Each day of the festival March 4 – 10 offers a glimpse into the private lives of interesting individuals around the world. There are many unique opportunities to meet film makers and ask those behind the scene questions that good films inspire. Visit www.salemfilmfest.com for full festival details. Friday’s schedule is as follows:
5:00 pm – Salem Film Fest Shorts – 73 min – Directed by John Bonner; Jason Kovacsev and Matt Mamula; Shaleece Haas; Tessa Joosse; Orlando von Einsiedel
6:40 pm – Camera, Camera – 60 min – Directed by Malcolm Murray
7:00 pm – Echotone– 88 min – Directed/Produced by Nathan Christ
8:00 pm – Steam Of Life – 81 min – Directed by Joonas Berghall & Mike Hotakainen
9:30 pm – Player Hating: A Love Story– 90 min – Directed/Produced by Maggie Hadleigh-West
9:40 pm – On The Other Side Of Life – 88 min – Directed by Stefanie Brockhaus & Andy Wolff
9:30 pm – Friday Night After-Party at Finz Seafood Restaurant & Grill on Pickering Wharf. Cover charge is $5, but free for All-Access Passholders and official festival filmmakers. Cash bar
www.salemfilmfest.com
“Detroit has earned its notorious title as one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. Where residents once had major supermarkets and affordable, healthy dining, now liquor stores sell groceries from behind bullet-proof glass and fast food restaurants are rampant. Amidst all this negativity the city and its residents are emerging with their own solution. Nature has taken over and the city is ‘greening’ from within – more than one third of the city has become green again. GROWN IN DETROIT focuses on the urban gardening efforts managed by a public school of 300, mainly African-American, pregnant and parenting teenagers. As part of the curriculum, the girls are taught agricultural skills on the school’s own farm. The young mothers are learning by farming to become more independent women and knowledgeable about the importance of nutritional foods. “Back to the roots”, a simple yet effective solution for a city that has to start all over again and perhaps a lesson to be learned for the rest of the world.”
