Events for November 10, 2019

Directed by Jim Huggins. 10,000 American Lives. 4,000 Military Working Dogs and their handlers. 1 Medal of Honor. SSgt Robert Hartsock altered the course of the Vietnam War but no one knew. Until now.   https://www.kansasfilm.com/artists/forgotten-heroes-the-robert-hartsock-story/

Unfolding over the course of a late summer's day in the fabled resort town of Sintra, Portugal, FRANKIE follows three generations who have gathered for a vacation organized by the family matriarch (Isabelle Huppert). In this fairy tale setting, husbands and wives, parents and children, friends and lovers — stirred by their romantic impulses — discover the cracks between them, ...

Journey to the seemingly idyllic world of Native Hawaiians, whose communities are surrounded by experimental test sites for genetically engineered seed corn and pesticides sprayed upwind of their homes, schools, hospitals, and shorelines. https://www.kansasfilm.com/artists/poisoning-paradise/

Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 is a documentary feature film about the false information and political influences which led to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. Alternative Facts sheds light on the people and politics that influenced the signing of the infamous Executive Order 9066 which authorized the mass incarceration of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans. ...

Directed by Matt Maxwell, Finding Home in Boomtown is set in the nation’s 2nd wealthiest city, where a West Texas oilman sets out to downsize and refocus his family’s life in order to build a tiny house community for the homeless. https://www.kansasfilm.com/artists/finding-home-in-boomtown/

This is a film about Esteban, who wakes up one day and no one recognizes him. He tries to convince his acquaintances that he is himself. Suddenly there is an accident. Esteban is not Esteban anymore, but a stranger that arrives in the village. https://www.kansasfilm.com/artists/barren-and-empty-the-sea/

Directed by Tyler Chandler - After many years of prescription medications failed her a suicidal woman turns to underground healers to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine like magic mushrooms and iboga. https://www.kansasfilm.com/artists/dosed/

Big Fur is wry portrait of taxidermist Ken Walker. Ken's looking for love... and proof that Bigfoot is real, as he builds a life-sized version of the legendary creature. https://www.kansasfilm.com/artists/big-fur/