October 2018 HSDFF Film Guide

27th Annual

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

Oct 19-27th

Hosted by The Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa

Presenting Sponsor The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Tribeca, and the Toronto International Film
(HSDFF), presented by Mountain Valley Spring Festival,”   says Executive Director, Jennifer
Water, will screen 62 short and 62 feature Gerber. “Our lineup is packed with films that
documentary films at the festival this Oct 19- light up the screen with cinematic adventures,
27th at the Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa. This inspirational characters, and pop culture icons,
year’s festival will include categories including while bringing into focus vital stories of our
U.S., International, Southern Stories, Sports, as time that remind us that the fight for race and
well as a spotlight on films Made in Arkansas. gender equality is not over. I can’t wait to share
Now approaching its 27th year, HSDFF is these unforgettable stories with the Arkansas
the longest running all-documentary festival community as well as the film lovers visiting
in North America and is Academy Award®- from across the country.”
Qualifying in the Documentary Short Subject
Category. The 27th Annual Hot Springs Documentary
Film Festival will be held October 19-27, 2018
HSDFF’s mission is to inspire, nurture, at the Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa in Hot
and celebrate nonfiction storytellers while Springs, AR. The Hot Springs Documentary
strengthening the Arkansas community Film Festival offers an extraordinary mix
through innovative and impactful documentary of documentary features and shorts, both
films. domestic and international, as well as exclusive
film panels, student education initiatives,
“It has been an outstanding year for workshops, tributes to industry greats, and
documentaries and we are honored to access to a host of celebrity guests and visiting
showcase films that have received noteworthy industry professionals.
buzz from festivals such as Sundance, SXSW,

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2018 HSDFFOPENING NIGHT SCREENING EVENT REAL FACTS, FAKE NEWS
ARLINGTON HOTEL RESORT & SPA
Truth in Journalism vs. Fake News
FRI | OCT 19 SAT | OCT 20 | 12:00PM
Once upon a time the newspaper was considered the
6:00 PM - Traditional Popcorn & Champagne Toast “Friend of the people.” Is the term “Fake News” simply
in the Arlington Lobby propelled by partisan points of view or is it a symptom
6:15 PM - Doors open of a population whose sense of reality has been warped
7:00 PM - Welcome by Honorary Chair followed by 1) an infestation of untrustworthy social media
by screening of HILLBILLY - Arkansas Premiere news sources, 2) an infiltration of Russian propaganda
masquerading as real news, 3) a proliferation of scripted
Directed by Ashley York & Sally Rubin, 87 mins reality tv shows, and 4) the trendy experimentation of
Special Guests: Ashley York, Sally Rubin Actor Billy Redden hybrid documentaries that combine truth and fiction but
from Deliverance in attendance. are mislabeled as documentaries. A percentage of the
population choose conspiracy theories over scientific
OPENING NIGHT AFTER-PARTY theories because of a jaded distrust of the media. As
OZARK BATHHOUSE college students face daunting prospects heading into a
HEART OF THE OZARKS (9PM to 12 AM) career in journalism, the Hot Springs Documentary Film
491 CENTRAL AVENUE Festival continues to champion documentarians and
their commitment to seeking truth and securing reality.
Mountain Valley Spring Water welcomes filmmakers, special guests, and festival
attendees to the historic Ozark Bathhouse, for a night of legendary food, music THE ART OF THE PITCH
and Southern hospitality. Built in 1922, the Ozark is a vast gem of Bathhouse
Row, a 14,000-square foot palace of tile evoking the bygone era which literally SAT | OCT 20 | 2:00PM
put Hot Springs on the map. Tonight, however, it’s transformed into an eclectic, Selected filmmakers will get the opportunity to pitch
sensory-minded environment, one that plays host to special guest deejay, their films in front of a panel of industry professionals
Arkansas’ very own Jeff Matika (of Green Day and The Longshot!) from New York and LA. The panel will give each project
critical feedback in order to demonstrate how you can
Sponsored by The Arkansas Times hone your own pitches and make them the best they can
Wine, Stella Artois Beer, Signature Tito’s cocktails, and heavy appetizers. be.

Open to All-Access Passholders, Filmmakers, Sponsors, and Opening I MADE A FILM.  NOW WHAT?
Night Ticket holders, $45 (limited availability)
SCREENING ONLY: $20 SUN | OCT 21 | 12:30PM
(Includes: Popcorn & Champagne Toast + Screening to Opening Night You’ve done it!  You’ve finished your film!  But what’s
Film ONLY) next? This panel will help demystify the next steps of
your film’s journey from festival strategy to marketing and
PLEASE NOTE: IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE SEATING, ALL-ACCESS distribution. Learn how to find the best strategy for your
& SPONSOR PASSHOLDERS MUST MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR particular film  and how to position yourself and your film
OPENING NIGHT EVENTS by no later than 5:00PM Wednesday, Oct in this ever changing distribution landscape. We’ll look at
17th. what distribution companies and sales companies do and
where they come into the process.
CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS CEREMONY & SCREENING EVENT
ARLINGTON RESORT HOTEL AND SPA REFINING YOUR MESSAGE:
PRESENTING YOUR FILM IN THE
SAT | OCT 27 BEST LIGHT
6:00 PM - Doors Open
6:30 PM - Closing Night Awards Ceremony SUN | OCT 21 | 2:30PM
7:00 PM - Screening of DAUGHTERS OF THE SEXUAL We know you’re excited about your film  Now the next
REVOLUTION: THE UNTOLD STORIES OF THE DALLAS step is to figure out how to convince others to be just as
COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS excited! A large part of making a film is learning how to
talk about it whether it be in person or on the internet.
OPENING NIGHT AFTER-PARTY We’re going to look at pitching, marketing and how to
OZARK BATHHOUSE use social media to get your film to the right audience.
HEART OF THE OZARKS (9PM to 12 AM) From concept to final product, this panel will illuminate
491 CENTRAL AVENUE the fact that the way you present your film will impact
the life your film will have.
Closing night sponsor, Avant Mining welcomes filmmakers, special
guests and festival-goers to a Closing Night Celebration commemorating STATE OF THE UNION: A
the festival’s 27th year. The magical ambiance of the Historic Ozark SYMPOSIUM ON WOMEN IN THE
bathhouse, coupled with a mouthwatering feast from local restaurants. INDUSTRY

ALL-INCLUSIVE CLOSING NIGHT TICKET: $45 SAT | OCT 27 | 10:30AM
Includes: Screening to Closing Night Film and Admission to Afterparty A lot has happened in the past year to create visibility
… but what progress has really been made? We’re going
SCREENING ONLY: $15 to hear from some women first hand about whether
they feel like the #metoo movement has changed things
Includes: Screening to Closing Night Film Only and what it really means to be a woman in film industry. 
People are finally paying attention to the gender disparity,
PLEASE NOTE: IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE SEATING, but what does it look like from the inside?
ALL-ACCESS & SPONSOR PASSHOLDERS MUST MAKE
RESERVATIONS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING NIGHT EVENTS
no later than 5:00 PM Friday, Oct 26th. Tickets will be for sale at the
door only as available. To reserve, please email [email protected] by the
deadlines.

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OPENING NIGHT FILM

HILLBILLY – Opening Night Film – Arkansas
Premiere

Directed by Ashley York & Sally Rubin, 87 mins

Special Guest Ashley York & Sally Rubin in attendance.

HILLBILLY takes a political, philosophical, and personal journey into
the heart of the Appalachian region to illuminate the point of view of
a misunderstood population that are frequently mocked and blamed
for America’s social ills, not to mention a driving influence in the 2016
Presidential Election which has widened the cultural divide in America.

This eye-opening film deconstructs the HILLBILLY stereotype and
analyzes the media imagery and negative portrayals that has perpetuated
a misconception of the rural Appalachian identity. The film counters this
stereotype by highlighting some of the positive celebrity role models like
Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn and interviewing some of the real people
who call the Appalachian region home... an unexpectedly diverse group
that includes artists, activists, intersectional feminists, queer musicians,
and “Affrilachian” poets.  Some of them reveal how they are torn between
their love for their land and the frustrating reality of the polarizing politics.

In the weeks leading up to the 2016 Election, director Ashley York, a
liberal feminist living in L.A., takes a trip back to her home-town in Eastern
Kentucky and confronts her own family’s opposing political beliefs. Her
approach sets an example of civility when discussing and understanding
different political viewpoints and cultural identities.

HILLBILLY sets the tone of this year’s Hot Springs Documentary Film
Festival as it reflects the complexities and complications of our collective
human experience.

