"NO FRILLS" FILM AND ARTS FESTIVAL

PeaceWorks of Greater Rochester
The Peace and Social Justice Studies Program

Women and Gender Studies Program

Present...

The First Annual

"NO FRILLS" FILM AND ARTS FESTIVAL HAS MOVED!!

To Golisano Gateway Middle Level!!

St. John Fisher College

Basil Auditorium

February 9-11, 2007

"No Frills" means simply that?no tickets, no concessions, no
programs?nothing but the best in films and other art forms that will entertain,
inform, and challenge audiences.

These Events are BYOP
(Bring Your Own Popcorn and Clean-Up Crew)

Friday February 9th 7:00 pm

The Corporation

Winner of 26 international awards and 10 Audience Choice awards
including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Provoking, witty, stylish and
sweepingly informative, The Corporation, explores the nature and
spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part
movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics
with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal
"person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on
the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?"

The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and
critics, including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn,
Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies
and strategies for change.

Saturday, February 10, 2:00 pm

Scared Sacred

In a world teetering on the edge of self-destruction, award-winning
filmmaker, Velcrow Ripper, sets out on a unique pilgrimage. Visiting the
'Ground Zeros' of the planet, he asks if it's possible to find hope in
the darkest moments of human history.

Ripper travels to the minefields of Cambodia; war-torn Afghanistan; the
toxic wasteland of Bhopal; post-9/11 New York; Bosnia; Hiroshima;
Israel and Palestine. This powerful documentary captures his five-year
odyssey to discover if humanity can transform the 'scared' into the
'sacred'. Scared Sacred deftly weaves together stunning footage with haunting
memories, inspirational stories, and an evocative soundscape. Featuring
an engaging, first-person narrative, this film is an exquisite portrait
of a search for meaning in times of turmoil, a luminous gift to a world
in shadows.

Saturday, February 10, 7:00 pm

The Witnesses of Kitty Genovese

A staged reading of J.R. Teeter?s new play, The Witnesses of Kitty
Genovese, offers an unflinching examination of one of the most famous
murders in America. The playwright will be on hand to discuss the play and
receive audience feedback.

Catherine Genovese, or Kitty as she was better known, lived in Kew Gardens, Queens. At 3:20am on March 13th, 1964, Kitty was murdered on her
Queens, New York doorstep in full view of acquaintances, neighbors, and
friends? all of whom did nothing, even though the young woman was
stabbed repeatedly and stalked by her killer for more than an hour. The New York Times covered the story in many famous articles by A.M. Rosenthal
who later authored a book compiling his experiences, Thirty-Eight
Witnesses.

Using eye-witness testimony, parole hearing minutes, trial transcripts,
television interviews, and newspaper articles on the crime, Teeter has
constructed a powerful play that offers a glimpse into the mind of a
killer and into the souls of the witnesses.

Sunday, February 11, 2:00 pm

An Inconvenient Truth

A smash hit at the Sundance Film Festival, An Inconvenient Truth offers
a passionate and inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to
halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths
and misconceptions that surround it. That man is former Vice President
Al Gore, who, in the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the
course of his life to focus on a last-ditch, all-out effort to help save
the planet from irrevocable change. In this eye-opening and poignant
portrait of Gore and his "traveling global warming show," Gore also
proves himself to be one of the most misunderstood characters in modern
American public life. Here he is seen as never before in the media - funny,
engaging, open and downright on fire about getting the surprisingly
stirring truth about what he calls our "planetary emergency" out to
ordinary citizens before it's too late.

Sunday, February 11, 5:00 pm

Who Killed the Electric Car?

It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It
ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American
technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who
drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its
fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert? Who Killed the
Electric Car? looks at the hopeful birth and untimely death of the
electric car, an environmentally-friendly, cost-saving salvation to some,
but a profit barrier to others.

The film has all the elements of a murder mystery. Follow filmmaker,
Chris Paine, as he investigates the untimely demise of the electric car
and uncovers those responsible for its death.

Questions? Contact Linda MacCammon
PSJS Program
585-385-8363

Linda M. MacCammon, Ph.D.
Director, Peace and Social Justice Studies Program
Religious Studies Department
St. John Fisher College
3690 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14618
585-385-8363
lmaccammon@sjfc.edu