PSIFF 5-Jan

Body of War
USA, 2007, 87 Minute Running Time
Topics: Documentary, Political, War, Woman Director

Veteran talk-show host Phil Donahue’s Academy Award-nominated documentary is a hardhitting indictment of governmental misuse of power focusing on one of its most courageous victims—a soldier paralyzed by a bullet five days after his arrival in Iraq.

DIRECTOR: Phil Donohue, Ellen Spiro
Producer: Ellen Spiro, Phil Donahue, Karen Bernstein
Editor: Bernadine Colish
Cinematographer: Ellen Spiro
Music: Eddie Vedder, Jeff Layton
Principal Cast: Tomas Young, Cathy Smith, Senator Robert Byrd
Filmography: Ellen Spiro: Troop 1500 (2005), Roam Sweet Home (1996), Greetings From Out Here (1993) Phil Donahue:, Debut Feature
World Sales: The Film Sales Company

City of Men
Cidade dos Homens
Brazil, 2007, 106 Minute Running Time
Topic: Drama
Language: Portuguese English Sub-Titles

From the team behind companion piece City of God comes this less razzle-dazzle but more emotionally affecting story of the friendship between two 18-year-olds in the slums of Rio and the effects on their relationship caused by a burgeoning gang war.

DIRECTOR: Paulo Morelli
Producer: Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Bel Berlinck, Fernando Meirelles, Paulo Morelli
Editor: Daniel Rezende
Screenwriter: Elena Soarez
Cinematographer: Adriano Goldman
Music: Antonio Pinto
Principal Cast: Darlan Cunha, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos, Camila Monteiro
Filmography: Speaker Phone (2003), O Preço da Paz (2003), Lápide (1997)
World Sales: Buena Vista International