February 8 through March 17    

Film Schedule    

The Waiting Room

February 8-10

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

"An astounding and moving look at a typical shift at Oakland's Highland Hospital."G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle. This 2012 documentary film and social media project directed by Peter Nicks follows the life and times of patients, doctors, and staff at Highland Hospital, a safety-net hospital in Oakland, California.

81 minutes

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013

February 15-17

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday no noon show time, 2 pm, and 4 pm

Friday-6 pm Animated; 8 pm Live Action

Saturday-5 pm Animated

Sunday-2 pm Animated; 4 pm Live Action (no noon show time)

This Is Not a Film

February 22-24

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

"How did Mr. Panahi do this? I'm at a bit of a loss to explain, to tell you the truth, since my job is to review movies, and this, obviously, is something different: a masterpiece in a form that does not yet exist." A. O. Scott, The New York Times. Iranian director Jafar Panahi was put under house arrest in 2010 and banned from filmmaking for 20 years. This film was smuggled out of Iran on a USB stick hidden in a cake. By depicting a day in his life, Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb try to portray the deprivations looming in contemporary Iranian cinema.

Persian with English subtitles; 75 minutes

The Central Park Five

March 1-3

Friday 6 and 8:15 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday 11:45 am, 2 pm, and 4:15 pm

"An unusually good documentary about an outlandish miscarriage of justice." Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune. Ken Burns's latest documentary examines the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After each spent between 6 and 13 years in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime.

119 minutes

A Place at the Table

March 8-10

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

Jeff Bridges narrates and T Bone Burnett provides the soundtrack in this documentary that investigates hunger as experienced by millions of Americans and proposes solutions to the problem.

PG; 84 minutes

The Gatekeepers

March 15-17

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

"A documentary potent enough to alter how you see the world." Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times. Dror Moreh's documentary features interviews with former leaders of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.

PG13; 91 minutes