Film Threat 2008 SXSW Guide

Celia Maysles had no idea her father and his brother Albert were pioneers of verite documentary filmmaking. Determined to uncover the secrets surrounding her background, Celia sets out on a quest to rediscover her father by using his own artistic process.

At a prison in the high desert foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, hard-core criminals are given 90 days to tame wild mustang horses. Most of the inmates who volunteer for the program have never trained a horse before, or even ridden one.

Fanatical birdwatchers have descended upon a small town in the Arkansas bayou in hopes of finding the celebrated Ivory Billed Woodpecker. Declared extinct in the 1940s, the bird has apparently been spotted by numerous experts over the past few months. The news is miraculous, yet concrete proof remains elusive.

You heard them playing on the Beach Boys hits, on the Mamas and the Papas' recordings, on Frank Sinatra records, on Monkees' singles and they were Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. Simply put, you heard them everywhere. They have performed on more number one singles than the Beatles. They were one of rock and roll's most legendary bands, a hit-making machine. Most likely, you never heard their name. If you knew who they were, you called them the Wrecking Crew.Hal Blaine, Carole Kaye, Tommy Tedesco, Glen Campbell, Earl Palmer. These are a few members of the Wrecking Crew. Their story is remarkable. Tedesco's son, Denny Tedesco, knew it well enough to see that it had to be told to more than a small circle of friends. Just prior to his father's death, Denny Tedesco set out to film his father and other members of the Wrecking Crew to capture their story firsthand.The film features conversations with Brian Wilson, Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Mickey Dolenz, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler, Dick Clark, Jimmy Webb, Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn and many others.

In 1960 a young man from San Antonio is arrested for robbery, convicted and sent to a state prison farm to pick cotton. He denies committing the robberies, but can't afford a lawyer to appeal his cases. With his eighth grade education he reads every law book he can in prison and files his appeal pro se. Prison life is brutalÑcorporal punishments frequently cruelÑand he believes it's wrong. So he writes a lawsuit against the prison director, and the walls of solitary confinement close in on him. WRIT WRITER tells the story of jailhouse lawyer Fred Cruz (b.1939Ñd.1986) and the legal battle he waged to secure what he believed to be the constitutional rights of Texas prisoners. Told by wardens, convicts, and former prisoners who knew Cruz, the story and film masterfully weave contemporary and archival film footage to evoke the fascinating transformation of a prisoner and a prison system still haunted by their pasts.

An inmate escapes prison to reunite with his daughter and searches for her murdered mother in order to ultimately exhume her body and give her a proper burial. Screens with TULIA TEXAS.

Glitch-hop artists Yea Big and Kid Static find themselves alone without the other's frenetic stimulation. So, they flow, through city of Chicago searching each other out. 'The Life Here' is revealed through Kid Static's high-energy performance and parkour stylings and beat-master Yea Big's witty street antics.

A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships. Yeast [trailer] Add to My Profile | More Videos

The touching and heartfelt portrait of a New England senior citizens chorus that has delighted audiences worldwide with their covers of songs by everyone from The Clash to Coldplay.