Posts Tagged 'Eugene Jarecki'

MFF presents THE HOUSE I LIVE IN with special guest Kurt Schmoke, former Mayor of Baltimore and General Counsel for Howard University, on 12-13!

Published December 5, 2012 Uncategorized 3 Comments
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THILIposterMaryland Film Festival is pleased to present a special screening of Eugene Jarecki‘s award-winning documentary THE HOUSE I LIVE IN with special guest former Baltimore mayor and General Counsel for Howard University Kurt Schmoke on Thursday, December 13th at 7pm at the MICA Brown Center.

After a more than sold out screening with the Open Society Institute last month, this is your chance to see the full film and also hear Kurt Schmoke be interviewed by WYPR’s Tom Hall after the screening!

This will be the next in the MFF/WYPR “Spotlight Series” showcasing the best new independent film titles with conversations between WYPR host Tom Hall and filmmakers whose movies are being shown over the course of the year by the festival.  The interviews are aired on WYPR’s Maryland Morning the week following the screening.  (Click here for the podcast of Tom Hall‘s interview with Lucy Alibar, screenwriter for 2012 Sundance winner BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD).

Maryland Film Festival presents THE HOUSE I LIVE IN
With special guest Kurt Schmoke
Thursday, December 13th
7:00pm
MICA Brown Center
1301 West Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD
$5/Free for FOFs!

Shot in more than twenty states, THE HOUSE I LIVE IN tells the stories of individuals at all levels of America’s War on Drugs.  From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, the film offers a penetrating look inside America’s criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.

Want to see this for FREE?  Join Friends of the Festival today to get access to this sneak preview and dozens of other FREE screening opportunities year-round, including special access at our upcoming festival, May 8-12, 2013!

Maryland Film Festival and Open Society Institute Present THE HOUSE I LIVE IN on 10/9 with Director Eugene Jarecki, Judge Andre Davis and an introduction by David Simon!

Published October 2, 2012 Uncategorized 2 Comments
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Maryland Film Festival, in collaboration with The Open Society Institute, is thrilled to announce a special screening of Eugene Jarecki‘s  THE HOUSE I LIVE IN with special guests Eugene Jarecki and Judge Andre Davis (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit) on October 9th, 7:00pm, at the Charles Theater.  David Simon, creator of The Wire, will be introducing the film.

Shot in more than twenty states, THE HOUSE I LIVE IN tells the stories of individuals at all levels of America’s War on Drugs.  From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, the film offers a penetrating look inside America’s criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.

MFF & Open Society Institute present
THE HOUSE I LIVE IN with special guests Eugene Jarecki and Judge Andre Davis  with an introduction by David Simon
Tuesday, October 9th
7:00pm
The Charles Theater, 1711 N. Charles St.

This screening is free for all; however, priority for seats will be given to current Friends of the Festival. 

“Jarecki doesn’t minimize the real damage that drug use inflicts on individuals, families, and communities, but he forcefully concludes that the so-called cure has had far more damaging effects on our society. The film leaves the possibility for change up to us rather than our governmental officials, who regularly have to talk “tough on crime” to win elections. I’d hate to imply that it’s your civic duty to see “The House I Live In” when it’s eventually released to theaters, but guess what — it is.”
-Ty Burr, The Boston Globe

Sundance: A Gathering of the Tribe

Published January 27, 2012 Uncategorized 1 Comment
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Sightings from Sundance 2012: a festivalgoer looking for tickets.

In addition to being an invaluable marketing tool for independent (and not-so-independent) film and also new products of all sorts (cars, Brita filters, coconut water, et al), Sundance is also a gathering of the tribe, like any convention. Few examples:

I ran in to SXSW‘s head, Janet Pierson, while re-filling my water bottle at the Library Center Theater. She’s been to MFF a couple of times and it’s always fun catching up with her. She introduced me to Sarah Green, a terrific producer whose work I’ve admired (TREE OF LIFE, TAKE SHELTER, Mamet’s works, etc. ) but had never met.

Walking into a screening, I noticed an MFF bag and saw it was on Marcus Hu‘s shoulder, the head of Strand Releasing, one of the great art house distributors. He introduced me to Carl Spence, Artistic Director of the Seattle International Film Festival, a wonderful 25-day extravaganza that contends with Toronto for title of Biggest Film Festival in North America.

At another screening, I sat next to filmmaker Michael Tully (director of SEPTIEN) and a few seats down from writer/director Lynn Shelton (director of YOUR SISTER’S SISTER and Sundance jury this year), both MFF alums, and then, coming out of DETROPIA I hear a woman introduce herself to one of the film’s directors, MFF Board member Rachel Grady, and it is Laura Bennett, the new Artistic Director of the Chesapeake Film Festival in Easton whom I’d never met despite some emailing .

I drop by the temporary WireImage studio to see its CEO, and Baltimore native, Jeff Vespa, and run in to Mark Duplass who is an MFF alum and is in two movies here and produced several. Oscar-nominated Laura Poitras was at the screening of Eugene Jarecki‘s new film about the disastrous drug war, THE HOUSE I LIVE IN,  (he did WHY WE FIGHT and last year’s fascinating documentary on Ronald Reagan) and the new film features excellent interviews with David Simon. Well, you get the picture.

-Jed Dietz, Thursday 1/26

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