The Festival
THE SANTA CRUZ FILM FESTIVAL
The 2010 Santa Cruz Film Festival presented 133 films from 13 countries including 40 that were locally-produced. The EarthVision environmental section was expanded, and featured 9 feature-length and 18 short subject films that showcased the work of devoted people taking action to save and improve our threatened environment.
Highlights:
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Opening Night, Thursday, May 6 at 6:30 PM, Del Mar Theatre
The story of the American civil rights movement told through its powerful music: the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality. Featuring new performances of these songs by top contemporary artists.
Etienne!
Closing Night, Saturday, May 15 at 8:00 PM, Del Mar Theatre
Shot all over Santa Cruz County and along the coast up to San Francisco and Marin County, Etienne! is a sweet, funny, touching, and timeless tale of two kindred spirits on a journey of friendship and togetherness. What makes this story special is that one of the friends is a hamster. After Richard finds out that his best and only friend, a dwarf hamster named Etienne, has terminal cancer, he decides to take his pocket pet on a bicycle road trip to show him the world before he dies.
Tapped
Saturday, May 8 at 2:15 PM, Regal Riverfront Stadium Twin
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity to be bought and sold under the rules of basic capitalism? Tapped explores how one of Earth’s most important resources has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry — an industry almost entirely self-regulated, which we support with every deceptively “pure” and refreshing bottle we drink in our blissfully ignorant efforts to stay hydrated and healthy.
La Vie en Verte: The WAMM Movie
Wednesday, May 12 at 6:30 PM, Regal Riverfront Stadium Twin
The true story of Santa Cruz’s Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM), a “collective of patients and caregivers [who have been] providing hope, building community and offering medical marijuana on a donation basis” for over a decade. In the film, we meet Valerie and Mike Corral, and follow their journey as they dedicate their lives to offering compassionate care despite the antagonism of a brutal and insensitive federal government.
Paradise + film! What more could you ask for?
Enjoy your stay in Santa Cruz!
