jun 1, 2012
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2012 Cinegael Film Series
2:00 pm: “What We Leave in our Wake,” 70 minutes. Directed by Pat Collins. Nominee 2011 IFTA Feature Documentary Award.
3:30 pm: “Noreen,” 18 minutes. Directed by Domhnall Gleeson, with Brendan Gleeson. IFTA Nominee, Best Short Film 2011. [Two men with no idea what’s going on.]
4:00 pm: “Bill Cunningham New York,” 84 minutes. Directed by Richard Press, 2010. Best Documentary, Sydney, Nantucket, Abu Dhabi, Melbourne film festivals. [Columbanus redeems New York fashion.]
7:15 pm: “The Shore,” 29 minutes. Directed by Terry George, with Ciaran Hinds. 2012 Academy Award for Live Action Short.
7:45 pm: “Pentecost,” 11 minutes. Directed by Peter McDonald.
2012 Academy Award nominee for Live Action Short.
8:00 pm: “Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey,” 88 minutes. Directed by Lelia Doolan. 2102 IFTA Best Documentary. The story of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, the electrifying “Irish Joan of Arc,” “Castro in a mini-skirt,” youngest woman ever elected to the House of Commons at age 21 in 1969. Told with extensive, remarkable archival footage, especially from 1969-1981.
“It’s hard to overstate the impact McAliskey had on contemporary Northern Ireland...this is a stirring story told in an endlessly compelling voice.” — The Irish Times
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Mark Twain in Buffalo. The book.
A history in letters, articles, and photogaphs of Mark Twain’s journey to Buffalo and his life here from 1869-1871.
Edited by Robert H. Hirst & Patrick E. Martin. Published by W.S. Hein & Co.
Available now at local book stores including Talking Leaves Books, and in the bookshop inside the Central Library downtown. Copies may also be ordered online at: www.buffalolib.org.
Hardcover, for $25. Limited edition, numbered and signed, leather-bound, with a facsimile copy of the newly discovered Twain letter from the Buffalo collection, for $100. All proceeds of sale benefit the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library.
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