17th Annual Chesapeake Film Festival

The 17th annual Chesapeake Film Festival continues in Easton at the historic Ebenezer Theater September 27-29 with a celebration of the very best in independent filmmaking with almost 40 films and panel discussions from filmmakers throughout the world.

Schedule:

12 Noon - 3:15 PM

Martin Zell, President - Q&A with Film Distributor, Rebekah Louisa Smith and representative from The Nature Conservancy

Narrative & Documentary Features -- “Recollections & Realizing Dreams”

Monda Raquel Webb Welcome and Introduction to Guests & Films

12PM - 1:30 PM - Documentary Feature

A Photographic Memory - Documentary Feature - TRT: 87 min USA - directed by Rachel Elizabeth Seed. A Photographic Memory is an intimate, genre-bending portrait of a daughter’s attempt to piece together a portrait of her mother, anavant-garde journalist and a woman she never knew.

1:45 - 3:15pm - Narrative Feature

ImPossible - Narrative Feature - TRT: 84 min - USA directed by Seckeita Lewis -- When a man with big dreams is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, he forms an unbreakable bond with a widowed fast food worker to do the impossible; transform his life and pursue his passion of becoming a police officer.

Monda Raquel Webb leads Q&A with film director, Seckeita Lewis

3:30 - 5:00 PM “Fashion Forward” - The Genius of Gianni Versace Alive -

Film Director, Vincent De Paul Introduces his film Documentary Feature - TRT: 64 min - USA directed by Salvatore V. Zannino about the great contributions of the fashion designer Gianni Versace to the film and fashion industry.

Film Director, Vincent De Paul Q&A with Cid Collins Walker

7:00 - 9:00 PM "Saturday Night & the Arts”

Cid Collins Walker welcome and introduction

Chinese Painted Paper Cutting Folklife Apprenticeship - Documentary Short - TRT: 7:16 min - USA Master artist Shanye Huang taught Chinese painted paper cutting to apprentice artist Etian Huang in a documentary by Wide Angle Youth Media for the Maryland State Arts Council. Funded by Maryland Traditions, Folklife Apprenticeships support the transmission of cultural traditions, enabling master and apprentice artists to collaborate for up to one year. Wide Angle Youth Media, a Baltimore-based production company, amplifies the voices of youth and equips them with media arts skills to document stories across social divides.

Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye - Documentary Feature - TRT: 83:15 min

USA directed by Glenn Holsten. Part of a three-generation dynasty of painters, Jamie Wyeth has carved out a singular path in the art world. His subjects include John F. Kennedy, Andy Warhol, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rudolf Nureyev, animals on his farm and on islands of Maine, all through his unique, and sometimes unsettling, lens. Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye is the first feature length documentary that embraces the full scope of the American artist’s life and work.

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