NewFilmmakers Announces Their Annual Christmas Show

Wednesday, December 23rd- OUR MERRY CHRISTMAS SHOW. Admission Is Still $6 For The Whole Evening

Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Avenue @ 2nd Street

In The Deren Theater at Anthology Film Archives

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES
about New York
Tal Shamir THE SPIRIT OF A SCHOOL
Roxy Toporowych FOLK!

7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS ASIAN SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Alice Cox ANA'S TIME
Jeevan Nathan HAPPY PLACE
Jung Jin Lee NEVERTHELESS
Alice Cox ANA'S TIME

8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Hunter Nesbitt A CAFE WINDOW
Leah Ramsay MOON OVER NEW YORK

Eric Johannsen IT TAKES A CULT
A new feature version of the popular short we screened last year about a bizarre hippie cult, the Israel Family (aka, The Love Family). The communal religious movement born in Seattle grew to a tribe of nearly 300 men, women, and children. Raised in the Israel Family, Johannsen brings an intimate portrait of communal life and what drew them all together.

In The Courthouse Theaters at Anthology Film Archives

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES
About Bees & Bottled water
S Again PALACE OF HONEY

Stephanie Soechtig TAPPED
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.

7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Kelvin C. Bias ROOM X
Christian Amundson OGOPOGO
Marina Shron X-TINA
John Larkin BILLY'S IN LOVE

8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Damian Bailey SURRENDER
A troubled teenage gang member from one of the toughest female gangs in NY is sent to a 'Scared Straight' program to meet the reformed leader who created it 25 years ago.