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2009 Festival October
2009 Festival October
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The 1968 Film Competition Screenings

Minnesota History Center: Sunday, September 27. 12:00 - 5:00 P.M.

ComCast logoFilm Festival: premiere of 23, original short films (10 minutes) focused on 1968. Filmmakers will be available for Q&A immediately after their screening.

Based on the strong interest, some of the short films will be played concurrently in the Auditorium & the Lounge.

The $10,000 Awards Program will be held in the Auditorium at 4:00 PM.

1968 was a troubling, turbulent year. Naturally, The footage used in a few of these films may be troubling to today’s Audience. Audiences may be advised prior to specific screenings.

Auditorium 12:00 - 1:00

  • 68 Miles by James Malec
  • Taking Over the Ivory Tower by Bill Bonde
  • Sorority Pin by Bonnie Flood
  • Dust of War by Greg Paape

Auditorium 1:00 - 2:00

  • Philippines 1968: My Mother’s Journey Home by Angela Andrist & Steve Date
  • A .45 at 50th by Joshua Bell
  • My Brothers by Tom Drube
  • Democrats at War - Mondale Reflects on 1968 by Emily Haddad & John Kaul

Auditorium 2:00 - 3:00

  • Reluctant Dissent: Dr James P Shannon Story by Rich Cornell & Steve Date
  • LIE by Vaughn Juares & Bridget McGrath
  • Eighteen in Sixty-Eight by Roger Bindl
  • Beyond: The Stories of Hippie Dave by Lucas Langworthy

Auditorium 3:00 - 4:00

  • A Circle and Three Lines by Jan Selby
  • War Peace and Protest: Then & Now by Deacon Warner
  • Another Direction by Aleshia Mueller
  • Native Sons by Mick Caouette

Lounge 1:00 - 2:00

  • Heroes of 1968 by Tim Moore
  • Reflections on Mister Rogers by Emily Boudek
  • Seeds of ’68 by A.B Pydych
  • Mini Skirts & Matrimony by Beth M Anderson

Lounge 2:00 - 3:00

  • Through 1968, We Learn About Gold by Jonathan Quijano
  • Our Perspective of 1968 by Sean Drummond
  • Minnesota Family - 1968 by Tim Hulett
  • Nineteen Sixty-Haight by Nick Rondeau