Saturday, May 16
11:30am
Jacksonville Film Festival
Three years in the making, this cinemaverite feature from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berliners (Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) is the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion "Amazon Chernobyl" case, Crude is a reallife high stakes legal drama set against a backdrop of the environmental movement, global politics, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy , the media, multinational corporate power, and rapidlydisappearing indigenous cultures. Read more from the Times-Union>>
Chaturanga is the story of a love that is caught between conflicting worlds of ideas. The lead protagonist Sachish fleets from radical positivism to religious mysticism in his quest for life's meaning. However, his search ultimately yields nothing but crushing disillusionment. This is because he cannot square his abstract ideals with the powerful presence of two women in his life. Read more from the Times-Union>>Visit the Jacksonville Film Festival's website for more films at the Five Points Theatre and for all the up-to-date info.
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