Docs for Sale: IDFA 2009

MercuryMedia will also showcasing several titles across Docs for Sale segment at IDFA 2009:

Oil Spill: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Run Time: 59 minutes
In 1989 Eleven million gallons of crude oil gushed from a tanker into the waters of the Prince William Sound, having catastrophic effects upon wildlife and local communities. A powerful and haunting documentary that explores the aftermath 20 years on.

Antoine
Run Time: 82 minutes
A sensitive portrait both real and imaginary of Antoine, a precocious five year-old boy. Antoine is also blind, but completely integrated into the mainstream education system. Laura Bari’s debut feature is a creative and memorable film about the magic of childhood.

Where the Water Meets the Sky
Run Time: 60 minutes
This is narrated by Academy Award-winner, Morgan Freeman with March of the Penguins scribe Jordan Roberts. An inspiring story of women in Northern Zambia. A community rarely given the chance to speak up, this film follows them as they learn how to make a film as a way of expressing their plight.

The Trial
Run Time: 52 minutes
This film follows the events of the unfolding trial of Ramush Haradinaj, former President and commander for Kosovo Liberation Army, accused by a war crimes tribunal for an alleged massacre in 1998.

The Street Stops Here
Run Time: 95 minutes
A compelling portrait of the nation’s best high school basketball coach, Bob Hurley and his career-long struggle to inspire those around him in order to keep the doors of a poor, inner-city school open.

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IDFA 2009