One World Film Festival

Lexington's 2011 One World Film Festival opens on February 13, and during the months of February and March will show ten films in its series. This is the Thirteenth Anniversary of the film festival which has at its objective to show documentaries, feature films and sponsor speakers chosen to stimulate discussion and increase understanding of issues of race, culture, and ethnicity.

1. Amreeka
Thursday February 17, 5:00 and 7:30PM
Kentucky Theatre
Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi (Melkar Muallem), divorcée Muna Farah (Nisreen Faour) leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq.

2. Only When I Dance
Sunday February 20, 2:00 and 4:30PM
Lexington Public Library Central Library Theater
To achieve their shared dream of becoming ballet superstars, two young black dancers from the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, must overcome poverty, prejudice and incredible odds -- a journey captured in this inspiring documentary.

3. Vanishing of the Bees
Thursday February 24, 5:00 and 7:30PM
Kentucky Theatre
Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives. Vanishing of the Bees follows commercial beekeepers David Hackenberg and Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy and fulfill pollination contracts across the U.S.

4. Blood Done Sign My Name
Sunday February 27, 2:00 PM ONLY!!
Lexington Public Library Central Library Theater
From director Jeb Stuart comes this earnest drama based on the real-life 1970 murder of black Vietnam veteran Henry Marrow by virulent racists subsequently acquitted by an all-white North Carolina jury despite overwhelming evidence of their guilt.

5. Captain Abu Raed
Thursday March 3, 5:00 and 7:30PM
Kentucky Theatre
Airport janitor Abu Raed (Nadim Sawalha) has long wanted to travel the world, but he's had to settle for imagined experiences through books and conversations. When a group of children mistakes him for a pilot, he captivates them with made-up tales of adventure. As he begins to form close friendships with these poor neighborhood kids, it dawns on him just how challenging their lives really are. This foreign drama won the 2008 Sundance Audience Award for World Cinema.

6. BoneCrusher
Sunday March 6, 2:00 and 4:30PM
Lexington Public Library Central Library Theater
In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, a young coal miner toils a mile underground. Despite the harsh working conditions, Lucas Chaffin takes fierce pride in doing the job once done by the man he loves more than anything, his father. Lucas' father, nicknamed "Bonecrusher," was a strong, handsome man. Now he's withered and sick; coal dust has ravaged his lungs. As life slips away, his greatest concern isn't for himself; it is for Lucas' safety.

7. Like Stars on Earth
Sunday March 13, 2:00 PM ONLY!!
Lexington Public Library Central Library Theater
A chronic daydreamer, 8-year-old Ishaan (Darsheel Safary) finds his life take a turn for the worse when his parents, frustrated that he keeps getting into trouble, send him away to a boarding school in hopes he'll become more disciplined. But Ishaan's misery abates when the unconventional new art teacher, Ram Shankar Nikumbh (Aamir Khan), decides to try to help his imaginative young student discover his true identity in this charming Indian drama.

8. Entre Nos (Between Us)
Spanish with subtitles (80 min.)
Thursday March 17, 5:00 and 7:30PM
Kentucky Theatre
Abruptly abandoned by her husband in a country completely foreign to her, Colombian native Mariana (Paola Mendoza) struggles to take care of herself and her two young children on the unforgiving streets of New York City.

One World Films, Inc.
637 Lakeshore Drive
Lexington, KY 40502-3157

Source: Oneworldfilmfestival.org