DAUGHTERS OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION:
THE UNTOLD STORIES OF THE DALLAS
COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS
Closing Night Film – Arkansas Premiere

Directed by Dana Adam Shapiro, 80 mins
Special Guests: Director Dana Adam Shapiro will be in
attendance along with members of the original Dallas
Cowboys Cheerleaders

A light-hearted celebration and thought-provoking examination of the
ground-breaking and earth-shaking phenomenon that was the Dallas
Cowboys Cheerleaders during the 70’s and the 80’s. With amusing
anecdotes from the former members and unprecedented interview access
to Suzanne Mitchell, the director and “den mother” to the cheerleaders,
their stories come alive in vivid detail from the high kicks to the low
blows.  From their TV guest appearance on the “Love Boat” to entertaining
the U.S. troops on an aircraft carrier, they lifted spirits and tv ratings alike.

Under the visionary leadership of Suzanne Mitchell, the team was a
showcase for racial diversity and a display of liberating confidence.
Creating a paradoxical image of sexy and wholesome at the same time,
the cheerleaders had a very strict set of rules which prevented them from
cheapening their image. While many accused them of being exploited, the
women felt empowered and gained a sense of pride and purpose, not only
as cheerleaders of the Dallas Cowboys football team, but cheerleaders of
America.

The 27th Annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival will be held
October 19-27, 2018 at the Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa in Hot Springs,
AR. The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival offers an extraordinary
mix of documentary features and shorts, both domestic and international,
as well as exclusive film panels, student education initiatives, workshops,
tributes to industry greats, and access to a host of celebrity guests and
visiting industry professionals.

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FRI | OCT 19 MON | OCT 22 THU | OCT 25 SCHEDULE

6:00PM Popcorn and Champaign Toast CINEMA 1 CINEMA 1
6:15PM Doors Open
7:00PM Opening Ceremony and screening of 10:00AM Blowin’ Up 9:00AM Science Fair
HILLBILLY 12:00PM The Next Guardian *With Special Presentation by Mid America
2:00PM Hale County This Morning, This Evening Science Museum
SAT | OCT 20 5:00PM Man on Fire 12:00 Melting Souls
*Preceded by The Changing Same 2:00PM General Magic
CINEMA 1 7:00PM This Mountain Life *Preceded by Hula Girl
*Preceded by Look Up 4:00PM While I Breathe, I Hope
9:30AM Big Time *Preceded by Let my People Vote
*Preceded by Thomas Fire Architect CINEMA 2 7:00PM Gospel of Eureka
12:00PM Dons of Disco *Preceded by Conway Pride
2:30PM Free Solo 12:00PM SHORTS #1 Bloodlines & Lifelines
5:00PM RBG 2:00PM Letters from Masanjia CINEMA 2
7:30PM Jane 5:00PM Shorts Program 2 Solutions or
*HSDFF Impact Award Revolutions 9:30AM Patrimonio
7:00PM Eating Animals 12:00PM Facing the Dragon
CINEMA 2 2:00PM SHORTS #2 Solutions or Revolutions
WED | OCT 23 4:00PM SHORTS #4 People vs Personas
9:30AM Our New President 7:00PM A Woman Captured
*Preceded by Fake News Fairytale CINEMA 1
12:00PM Time for Ilhan FRI | OCT 26
2:30PM Roll Red Roll 9:00AM Personal Statement
5:00PM Transformer *College application workshop following the film CINEMA 1
7:30PM Behind the Curve 1:00PM This is Home: A Refugee Story
3:30PM Make Room for Pie 9:30AM America
HSDFF “Living Room” *Preceded by Deluca’s *Preceded by Adventure Before Dementia
4:30-5:30PM (FREE) “Piece of the Pie” 12:00 93Queen
11:00-5:00 *All events are free Tasting VIP Lounge *Preceded by Rescate
Virtual Reality Lounge Open 5:00PM Ingrid 2:00PM Jacks & Jills
12:00PM “Fake News, Truth in Journalism” Panel *Preceded by Death Metal Grandma 4:30PM This Changes Everything
2:00PM “The Art of the Pitch” Panel 7:00PM The Last Race 7:00PM United Skates
*Preceded by 41x
SUN | OCT 21 CINEMA 2
CINEMA 2
CINEMA 1 9:30AM SHORTS #3 Borders Boundaries
10:00AM SHORTS 12:00PM The Interpreters
9:30AM Chef Flynn “MADE IN ARKANSAS” Shorts *Preceded by Rebuilding in Miniature
*Preceded by A Butcher’s Heart 1:00PM AETN Student Select Shorts 2:00PM SHORTS #4 People vs Personas
12:00PM The World Before Your Feet 3:30PM Too Beautiful: Our Right to Fight 4:30 Far from the Tree
*Preceded by I Heart NY 4:30-5:30PM (FREE) “Piece of the Pie”
Guided walk following the screening Tasting VIP Lounge 7:00PM Hal
2:30PM (FREE!) Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable 5:00PM The Silence of Others
*Preceded by Zion *Preceded by A Night at the Garden SAT | OCT 27
(Followed by kid friendly mixed media workshop 7:00PM (FREE) Southern Documentary Fund
presented by Emergent Arts Presents: “Works in Progress” Fresh Docs Series CINEMA 1
5:00PM Won’t You Be My Neighbor Screening of KEVIN with moderated feedback
6:30PM HSDFF Emerging Voices Retreat Kickoff 9:30AM Wrestle
and Toast WED | OCT 24 12:00PM Freaks & Geeks: A Documentary
(VIP LOUNGE) *Preceded by Tomnoddy
7:30PM The Heat: A Kitchen CINEMA 1 2:30PM Momentum Generation
(R)evolution 6:30PM Final Night Awards Ceremony
*Preceded by Zaza Rising 10:00AM Quiet Heroes Final Night Film:
*Preceded by Matthew’s Gift Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold
CINEMA 2 12:00 The Gospel According to André Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
2:30PM Call Her Ganda
9:30AM Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People 5:00PM From all Corners CINEMA 2
*Preceded by Fight for the First *Followed by artist workshop
12:30PM Farmsteader 7:00PM Studio 54 9:30AM Pick of the Litter (FREE)
*Preceded by The End of the Weed *Preceded by SAUL’S 108th 12:00PM ANIMATED SHORTS
2:30PM Rodents of Unusual Size 3:00PM SCREENING COMMITTEE Selected
5:00PM Whispering Truth to Power CINEMA 2 Shorts
6:30PM HSDFF Emerging Voices Retreat Kickoff Memories & Mementos
& Toast (VIP LOUNGE) 10:00AM The Devil We Know
7:30PM No Greater Law *Preceded by The Water Slide HSDFF “Living Room”
12:00PM Shorts Program #3
HSDFF “Living Room” Borders & Boundaries 11:00-5:00 *All events are free
2:30PM Shorts Program #1 Bloodlines & Lifelines Virtual Reality Lounge Open
11:00-5:00 *All events are free 5:00PM Ask the Sexpert 10:30AM State of the Union: A Symposium on
Virtual Reality Lounge Open *Preceded by Tungrus Women in the Industry
12:30PM “I made a film, now what?” Panel 7:00PM A Murder in Mansfield 2:00PM Virtual Reality Workshop
2:30PM “Refining your message, presenting your
film in the best light”
4:00 Mixed Media Workshop (Kid Friendly)
Inspired by screening of Bethany Hamilton:
Unstoppable

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FESTIVAL TICKETS & PASSES

Oct 19th-27th Hosting Sponsor: The Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa

SINGLE TICKET PRICES CLOSING WEEKEND 3-DAY ALL-ACCESS PASS ($120) – Pass effective between Oct
25th-27th Only.) Available after Oct 1st. The all-inclusive pass for the festival from Oct
Regular Screenings ($12) 25th -27th including admission to all films and parties with priority admission up to 15
min before screening. Includes Closing Night (Awards Ceremony, Closing Night Film
Opening and Closing Night Galas: $45 (includes film + party) and After Party). Also includes access to exclusive Filmmaker & Special Guest Lounge.
Non-transferable.
Film only tickets for Opening and Closing Night: $20  
STUDENT PASS ($50) – Available after Oct 1st. Includes admission to all regular
Parties: $25 (limited availability) screenings during the festival. Does not include special screenings, parties, receptions
or access to Filmmaker & Special Guest Lounge. Non-transferable. Must present a
AARP Member Discount: AARP Members receive a 20% discount on all tickets. student ID at Box Office.

ALL-ACCESS PASS ($400) – The all-inclusive pass for the festival including admission DAY PASS ($30) – Available after Oct 1st. Includes admission to all regular screenings for
to all films and parties with priority admission up to 15 min before screening. Includes a single day of the festival. Does not include Opening and Closing Night events, parties,
Opening Night (Opening Night Popcorn and Champagne, Opening Night Film and After special screenings or access to Filmmaker & Special Guest Lounge. Non-transferable.
Party) and Closing Night (Awards Ceremony, Closing Night Film and After Party). Also
includes by-invitation-only Sponsor, Donor & Special Guest Kickoff Cocktails. Includes GENERAL ADMISSION ($12) – Available after Oct 1st. Includes admission to a single
access to exclusive Filmmaker & Special Guest Lounge. The best value of the festival! screening during the festival. Does not include Opening and Closing Nights, or special
Non-transferable. priced screenings. Please see program for list of special screening events. Does not
include access to Filmmaker & Special Guest Lounge.
FILM BUFF PASS ($225) – Includes admission to all regular films during the festival.
Does not include Opening and Closing Nights, special screenings, added special events,
receptions, parties, or access to Filmmaker & Special Guest Lounge. Non-transferable.

