Pre-Election Film Series at Images Cinema
Williamstown - Images Cinema is presenting two critically acclaimed documentaries relevant to the upcoming Presidential Election: Trouble The Water and Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story. Film information and dates follow below. Each film will be followed by a discussion, details, TBD. Images Cinema's regular ticket prices apply. Images Cinema is located at 50 Spring Street, Williamstown, MA.TROUBLE THE WATER
Monday, October 13 at 7pm
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Trouble the Water opens the day before Hurricane Katrina hit land. Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, turns her video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors trapped in the city. As the hurricane begins to rage and the floodwaters fill their world, Kim and her husband continue to film, documenting their harrowing voyage to higher ground. The film follows Kim's story during the aftermath of the storm and into a new life.
"Superb… One of the best American documentaries in recent memory."-NEW YORK TIMES
"It's a damning indictment of a national disgrace, but it also reveals the incredible faith and resilience of people who have nothing to rely on but themselves."--CHICAGO READER
BOOGIE MAN: THE LEE ATWATER STORY
Monday, October 20 at 7pm
Boogie Man is the surprising story of Lee Atwater, the blues-playing rogue whose rambunctious rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a political rock star. He mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush while leading the Republican Party to historic victories and transforming the way America elects its Presidents. To Democrats offended by the 1988 Willie Horton controversy, Atwater was a remorseless political assassin aptly dubbed by one Congresswoman "the most evil man in America."
"In the can't-look-away documentary "Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story," the career of the wildly successful, and wildly controversial, late Republican political operative comes back to us in ways that are funny, sad and mean. There is more than one moment in this film that will likely pop your jaw open."--WASHINGTON POST
The only one of its kind in Berkshire County, Images Cinema is a year-round non-profit, member-supported community film house that presents a wide range of films that impact filmmaking and our culture. Images continuously seeks to entertain, educate and engage the community with quality programming, while maintaining its dedication to independent film and media. Images Cinema is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Check for up-to-date happenings at www.imagescinema.org
