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The 9th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival will be opening with an Italian/Albanian comedy, East, West, East: The Final Sprint on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 7PM at the Playhouse Theater [40 Main Street, Tiburon] . Directed by Gjergj Xhuvani and set in 1990, East, West, East the film follows an Albanian cycling [...]

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SFIFF52 April 23- May 7, 2009
by Geneva Anderson
It’s film festival season again and nothing beats the San Francisco International Film Festival, which offers an exceptional program of global cinema—151 films from 55 countries in 34 languages with 54 West Coast, 9 North American, and 1 global premiere. Fortunately, a number of angels stepped up [...]

Posted in Culture Maven, Events, film 471Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2009/04/29/culture-maven-san-francisco-international-film-festival/Culture+Maven%3A+San+Francisco+International+Film+Festival2009-04-29+20%3A02%3A23marinmaven

66% of the women incarcerated have minor children, and 80% in prison have substance abuse problems. The documentary film, “Moms Living Clean” by my friend, Sheila Ganz shares startling statistics and moving stories of women bravely trying to put their lives together. The film highlights a wonderful program in San [...]

Posted in Living in Marin, Parenting, film 440Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2009/04/06/documentary-trailer-featuring-marin-organization-is-up/Documentary+Trailer+Featuring+Marin+Organization+is+Up2009-04-07+02%3A15%3A14marinmaven

Maven didn’t see many Oscar movies this season in prep the annual Oscar Party. Watching films often gives you a handicap, because you end up being emotionally attached or biased against a movie to consider it on the ballot. Maven made an exception for Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda, Wall-E for darling son and then [...]

Posted in LGBT Rights, california politics, film, marriage equality 419Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2009/03/01/maven-on-milk/Maven+on+%22Milk%222009-03-01+18%3A18%3A44marinmaven

This year’s San Francisco International Film Festival ( www.sffs.org ) April 24-May 8 offers a fabulous selection of some 175 films—dramas, comedies, documentaries, shorts, and more— from every corner of the globe.
Up Thursday, May 8 at the Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive at 3:15 p.m. is the [...]

Posted in Culture Maven, Movie Maven, film 328Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/05/07/movie-maven-the-san-francisco-film-festival-secrecy/Movie+Maven+%40+The+San+Francisco+Film+Festival%3A+Secrecy2008-05-08+00%3A31%3A53Geneva

I am giddy tonight about the election results, but also we have our own Movie Maven/Culture Maven here on Marin Maven. Her name is Geneva Anderson and she is willing to bring us along with her on her trips to various film festivals. I have gone to last years’ San Francisco Asian Film Festival and [...]

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In the fury to clean up America, the 1986 war on drugs has sent record numbers of women to prison and their children into an overburdened foster care system. Several states have denied substance abusing pregnant women their constitutional and human rights by prosecuting them for their addiction as opposed to addressing it as [...]

Posted in Living in Marin, Parenting, causes, film 301Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/03/29/documentary-highlights-marin-mothers-living-clean/Documentary+Highlights+Marin+Mothers+Living+Clean2008-03-30+00%3A47%3A15marinmaven

The Lark Theater is going to be showing Johnathan Demme’s 2007 documentary, “Jimmy Carter Man from Plains” on Friday, March 21, 2008. The showtime is to be announced.
From Sony Pictures Classics:
“Jimmy Carter Man From Plains is an intimate, surprising encounter with President Jimmy Carter. Following the path of Mr. Carter’s recent controversial book tour [...]

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Posted in Obama, elections, film 271Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/03/09/dont-consume-history-make-it/Don%27t+Consume+History%2C+Make+it2008-03-09+21%3A14%3A49The+Maven

This trailer is for the 42 minute film, “Family Court Crisis: Our Children At Risk” was created for the Center for Judicial Excellence by Kathleen Russell Consulting. Kathleen Russell recently ran for the Mar
in Healthcare District Board. The Center for Judicial Excellence (CJE) is a community-based organization “established to improve the judiciary’s public accountability and [...]

Posted in Marin Courts & Law, Parenting, Video Marin, film 269Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/03/09/marin-family-court-crisis/Marin+Family+Court+Crisis%3F2008-03-09+18%3A27%3A08The+Maven

Without seeing this film, we will suggest everyone go see this regardless if your opinion matches the current president or the guy who should have been our president in 2000…cough…Al Gore…cough. It will be playing on June 2nd at the CineArts at Sequoia in Mill Valley (25 Throckmorton Ave), or the California Theaters in Berkeley [...]

Posted in Events, Rant or Rave, film, global warming, holy crap 71Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2006/05/26/we-interrupt-our-regularly-scheduled-program/We+Interrupt+Our+Regularly+Scheduled+Program...2006-05-26+18%3A22%3A18The+Maven