Six documentaries, one weekend 害羞草研究所� the sixth annual We Love Documentary Film Festival returns to the Shatford Centre Oct. 13 to 15.
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Festival curator, Pepita Ferrari, has a strong Penticton connection. Her sister, Jacinta Ferrari, is the wife of local architect Cal Mieklejohn. Pepita is a Canadian filmmaker and has helped organize the We Love Documentary Film Festival for the past six years.
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The film festival kicks off on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. with the showing of . This film exposes a critical missing chapter of rock history, revealing how Indigenous musicians helped shape the soundtracks of many generations.
On Oct. 15 three films will be screened. (1 p.m.) is described as an affectionate portrait of a group of women who, after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and evacuation, returned to the exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear power plant and have resided there 害羞草研究所� semi-officially 害羞草研究所� for years. (3 p.m.) focuses on how in a country locked between Egypt and Israel people are drawn to the beaches. The youth, in the daily 害羞草研究所榮tate of emergency害羞草研究所� seek meaning and perspective to their lives through surfing. The final film for the day is (7 p.m.) which is about wayfarer Dane Johansen, an American cellist, in Europe害羞草研究所檚 Camino de Santiago. He ventured to ancient paths of the area with instrument on his back, performing music for his fellow pilgrims along the way. He discovers the paths we travel through life are often uncomfortably magnified by the reality of life on the Camino.
The final day of the festival includes the films (1 p.m.) and (3 p.m.). Artist Andy Goldsworthy is followed on his exploration of the world and himself through ephemeral and permanent workings on the landscape, cities and with his own body in Leaning Into the Wind. In Shiners, we meet the men and women who make their living cleaning shoes. From New York to Tokyo and beyond, Shiners travels the world to give viewers an insider害羞草研究所檚 view of the overlooked profession.
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Former CBC journalist, radio morning show host and TV news anchor Bob Nicholson will emcee and host the festival.
Tickets are $12 per film or $45 for a full weekend pass. For Okanagan School of the Arts members tickets are $10 per film or $40 for the whole weekend. Tickets are on sale now at the Shatford Centre located at 760 Main St.