OPENING WEEKEND 3-DAY ALL-ACCESS PASS ($120) – Pass effective between Oct HOW TO BUY TICKETS
19th-21st Only.) Available after Oct 1st
The all-inclusive pass for the festival, from Oct 19-21st, including admission to all films ONLINE: www.hsdfi.org. Starting Oct 1st, 24 hours a day: Tickets may be purchased
and parties with priority admission up to 15 min before screening. Includes Opening on our website up to 15 minutes prior to show time.   Afterwards, tickets must be
Night (Opening Night Popcorn and Champagne, Opening Night Film and After Party). purchased in-person at the Box Office.
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Includes access to exclusive Filmmaker & Special Guest Lounge. Non-transferable.  WALK-UP: Festival Hours: The Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa (239 Central Avenue)
October 19th- October 27th | 8am to 8pm. No phone orders!

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FEATURES DEVIL WE KNOW, THE ropes or safety gear — arguably the
Stephanie Soechtig and Jeremy greatest feat in rock climbing history.
Seifert | English | 95
93QUEEN “starchitect” Bjarke Ingles as he WED | OCT 24 | 10:00AM FROM ALL CORNERS
Paula Eiselt | English | 90 redesigns the iconic Manhattan A group of citizens in West Virginia Ryusuke Okajima | 93
FRI | OCT 26 | 12:00PM skyline through his biggest projects challenges a powerful corporation to WED | OCT 24 | 5:00PM
Set in the Hasidic enclave of yet: the W57 skyscraper and Two be more environmentally responsible. Artist Fuyuki Shimazu will redefine
Borough Park, Brooklyn, a group World Trade Center. your idea of what “precious” means
of tenacious Hasidic women smash DONS OF DISCO with his meticulously crafted wallets,
the patriarchy in their community by BLOWIN’ UP Jonathan Sutak | English, Italian | 85 upcycled from discarded cardboard
creating the first all-female volunteer Stephanie Wang-Breal | English, SAT | OCT 20 | 12:00PM boxes.
ambulance corps in New York City. Mandarin, Japanese | 97 A character-driven documentary
MON | OCT 22 | 10:00AM about a 1980s lip-syncing scandal GENERAL MAGIC
AMÉRICA Working within a broken criminal that escalates into a bitter war Sarah Kerruish, Matt Maude
Erick Stoll | Chase Whiteside | 76 justice system, a team of rebel between an American singer and an
FRI | OCT 26 | 9:30AM heroines work to change the the way Italian male model. English | 93
Mexican brothers Rodriguez, Bruno, women arrested and prosecuted for THU | OCT 25 | 2:00PM
and Diego are unexpectedly tasked prostitution. EATING ANIMALS Great vision and epic failure changed
with caring for their 93-year-old CALL HER GANDA Christopher Quinn | 94 the world as we know it, in this
grandmother despite growing familial PJ Raval | Filipino, Tagalog, English | 93 MON | OCT 22 | 7:00PM story about a business that Forbes
tensions and disagreements. WED | OCT 24 | 2:30PM Based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s described as the “greatest dead
When a Filipina trans woman, is best-selling memoir and narrated by company in Silicon Valley.”
ASK THE SEXPERT brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, Natalie Portman, this eye-opening
Vaishali Sinha | English, Hindi | 83 three women intimately invested in film eulogizes billions of animals GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ANDRE, THE
WED | OCT 24 | 5:00PM the case galvanize a political uprising, leading lives of misery and mourns Kate Novack | English | 93
Ninety-three-year old Dr. Watsa is a pursuing justice, and taking on a world changed by factory farming. WED | OCT 24 | 12:00PM
popular sex advice columnist in India, hardened histories of U.S. imperialism. From the segregated American South
despite sex being a taboo topic there and FACING THE DRAGON to the fashion capitals of the world,
political activists trying to censor him. CHEF FLYNN Sedika Mojadidi | Afghan Persian | 82 operatic fashion editor André Leon
Cameron Yates | English | 82 THU | OCT 25 | 12:00PM Talley’s life and career are on full
BEHIND THE CURVE SUN | OCT 21 | 9:30AM Afghan-American filmmaker Sedika display.
Daniel J. Clark | 96 Ten-year-old Flynn transforms his Mojadidi follows two extraordinary
SAT | OCT 20 | 7:30PM living room into a supper club using his Afghan women, a politician and GOSPEL OF EUREKA
Meet real Flat Earthers, a small but classmates as line cooks. With sudden a journalist, to examine what is Donal Mosher, Michael Palmieri
growing contingent of people who fame, Flynn outgrows his bedroom happening to women as American English | 75
firmly believe that there is a centuries’ kitchen, and sets out to challenge the troops and international aid pull out THU | OCT 25 | 7:00PM
long conspiracy to suppress the truth hierarchy of the culinary world. of Afghanistan. Love, faith, and civil rights collide in
that the Earth is flat. the South as evangelical Christians
DAUGHTERS OF THE SEXUAL FAR FROM THE TREE and drag queens step into the
BETHANY HAMILTON: REVOLUTION: THE UNTOLD Rachel Dretzin | | 93 spotlight to explore the meaning of
UNSTOPPABLE STORY OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS FRI | OCT 26 | 4:30PM belief.
Aaron Lieber | English | 99 CHEERLEADERS An examination of families in which
SUN | OCT 21 | 2:30PM Dana Adam Shapiro | English | 80 parents and children are profoundly HAL
Bethany Hamilton is a champion SAT | OCT 27 | 6:30PM different from one another in a variety Amy Scott | English | 90
surfer despite losing an arm to a shark Seen by many as regressive and of ways, based on the NY Times FRI | OCT 26 | 7:00PM
attack, undertaking her most daunting exploitative, this diverse sisterhood bestselling book by Andrew Solomon. Explore New Hollywood’s most
challenge: chasing a toddler and the of small-town “girls next door” countercultural and socially oriented
biggest wave of her career. became a controversial pop culture FARMSTEADERS creative mind: Hal Ashby, director
phenomenon at the height of the Shaena Mallett | English | 59 of the cult hits Harold and Maude,
BIG TIME Sexual Revolution. SUN | OCT 21 | 12:30PM Shampoo, and The Last Detail.
Kaspar Astrup Shröder | English, Set in the verdant foothills of Ohio,
Danish | 92 this intimate portrait of young family HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING,
SAT | OCT 20 | 9:30AM and their independent dairy farm is
This philosophical portrait follows as much a study of place as it is a THIS EVENING
study of persistence.
RaMell Ross | 76
FREAKS AND GEEKS A
DOCUMENTARY MON | OCT 22 | 2:00PM
Brent Hodge | English | 72
SAT | OCT 27 | 12:00PM Composed of intimate and
The creators and stars of the TV show
Freaks and Geeks share their untold unencumbered moments, this
stories and pivotal moments from the
making of the series that only aired emotive impression of the Southern
for one season.
African-American experience
FREE SOLO
Jimmy Chin | Elizabeth Chai trumpets the beauty of life and
Vasarhelyi | 97
SAT | OCT 20 | 2:30PM the consequences of the social
Follow Alex Honnold as he becomes
the first person to climb Yosemite’s construction of race.
3,000ft El Capitan Wall solo, with no
HEAT: A KITCHEN (R)EVOLUTION, THE
Maya Gallus | English, French | 72
SUN | OCT 21 | 7:30PM
A look at the women heading some of
the world’s top restaurants, and the
next generation unwilling to submit
to the brutal, macho conditions of the
kitchen, once considered the norm.

