SYNOPSIS For Sama is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsvBqtg2RM0 SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, August 23, 2019 1:30 pm Dana Auditorium CREDITS Directors: Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts Producer: Waad al-Kateab FILM INFORMATION Genre: Documentary Feature Length: 95 min Location: Syria Language: Arabic Individual Advance Tickets On Sale…

PREMIERE DESIGNATION NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Guardian follows stewards of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest, who live full-time on boats in the depths of the wilderness to monitor salmon, the backbone of the ecosystem, economy and culture along the BC coast. But, in an age of science censorship and soaring natural resource development, Guardians—and the wildlife they have dedicated their lives to protect—are now disappearing. The film tackles the consequences of the erosion of science and environmental management. https://vimeo.com/226506526 SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, August 23, 2019 10:00 am Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Courtney Quirin (will attend the festival) Producer: Courtney Quirin…

PREMIERE DESIGNATION VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Ingrid tells the fascinating story of a successful fashion designer and mother in Texas who dropped everything and moved to rural Oklahoma in order to pursue a personal and creative life. She has since become a reclusive hermit and spends her time creating clay sculptures and art out of rocks from the nearby creek. What would drive a successful fashion designer to immerse herself in nature and leave everything behind? https://vimeo.com/250867694 SCREENING INFORMATION Saturday, August 24, 2019 1:30 pm Marquis Screening Room WINNER Hernandez/Bayliss Prize for Triumph of the Human Spirit CREDITS Director: Morrisa Maltz…

SYNOPSIS Award-winning documentary Invisible Hands exposes child labor and trafficking within the supply chains of the world’s biggest corporations, which produce some of our most loved items. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7TqXBiV8CE&rel=0 SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, August 23, 2019 10:00 am Dana Auditorium CREDITS Director: Shraysi Tandon Writer: Chad Beck Producers: Christina Weiss Lurie FILM INFORMATION Genre: Documentary Feature Length: 80 min Locations: Ghana, China, India, Indonesia, and USA Language: English Individual Advance Tickets On Sale August 5 - August 25 BUY ADVANCE TICKETS

SYNOPSIS Lynch: A History explores the silence that nonconformist NFL star Marshawn Lynch deploys as a form of resistance. Culling more than 700 video clips and placing them in dramatic, rapid, and radical juxtaposition, the film is a powerful political parable about the American media-sports complex and its deep complicity with racial oppression. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myreT4oTcIY SCREENING INFORMATION Sunday, August 25, 2019 1:00 pm Town Hall Theater CREDITS Director: David Shields (will attend the festival) Producer: David Shields FILM INFORMATION Genre: Documentary Feature Length: 85 min Location: USA Language: English Individual Advance Tickets On Sale August 5 - August 25 BUY ADVANCE…

PREMIERE DESIGNATION NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS In Boise, Idaho, where 70% of new arrivals are gay men from overseas, as many as one in fifteen mothers will become surrogates in their lifetime. Surrogacy has nearly quadrupled in the last 20 years, and this small Western city presents an opportunity to explore this growing yet complex and controversial phenomenon. https://vimeo.com/343543675 SCREENING INFORMATION Saturday, August 24, 2019 10:00 am Town Hall Theater CREDITS Director: Beth Aala Producers: Beth Levison (will attend the festival), Alex Pitz FILM INFORMATION Genre: Documentary Feature Length: 86 min Locations: USA, Spain Languages: English, Spanish Individual Advance Tickets…