Thursday, Clearview Cinemas

Opening Night Benefit and Film

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Rock and a Heart Place


Profile of the army of volunteers and musicians, Holiday Express, as they pursue their mission of bringing kindness via rock'n roll to thousands of individuals who may have been forgotten by society, yet are living at our very doorsteps.

This screening will be a special benefit, with 50% of the proceeds being donated to Holiday Express. Ticket price is $ 35.00 and includes both the film and admission to a special opening night reception that will be held after the screening.
83 Mins. New Jersey, USA, Directed by Michael Sodano




Friday, Clearview Cinemas

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Analyze This!: Socio-Political Message in the Media


A Media Education workshop presented by Voices of Hope Productions designed to address core curriulum standards for Social Studies and Language Arts.



3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Between Two Worlds: Memorializing the Lost Men from the Class of 42J


Fredric Arnold, accomplished author, artist and entrepreneur was one of two survivors from a group of 14 WWII fighter pilots who flew in North Africa in 1943. Suffering for years from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he decides to search for the families of those men in order to properly memorialize their heroic efforts during the war.
53 Mins. USA Directed by Aaron Weisblatt



5pm - 6:45 pm
Pledge of Allegiance Blues

In 1954 the United States Government felt the need to tweak the original 1892 Pledge of Allegiance, adding the phrase "under God". Get a portrait of Atheist Michael Newdow's personal mission to remove the religious undertone from the Pledge of Allegiance that you won't find in network news reporting.
72min USA Directed by Lisa L. Seidenberg



7:00-8:45 pm
Where You're Supposed To Be (shorts segment)

A series of shorts designed to make you rethink your place in life and ask the question: "Is this where I'm supposed to be?"

I Aim to Please
A puppet is willing to do whatever it takes to break free.
4min USA Directed by Noga Pnueli

Inside
Dom spends the majority of his depressing existence working in a generic office. Plagued by headaches, he turns to a bizarre new medication for relief.
6:30min Ireland Directed by Brian Davis

Mirror Mechanics
Kaleidoscopic images are used to explore the phenomenon of identification inherent to watching film.
7min Austria Directed by Seigfried A. Fruhauf

Heads Will Roll
Factory produced orbs take human form when planted in the forest. A puzzling civilization emerges.
8:20min Canada Directed by Brian Danin

Jellybean
The tale of a young mans quest to find his long lost best friend.
7min USA Directed by John Tatarcelli, Jr.

Missed
It has been eight million seven twenty one thousand six hundred fifty nine seconds; seven Fahrenheit vs. nineteen Celsius; eleven thousand miles away. I am lost when you are missing.
6min USA Directed by HuiMei Chen

Myron
Chance and fortune enter Myron's bland existence during his last day on Earth.
17 Min USA Directed by Luke Stettner

Lost In Asbury
A stark reverie of the city after dark.
5 Min New Jersey, USA Directed by Anthony L. Rodriguez

Journey
In a series of dance and medical images, artist Doreen Laperdon-Addison, a breast cancer survivor, combines two perspectives of the illness, the patient and the person. Depicting the interplay of emotions combined with the clinical aspects this video is an expression of her "journey" through healing.
7 Min. New Jersey, USA Directed by Doreen Laperdon-Addison

Eternity
Jack is hopeless since his daughter's accident, but love conquers all. Some people say that it can work miracles. That miracle appears as a magic ball flying through time and bringing goodness in its trail.
9 min FRANCE Director by Steve Moreau



9pm - 10:45
Games of Love and Chance

This romantic drama is not your typical high-school movie, but an exhilaratingly story that follows several North African and Muslim teenagers living in the slums of Paris through the tumultuous ups-and-downs of adolescence. The film won four Cesar Awards.
117 minutes France Abdellatif Kechiche

11pm - 12:45
Hot Lunch

In the classic style of such films as "Meatballs," and boasting a half-British/half-American cast, Hot Lunch pushes the limits of humor and taste. Four men: Jack, Tom, Hugo and Shag, are in varying degrees of woeful love lives. In an attempt to improve their situations, they tackle the New York dating scene with unparalleled enthusiasm. But they soon learn that in order to find the lighter side of love, they must experience the darker side of dating…which leads them to discover a new meaning to what they once though of as a "hot lunch." 90 min USA Director by Rory Kindersley


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