Jody Kielbasa, executive director of the Virginia Film Festival, joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss films he will never tire of.
Gitmo and “The Response”
In our previous show we reflected on several of the movies showcased at this year’s Virginia Film Festival. In today’s show, we will examine “The Response,” a short film about the Guantanamo Bay War Tribunals and the plight of Guantanamo detainees by Sig Libowitz, screened at this year’s Virginia Film Festival.
During the course of the seven years since 9-11, the United States and its elected representatives have made calculated moves to deal with the declared “War on Terror.” Because of the nature of this global war, which is based more in backrooms around the world than on battlefields, it has become increasingly difficult to have concrete ideas about whom and where we are, or should be fighting.
Because of the clandestine nature of the war, the measures to combat it have also taken a more covert form, including… Abu Ghraib… and more recently, Guantanamo Bay. These Prisoner Detentions Camps were set up in an effort to isolate suspected enemy combatants from battle regions and interrogate them so that the war in the Gulf, and on Terror could be mitigated.
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Reflections from the 2008 Virginia Film Festival
In our previous show we previewed this year’s Virginia Film Festival, hosted by the University of Virginia. In today’s show, we will relive and reflect on the events of this year’s Virginia film festival.
This year’s Virginia Film Festival, hosted by the University of Virginia, kicked off Thursday Evening, Oct. 30, and featured some80 films and 100 guests exploring images of immigrants, outsiders and extraterrestrials.
As in years past, the Festival included Stars and events that will be remembered for years to come. Thursday’s Opening of Lake City was no exception. The featured guests included the film’s writer/directors Perry Moore and Hunter Hill, producers Mark Johnson and Weiman Seid, Sissy Spacek, Lake City’s male lead Troy Garity and his mother, Jane Fonda…
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Wake-Up Call: 2008 Virginia Film Festival
On the October 26th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore talks with Richard Herskowitz, Artistic Director of the Virginia Film Festival, which begins this Thursday, Oct. 30. This is Herskowitz’ fifteenth and final festival, and he speaks about all the various elements that must come together to make it so successful. Also in the studio is Alexandra Woodward, director of All My Friends Are Strangers, a work-in-progress scheduled to screen on Friday.
Steven Waldman on religion in politics and the film Religulous
On Thursday, October 16th, Steven Waldman, author of Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and The Birth of Religious Freedom In America joined host Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!” Waldman is the founder and editor of Beliefnet.com, the largest website for religion and spirituality on the internet.
They discussed the final presidential debate and each candidate’s strategy on the abortion issue, speaking to moderates or partisans. Waldman talked about the groundbreaking new Twelve Tribes of Politics study, which has discovered how the relationship between religion and politics is changing. For example, religion is much less correlated with votes in many cases now, with the exception of Evangelicals who prefer McCain, and Protestants who prefer Obama.
Waldman discusses Bill Maher’s new film Religulous, calling it funny but criticizing its presentation as a documentary because it has “completely flouted normal documentary standards,” using a gotcha film style more similar to Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat.
91 Seconds on Film: Hellboy II
In this installment of WNRN’s 91 Seconds on Film, Ben Nuckols reviews Hellboy II – The Golden Army. He also his review posted on his blog, the Ill-Informed Gadfly.
91 Seconds on Film: The Visitor
Ben Nuckols reviews The Visitor, a film about a 62-year old teacher who loses his passion for his life and takes up the piano. What does Ben think? Click below to find out. This Tom McCarthy film is now playing at Vinegar Hill.
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91 Seconds on Film: Prom Night
In this installment of WNRN’s 91 Seconds on Film, Myke Reiser reviews the end of an era that is represented by the movie Prom Night, which is currently playing at the Regal Cinema Downtown 6.
91 Seconds on Film: Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
In this installment of WNRN’s 91 Seconds on Film, Tom Dumontier reviews Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, which is now playing at the Regal Cinema Downtown 6. Tom likens the film to Odyssey, but not necessarily in a good way.