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Masquers has invested in a
high quality digital projector to complement the sound system in the
theater. This allows for films and film series to be screened. Masquers
Theater Film Series
In 2009
Masquers Theater
initiated a Film Series. With the support of What makes the film series
exciting for audiences is that the filmmaker, or someone associated
with the production of the film, attends and answers questions after
the screening. The first season found audiences staying for an hour
after the show engaged in lively discussions about the films. The
dialogue created a wonderful forum for the exchange of ideas, and
interests, the art of filmmaking, and the many places the filmmakers
have ventured in their quest to make documentary films. |
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2010 Film Series
all films start at 7:00pm Synopsis: In 1988 filmmaker Kevin Tomlinson filmed and interviewed a group of back-to-the-land “hippies” – living off the grid, insulated and isolated from mainstream culture. In 2006, he tracked down his subjects again to find out what had become of their families utopian plans and dreams. The film captures a time-lapse view of these back-to-the-landers told with moving personal stories of non-conforming tribal families—with lots of freedom but little cash, of unflinching political activism in the midst of small-town, rural America, and hippie kids who today ask whether free love was really free.
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July 17, 2010 – Lord Save Us From Your Followers, produced by Dan Merchant. Second showing on July
18, 2010, at 1:30pm. Synopsis: If you
were to meet ten average Americans on the street, nine of them would
say they believe in God. So why is the Gospel of Love dividing
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July
24, 2010 – Worlds
Largest,
Filmmakers
Amy Elliott and Elizabeth
Donius will be present to
screen the film. The long awaited film that includes many Synopsis: Desperate for tourism,
hundreds of
small towns across the U.S.A. claim the "world's largest" something
from 15-foot
fiberglass strawberries
to 40-foot
concrete pheasants.
Odd, funny and
sometimes beautiful, the statues stand as testament to the uniqueness
and
importance - the largeness - that all people feel, and need to feel,
about
their communities and their own existence. World's Largest, a feature
documentary, visits 58 sites around the country and profiles
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August 28, 2010 –
For The Bible
Tells me So, produced by Daniel
Karslake. Synopsis: Can the
love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating
gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an
excuse to hate? Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at
the Seattle International Film Festival, Dan Karslake's provocative,
entertaining documentary brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and
Biblical scripture, and in the process reveals that Church-sanctioned
anti-gay bias is based almost solely upon a significant (and often
malicious) misinterpretation of the Bible. As the film notes, most
Christians live their lives today without feeling obliged to kill
anyone who works on the Sabbath or eats shrimp (as a literal reading of
scripture dictates). Through the experiences of five very normal, very
Christian, very American families -- including those of former House
Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson --
we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of
having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond
Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and
Reverend Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing,
clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of
scripture and sexual identity. |
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