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ND/NF 2009
Program Overview
Amreeka
We Live in Public
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Autumn
Barking Water
Birdwatchers
Can Go Through Skin
Cold Souls
The Cove
Every Little Step
The Fly
Give Me Your Hand
Harmony and Me
Home
Louise-Michel
The Maid
Mid-August Lunch
The Milk of Sorrow
Ordinary Boys
Paper Soldier
Parque vía
The Shaft
Stay the Same...
Treeless Mountain
Unmade Beds
Teaming Up
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Ordinary Boys screening with Killer
Series: New Directors/New Films 2009


Ordinary Boys / Chicos normales
Daniel Hernández, Spain, 2008; 85m

In a small Moroccan village that was home to many of those responsible for Spain’s 2004 terrorist attacks, two young men and a young woman struggle to make ends meet. Although Rabia studied law, her only work option is as a seamstress, which she hopes to parlay into owning her own shop. Khader is an aspiring actor who pals around with Youseff, a small-time crook with a bum leg and a missing brother. While they try to figure out ways to get some cash, Youseff searches for clues to his brother’s whereabouts.

Documentary filmmaker Daniel Hernández’s slice-of-life drama paints a portrait of regular people with simple desires and examines how the specter of infamy casts a pall over simple dreams and aspirations.

screening with

Killer
Adam Leon and Jack Pettibone Riccobono, USA, 2009; 9m

Doc or not? All-night stakeouts, the rush of adrenaline, and the recklessness of adolescence define an urban right of passage.




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