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Leavenworth, WA – Carpe May with Vox Docs at the Snowy Owl
Theater—Catch may with a
five award-winning documentary stories of hope, triumph and
social change, including:
The Bully Project -
opens a window onto the pained and often endangered lives of bullied
kids, revealing a problem that transcends geographic, racial, ethnic and
economic borders
A place at the table -
A film about hunger in America
Ready to Fly - Winner Best Feature Length Documentary at
2012 Banff Film Festival.
Searching for Sugar Man - 2013 Academy Award Winner Best
Documentary. Searching for Sugar Man tells the incredible true story of
Rodriguez, the greatest '70s rock icon who never was.
Chasing Ice - Winner of 23 awards from film festivals around
the world, is the story of one man's mission to change the tide of history by
gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Within months of that
first trip to Iceland, the photographer conceived the boldest expedition of his
life: The Extreme Ice Survey.
Tickets can be purchased for individual films or a festival
pass for the entire weekend.
All ticket proceeds support local non-profit organizations.
Bully, May 3, 7PM - Opening Night Film with Special Guest & After Party
"A provocative and essential documentary" - NPR News. Filmed over the course of an entire school year, BULLY opens a window onto the pained and often endangered lives of bullied kids, revealing a problem that transcends geographic, racial, ethnic and economic borders. *To benefit the Cascade Education Foundation
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A Place at the Table, May 4, 12PM
"A film about hunger in America, it's both engaging and enraging" - Variety. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity. *To benefit the Initiative for Rural Innovation and Stewardship (IRIS)
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Ready to Fly, May 4, 2PM
Winner Best Feature Length Documentary at 2012 Banff Film Festival. Thrust into a fight that's far bigger than her Olympic dreams of competing in the 2014 Winter Games, larger than ski jumping or even sport, Van becomes the reluctant spokesperson for gender equality and women's rights.
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Searching for Sugar Man, May 4, 5PM
2013 Academy Award Winner Best Documentary. Searching for Sugar Man tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest '70s rock icon who never was.Their investigation leads them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez. *To benefit the Icicle Creek Youth Symphony
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Chasing Ice, May 4, 7PM - Closing Night with Special Guest
Winner of 23 awards from film festivals around the world. Chasing Ice is the story of one man's mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Within months of that first trip to Iceland, the photographer conceived the boldest expedition of his life: The Extreme Ice Survey.*To benefit Chelan Douglas Land Trust
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