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Oct
4
Tue
Doctober: Embrace @ Pickford Film Center
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Oct 4 @ 6:30 pm
Doctober: Embrace @ Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Embrace is told from the point of view of Taryn as she traverses the globe talking to experts, women in the street and well-known personalities about the alarming rates of body image issues that are seen in people of all body types. In her affable and effervescent style, Taryn bares all (literally) to explore the factors contributing to this problem and seeks to find solutions.

After 24 months of travelling, interviewing, production and post production Taryn and the Embrace team have created a film that is relevant, relatable, highly engaging – but above all life changing.

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Oct
10
Mon
Doctober: Starless Dreams @ Pickford Film Center
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Oct 10 @ 6:30 pm
Doctober: Starless Dreams @ Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Murder and theft, drug dealing and addiction: young lives marked by traumatic stories lead to this Iranian “Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre” for girls. Some of the girls feel more at home in prison than they did with their families. A rare documentary glimpse inside a locked-up world and a respectful portrait of young women struggling to recapture some sense of personal dignity.

$8 – Students, $10.75 – General

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Oct
11
Tue
Doctober: What Tomorrow Brings @ Pickford Film Center
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Oct 11 @ 6:30 pm
Doctober: What Tomorrow Brings @ Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | Washington | United States

With unprecedented access, What Tomorrow Brings goes inside the very first girls’ school in one small Afghan village. From the school’s beginnings in 2009 to its first graduation in 2015, the film traces the interconnected stories of students, teachers, village elders, parents, and school founder Razia Jan. Filmmaker Beth Murphy embeds herself in this school and community for a most intimate look at what it really means to be a girl growing up in Afghanistan today.

$7.50 Members, $8.00 Students, $10.75 General

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Oct
12
Wed
Doctober: For the Love of Spock @ Pickford Film Center
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Oct 12 @ 4:00 pm
Doctober: For the Love of Spock @ Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | Washington | United States

With an introduction by Steve Meyers, featuring a screening of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, free entry with your ticket to Spock!
Last year, just before Thanksgiving, I approached my dad, Leonard Nimoy, about the possibility of working together on a film about Mr. Spock. I had skimmed through some of the books on the making of Star Trek and felt there was so much more to explore about the creation and development of Mr. Spock. And the timing seemed right, as the 50th anniversary of Star Trek the original series was not that far away. Dad agreed that now was the right time, and that he was 100% committed to collaborating with me on this project. He also reminded me that we were (then) just days away from the 50th anniversary of the start of production on “The Cage,” the original pilot for Star Trek in which dad first appeared as Mr. Spock.

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Oct
13
Thu
Doctober: The Case of the Three Sided Dream @ Pickford Film Center
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Oct 13 @ 4:00 pm
Doctober: The Case of the Three Sided Dream @ Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | Washington | United States

The story of multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk; who went from blind infant, to child prodigy, to adult visionary, to political activist, and finally to paralyzed showman. A seemingly superhuman musical force who played literally until the day he died.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935-1977) was more than a blind musician who could play three horns at once, more than one of the most exciting and amazing sax players who ever lived. Beyond the ability to play multiple melodies at the same time, he was a warrior against racial injustice, fought for people with disabilities, and was a tireless campaigner for a wider appreciation of Jazz (what he termed Black Classical Music).
Packed with electrifying archival footage of Kirk and his music, intimate interviews, and inspired animated sequences; Kahan’s film is an absorbing look at the man who wouldn’t even let partial paralysis keep him from pursuing what he called “The Religion of Dreams.

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Doctober: Recilience @ Pickford Film Center
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Oct 13 @ 6:30 pm
Doctober: Recilience @ Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Researchers have recently discovered a dangerous biological syndrome caused by abuse and neglect during childhood. As the new documentary Resilience reveals, toxic stress can trigger hormones that wreak havoc on the brains and bodies of children, putting them at a greater risk for disease, homelessness, prison time, and early death. While the broader impacts of poverty worsen the risk, no segment of society is immune. Resilience, however, also chronicles the dawn of a movement that is determined to fight back. Trailblazers in pediatrics, education, and social welfare are using cutting-edge science and field-tested therapies to protect children from the insidious effects of toxic stress—and the dark legacy of a childhood that no child would choose.

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Oct
14
Fri
Doctober: Kedi @ Pickford Film Center
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Oct 14 @ 6:30 pm
Doctober: Kedi @ Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Kedi is not a documentary about house cats or the strays you occasionally see in your back yard. Kedi is a film about the hundreds of thousands of cats who have roamed the metropolis of Istanbul freely for thousands of years, wandering in and out of people’s lives, impacting them in ways only an animal who lives between the worlds of the wild and the tamed can. Cats and their kittens bring joy and purpose to those they choose, giving people an opportunity to reflect on life and their place in it. In Istanbul, cats are the mirrors to ourselves.

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Oct
15
Sat
Doctober: Starless Dreams @ Pickford Film Center
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Oct 15 @ 11:30 am
Doctober: Starless Dreams @ Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Murder and theft, drug dealing and addiction: young lives marked by traumatic stories lead to this Iranian “Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre” for girls. Some of the girls feel more at home in prison than they did with their families. A rare documentary glimpse inside a locked-up world and a respectful portrait of young women struggling to recapture some sense of personal dignity.

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Doctober: All This Panic @ Pickford Film Center
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Oct 15 @ 1:30 pm
Doctober: All This Panic @ Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | Washington | United States

All this Panic is a feature length documentary that takes an intimate look into the interior lives of seven teenage girls as they come of age in NYC. A potent mix of high art portraiture and cinema verite, we followthem as they navigate the ephemeral and fleeting transition between child and adult. Shot over a three-year period in a lush and cinematic style, All this Panic is a meditation on the mysterious, sometimes painful, and ultimately exhilarating time of life. In a world where “they want to see us but the don’t want to hear us” this is a project comprised of young women speaking to their own experiences.

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Doctober: Maya Angelou and I Still Rise @ Pickford Film Center
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Oct 15 @ 3:30 pm
Doctober: Maya Angelou and I Still Rise @ Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise is the first documentary about Dr. Maya Angelou. As friends from Dr. Angelou’s inner circle, we have been granted remarkable and unmatched access to Dr. Angelou’s life. After years of working on this film, we are honored to present her incredible journey to the rest of the world.
Dr. Angelou has become a global symbol of peace, humility, and freedom–– but parts of her story are not well known. The Maya Angelou Documentary will reflect on how the events of history, culture, and the arts shaped Dr. Angelou’s life and how she, in turn, helped shape our own worldview through her autobiographical literature and activism. We hope to shed light on the untold aspects of her life and to educate audiences about her story.

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Oct
29
Sat
CIWFF Doctober Showcase @ Pickford Film Center
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Oct 29 @ 12:00 pm
CIWFF Doctober Showcase @ Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | Washington | United States

CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival Doctober Showcase at The Pickford Film Center:

4pm | SWEET CRUDE by Sandy Cioffi (with Q+A)
6:30pm | DRAWING THE TIGER by Amy Benson & Scott Squire.

Join us from 12-1:30pm for a FREE panel discussion :IMMERSIVE REALITY: New Technologies in Media & Film @ Western Washington University Comm Facility 110.

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