abandoned Philippine art of harana (serenade). In a sincere effort to preserve this cultural practice, three of the tradition’s last surviving practitioners perform harana songs as never before captured on film.Harana
Pacific Film Archive Theater
March 16, 2013 5:50 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsHarana
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 17, 2013 7:10 pm Rush Only
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High Tech, Low Life
Stephen Maing / Documentaries / China, USA / 2012 / Documentary / 88 mins
By way of two citizen reporters, the young and brash Zola and the more seasoned, humble “Tiger Temple,” High Tech, Low Life explores the closing of China’s digital divide, the rise of its netizen culture, and its government’s relationship with the “Great Firewall.”High Tech, Low Life
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 16, 2013 7:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsHigh Tech, Low Life
New People
March 17, 2013 9:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsHigh Tech, Low Life
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 19, 2013 8:20 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Performance by Indian Bastards from Hell (members of Das Racist)
New Directions
After the West-Coast premiere of Dosa Hunt, stay for a Q&A with filmmaker Amrit Singh as well as a special set by Indian Bastards from Hell. Mix and mingle with special guests and be prepared for some delicious treats—including, you guessed it, mouth-watering DOSA! Take a moment to see the Asian Art Museum’s newest exhibition, China’s Terracotta Warriors. A perfect convergence of film, music, art and food: this is an event you cannot miss. Co-presented by CAAM and the Asian Art Museum. Ticket details on page.Preceded by: Dosa Hunt
Indian Bastards from Hell (formerly Das Racist)
Asian Art Museum of SF
March 21, 2013 6:00 pm
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Invoking Justice
Deepa Dhanraj / CinemAsia / India / 2012 / Documentary / 85 mins
Defiantly eschewing Western portraits of Muslim woman, Deepa Dhanraj (Something Like a War) explores the first Women’s Jamaat – traditionally a male institution – in South India, where women are raising their voices and enacting new interpretations of Sharia law to demand gender equality and an end to domestic violence.Invoking Justice
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 16, 2013 1:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsInvoking Justice
Pacific Film Archive Theater
March 22, 2013 7:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsInvoking Justice
New People
March 23, 2013 7:15 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Jiseul
O Meul / CinemAsia / South Korea / 2012 / 108 mins
Hiding from advancing government soldiers, a group of villagers takes refuge in a wintry cave in this potent Korean war drama, set during the notorious 1948 Jeju Island Uprising. “Visually, the film is breathtaking… Bela Tarr apostles may see a kindred spirit.”—Variety.Jiseul
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 15, 2013 7:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsJiseul
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 19, 2013 8:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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The Land of Hope
Sono Sion / CinemAsia / Japan / 2012 / Independent / 133 mins
An earthquake and nuclear crisis forces two Japanese families to decide what is worth sacrificing in the name of safety. Alternately naturalistic and surreal, this first feature inspired by the 2011 Tohoku-Fukushima disaster shows how love and loyalty can put people on opposite sides of the evacuation border. From the director of Suicide Club and Love Exposure.Land of Hope
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 16, 2013 9:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsLand of Hope
Pacific Film Archive Theater
March 21, 2013 7:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Late Summer
Ernie Park / Narrative / USA / 2012 / 57 mins
If Yasujiro Ozu could set a film in the Black South, it might look a lot like Late Summer. Ernie Park not only riffs on Ozu’s tales of family love and social belonging, he crafts a kindred poetic language, one born little by little, over time …in Nashville. With short by video-essayist Kogonada + conversation with Park and Kogonada.Late Summer
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 16, 2013 3:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsLate Summer
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 20, 2013 9:15 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Let’s Play Music! Slack Key with Cyril Pahinui and Friends
Na'alehu Anthony / Special Presentations, Pacific Islanders in Communication Showcase / USA / 2013 / 57 mins
This intimate portrait showcases Cyril, his friends and family as they perform, relax and “talk story” about the music and culture of Hawai’i. With short Lina‘La‘Lusong.Preceded by: Lina’La’ Lusong
Let’s Play Music! Slack Key with Cyril Pahinui and Friends
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 17, 2013 2:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsLet’s Play Music! Slack Key with Cyril Pahinui and Friends
New People
March 20, 2013 6:45 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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