Lawrence 13 th Annual Film festival

13th Annual Lawrence Film Festival
June 25, 26 and 27, 2010
Lawrence Heritage State Park, One Jackson St.
Admission is free. Security is on-site.
For more information, call 978-794-1655 or consult the website at http://lawrencefilmfestival.org

Schedule
Friday, June 25- 7 p.m.

TITLE: Sugar
RATING: NR
COUNTRY: United States/Dominican Republic
DIRECTORS: Ana Boden, Ryan Fleck
YEAR: 2009
LANGUAGE: English/ Spanish
RUNNING TIME: 1hr, 54 minutes
This classic immigrant’s story follows the life of Sugar, a Dominican pitcher struggling to make it to the big leagues and pull himself out of poverty. Playing at a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic, he finally gets his break at age 19 when he advances to the United States' minor league system; but when his play on the mound falters, he begins to feel the heat. He questions the single-mindedness of his life's ambition and comes to grips with life’s broken dreams and the ache of emotional isolation in a far away land.
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Saturday, June 26- 7 p.m.
TITLE: Swept Away
RATING: R
COUNTRY: Italy
DIRECTOR: Lina W
YEAR: 1974
‑­LANGUAGE: Italian w/ English subtitles
RUNNING TIME: 1 hour 58 minutes

Director Lina Wertmuller’s cult classic black comedy about the conflicts of social class begins with a group of wealthy people enjoying a beautiful day on a luxurious yacht, which ends abruptly in a shipwreck. The only two survivors -one a pampered, blonde-haired Northern Italian woman, the other an uneducated Sicilian deckhand- find themselves marooned upon a deserted island. The two initially assume their accustomed class relationship, she aloof and expecting to be served, and he resentfully serving her. But then a gradual realization of their circumstances results in a power shift and a roller coaster ride of unbridled, raw emotion. Swept Away, not to be confused with the 2002 version of the same name starring Madonna, was a crowd pleasing staple of foreign film festivals of the 1970’s.
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Sunday, June 27- 2 p.m.

The afternoon features four Latin American documentary films.
* 2:00 (Chile) An interview with Chilean writer, Isabel Allende. In Spanish with English subtitles
* 2:30 (Mexico) Frida Kahlo: Portrait of an Artist. In Spanish with English subtitles
* 3:00 (Guatemala) The Human Price of Coffee.
* 3:30 (Mexico) Days of the Dead: A Living Celebration