more academy qualification screenings

some more movies being screened at the laemmle grande 4-plex in downtown los angeles. it’s like downtown’s own little documentary film festival.

• abel raises cain: a documentary about alan abel, a grand-scale prankster.
• blitz attack: the andrea hines story: a documentary about the murder of a girl by her 13-year old friend.
• dimmer: a short documentary about a blind teenager growing up in a rough neighborhood in buffalo.
• lady of the house: a short documentary about a feminine young male doing chores in the house he shares with his partner.
• one six right: a documentary about van nuys airport.
• the boys of baraka: a documentary about twenty boys from baltimore who attend a boarding school in kenya.
• the devil’s miner: a documentary about a 14 year-old miner who worships the devil.
• the letter: an american town and the ‘somali invasion’: a documentary about a mayor in maine who sent an open letter after 9/11 to his town’s somali residents telling them to ask other somalis not to move to their town.
• the seed of faith: a short documentary about situations where “hope and faith are the key to survival.”

the site for one six right mentions that they expect all of the showings to sell out, so maybe that applies to all of these screenings in general. and here i had figured that they were probably playing to some empty houses just to satisfy the academy qualification requirements.