Strike Up the Band!
The 6th annual SDAFF Spring Showcase returns with films about dance, design, gaming, and music.
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THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
Morgan Neville / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2015 / Documentary, Musical / 96 mins
THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS glides and circles around the dizzying, tradition-defying virtuosos of the Silk Road Ensemble, a collective of musicians assembled by Yo-Yo Ma from countries along the fabled trade route. Rich in history, politics, and of course wall-to-wall music, the documentary wondrously captures the ravishing ways unexpected connections sprout from unexpected harmonies.
THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS
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Thursday, April 28, 2016 7:00 pm -
HEART ATTACK
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit / Asia Pop! / Thailand / 2015 / Comedy, Romance / 124 mins
When bumps start appearing on the neck of a graphic designer, he realizes he needs more than Photoshop to remove the rash… he needs a dermatologist. And when the workaholic falls in love with a doctor-in-training, awkward hilarity will ensue.
HEART ATTACK
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Saturday, April 30, 2016 7:45 pmHEART ATTACK
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Monday, May 2, 2016 5:25 pm
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RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN
Hong Sang-soo / Masters / South Korea / 2015 / Comedy, Experimental / 121 mins
As in many a Hong Sang-soo film, a director meets a pretty young artist. There are drinks, unseemly interactions, and inevitably more drinks. But in its depiction, once again a marvel of cinematic structure, the narrative fissures into any number of other possibilities, revealing a comical game of what-ifs and switched perspectives as delirious and puzzling as the romantic encounter itself.
RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016 7:20 pmRIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 7:25 pm -
A FILMLESS FESTIVAL
China Now / China / 2015 / Documentary / 80 mins
This film documents the 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival in 2014, from the preparations before the opening ceremony to the process of its forced cancellation. The footage used for the film was captured by audience members, local artists, invited directors and special guests, festival volunteers and workers, as well as journalists and members of the media.
A FILMLESS FESTIVAL
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Sunday, May 1, 2016 1:00 pm
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