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HILLBILLY for the friends and family around when a convicted murderer is PICK OF THE LITTER
Sally Rubin, Ashley York | English | 85 him.  The film is an observational confronted by his son 26 years later. Don Hardy Jr. , Dana Nachman | | 81
FRI | OCT 19 | 7:00PM documentary, a coming-of-age SAT | OCT 27 | 9:30AM
An examination of the iconic narrative, an examination of life in NEXT GUARDIAN, THE This adorable documentary follows
hillbilly image in media and culture small town America today, and a Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó a litter of puppies from the moment
throughout the years, offering an portrait of a young man living through Dzongkha | 74 they’re born and begin their quest to
urgent exploration of how we see painful circumstances, trying to build MON | OCT 22 | 12:00PM become Guide Dogs for the Blind, the
and think about rural America in the his own form of happiness. The contrasting dreams of two ultimate canine career.
aftermath of the 2016 Presidential generations clash within an ancient
election. LAST RACE, THE Buddhist monastery in Bhutan, when QUIET HEROES
Michael Dweck | 75 an ordinary teenager is chosen as the Jenny Mackenzie, Jared Ruga,
INTERPRETERS, THE TUE | OCT 23 | 7:00PM next guardian of the family monastery. Amanda Stoddard | | 68
Sofian Khan, Andres Caballero A portrait of a small-town stock car WED | OCT 24 | 10:00AM
English, Arabic, Dari | 73 racetrack and the tribe of blue-collar NO GREATER LAW Receiving care for HIV/AIDS in
FRI | OCT 26 | 12:00PM drivers who call it home, struggling Tom Dumican | English | 86 1980s Salt Lake City was staggeringly
Local interpreters were key to the to hold onto an American racing SUN | OCT 21 | 7:30PM difficult, but Kristin Ries and Maggie
US war effort in the Middle East, but tradition. Freedom of religion is taken to Snyder served as the area’s only
now these unsung heroes face danger extremes when an Idahoan law allows means of medical support.
in their countries because of their LETTER FROM MASANJIA a Christian sect to withhold medical
affiliation. Leon Lee | Mandarin, English | 76 treatment for their children in lieu of RBG
MON | OCT 22 | 12:00PM prayer and faith healing. Julie Cohen, Betsy West | English | 98
INGRID When a woman in Oregon discovers SAT | OCT 20 | 5:00PM
Morrisa Maltz | English | 52 a note inside a package of Halloween OUR NEW PRESIDENT A portrait of the exceptional life
TUE | OCT 23 | 5:00PM decorations, written by a political Maxim Pozdorovkin | Russian, and career of U.S. Supreme Court
An intimate look at a woman who prisoner in a Chinese labor camp, English | 78 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has
left her life as a successful fashion she publishes the story — resulting in SAT | OCT 20 | 9:30AM developed a breathtaking legal legacy
designer to become a reclusive hermit labor reform in China. A nightmarishly distorted take on while becoming an unexpected pop
in the Ouachita Mountains, focused the 2016 Presidential campaign, culture icon.
solely on creating art MAKE ROOM FOR PIE told entirely through clips of Russian
Larry Foley | English | 44 government-controlled news footage RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE
JACKS & JILLS TUE | OCT 23 | 3:30PM and the YouTube videos from mind- Quinn Costello, Chris Metzler, Jeff
Adam Harbottle | English | 56 Food writer Kat Robinson hosts this controlled Russian citizens. Springer | English | 71
FRI | OCT 26 | 2:00PM tour across Arkansas, from the Delta SUN | OCT 21 | 2:30PM
The Lumberjack World Championships to the Ozark hills, where colorful PATRIMONIO Louisiana never knows what will
is beautifully captured on film in all of characters create sweet masterpieces Lisa F. Jackson, Sarah Teal | Spanish, attack next: floods, hurricanes, even
its logrolling, pole-climbing, wood- with just the right amount of love and English | 86 monstrous swamp rats! Gigantic,
chopping glory. It’s the rural, nature creative soul. THU | OCT 25 | 9:30AM orange-toothed nutria are eating up
version of American Ninja Warrior. A multinational corporation threatens the coastal wetlands, threatening
MAN ON FIRE a small Mexican town with a building the very existence of the human
JANE Joel Fendelman | English | 54 project that will deplete the water population.
Brett Morgan | 90 MON | OCT 22 | 5:00PM supply and force their fishermen off
SAT | OCT 20 | 7:30PM Grand Saline, Texas was a sleepy, the beach. ROLL RED ROLL
Using a trove of never-before-seen unremarkable town — until a white Nancy Schwartzman | English | 81
footage, the film tells the story preacher lit himself on fire to protest PERSONAL STATEMENT SAT | OCT 20 | 2:30PM
of Jane’s early explorations and the town’s racism in 2014. Juliane Dressner (Director), Edwin When social media, “boys will be
research in Tanzania, focusing on Martinez (Co-Director) | English, boys,” and vigilante justice collide,
her groundbreaking field work, her MELTING SOULS Spanish | 87 Steubenville, Ohio will never be the
relationship with her cameraman and Xavier Destors | 87 TUE | OCT 23 | 9:00AM same.
husband Hugo van Lawick, and the THU | OCT 25 | 12:00PM Three Brooklyn high school seniors
chimpanzees that were the subject of A gripping film about life in an pull double duty as they attempt to SCIENCE FAIR
her study. impossible city – but also a tribute get themselves — and their peers — Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster
to the Russian soul. As a woman into college. English, Portuguese | 90
JOSEPH PULITZER: VOICE OF THE living in Norilisk says, there’s THU | OCT25 | 9:00AM
PEOPLE something happening all over town. Nine high school students from
Oren Rudavsky | English | 86 Heartbreakingly beautiful!
SUN | OCT 21 | 9:30AM
Joseph J. Pulitzer, a penniless MOMENTUM GENERATION
immigrant, became a wealthy and Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist
influential publisher, fighting for English | 105
freedom of the press as his newspaper SAT | OCT 27 | 2:30PM
The World became known as “The A group of teenagers in Hawaii enter
Friend of the People.” the world of professional competitive
surfing in the 1990s and rise to
KEVIN superstardom.
Mark Thiedeman | | 70
TUE | OCT 23 | 7:00PM MURDER IN MANSFIELD, A
After struggling with numerous health Barbara Kopple | English | 87
conditions, homelessness, and a WED | OCT 24 | 7:00PM
community overrun with poverty and In her latest documentary, Oscar-
drug abuse, a young skateboarder winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple
chooses to live life on his own terms, takes on the “true crime” genre to
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around the globe navigate rivalries, TRANSFORMER
setbacks and, of course, hormones, Michael Del Monte | English | 79
on their journey to compete at SAT | OCT 20 | 5:00PM
The International Science and The ultimate alpha-male transitions
Engineering Fair. to become Janae Marie Kroczaleski,
a trans-woman who continues life as
SILENCE OF OTHERS, THE a competitive weightlifter.
Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar
Spanish | 96 UNITED SKATES
TUE | OCT 23 | 5:00PM Dyana Winkler, Tina Brown | Eng | 89
The victims of Spain’s 40 year FRI | OCT 26 | 7:00PM
dictatorship under General Franco When America’s last standing roller
continue to seek justice and and rinks are threatened with closure, a
try to prosecute the criminals of community of thousands battle in a
the Franco regime in a country that racially charged environment to save
forbids it. an underground subculture.

STUDIO 54 WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE
Matt Tyrnauer | English | 98 Emily Harrold | English | 72
WED | OCT 24 | 7:00PM THU | OCT 25 | 4:00PM
A tantalizing glimpse into the What does it mean to be young,
real story at the epicenter of 70s Black, and Democrat in the South?
hedonism — a place that redefined Politician Bakari Sellers runs to
the nightclub and came to symbolize become the first African American
an entire era. elected in South Carolina in over a
century.
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
Tom Donahue | | 90 WHISPERING TRUTH TO POWER
FRI | OCT 26 | 4:30PM Shameela Seedat | English, Sotho,
An investigative look and analysis Zulu | 86
of gender disparity in Hollywood, SUN | OCT 21 | 5:00PM
featuring accounts from well-known Filmmaker and human rights lawyer
actors, executives, and artists in the Shameela Seedat tracks Thuli
Industry. Madonsela, South Africa’s first
female Public Protector, as she
THIS IS HOME builds her second case against the
Alexandra Shiva | English, Arabic | 91 country’s President, Jacob Zuma.
TUE | OCT 23 | 1:00PM
Four Syrian refugee families attempt WOMAN CAPTURED, A
to resettle in Baltimore during the Bernadett Tuza-Ritter | Hungarian | 89
eight months before they become THU | OCT 25 | 7:00PM
ineligible for financial assistance. A European woman has been kept
by a family as a domestic slave for
THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE 10 years. Drawing courage from the
Grant Baldwin | English | 77 filmmaker’s presence, she decides to
MON | OCT 22 | 7:00PM escape the unbearable oppression
Undefined by age, gender, and become a free person.
profession, or background, a group
of adventurous people sacrifice WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR
comfort and personal safety for a life Morgan Neville | 94
of recreation in the peaks of British SUN | OCT 21 | 5:00PM
Columbia, Canada. An exploration of the life, lessons,
and legacy of iconic children’s
TIME FOR ILHAN television host, Fred Rogers, and a
Norah Shapiro | | 89 plea for more civility in this world.
SAT | OCT 20 | 12:00PM
This inspiring and suspenseful WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET, THE
political documentary follows the Jeremy Workman | English | 95
campaign of Ilhan Omar, a young SUN | OCT 21 | 12:00PM
Somalian Muslim immigrant woman A sublime journey inside authentic
who attempts to unseat a 43-year New York City as seen by “walker”
incumbent and other challengers. Matt Green, who has taken on the
personal project of walking every
TOO BEAUTIFUL: OUR RIGHT TO street and path in the city.
FIGHT
Maceo Frost | Spanish | 77 WRESTLE
TUE | OCT 23 | 3:30PM Suzannah Herbert, director. Lauren
Meet Namibia Flores Rodriguez, the Belfer, co-director | English | 96
only known female boxer in Cuba SAT | OCT 27 | 9:30AM
who aspires to represent her country The intimate and nuanced story of a
in the Olympics despite the ban on wrestling team facing challenges on
women’s competitive boxing. and off the mat, as they fight theirway
towards the State Championship.

