EVENTS/
SFIFF/DIALOGUES
All Dialogues are open to the general public; admission is free.
The Future of Water
Sunday, April 27
4:45 pm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
This distinguished panel consists of water experts and activists from around the world. As AP reports drugs in the drinking water of 24 U.S. cities, clean water starts to surface as a national security issue. Meanwhile, as scientists declare the Colorado River in “catastrophic decline,” multinational water companies are being accused of “water hunting.” A crisis confronts us: Will this century be marked by water wars? Or by a global catastrophe, in which only those who can pay for water survive? Who really owns water? Is water a human right?
Panelists will include:
Maude Barlow, author, Blue Covenant; national chairperson, Council of Canadians
Peter Gleick, author; MacArthur Fellow; cofounder, Pacific Institute
Irena Salina, director, Flow: For Love of Water
Shri Rajendra Singh, founder, Tarun Bharat Sangh; Magsaysay Award recipient
And other participants to be announced
Bay Area Political Documentary: A Legacy with a Future?
Saturday, May 3
3:00 pm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
This panel commemorates 40 years of political documentary distribution and production by California Newsreel not with praise but provocation.
A distinguished panel of Bay Area documentary filmmakers and critics will ask: Do films merely interpret the world or can they change it? In particular, how effectively does the long-form documentary function in the long-term process of social change? And what role if any does it have in the digital future, a world of podcasting, instant messaging, user-generated content and social networking?
Panelists will include:
Cathy Fischer, senior producer, ITVS Interactive
Dawn Logsdon, director, Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Lourdes Portillo, director, The Devil Never Sleeps, Al Más Allá
And other participants to be announced
Chronicle Chats
Join invited San Francisco Chronicle writers for three in-depth Q&A discussions following select film screenings. Chronicle Chats last approximately one hour, are open to the general public, and admission is free.
Following the conclusion of the 6:00 April 28 screening of Walt & El Grupo, Chronicle pop culture critic Peter Hartlaub will conduct an in-depth interview about the film and other things Disney with director Theodore Thomas, producer Kuniko Okubo and possibly other special guests.
Following the 6:00 May 5 screening of The Judge and the General, Chronicle editor-at-large Phil Bronstein will conduct an in-depth interview with directors Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco, and film subject and retired judge Juan Guzmán.
Following the 6:15 May 7 screening of Sleep Dealer, Chronicle writer Joe Garofoli will conduct an in-depth interview with director Alex Rivera.
