Spring 2001
5/21 JUMP TOMORROW
When a young Nigerian man edges near his arranged marriage, his doubt
is reaffirmed when he meets a beautiful Latin woman, but there's a problem,
she too is to be married, but not to him…
Guest: Film's Star - Tunde Adebimpe
Directed by Joel Hopkins
Cast:
Tunde Adebimpe (George)
Hippolyte Girardot (Gerard)
Natalia Verbeke (Alicia)
James Wilby (Nathan)
Patricia Mauceri (Consuelo)
Abiola Wendy Abrams (Sophie)
Kaili Vernoff (Heather Leather)
Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (George's Uncle)
Hosted by Thelma Adams
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5/14 - OUR SONG
Our Song" follows three friends, Lanisha (Kerry Washington), Maria (Melissa Martinez) and Joycelyn (Anna Simpson) through the hot August streets of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. During the closing weeks of summer, these girls endure rigorous rehearsals with their sixty-piece marching band, while biding their time shoplifting, daydreaming, flirting with boys, and confronting the rising tensions within their own friendships. As the small moments and dramas that mean nothing and everything to a young girl navigating her way into adulthood start to accumulate, the girls and their friendships change forever. Through it all their song remains one of hopes and dreams. Some day, yeah, we'll get it together, and we'll get it all done …
Guests: Producer Diana Williams and actress Kerry Washington
Hosted by DAVID EDELSTEIN
written and directed by Jim McKay
Lanisha Brown KERRY WASHINGTON
Joycelyn Clifton ANNA SIMPSON
Maria Hernandez MELISSA MARTINEZ
The Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band AS THEMSELVES
Pilar Brown MARLENE FORTE
Carl Brown RAY ANTHONY THOMAS
Dawn Clifton ROSALYN COLEMAN
Rita Hernandez CARMEN LOPEZ
Mr. Miller TYRONE BROWN
Kim LORRAINE BERRY
Keisha NATASHA FRITH
Benjamin CHUCK COOPER
Clinic Counselor IRIS LITTLE THOMAS
Eleanor KIM HOWARD
Samson JUAN ROMERO, JR.
Terell D'MONROE
Alex REGINALD WASHINGTON
Cam TOMMY AXSON
Anthony (the playa) TYRUS COX
Troy Harper TAHEIM WASHINGTON
Woman with flowers STARLA BENFORD
School Registrar LISA COLLINS
Cute (guapo) guy GREG HABERNY
Malik (the party kisser) ERIC BYRD
Rasheed SIDNEY O'LOUGHLIN
Party dj SHANNON PHILLIPS
Steppers booster MADELEINE T. GAMBLE
Natasha up in the window DEVIN GRAY
Rodney DERRICK WILLIAMS
Ice cream scooper SYRON MARTIN
E.R. Doctor JAN MCLAUGHLIN
Independent Film Channel Productions
presents in association with
Beech Hill Films and Journeyman Pictures
a C-Hundred Film Corp movie
5/7- SONGCATCHER
Set in 1907, Doctor Lily Penleric (McTeer), a brilliant music scholar
denied promotion at the university where she teaches, leaves the conveniences
of the modern world to visit her sister at a rural school in Appalachia.
There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life - a treasure trove of
ancient Scotch-Irish ballads that had been passed down from generation
and preserved intact by the seclusion of the mountains.
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Janet McTeer (Dr. Lily Penleric)
Aidan Quinn (Tom Bledsoe)
Pat Carroll (Viney Butler)
Jane Adams (Elna Penleric)
Erin Blake Clanton (Polly)
Greg Cook (Fate Honeycutt)
Iris Dement (Rose Gentry)
E. Katherine Kerr (Harriet Tolliver)
Taj Mahal (Dexter Speaks)
Andrea Powell (Josie Moore)
Emmy Rossum (Deladis Slocumb)
Muse Watson (Parley Gentry)
Guest -Aidan
Quinn
Hosted by Marshall
Fine
JEREMY
WALKER + ASSOCIATES, INC
4/30- Fast
Food, Fast Women
Overworked Manhattan coffee shop waitress Bella isn't looking forward to
her 35th birthday. Stuck in a relationship with a married man for far too
long, Bella takes a chance on frustrated novelist/taxi driver Bruno. Determined
not to scare yet another man off with her dreams of marriage and family,
Bella plays it cool and tells Bruno she hates children. A tough break for
the womanizer since his ex-wife has just dumped two small children on him
...