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VIRTUAL REALITY Time for another round of Donna’s “Don’t miss” Docs.”
This year’s pick is not for the faint of heart but she
Virtual Reality (VR) technology is rapidly developing and exploring promises it’s well worth the watch.
new ways to enhance our ability to watch and tell stories. Virtual Reality
offers a new frontier of how we can perceive the world that surrounds us. INVASION OF THE SWAMP RATS!!!!
Rodents of Unusual Size
HSDFF is proud to be at the forefront of this new technology Produced and directed by Chris Metzler, Quinn
by offering a Virtual Reality Lounge that creates a cutting edge viewing Costello, and Jeff Springer | 61 min
experience for audience members to explore new frontiers of digital space
by viewing documentary films in 360 video. Beware!! Here come the hordes of 20-pound
web footed rats with huge orange incisors ready
The viewer can watch VR films in any direction, allowing the to decimate the fragile coastal wetlands of South
participant to feel as if they are in the film. Attendees will also have the Louisiana! Rodents of Unusual Size is a terrific
opportunity to experience 360 films, documentaries and interactive documentary chronicling the introduction of nutria in south Louisiana and its
experiences and watch the latest Visit Hot Springs 360 videos highlighting environmental and cultural effects on the land and people of that area.
our area. Back in the 1930’s, at the height of the Depression, one of the McIlhenny
heirs (of Tabasco Sauce fame) imported nutria from Argentina to breed and sell
DYLAN ROBERTS, HSDFF VIRTUAL REALITY CURATOR for the fur trade.
www.freelancesociety.com Unfortunately, these “swamp rats” escaped their cages and found an
excellent breeding ground in the Louisiana bayous. Initially, these animals were a
Dylan Roberts, from Austin, TX, has had the opportunity to travel source of income to the local trappers and off-season fishermen.
all over the world with his craft, including Iraq, Lebanon, Uganda, Cuba, However, in the 1980’s, the fur trade took a nosedive. Without
Nepal and more. As a result of these experiences, in 2013, Roberts joined compensation for the pelts and no natural predators, the nutria population
forces with Christian Stephen to establish Freelance Society. Recently he exploded threatening the coastal wetlands of Louisiana and burrowing into the
Co-Produced THE SUN LADIES VR film which was selected for Sundance canals of the city of New Orleans.
and SXSW in 2018 and he created VR films for Visit Hot Springs. The state of Louisiana has since begun a nutria eradication program
offering a bounty of $5 per tail (from the dead animal) to encourage some way of
FREELANCE SOCIETY holding the nutria population in check.
www.freelancesociety.com This highly entertaining film chronicles the unintended consequences of
man’s interference with “mother nature.” Of the many colorful characters (both
Freelance Society is a content studio created to source, gather, man and beast), Thomas Gonzales, an elderly Cajun fisherman from Delacroix
package and deliver stories from the darkest and furthest reaches of the Island, is the film’s delightful focus.
world. Our exploration of the internal and external human condition is Fisherman in the warm season and bounty hunter in the winter, he
overtaken only by our belief that every man, woman, and child should have a and his wife are the human parallel to the nutria story… intruders in a fragile
voice, no matter how hard to reach. We specialize in multimedia production environment, survivors of man-made and natural disasters, attempting but
and creating 360 and VR experiences. ultimately failing to maintain a symbiotic relationship with the land.
Appropriate for all ages, the film is narrated by the fine voice of Wendell
THE VIRTUAL REALITY FILMS Pierce (Treme and The Wire), and is enhanced by the toe-tapping Cajun music of
the Lost Bayou Ramblers.
SUN LADIES VR - FIRST WEEKEND And, yes, nutria were killed in the making of the film so if you are
This immersive live-action documentary brings you face-to-face with a squeamish, be prepared to close your eyes a few times… (but keep them open
for the preparation of delicious nutria bar-b-que!)
troop of Yazidi women fighters. After ISIS soldiers invaded the Yazidi community
of Sinjar, killing all of the men and taking the women and girls as sex slaves, these HSDFF PRESENTS “LIVE STORYTELLING WORKSHOP” (FREE)
brave women escaped and started a female-only fighting unit called the Sun Ladies. Stories are at the heart of all our lives and even if you don’t think of yourself
Together, their goal is to bring back their sisters and protect the honor and dignity
of their people. as an artist, you’re certainly a storyteller. As a filmmaker, Lena Rudnick discovered
storytelling as an incredible tool in her own filmmaking process and she’s excited to
MARIA BELLO - Exec. Producer is an internationally renowned teach you how to unleash your inner-storyteller! Learn how to craft your experiences
actor, activist, author, and producer. She was voted one of Variety’s most into stories that are heartbreaking, hilarious, thought-provoking and keep people
powerful women in Hollywood for her activism with women in Darfur. on the edge of their seat in this 2-week workshop culminating in a stage show at
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival.
CELINETRICART - Co-Directorand DPis a director, cinematographer,  CLASS OUTLINE: (All workshops held at the Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa)
and founder of Lucid Dreams Productions—whose work was showcased at (must be available for all dates of the workshop to perform!)
numerous top-tier film festivals and gathered international awards.  
THURSDAY OCT 18th at 6 pm - 8 pm CLASS 1: Come to class with true story ideas!
CHRISTIAN STEPHEN - Co-Director is a British war photographer, Learn what makes a good story and flesh out one idea into a rough 5-minute story.
filmmaker, and writer. He is known for his coverage from Iraq, Afghanistan,  
Syria, Somalia, and more, as well as being a co-founder of Freelance Society. SUNDAY OCT 21st 1pm - 3 pm CLASS 2: Come share your story and receive
constructive feedback! We’ll learn some tips to tune our personal storytelling
HOT SPRINGS, EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME compasses and how to memorize for stage.
The first tourism films in Arkansas using (VR) technology to promote  
WEDNESDAY OCT 24th 6pm - 8 pm CLASS 3: We’ll do theatre exercises, unlock
Hot Springs created by Visit Hot Springs and Freelance Society. It is a two- the secret performer inside and focus how to get the most out of our stories up on
part virtual reality experience produced by Visit Hot Springs to be used as a stage.
tool for promoting the city and its attractions.  
THE SHOW!!!  SATURDAY OCT 27th at 12 pm We’ll perform our stories with an
CONTRAST VR audience at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival!
Contrast is Al Jazeera’s Immersive Storytelling Studio. They explore  
LENA RUDNICK BIO:
underreported, diverse stories from and about marginalized communities Lena Rudnick is a writer/director/storyteller, working in Los Angeles. She developed
and developing countries. Contrast produces unique and immersive content. her love of cinema as a festival programmer for the Northwest Film Center before
Their mission is to highlight underreported stories and utilize emerging going on to study filmmaking at FAMU and ultimately finding her artistic voice in
technologies to create work that is both authentic and conscious. Columbia University’s M.F.A. Film program.

EDUCATION
VR Workshop (Free)

A 1-2 hour workshop with seminar style and hands-on training in
essential skills for producing virtual reality 360 video. Learn the fundamentals
of immersive content and what type of content is best for 360 viewing.
Hosted by Dylan Roberts with Freelance Society.

ABOUT
Freelance Society is a content studio and virtual reality company

created to source, gather, package and deliver immersive content that
reaches the world through the power of VR. Propelling the medium forward,
we are committed to utilizing the very best in new technology.

