American Independent Film Festivalِِ March 11, 2007

American Independent Film Festival

March 11-13, 2007
Shaab Cinema and U.S. Embassy
Kuwait

“Life after Tomorrow”

This film offers a glimpse of life behind the velvet curtain of a Broadway musical by exploring the real-life highs and lows of the many child actresses who over the years have played the lead role in the hit musical “Annie.”

“Paper Clips”

This moving and inspiring documentary film follows the school project in a small town in Tennessee that aimed to teach students what happens when hatred and intolerance spin out of control. They collect a paper clip for each of the 6 million victims of Nazi persecution. The film is an unforgettable lesson of how a committed group of children and educators can change the world one classroom at a time.

“Big Dreams Little Tokyo”

This film is explores individual cultural identity by following the lives of its two characters. Boyd aspires to succeed in the world of Japanese business, but finds himself mostly on the outside looking in. His roommate Jerome is a Japanese-American who has always felt too American to be Japanese, but too Japanese to be American. Together they struggle to find their place in a world where cultural identity is seldom what it seems.

“No Sweat”

This powerful documentary examines an all-American garment the – T-shirt – by taking a ride into the Los Angeles garment industry. The mostly undocumented workers at American Apparel and Sweat-X factories are offered better wages, benefits, even a shot at worker-ownership, but what's really behind the label?

“Disappearances”

This is the spellbinding tale of Quebec Bill Bonhomme, his life of smuggling, a family's mysterious past, and a young boy's rite of passage. Desperate to raise money, Bill resorts to smuggling, a traditional family occupation. He takes his son, Wild Bill, on an unforgettable trip that will long remain etched in the viewer's mind.

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