North Carolina will be hosting the largest documentary film festivals over the weekend as the FullFrame Film Festival starts today. Granted, more docs are available to mainstream audiences than ever thanks to NetFlix, IFC and The Sundance Channel, but there should be some films there which will not be widely available at a later juncture. Though I don't plan to go the fest in Durham, I thought I would mention a few of the films that will screen there. They include "Banished" from director Marco Williams. The doc, which was the subject of today's "State of Things" (North Carolina public radio program), is about how racism in the American South never seems to fully disappear. Another film "The Dentist from New Jersey" profiles an average Joe who took over 1,000 photographs of the World Trade Center. And, "For the Bible Tells Me So," which my friend Judy Ayyildiz saw at this year's Sundance Film Festival will be shown in Durham. The doc profiles the reasons for the polarizing views regarding homosexuality in the Christian religion. Among those interview was (yikes!) the Rev. James Dobson. Full Frame will also pay homage to North Carolina filmmaker Ross McElwee whose film "Bright Leaf," along with the fiction film "Junebug" capture the zany interacies of the Tar Heel State.
In other news, the Galaxy Cinema in Cary, NC (Raleigh) starts Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Turkish film "Climates" on Friday. I actually requested the film when I was there several months ago. The Galaxy Cinema is also unique for its offerings of Bollywood musicals.
And, the Grandin Theatre in Roanoke will add "The Hoax" to its great lineup. The film about Clifford Irving, a man who pretended to know Howard Hughes stars Richard Gere and is helmed by Lasse Hallstorm of "The Cider House Rules" fame.
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