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SCHEDULE DELUCA’S PIZZA remembrance photos of a child
SHORTS PROGRAM #1 SHORTS PROGRAM #4 Scarlett Gooch | English | 10 nearing the end of life.
TUE | OCT 23 | *3:30PM
BLOODLINES & LIFELINES PEOPLE VS PERSONAS With his trademark irreverent, self- NIGHT AT THE GARDEN, A
deprecating humor, Anthony Valinoti Marshall Curry | English | 7
MON | OCT 22 | 12:00PM THU | OCT 25 | 4:00PM shares his secret recipe to success TUE | OCT 23 | *5:00PM
and happiness as he brings New York In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in
WED | OCT 24 | 2:30PM FRI | OCT 26 | 2:00PM attitude and flavor to Hot Springs New York’s Madison Square Garden
Earthrise Baby Brother with his Deluca’s Pizzeria. to celebrate the rise of Nazism –
Erasing The Border Girl and The Picture, The an event largely forgotten from
Ferryman at The Wall Homeless: The Soundtrack END OF WEED, THE American history.
Mining Phosphorus Lonesome Willcox Kristy Guevara-Flanagan | English | 15
Mama SUN | OCT 21 | *12:30PM REBUILDING IN MINIATURE
Last Storm, The A visual homage to the independent Veena Rao | Arabic | 8
pot grower …a passing California way FRI | OCT 26 | *12:00PM
SHORTS PROGRAM #2 SHORTS PROGRAM #5 of life post-cannabis legalization. Ali Alamedy, an Iraqi artist living in
SOLUTIONS OR REVOLUTIONS (SCREENING COMMITTEE Turkey, creates detailed miniature
MON | OCT 22 | 5:00PM SELECTS): FAKE NEWS FAIRYTALE scenes of places he has imagined but
THU | OCT 25 | 2:00PM MEMORIES & MEMENTOS Kate Stonehill | Macedonian, has never been.
Beneath the Ink SAT | OCT 27 | 3:00PM English | 14
Big Elvis Artifact Artist, The SAT | OCT 20 | *9:30AM RESCATE
Chula, With Invisible Strings My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes The Macedonian town of Veles was Mark Bone | Spanish | 14
Sidelined My Grandfather’s Memory at the epicenter of fake news when FRI | OCT 26 | *12:00PM
Sununú: The Revolution of Love teenagers made money by creating With zero government funding, a
Book viral stories for social media during volunteer Paramedics team must
SHORTS PROGRAM #3 Last Dance at Johnson’s Barn the 2016 U.S. presidential election. fend for themselves as they rescue
BORDERS & BOUNDARIES My Indiana Muse the citizens of the Dominican
WED | OCT 24 | 12:00PM FIGHT FOR THE FIRST Republic, ranked as one of the most
FRI | OCT 26 | 9:30AM ANIMATED SHORTS Sharon Liese | English | 21 dangerous countries for driving.
Community Patrol SAT | OCT 27 | 12:00PM SUN | OCT 21 | *9:30AM
Guns Found Here Artifact Artist, The The battle for freedom of the SAUL’S 108TH STORY
Notes from Dunblan: Lessons from a My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes press as seen through the eyes of Joshua Carlon | English | 6
My Grandfather’s Memory student reporters at the nation’s top WED | OCT 24 | *7:00PM
School Shooting journalism school. As a teenager in 1950’s Brooklyn,
Period. End of Sentence Book Saul got roped into a dangerous new
Unforgivable Last Dance at Johnson’s Barn HULA GIRL job in Manhattan where he got in a
My Indiana Muse Amy Hill, Chris Riess | English | 10 little over his head.
THU | OCT 25 | *2:00PM
*Indicates film screens before a feature. ARKANSAS SHORTS 94 year-old Joan Anderson sets the THOMAS FIRE ARCHITECT, THE
record straight on the “gentleman’s Nicholas Weissman | English | 7
TUE | OCT 23 | 10:00AM handshake deal” that stole her credit SAT | OCT 20 | *9:30AM
Cotton Plant for inventing the hula hoop. When the largest wildfire in
Frank Broyles, Arkansas Legend California state history leveled over
Happy Destiny Homes I HEART NY a thousand homes in its wake, the
Under3 Series, The Andre Andreev | English | 5 fireproof home of architect John
SUN | OCT 21 | *12:00PM Davis survived.
SHORTS PRECEDING |English | 21 Milton Glaser created the iconic logo
FEATURES MON | OCT 22 | *5:00PM as an attempt to find love for the city TOMNODDY
Reflecting on the legacy of racial terror during its most trying time. Charles Poekel | English | 13
41X in the Florida town of Marianna, one SAT | OCT 27 | *12:00PM
Brian Carlson | English | 6 of the residents runs a local marathon LET MY PEOPLE VOTE As a pioneering soap-bubble
TUE | OCT 23 | *7:00PM to commemorate the lynching of Gilda Ann Brasch | English | 18 entertainer, Tom Noddy conjures up
Mike Graves doesn’t let his cerebral Claude Neal. THU | OCT 25 | *4:00PM fleeting, floating, and fragile works
palsy slow him down as he races lawn Civil rights activist Desmond Meade of art.
mowers in the Avon Park Mower-Plex CONWAY PRIDE encounters voter suppression in
in Florida, the first racetrack of its kind Stephen Stanley | English | 22 Florida during the 2016 presidential TUNGRUS
in the nation. THU | OCT 25 | *7:00PM election. Rishi Chandna | English, Hindi | 13
The small Arkansas town of Conway WED | OCT 24 | *5:00PM
ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA has had an annual LGBT Pride Parade LOOK UP An adorable baby chick grows up
Thomas Grainger | English | 7 since 2004. When the 2017 edition David Freid | English | 8 to be a hell-raising, willful rooster
FRI | OCT 26 | *9:30AM is threatened after the founders pass MON | OCT 22 | *7:00PM that terrorizes a middle-class Indian
One woman’s journey to turn people’s away, their adopted children band Adventurous arborist Tim Kovar family in their cramped suburban
lives from beige to brilliant, one bird together to save a local institution and takes a select few on a climb up one Mumbai apartment.
show at a time. honor their gay dads. of the tallest trees in the world — a
summit less people have attempted WATER SLIDE, THE
BUTCHER’S HEART, A DEATH METAL GRANDMA than Mt. Everest. Nathan Truesdell | English | 9
Marijn Frank | Dutch | 15 Leah Galant | English, Swiss- WED | OCT 24 | *10:00AM
SUN | OCT 21 | *9:30AM German | 13 MATTHEW’S GIFT Tr a g e d y s t r i ke s t h e Wo r l d ’s
13-year-old Wessel is learning the TUE | OCT 23 | *5:00PM Jon Watts | English | 9 Ta l l e s t Wa t e r S l i d e .
tricks of the butcher trade from his 97-year-old Holocaust Survivor and WED | OCT 24 | *10:00AM
patient grandfather who assumes that songwriter, Inge Ginsberg, prepares Photographer Oana Hogrefe ZAZA RISING
his grandson will take over the family for an audition on America’s Got dedicates one day a year to taking Lena Strothe | English | 11
business. Talent to break out as a performer of
death metal music.
CHANGING SAME, THE
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SUN | OCT 21 | *7:30PM BIG ELVIS
In order to break the generational Paul Stone | 12
cycles of poverty and social stigma, A 960-pound Elvis impersonator is
Christine Nyirahabimana started a convinced he is Elvis Presley’s secret
small bakery in rural Rwanda to hire love child.
HIV-positive, single mothers.
CHULA, WITH INVISIBLE STRINGS
ZION Emily Collins | English | 10
Floyd Russ | English | 11 Gaby Munoz discovered clowning
SUN | OCT 21 | *2:30PM as a means to heal herself, and the
The inspiring life of Zion Clark, world around her.
a young wrestler who was born
without legs and grew up in foster SIDELINED
care. Galen Summer | English | 40
After team management encouraged
SHORTS #1: NFL cheerleaders to pose in Playboy
magazine in 1978, the women
BLOODLINES & LIFELINES were blamed and fired and the San
MON | OCT 22 | 12:00PM Diego Chargettes were disbanded.
WED | OCT 24 | 2:30PM
SUNUNÚ: THE REVOLUTION OF
EARTHRISE LOVE
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee | English | 30 Olivia Crellin | Spanish | 24
The Planet Earth, as photographed When trans dad Fernando Machado
from space during the Apollo 8 becomes pregnant with his trans
mission in 1960, offers a perspective girlfriend Diane Rodriguez in
that transcends national, political, Ecuador, the couple challenges the
and religious boundaries. public’s perception of gender roles.

ERASING THE BORDER SHORTS #3:
Laura Herrero Garvin | 12
Mexican-American artist Ana Teresa BORDERS & BOUNDARIES
Fernández imagines a creative way WED | OCT 24 | 12:00PM
to make the US-Mexico border wall FRI | OCT 26 | 9:30AM
disappear.
COMMUNITY PATROL
FERRYMAN AT THE WALL Andrew James | English | 13
David Freid | English | 16 A Detroit minister rallies the
The international border crossings community to shut down a drug
in Texas’ Big Bend National Park house in an inspiring display of
and Montana’s Glacier National Park collective action.
provide unique opportunities for
tourists…for now. GUNS FOUND HERE
David Freid | English | 10
MINING PHOSPHORUS The National Tracing Center in
Alan Toth | English | 19 Martinsburg, West Virginia, is the
When one man discovers a new only government authorized place
supply of phosphate on his Florida to trace a gun back to its owner but
property, local activists vow to their antiquated technology makes it
stop his mining operation before it impossible.
pollutes their town.
NOTES FROM DUNBLANE,
LAST STORM, THE LESSONS FROM A SCHOOL
Liam Saint-Pierre | English | 20 SHOOTING
Recently diagnosed with lung cancer, Kim A. Snyder | English | 22
a 60-year-old fledgling storm chaser Following the Sandy Hook Massacre,
sets out with his friend in search of a a priest from Dunblane, Scotland,
twister before the season comes to reaches out to Father Bob offering
an end. support 16 years after a school
shooting in his own town.

