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Atlanta Underground Film Festival Features
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Blood Car
In the near future gas prices have reached astronomical highs nearing $40 a gallon. One man, Archie Andrews, an environmentalist elementary school teacher, is trying to discover an alternate fuel source. While experimenting with wheat grass, Archie accidentally stumbles upon a solution. That solution turns out to be blood. HUMAN BLOOD!
AUFF Closing Feature
Midnight Saturday August 25, 2007 at the Plaza.
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Cracker Crazy
The Invisible Histories of the Sunshine State
Dir. Georg Koszulinski - FL - 94 min.
Film Website
Blending archival and original footage, Cracker Crazy brings to life a cast of historical characters spanning 12,000 years, from Florida's ancient Indians to the migrant farm workers of the 21st century. Unmask the Ku Klux Klan and don't forget Walt Disney and Henry Flagler - the two characters most responsible for the Florida we know today. Think you know Florida? Think again.
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A creepy, surrealistic drama about a nun and a prostitute who get stuck on an elevator. One is going to, one is coming from a meeting with the same man. The prostitute has a talking handbag.
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Elliot Guillespie seeks to become the worlds greatest investigative reporter, ala his idol, Rod Reel. A daunting task considering he comprises a news crew of one, can't drive, and still lives in his mother's basement. To aid him in his pursuits, Elliot enlists Toby, a depressed and lonely suburban taxi driver, to be his cameraman. The two quest for the big scoop, or what passes for the big scoop in the suburban town in which they live. Complicating matters is Roy Henry, Elliot's former childhood bully, now his mothers lover, and his partner in a lawn-care business. Elliot slips further and further into psychosis as his dream seems unattainable. It would seem that to make the news, one may truly have to MAKE the news.
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Moonlight & Magic
Dir. Timothy Spanos - Australia - 90 min.
Film Website
A mo-hawk and a diabetic journey across the high country searching for a home they can call their own. Along the way, they meet a brain damaged nudist, a breast cancer survivor and a delinquent as they spread their moonlight and magic throughout the land. Don't miss this prequel to "Nancy, Nancy," AUFF's Best Comedy in 2006!
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Music Industry A - Z
Dir. Sean Crawford - NY/GA - 68 min.
Film Website
This eye-opening documentary stresses the importance of teamwork, independent production, mixtapes, publishing, contracts, touring, marketing & promotions as well as what label executives are looking for in an artist. Featuring interviews with Sean Paul, Swizz Beatz, Fat Joe, Slim Thug, Pitbull, Jadakiss, and many, many more, this documentary is a must see for anyone who is trying to break into the music industry.
Playing with Opening Short:
The Hiphop Nation:
A Conversation Inspired by the Teachings of KRS-ONE
Dir. Russel Gottschalk - GA - 25 min.
On April 16th 2005, in Atlanta, KRS-ONE delivered his Gospel of Hiphop, which focused on it's goals, purpose, past and future. His teachings prove Hiphop is a powerful cultural movement, a network of social relations and an international existence that transcends race, religion, gender and class.
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NAILED!
Branca, a Brazilian immigrant, get entangled with the exploits of Patrick, a con-artist, looking to swindle her out of money for marriage. Branca soon discovers that cultural integration costs more than money, and that the American man of her dreams is as elusive as the American dream itself.
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Sons of Saturn
Dir. Joao Machado - Brazil - 45 min.
Film Website
Meet the Saturnino family, a fictional story told through real archival footage of a family who goes from rags to riches to rags again. Three generations of men are bound by a legacy going beyond the intertwining branches of their family tree.
AUFF Opening Feature
8:30 PM, Thursday, August 23, 2007 at Eastside Lounge
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The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez
Dir. Heidi Specogna - USA - 90 min.
Film Website
The moving and nearly unbelievable story of the 'green-card soldier,' a one-time street kid from Guatemala, who headed north along the Pan-American Highway — full of hopes and desires for a better future — ultimately to die an American hero far from home.
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VIVA is a cult freak-out retro 1970's spectacle, about a bored housewife who gets sucked into the sexual revolution. Abandoned by her perfect Ken-doll husband, Barbi is dragged into trouble by her girlfriend, who spouts women's lib as she gets Barbi to discard her bra and go out on the town. Barbi becomes a Red Riding Hood in a sea of wolves, and quickly learns a lot more than she wanted to about the different kinds of scenes going on in the wild '70's, including nudist camps, the hippie scene, orgies, bisexuality, sadism, drugs, and bohemia.
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An AUFF Retrospective:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dir. Jim Sharman
Writers: Richard O'Brien & Jim Sharman Year: 1975
You are invited to participate in an AUFF salute to the ultimate underground film! If you've never experienced RHPS in a theatre, now's your chance!
Join Brad and Janet as they enter the realm of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry) and his twisted pals. 'Come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab. I see you shiver with antici-pation!'
Midnight, Friday, August 24, 2007 at The Plaza
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An Animation Attack! Retrospective:
Jason and the Argonauts
Dir. Don Chaffey - year : 1963
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Experience the many-headed Hydra, Talos the giant and the army of skeletons that made stop-motion animation expert Ray Harryhausen legendary!
10:00 PM, Saturday, August 25, 2007 at The Plaza
Presented by the Silver Scream Spook Show!
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