Mead Film Festival 2011

Name: 35^th Margaret Mead Film Festival

Dates: 10^th to 13^th November 2011

Entrance fee: Ticket fees per film

Place: Entrance for screenings is on 77th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, New York

Webpage: www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2011/

Commentary:

The Mead showcases the best in non-narrative filmmaking, encompassing a broad spectrum of work including international documentaries, experimental films, animation, hybrid works, and more.

The Festival presents documentaries that increase our understanding of the complexity and diversity of the peoples and cultures that populate our planet.

The Margaret Mead Film Festival is the longest-running, premiere showcase for international documentaries in the United States, encompassing a broad spectrum of work, from indigenous community media to experimental nonfiction. The Festival is distinguished by its outstanding selection of titles, which tackle diverse and challenging subjects, representing a range of issues and perspectives, and by the forums for discussion with filmmakers and speakers.

Opening Night with Grande Hotel (directed by Lotte Stoops)

www.grandehotelthemovie.com

The Grande Hotel in the East African seaside town of Beira, Mozambique, was once the most opulent resort on the continent. Now, it is home to an estimated 3,000 squatters. Living in this shell of former luxury, those on the margins of society create a self-enclosed community as the place they call home crumbles around them. As one voice in the film says, the history of the hotel is the history of the country itself.

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