SHORTS #2: PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE
Rayka Zehtabchi | Hindi | 26
SOLUTIONS OR REVOLUTIONS A machine that creates sanitary
MON | OCT 22 | 5:00PM pads is installed in a rural village
THU | OCT 25 | 2:00PM in Northern India… improving the
women’s hygiene habits and their
BENEATH THE INK economic independence.
Cy Dodson | English | 12
Ohio tattoo artist Billy Joe White UNFORGIVABLE
corrects people’s mistakes when Giosue Petrone | Kinyarwandan,
their belief systems change. Italian subtitles, English subtitles |
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Alice and Emmanuel were two A personal reflection about an
people on opposing sides during the unusual sketchbook that captures
Rwandan genocide in 1994. What a lifetime of memories, connecting
happens when the person who three generations through drawings,
destroyed your life confronts you writings and dialogue.
and asks for forgiveness?
LAST DANCE AT JOHNSON’S
SHORTS #4: BARN
Clay Haskell | English | 18
PEOPLE VS PERSONAS Since 1952, generations of North
THU | OCT 25 | 4:00PM Dakota families have attended
FRI | OCT 26 | 2:00PM dances at Johnson’s Barn. But when
the farm’s owner falls ill, he and his
BABY BROTHER family face a heartbreaking decision.
Kamau Bilal | English | 14
The director’s younger brother MY INDIANA MUSE
moves back in with his parents and Jen and Ric Serena | English | 43
experiences a summer impasse. Robert Townsend, a photo realist
painter, discovers his latest
GIRL AND THE PICTURE, THE Kodachrome muse in an old
Vanessa Roth | Mandarin, English | 39 collection of slides. He embarks on
80 years after Xia Shuqin witnessed a journey to find out more about the
the murder of her family in the life of “Helen.”
Nanjing Massacre, she meets
the grandson of John Magee, ANIMATED
the American missionary who SHORTS
documented the atrocities with his
16mm home movie camera. SAT | OCT 27 | 12:00PM
HOAN ALONE: PERSONAL
HOMELESS: THE SOUNDTRACK STORIES FROM THE BRIDGE
Irene Taylor Brodsky | English | 26 Aaron Johnson | English | 9
Adopted singer-songwriter Jenni The Hoan Memorial Bridge is one
Alpert goes searching for her birth of Milwaukee’s most recognizable
father and finds him on the streets. landmarks, but it’s also a popular
site for suicides.
LONESOME WILLCOX
Ryan Maxey, Zack Wright | English | 12 KAFKA SHRUGGED
A single dad, hippie-looking radio DJ Anne S. Lewis | English | 12
who is not a fan of classic country A writer struggles to find the right
music, keeps it alive for the old folks way to tell about her Kafkaesque
in the small town of Willcox, Arizona. experience without overthinking it.

MAMA LITTLE FIEL
Nicholas Brennan | Luganda | 7 Irina Patkanian | English | 16
A midwife has dedicated her life to Fiel dos Santos is an artist who grew
delivering children in her village in up in Mozambique during the sixteen
rural Uganda, a dangerous place to year civil war and he makes artistic
be pregnant. sculptures out of decommissioned
guns.
SHORTS #5:
LOTTE THAT SILHOUETTE GIRL
(SCREENING COMMITTEE Elizabeth Beecherl, Carla Patullo
SELECTS): English | 10
MEMORIES & MEMENTOS Once upon a time, long before
SAT | OCT 27 | 3:00PM Disney and the other animation
giants, Lotte Reiniger ignited the
ARTIFACT ARTIST, THE screen with shadows, light, and a pair
Russ Kendall | English | 23 of magical scissors.
Urban archeolo Scott Jordan
unearths 300 years of New York NUEVA VIDA
City’s garbage to create 21st century Jonathan Seligson | English | 7
art work. A cautionary tale about the dangers
of playing soccer and travelling in
MY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES Mexico.
Charlie Tyrell | English | 14
Filmmaker Charlie Tyrell seeks to TRACING ADDAI
better understand his emotionally Esther Niemeier | German | 30
distant late-father through the The filmmaker pieces together the
personal belongings he left behind. puzzle of what happened to her
friend Addai who left his home in
MY GRANDFATHER’S MEMORY Germany to join a group of Salafi
BOOK fighters in Syria.
Colin Levy | English | 5

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AN UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS FRANK BROYLES,
Michi Marosszeky | English | 3 ARKANSAS LEGEND
As her family fled Budapest in 1956, Larry Foley | English | 14
a 9-year-old girl braced herself for a A celebration of Frank Broyles who
year without Christmas. was head coach of the Arkansas
Razorback football team during
49 MILE SCENIC DRIVE their 1964 National Championship.
Bradley Smith, Tyler McPherron As athletic director of University
English | 11 of Arkansas, Frank built one of the
The amusing story behind one of San most successful sports programs in
Francisco’s most visually arresting the country.
signposts, the design change that
tarnishes its legacy and a campaign HAPPY DESTINY HOMES
to keep a classic alive. Michael Mueller | English | 34
The inspiring stories of the men and
ARKANSAS women who created and reside in
SHORTS this special halfway housing project
for alcohol and drug addicts and
TUE | OCT 23 | 10:00AM former prison inmates in Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
COTTON PLANT
Matthew Michaud | English | 6 UNDER3 SERIES, THE
A deeply religious mayor looks to Kevin Thomas Clark | English | 13
the medical marijuana industry as A new series produced by AETN that
the last hope for his dying Southern probes the hearts and minds of local
town. Arkansans in less than three minutes
each.

CENTERPIECE FILM

GOSPEL OF EUREKA

Directed by Donal Mosher, Michael Palmieri, 75 Mins

Special Guests: Stars of the Film, Walter Burrell, Roxie Howard & Earl
Stuart. Following the screening the festival will host a special live
drag performance featuring: Charnay Cassadine (Fred Young), Felicia
Blackhart (Allen Haines), Ginger Styles (Daniel Fose), & Missy Cline
(Jeff Ellie).

200 miles away from Hot Springs is the other tourist mecca in Arkansas:
the spa town of Eureka Springs…home of healing waters, a Christian
Passion Play, gospel-themed drag shows, and an epic battle to pass a
municipal law that would protect the LGBT citizens and visitors from
discrimination. Eureka Springs has one of the highest per-capita gay
populations alongside a large evangelical Christian population.

As the vote for City Ordinance 2223 races towards its decision, the
film poetically explores the surreal atmosphere of a town with such
stark contrasts and conflicting opinions. The colorful cast of characters
include a devoutly Christian gay couple who own a local bar which they
refer to as “The Hillbilly Studio 54”; The Passion Play’s singing pastor
and master of ceremonies who sounds like Elvis during his rendition
of “Peace in the Valley,” and a passionate drag performer singing “You
can’t pray the gay away.”

Archival footage conjures up ghosts from the past including infamous
anti-gay activists Gerald L.K. Smith, who commissioned the largest
Christ statue in North America that overlooks the town, and singer
Anita Bryant, who tried to stage a comeback concert in Eureka Springs.

With their hopeful film, Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri present
a miraculous vision of a Southern Utopia where two divergent
populations co-exist peacefully and where religious themed attractions
and diversity festivals may compete for tourist dollars.

