60m; U.S.
Director: Randy Croce
Synopsis (http://ifstonecouldspeak.wordpress.com): “Thousands of stonecutters emigrated from northern Italy, to Barre, Vermont, “Granite Capital of the World.” This documentary follows the artisans and their families from quarries, workshops and schools in Italy to granite carving sheds in New England.”
19m; U.K.
Director: Brian Davis
Synopsis: If a Body Meet a Body explores the lives and jobs of three unique individuals who are constantly surrounded by death at the busiest coroner’s office in the world.
Website: http://www.ifabodymovie.com/
Director: Ellie Walton
Synopsis: Documentary about hispanic day workers in DC.
143m; Japan
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Synopsis: Kanji Watanabe is a longtime bureaucrat in a city office who, along with the rest of the office, spends his entire working life doing nothing. He finds that he has a terminal cancer and decides to intensively live his last months of life.
96m; U.S.
Director: Esau Melendez
Synopsis: Using the resistance of illegal immigrant Elvira Arellano, the film documents the rise of the pro-immigrant movement in Chicago.
50m; U.S.
Director: Susan Legere
Synopsis: Tales of immigration and upward mobility from three Boston College service workers.
Contact: Susan Legere legeres@bc.edu
76m; U.S.
Director: Georg Koszulinski
Synopsis: Immokalee U.S.A. examines the lives of the individuals who make up the small migrant farming community of Immokalee, Florida.
Contact: koszulinski@gmail.com 352-491-2960 (Cell)
135m;
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Cast: Ekateryna Rak, Paul Hofmann, Michael Thomas, Maria Hofstätter, Georg Friedrich, Natalija Baranova, Natalia Epureanu, Petra Morzé, Dirk Stermann, Erich Finsches
Synopsis: This dark comedy is about the crossing stories of a Ukrainian nurse (import) and a maladjusted Viennese security man (export).
Contact: (http://importexport.ulrichseidl.com/en/) Sarah Wilby 45a rathbone Street London W1T 1NW, GB, T +44 20 7580 0222 F +44 20 7580 0333 sarahwilby@mac.com
109m; U.S.
Director: Paul Weitz
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace and Scarlett Johansson
Synopsis: A middle-aged ad exec is faced with a new boss who’s nearly half his age… and who also happens to be sleeping with his daughter.
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