Green Mountain Film Festival 2009 March 20-29

• Saturday, March 29 10:00 am

City Hall Arts Center
Featured in this varied program will be David Raizman’s and Jim Ritvo’s ONE FAMILY: AN ETHIOPIAN ADOPTION*, which follows a Middlebury family’s journey to East Africa; Bill Simmon’s DIGITAL PAMPHLETEER (winner of the 2007 Goldstone Award**), a portrait of Essex Junction political blogger Steve Benen; and THE VALENTINE BANDIT, a film about Montpelier’s February 14th phantom produced by U-32 High School students Jordan Bushey, Emily Chan, Ellen Jaworski. Sam Weedon, and Mila Woodfield. Sponsored by Vermont Film Commission. Post-film event: Filmmakers will be present. Approximately 70 minutes.

*132 Main Productions wishes to thank Jeanne Rogow of Windfall Films whose forthcoming feature-length documentary is the inspiration for this film.  Click here for more information and here for film review.   
            
**The Goldstone Award is given each year by the Vermont Film Commission in memory of James Goldstone (1931-1999) award winning film and television director and one of the Commission’s founders.

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