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EVENTS & PARTIES

FRI | OCT 19 | 3:30 TO 5:30 PM to 12:00 AM) evolution After Party
Southern Comfort: Sponsor, Donor, and Special Mountain Valley Spring Water welcomes filmmakers, Co-Hosted by The Lee Initiative & Mountain
Guest Kickoff Cocktail Party special guests, and festival attendees to the historic Valley Spring Water
Townhouse of Davis and Suellen Tillman Ozark Bathhouse, for a night of legendary food, music Superior Bathhouse Brewery
116 Central Avenue and Southern hospitality. Built in 1922, the Ozark is a 329 Central Avenue
HSDFF welcomes our donors and distinguished guests vast gem of Bathhouse Row, a 14,000-square foot palace Located on historic Bathhouse Row, Superior Bathhouse
to the private townhouse of Davis and Suellen Tillman, of tile evoking the bygone era which literally put Hot Brewery is the nation’s only craft brewery headquartered
a cabinet of wonderful curiosities if ever there was one! Springs on the map. Tonight, however, it’s transformed inside a National Park. Long time Festival supporter
Greet our 2018 Honorary Chair and other special guests. into an eclectic, sensory-minded environment, one that and head brewer, Rose Schweikhart, welcomes visiting
Tito’s Mixed Drinks, Stella Artois, wine, and appetizers plays host to special guest deejay, Arkansas’ very own filmmakers and festival guests to the only brewery in
Only open to All-Access Passholders, Filmmakers, & Jeff Matika (of Green Day and The Longshot!). the world that uses thermal spring water as the main
Sponsors. Transportation Sponsor: Stella Artois, Tito’s Mixed Drinks, ingredient for craft beer. Tonight’s food will be prepared
Wine, and Appetizers by up-and-coming female chefs mentored throughout
OPENING NIGHT Open to All-Access Passholders, Filmmakers, Sponsors, and the day by Guest Chefs, Anito Lo and Edward Lee.
6:00 PM - Traditional Popcorn & Champagne Opening Night Ticket holders, $45 (limited availability) Hot Springs’ hardest working crate-digger, DJ Courier
Toast in the Arlington Hotel Lobby Coleman, will be spinning records
* Open to everyone SAT | OCT 20 | 9PM - 12AM .Chef Anita Lo is one of the most respected female chefs
6:30 PM - Doors open Politics and Poker: A Speakeasy Mobster Party in the country, earning numerous accolades for her
7:00 PM - Welcome by Honorary Chair followed The Gangster Museum of America inventive cuisine. Chef Edward Lee is a Brooklyn-born
by screening of HILLBILLY 510 Central Avenue chef and restaurateur. He has made numerous television
HILLBILLY is a timely exploration of life in the rural Transport yourself back in time to the 1930s, when appearances on shows including The Mind of a Chef on PBS.
South and those living beyond the boundaries of cultural mineral water, gambling, bootlegging, and a very fragile
stereotyping and misconceptions. ceasefire brought gangsters from all across America to Sponsored by Mountain Valley Water. Tito’s Mixed
Hot Springs. Rich in historic photos and casino ephemera Drinks, Superior Brewery Beer and Wine
PLEASE NOTE: IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE SEATING, from the town’s freewheelin’ past, TGMOA is a fascinating Open to All-Access Passholders, Filmmakers, & Sponsors.
ALL-ACCESS & SPONSOR PASSHOLDERS MUST MAKE glimpse into a forgotten era of made men and shady ladies.
RESERVATIONS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING NIGHT Try your luck at blackjack, craps, and roulette alongside Limited Event Tickets available for purchase ($25)
EVENTS by no later than Wed., Oct 17th for Opening filmmakers and special guests.
Night and Thurs., Oct 25th for Closing Night. Tickets Sponsored by The Gangster Museum of America Screaming Females and Kitten Forever - LIVE!
will be for sale at the door only as available. To reserve, Stella Artois, Tito’s Mixed Drinks, Wine, and Appetizers (The After After Party)
Open to All-Access Passholders, Filmmakers, & Sponsors. Low Key Arts
please email [email protected] by the deadlines. 118 Arbor Street
Limited Event Tickets available for purchase ($25) Low Key Arts is Hot Springs’ answer to New York’s CBGB.
Heart of the Ozarks: Opening Night After-Party On the heels of their seventh album, All at Once, Don
Co-Hosted by Arkansas Times SUN | OCT 21 | 9PM - 12AM Giovanni Records recording artists Screaming Females
Ozark Bathhouse 491 Central Avenue (9:00 PM Eat Your Heart Out: The Heat - A Kitchen (R) deliver their acidic shred live in the flesh, joined by

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Minneapolis trio, Kitten Forever. FRI | OCT 26 | 4PM - 6PM SCREENING ONLY: $15
Open to All-Access Passholders, $15 at the Live Storytelling Event (Includes: Screening to Closing Night Film Only)
door. All ages. Low Key Arts FOLK members Kollective (Free) PLEASE NOTE: IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE SEATING, ALL-ACCESS & SPONSOR
Stories are an ancient communal PASS HOLDERS MUST MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING NIGHT
are admitted free. currency of humanity - they shape our EVENTS by no later than Wed., Oct 17th for Opening Night and Thursday, Oct 25th for
lives. We tell ‘em, all day every day. Closing Night. Tickets will be for sale at the door only as available. To reserve, please
MON | OCT 22 | 9PM - 11PM Come hear the heart-breaking, hilarious, email [email protected] by the deadlines.
thought-provoking stories written and
I ♥ NY Party performed by the participants in the
week long storytelling workshop taught
DeLuca’s Pizza by master storyteller, Lena Rudnick.
831 Central Ave. (*new DeLuca’s
location*) FRI | OCT 26 | 9:30PM - 12AM
Newly relocated, DeLuca’s Pizzeria Wheels on Reels: Skate Party
Napoletana has become a region-wide Skateland
destination for foodies. Each pie is 2156 Higdon Ferry Rd
handcrafted by owner Anthony Valinoti, In a historic first, Skateland - Hot Springs’
with locally supplied organic ingredients. very own hidden jewel of a skating rink
Experience Anthony’s authentic New - opens its doors to the HSDFF! Travel
York style pizza for yourself, alongside back in time to an era of simple, high-
filmmakers and friends. energy fun complete with roller skate
Sponsored by Lost Forty Beer, Tito’s rentals, a video arcade, and of course…
Cocktails, Wine & Appetizers concessions! Skater Phelicia Wright from
Open to All Access Passholders, United Skates will be on hand.
Filmmakers, & Sponsors - Limited Event Open concession stand, free skating.
Open to All-Access Passholders, Filmmakers,
Tickets available for purchase ($25) & Sponsors
C   LOSING NIGHT AFTER PARTY
TUE | OCT 23 | 9PM - 12AM Ozark Bathhouse
Southern Accents: Homegrown 491 Central Avenue
Arkansas Filmmaker Party Closing night sponsor, Avant Mining
Co-Hosted by Southern welcomes filmmakers, special guests
Documentary Fund / Fresh Docs and festival-goers to a Closing Night
Series Celebration commemorating the
Grateful Head Pizza festival’s 27thyear.The magical ambiance
100 Exchange Street of the Historic Ozark bathhouse, coupled
Hot Springs pizza culture is in the throes of with a mouthwatering feast from local
a renaissance and Grateful Head is leading restaurants.
the charge! Cradled on the steep slope of Stella Artois, Tito’s Cocktails, Wine &
National Park’s West Mountain, pulsing Appetizers
with the forest’s nighttime buzz, a belly full  
of warm pizza and cold beer… It doesn’t
get much more Arkansas than this. SAT | OCT 27
Lost Forty Beer, Tito’s Cocktails, Wine & CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING &
Appetizers AWARDS
Open to All Access Passholders, Filmmakers, 6:30 PM - Closing Night Awards
& Sponsors - Limited Event Tickets available 7:00 PM - Screening of
for purchase ($25) DAUGHTERS OF THE SEXUAL
REVOLUTION: THE UNTOLD
WED | OCT 24 | 9PM - 12AM STORIES OF THE DALLAS
Studio 53 ½: Low Key Arts Dance Party
Low Key Arts COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS
118 Arbor Street Arkansas Premier directed by
Low Key Arts literally aims its spotlight Dana Adam Shapiro, 80 mins
on the oldest disco ball in Hot Springs, Special Guests: Director Dana Adam
transforming from a headbanger’s Shapiro will be in attendance along with
hideout to a designated danceteria members of the original Dallas Cowboys
faster than you can say “freak out!” Cheerleaders.
Sponsored by Low Key Arts. Stella Artois, A light-hearted celebration and thought-
Tito’s Cocktails, Wine & Appetizers provoking examination of the ground-
Open to All Access Passholders, Filmmakers, breaking phenomenon that was the
& Sponsors - Limited Event Tickets available Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders during the
for purchase ($20) 70’s and the 80’s. With unprecedented
interview access to Suzanne Mitchell,
THU | OCT 25 | 9PM - 12AM the director and “den mother” to the
Drag Me to Church Party: cheerleaders, their stories come alive.
Drag Revue After Party Under the visionary leadership of
Whittington Place Mitchell, the team was a showcase for
301 Whittington Ave. racial diversity and a display of liberating
The Gospel of Eureka comes to life, live confidence. Creating a paradoxical
and in person, as historic Whittington image of sexy and wholesome at the
Place welcomes some of the film’s most same time, the cheerleaders had a very
dynamic divas to their stage, direct from strict set of rules which prevented them
Eureka Springs to make their regional from cheapening their image.
debut. DJ Courier Coleman mans the
turntables. ALL-INCLUSIVE CLOSING NIGHT
Stella Artois, Tito’s Cocktails, Wine & TICKET: $45
Appetizers (Includes: Screening to Closing Night
Open to All Access Passholders, Filmmakers, Film and Admission to Afterparty)
& Sponsors - Limited Event Tickets available
for purchase ($25)