SilverDocs | JUNE 12–17 2007

During its entire 218-year history, only 35 of the 1,875 members of the most powerful club in America—the US Senate—have been female. But in 2006, there were 14. 14 WOMEN takes you inside their lives.

Fishermen, miners, firefighters and astronauts engage the elements in this visually stunning meditation on man's relationship with water, earth, fire, and air. Elegantly constructed, this film envelops the viewer in their experience. More...

A meditative study of Oslo’s Alexander Kiellands Plass. Through the camera lens, loneliness and powerlessness bring into focus the limitations on the ideal of freedom. More...

Many Americans live under lights so bright their eyes can no longer adjust to total darkness. An animated ode to the dark. More...

Per Anderman struggles to write, frustrated by caring for his mother. He begins his Alzheimer's Café blog and finds his writing renewed. More...

ARCTIC TALE is an epic adventure that explores the vast world of the Great North. The film follows the walrus, Seela and the polar bear, Nanu, on their journey from birth to adolescence to maturity and parenthood in the frozen Arctic wilderness. Once a perpetual winter wonderland of snow and ice, the walrus and the polar bear are losing their beautiful icebound world as it melts from underneath them.

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BEYOND BELIEF AWARD WINNER! Additional screening will be held Monday, June 18 at 5:00 p.m.

San Francisco Pentecostal minister Richard Gazowsky saw his first movie at the age of 40. A year later, God instructed him to write and direct an epic Biblical sci-fi film. But when the film crew goes on location in Italy, even a divine mission doesn't spare them from Murphy's Law—or the ravings of an egomanical director.

Explores a harsh truth of modern American history—the forced expulsion of blacks from entire counties in the American South. Families fled in fear of the Klan, losing their land and bruising their dignity. Now, towns are reluctant to make amends, and the descendents are demanding justice. More...

The rainiest town in Australia builds the world's largest rubber boot to attract tourists and boost town pride. Tempers flare when everyone thinks they're artists, and a giant frog becomes a point of contention. More...

Shattering the anonymity of long-haul truck drivers, filmmaker Doug Pray constructs a portrait of working-class America and these remarkably diverse individuals whose largely invisible labor drives our economy. Their complex personal histories and perspectives play out against America's iconic "ribbon of highway."

AMERICAN FILM AWARD WINNER! Additional screening will be held Monday, June 18 at 7:10 p.m.

Wagstaff, an Upper East Side art collector, became a leader of New York's downtown art scene in the 1970s. With his exquisite taste and evocative style, he launched the young Mapplethorpe to art stardom. More...

Lyrical images of people day-dreaming and sleeping on a train are underscored by an unsettling musical score by Andy Moor. More...

The Bridge over the Wadi school is an experiment—what happens when Arab and Jewish children attend school together, learning each other's language, culture and religious traditions? The open acceptance of the children throws the complexity of adult religious and political conflicts into stark relief. More...

A former boxing champion turned monk takes in orphaned children in a poor, remote region of Thailand near the Burmese border and transforms their lives. More...

From the acclaimed filmmaker of INSTRUMENT about the band Fugazi comes an electric concert film featuring the Dutch band, The Ex. More...