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June 16-26th: BAM CINEMAFEST 2011 EXCITING LINE-UP of DOCUMENTARIES

The 3rd annual BAMcinemaFest, a festival of American Independents, international discoveries and repertory gems has just announced their documentary line-up with many directors in attendance.

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (Marie Losier, US)
A portrait of legendary musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge of
Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV.

Dragonslayer (Triston Patterson)
A gorgeously shot, expressionistic portrait of Josh “Skreech” Sandoval, a professional yet poverty stricken So-Cal Skateboarder.

Elevate
First time Director Buford helms this moving documentary of four Senegalese teenagers with hoop dreams of playing in the NBA.

If A Tree Falls, the Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Marshall Curry)
The director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Street Fight trains his lens on the rise and fall of the radical environmental group which the FBI called America’s “number one domestic terrorist threat”

For more information, to see the full-line up and to get tickets, go to: http://bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1193

Starts	June 16 2011
Ends / Deadline	June 26 2009
Homepage	http://bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1193
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Issues	Environment, Gay/Lesbian, Gender/Women, Human Rights, Racial Justice