In her coffee shop world, Bella witnesses she's not alone in the bittersweet
battle against romance's difficulties. Shy widower Paul struggles through
the tender courtship of lively widow Emily. Ornery old Seymour gets a magical
shot of youth when he falls for a sexy exotic dancer. Despite love's accompanying
twists and turns, everyone holds out for the best. And the persistent Bella
discovers fairy tales can come true...even in New York City.
Written and Directed by Amos Kollek
Producer Hengameh Panahi
Co-Producer Avram Ludwig
Director of Photography Jean-Marc Fabre
Production Design Stacey Tanner
Editor Sheri Bylander
Original Music David Carbonara
Costume Design Pascal Gosset
Guest: Louise Lasser
1971, Star,
Bananas 1971, Star,
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask 1972,
Star,
Slither 1973, Star,
Best of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, The - V. 1 1976, Star,
Best of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, The - V. 2 1976, Star,
Just Me and You 1978, Star,
In God We Trust 1980, Star,
For Ladies Only 1981, Star,
Crimewave 1986, Star,
Blood Rage 1987, Star,
Surrender 1987, Star,
Sing 1989, Star,
Frankenhooker 1990, Star,
Modern Love 1990
Host: Jami Bernard
Information here
and here
4/23 - GOLDEN
BOWL
Set in the opulent social scene of England and Italy between 1903 and
1909, THE GOLDEN BOWL is the story of two marriages dangerously intertwined
in a web of secrets and lies. ADAM VERVER (Nick Nolte), an American billionaire
art collector, and his sheltered daughter MAGGIE (Kate Beckinsale) marry,
only to discover that their respective spouses - the beautiful American
expatriate CHARLOTTE STANT (Uma Thurman) and the illustrious but bankrupt
Italian aristocrat PRINCE AMERIGO (Jeremy Northam) - are romantically entangled
with one another.
Directed by: James Ivory
Written by: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
(screenplay),
Henry James (novel)
Starring: Uma Thurman,
Jeremy Northam,
Kate Beckinsale,
Nick Nolte,
Anjelica Huston,
James Fox,
Madeline Potter
Bob Campbell host
Guest Producer/Director
Ismail Merchant
This Bombay-born producer is one half of the prolific Merchant/Ivory team
which has been responsible for scores of literate, beautifully shot, languid,
and sometimes erotic films since the mid-'60s. Though the uninformed often
think "Merchant Ivory" is one man, Ismail Merchant and James Ivory
did not meet until 1960, when Merchant was 24 and the California-born director
Ivory was 32. Merchant had only co-produced one film up to that point, the
Oscar-nominated 1960 short The Creation of Woman. But the two formed Merchant
Ivory Productions and set about filming the first of their nearly 40 films
together.
4/16 - LUZHIN
DEFENSE
Set in the late 1920s, THE LUZHIN DEFENCE tells the story of a shambling,
unworldly chess Grand Master who arrives in the Italian Lakes to play the
match of his life and unexpectedly finds the love of his life.
Discovering his prodigious talent in boyhood overshadowed by his parents'
failing marriage, Luzhin's lyrical passion for chess has become his refuge
and rendered the real world a phantom. Already matched up by her family
to the very suitable Comte de Stassard, when Natalia meets Luzhin she is
drawn to the erratic genius and offers him a glimpse outside of his chess
obsession. But it is a world he is not equipped to deal with, and his two
worlds collide to tragic effect.
