Maryland Film Festival line-up heavy on music documentaries
The Maryland Film Festival announced part of the 2011 line-up today.
Among the most notable selections in this year's showcase is Kelly Reichardt's new movie "Meek's Cutoff," which will have its regional premiere here, and "Uncle Boonmee" by Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, which won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival last year.
Also notable in the 20-movie line-up that was revealed today is the number of music documentaries that will play the festival next month.
Jed Dietz, the festival director, said there should be more among the other 90 or so films and short films that will be announced later this week.
For starters there's "Freaks in Love," by Baltimoreans Skizz Cyzyk and David Koslowski. The documentary chronicles the 25-year career of seminal punk band Alice Donut.
The trailer is below.
Then there's "Everyday Sunshine: the story of Fishbone," which follows the veteran Los Angeles punk and funk hybrid band Fishbone. The band, 30 years in the business, are still seeking an appreciative audience.
The film, which has been making the rounds on the festival circuit, will also play the Washington DC Independent Film Festival in early May. The trailer is here.
The third documentary, "Ne Change Rien," or "Change Nothing" is an peripatetic black-and-white profile of the French singer Jeanne Balibar. The film, which was made in 2005 by Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, has only recently made it stateside. In November, it played at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City. A trailer is here.
FREAKS IN LOVE :: A Quarter Century in Underground Rock with ALICE DONUT from Duotone Films on Vimeo.
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