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    Indie Memphis Micro Cinema Club #54: The Best of the 35th Northwest Film & Video Festival

    Indie Memphis Micro Cinema Club #54: The Best of the 35th Northwest Film & Video Festival

    Presented by Indie Memphis at Power House

    August 12, 2009

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    For the 54th edition of its monthly Micro Cinema Club program, Indie Memphis will present "The Best of the 35th Northwest Film & Video Festival," a touring program from the Northwest Film Center showcasing a carefully selected cross-section of the state of filmmaking in the Northwest.

    Sponsored by the Center City Commission, the screening is free and open to the public and will take place at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, August 12 at Power House Memphis (45 G.E. Patterson Avenue).

    Seating capacity is limited; attendees should plan to arrive early for seating. Some films in this program may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

    CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN POETRY
    Andrew Smith, Courtney Sanders | Missoula, MT | 19 min.
    "Pity the poor poet working in the dumbed-down world of modern marketing."

    NOVEMBER LIGHT
    Cheryl Lohrmann | Portland, OR | 2 min.
    "This elegiac poem to a least favorite time of year reminds us that summer will always end. Forever."

    PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN 1947-2007
    Margot Quan Knight | Seattle, WA | 2 min.
    "A woman, well documented by home snapshots -- Kodachrome to digital -- ages before our eyes."

    WE THREE
    Laura di Trapani | Portland, OR | 3 min.
    "An animated Busby Berkley leg show set in a Dali-esque dreamscape."

    SMILE
    Julia Kwan | Vancouver, BC | 19 min.
    "A Chinese family in 1980?s Vancouver, prepares to take a family photo."

    TO REMEMBER THAT OUR SKIES ARE THE SAME SKIES
    Chris Lael Larson | Portland, OR | 3 min.
    "Andy London has been haunted by the events of his 18th birthday for years. In this short animated film set in the early 90's, he writes a letter to Colleen in an attempt to put his demons to rest."

    THE PULL
    Andrew Blubaugh | Portland, OR | 9 min.
    "Before Andy and John made the transition from friends to boyfriends, they decided the exact date that they would break up."

    COOKIES FOR SALE
    Wes Kim | Seattle, WA | 4 min.
    "Playing like a Warner Brothers Looney Tune, this live action cartoon pits a persistent Girl Scout against a grumpy tightwad."

    HOLLERINGS / THREE STORIES IN WOOD
    Lara Gallagher, Andrew Ellmaker | Portland, OR | 5 min.
    "Three stories of the quiet revelations and anxieties inhabit a faceless, motionless world."

    NICKEL AND DIMIN' IT WITH BUDDY
    Tomas Soderberg | Portland, OR | 7 min.
    "Buddy is a homeless man in Portland, Oregon who makes a living returning cans and bottles."

    HIRSUTE
    A.J. Bond | Vancouver, BC | 14 min.
    "A time traveler is visited by an arrogant and hairless future version of himself."

    WIND
    Chel White | Portland, OR | 5 min.
    "This allegorical perspective on climate change offers a haunting and ultimately empowering view of our planet. Narrated by Alec Baldwin with piano accompaniment by Thomas Lauderdale."


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        Power House

        45 G.E Patterson
        Memphis, TN 38103

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        Tickets: Free and open to the public.

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        August 12, 2009

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        7:30 pm

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