Marshall Fine Host
Guest: Director Marleen Gorris
CAST:
John Turturro
Emily Watson
Geraldine James
Stuart Wilson
Christopher Thompson
Director: Marleen Gorris
Screenplay: Peter Berry
4/9 - BEYOND
THE OCEAN
A young pregnant woman arrives in New York City from Russia seeking her
boyfriend and finds herself abandoned and living with his friend - a trip-hop
D.J. Her mind drifts into her past when she was coming of age in a coal
mining town in Russia. As relationships in New York develop along side her
memories, her storytelling contemplates the borders of self-liberation and
self-deception.
THELMA ADAMS host
Guest: Director Tony Pemberton
Directed by
TONY PEMBERTON
Staring:
DASHA VOLGA, RIK NAGEL, DONOVAN BARTON, TANYA KAMINA, & SAGE
Original music
CHRISTIAN FENNESZ (Mego Records, Austria)
Additional music
DJ WALLY, WE (DJ OLIVE & LLOOP), JAKE MANDELL, & SOLAR-X.
Directors of photography
PHIL ROBERTSON (Russia), TED SAPPINGTON (USA)
Produced by
URSULA WOLSCHLAGER, Go East Productions,
ISEN ROBBINS & Intrinsic Value
Made possible by the participation of The Jerome Foundation, The Princess Grace Foundation, Art Matters NYC, Go East Productions, and Persistence of Vision Films
BEYOND THE OCEAN Website
4/2 - SHADOW
MAGIC
Peking, 1902. The Feng Tai Photo Shop is in a frenzy of
preparation for the arrival of Peking's most important opera star, Lord Tan.
Liu Jinglun (Xia Yu), the chief photographer, is oblivious to the chaos as
he tinkers with a broken Victrola he has found in a junk pile on his way to
work. His boss, Master Ren (Liu Peiqi), chides Liu for his incessant
fascination with Western novelties, which he feels have no place in
traditional Chinese society.
In the flurry of activity surrounding Lord Tan's photo session, a foreigner,
Raymond Wallace (Jared Harris), arrives. Raymond has come to introduce
"Shadow Magic," the first silent movies, to Imperial Peking. From
their first flicker, Liu is captured by the magic of the moving images.
"Shadow Magic" unfolds against a backdrop of animosity towards
foreigners. Peking is still smarting from the wounds caused by the Boxer
Rebellion and the European occupation of the city. Liu must hide his
friendship with Raymond from his employer, Master Ren, and his father, Old
Liu (Wang Jingming). As Liu spends more time with Raymond and the
"Shadow Magic" show, he starts to slip up in his work at the photo
shop. He lies to Master Ren, never admitting that he's been working with the
foreigner.
Bob Campbell Host
Guest : NANCY JERVIS
China Institute
Nancy Jervis is a cultural anthropologist (Ph.D. Columbia), specializing in China. She lived and worked in China for three years (1979-82), having first visited that country in 1972. Her most recent visit was in 1999, when she curated a photographic exhibition of old photos of Beijing at the Museum of Chinese History in Beijing. Her anthropological fieldwork is in Henan Province in north central China.
Dr. Jervis studied film and filmmaking at Sarah Lawrence College and with Jean Rouch in a summer workshop in Massachusetts. In the 1970’s she worked with Dutch documentarian Joris Ivens on the English version of his film series How Yukong Moved the Mountains, and on the films’ premiere at
MoMA. In 1979-80, she was the first foreigner after the Cultural Revolution to work at the China Film Corporation in Beijing. Her job including viewing and writing synopses as well as creating sub-titles for newly-released Chinese films for the English-speaking market. Fluent in Chinese, Nancy Jervis is currently Vice President and Director of Programs at China Institute, located in New York City.
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Raymond Wallace |
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Liu Jinglun |
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Ling |
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Master Ren |
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Madame Ren |
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Old Liu |
WANG JINGMING |
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Lord Tan |
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Lao Chang |
ZHANG YUKUI |
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Mi Hu |
CHEN CHUANG |
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Fu Guan |
ZHENG ZHONGWEI |
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Jewelry Tower |
MU QI |
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Widow Jiang |
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Empress Ci Xi |
LI BIN |
