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Burning Fuse Traveling Film Festival

December 1–15

In an era when documentary exhibition swerves towards the safe, Burning Fuse Film Festival shows up with six smartly made films that avoid neither controversy nor entertaining their audience. The movies represent decidedly unexpected views of the world, each revealing an unseen corner of the planet with passion and humor.


Soldiers of Conscience
Tuesday, December 1 at 7:30 pm
(Eliza Licht & Theresa Riley, 2007, USA, 86 min.)

Eight US soldiers today face the most difficult decision of their lives: to kill or not to kill. Made with the cooperation of the US Army, the film takes a sharp look war, peace and the transformative power of human conscience.


Pussycat Preacher
Sunday, December 6 at 7:30 pm
(Bill Day, 2008, USA, 75 min.

A lapsed stripper becomes an evangelical minister, but her ministry outreach to sex workers stirs her congregation’s prejudice and doubt. The film presents a mesmerizing and at times hilarious portrait.


A Snow Mobile for George
Tuesday, December 8 at 7:30 pm
(Todd Darling, 2008, USA 94 min.)

A smoky off-road machine inspires a cross-country tour of de-regulation in America. Stories of West Coast Salmon fishermen, Wyoming cowboys and New York firemen deliver a wry look at what happens to people when the rules change. After the Wall Street collapse this film looks prophetic.


Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Sunday, December 13 at 7:30 pm
(Dawn Logsdon, 2008, USA, 68 min.)

The untold history of Black New Orleans. Not a Katrina film, but a love letter to a city, revealed when a newspaperman rebuilds a historic house in what may be the oldest black neighborhood in America, and the birthplace of jazz.

Screens with

Sliding Liberia
(Britton Caillouette, 2008, USA, 48 min.)

California surfers head for the beach—in war-torn Liberia. They find big waves, and brave people, including local surfers, who must rebuild a society, battered by years of civil war.


Murder, Spies & Voting Lies: The Clint Curtis Story
Tuesday, December 15 at 7:30 pm
(Patty Sharaf, 2008, USA, 68 min.)

The story of Clint Curtis, a mild mannered computer engineer who finds himself caught between a vote rigging scandal, a powerful legislator, and a murder. Features Gore Vidal, Barbara McKinney and Brad Friedman.


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