Fledgling Fund October Film Screenings
[Source: The Fledgling Fund, September 29, 2011]
Recently, the Fledgling Fund worked with Working Films and BAVC to host Reel Change in
San Francisco. This interactive workshop focused on building the skills
required to be an audience engagement coordinator for social-issue
documentaries and cross-platform media projects. They were thrilled with
the participants' reaction to the training and are looking forward to
watching their progress.
In September, three Fledgling Fund grantees won Emmy awards: Gasland,
Freedom Riders and Good Fortune. They congratulate all three of these
powerful films on this honor, and also on the social impact they have made
so far and will continue to make.
Upcoming Screenings
Sin By Silence
Directed by Olivia Klaus
Inside the California Institution for Women, the first inmate initiated and led group in U.S. prison history, this film shatters the misconceptions of domestic violence.
Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA) was created in 1989 to help women inside prison break the silence about abuse and learn more about what they needed to do to help others stop the cycle of violence. Instead of fighting a system that does not fully comprehend the complexities of abuse, the women of CWAA led an initiative to help educate the system.
Through careful orchestration of letter-writing campaigns, media coverage and Senate hearings, a movement was born and laws for battered women were changed. And for the founder of CWAA, the flicker of hope begins to grow as her possible freedom, after 26 years in prison, lies moments away. Read more here.
Nationwide Broadcast: October 17th, 8:00 p.m., Investigation Discovery
American Teacher
Directed by Vanessa Roth
Weaving interviews of policy experts and startling facts with the lives and careers of four teachers, American Teacher tells the collective story by and about those closest to the issues in our educational system - the 3.2 million teachers who spend every day in classrooms across the country. Read more here.
American Teacher has community screenings throughout the country in October. Check out the full list of screenings to find one near you.
Connected
Directed by Tiffany Shlain
Have you ever faked a restroom trip to check your email? Slept with your laptop? Or become so overwhelmed that you just unplugged from it all? In this funny, eye-opening and inspiring film, director Tiffany Shlain takes audiences on an exhilarating rollercoaster ride to discover what it means to be connected in the 21st century. Read more here.
Opening September 30th
Arclight Cinemas Hollywood
Los Angeles, CA
Opening October 7th
Landmark Varsity 3
Seattle, WA
Opening October 14th
Angelika Theater
New York, NY
Opening October 28th
Chez Artiste Theater
Denver, CO 
Crime After Crime
Directed by Yoav Potash
Crime After Crime is the exclusive documentary film on the dramatic legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her. She finds her only hope for freedom when two rookie attorneys with no background in criminal law step forward to take her case. Read more here.
October 4th, 5th and 11th
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver, CANADA
October 12th
Cinema 21
Portland, OR
October 13th - 22nd
Heartland Film Festival
Indianapolis, Indiana
October 14th - 20th
New Orleans Film Festival
New Orleans, LA
October 24th, 7:00 p.m.
The Crest Theater
Sacramento, CA
October 26th, 7:00 p.m.
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Los Angeles, CA
October 27th, 7:30 p.m.
Jewish Family Service of San Diego
San Diego, CA
Mothers of Bedford
Directed by Jenifer McShane
Many parents find it hard to imagine being away from a child for a week. Imagine being separated for ten or twenty years? Mothers of Bedford explores the effects of a long-term prison sentence on the mother-child relationship. Read more here.
October 15th
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival
Flagstaff, AZ
October 22nd
Upstate Films
Rhinebeck, NY
October 23rd
Film Columbia
Chatham, NY
