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FIGS AND WASPS are a lucky pairing that dates back 64 million years. The fig is not a fruit but an “inverted inflorescence,” a mass of tiny flowers trapped inside a thick balloon. The queen wasp wiggles through a too-small opening in the fig, snapping off her wings in the process. While laying her eggs, she pollinates the flowers within, allowing the fi g to multiply. With both essential tasks complete, she perishes. After her children hatch, the males bite through the walls of the fig, only to fall to their deaths. This frees their sisters, who depart and begin the cycle again. In 2018, 50 years after the discovery of this classic case of mutualism, scientists saw that other insects were acting as freeloaders—colonizing the fig without pollinating it—further upending our notions of hosts, guests, and interlopers.

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As festival hosts, we have the privilege of organizing a multi-day gathering that lures thousands of people to the middle of mid-Missouri. Keeping an open-hearted, international party vibe alive during troubled times sometimes carries its own special challenge, especially as harmful viruses sweep the world in the form of nativism and other forms of extremism. But we persist, confident that the megadose of heady ideas and nonfiction camaraderie can help replenish us all. With this year’s visual theme, Stranger  Host, we seek to endow a hopeful generosity and remember the cross-cultural traditions that called our ancestors to be their best and most welcoming. During the ancient Roman festival Lectisternium, couches were set out in the open street and a meal placed before them so as to please the gods and goddesses who might visit. One never knew what form the disguised deities would take, so it was best to play it safe and be hospitable to everyone. In our case, we’ve brought the couches inside our cinemas and aim to delight all of you. The Fazili family, featured in Midnight Traveler, are strangers in a series of strange lands as they leave their home in Afghanistan for the promise of refuge in Europe. But they also play hosts, documenting their journey with intimate access. As we honor their efforts with our True Life Fund, we recall a kind of “xenia,” the ancient reciprocity between guest and host, a courtesy shown to those far from home. We also benefit from the generosity of Chilo and Omar, the stars of A Wild Stream, who opened up their lives to Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda, our True Vision honoree. Their ability to be vulnerable for us all to see is an unlikely gift, an offering of friendship that we mustn’t betray. And so we welcome you, whether it’s your first or sixteenth time crossing the threshold of True/False. Here at the collision of Ozark foothills and great plains, near the confluence of our country’s two greatest rivers, we build a temporary village for friends from near and far. We look forward to the gifting of ideas—in cinemas and on sidewalks and dance floors. And who knows, maybe you’ll become native. . . like liver flukes or fig trees, Columbia has a strange allure. Really, Paul Sturtz and David Wilson 1

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CONTENTS 5 FILMS TRUE LIFE FUND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 TRUE VISION AWARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 FEATURE FILMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SHORTS PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 SHORTS BEFORE FEATURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 IN MEMORIAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 NEITHER/NOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 57 MUSIC MUSICIANS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 CONCERTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 CONCERT VENUES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 79

ART & DESIGN STRANGER  HOST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 BUMPERS & POEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 INSTALLATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

SCHEDULE GRID INSERT 99 SYNAPSES FIELD SESSIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PROVOCATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EVENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRANSMEDIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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111 EDUCATE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 ROUGH CUT RETREAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 123 EVENTS EVENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 EVENT VENUES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 143 SUPPORT PAY THE ARTISTS!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 LEGACY FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 TRUE LIFE FUND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 149 THANK YOU RAGTAG FILM SOCIETY: FEST CORE & CINEMA. . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 CONTRIBUTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 SPONSORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 167 HOW TO FEST BOX OFFICE FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 NAVIGATING T/F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 ACCESSIBILITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 ACCESSIBILITY MAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 VENUE HISTORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 SUSTAINABILITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 RESTAURANT GUIDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 MAP KEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 3

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NOW IS A VITAL TIME for nonfiction filmmaking as an artistic form. Our mission is to forge a supportive, celebratory refuge for filmmakers and amplify the possibilities of creative nonfiction. True/False exists in a permeable, in-between landâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;bounded by fiction and nonfiction, but also bridging cultures and disciplines. Within that space, we encourage an atmosphere of innovation and excitement, free of the heat and stress of the marketplace. Contained inside these films are the ingredients for a revolutionary new alloy, the future of an urgent art. Films that are predominantly subtitled are noted in the film descriptions with . Films that list an ASL interpretation symbol next to a screening time indicate interpretation of the intro and Q&A for that screening. Not all subtitled films have interpretation, and some films without subtitles will have ASL interpretation. Mentorship Program Selection 5

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THE TRUE LIFE FUND

2019 SELECTION: MIDNIGHT TRAVELER

MIDNIGHT TRAVELER is an improbable and moving account of a family searching for home. Shot entirely on cellphones, filmmaker Hassan Fazili; his wife, Fatima; and their daughters, Nargis and Zahra, flee Afghanistan after the Taliban places a bounty on Hassan’s head. As the family journeys for three years across continents, all four Fazilis relay their saga of seeking asylum behind and in front of the camera. Frustrated at every turn by inhospitable and heartbreaking instances of a bordered world, Hassans filming is an assertion of his humanity and artistry amidst aching uncertainty. It is a first-person film of joy, frustration, and courage. In 2007, True/False created the True Life Fund, a philanthropic effort that raises money and awareness for the subjects of a new nonfiction film each year. The True Life Fund offers tangible assistance to real-life subjects of a film and acknowledges that documentary filmmakers and festivals thrive because of the stories given to us by people who are often of limited means. The True Life Fund completes the feedback loop between subject and audience, offering one immediate, direct answer to the big, multifaceted question, “What can I do?” True/False 2019 marks the 12th year of The Crossing’s sponsorship of the True Life Fund. The True Life Fund itself comprises thousands of individual gifts from festival attendees and support from The Bertha Foundation. Since its inception, True/False and our Columbia community have raised more than $275,500 for the True Life Fund. For 2019, True/False aims to raise more than $30,000 for the Fazili family to help them with ongoing legal expenses and support them in setting up their new home. To give, visit www.truelifefund.org, text any amount to (573) 818-2151, or donate at True/False screenings.

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MIDNIGHT TRAVELER

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 11:30AM / JESSE AUDITORIUM // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 12:30PM / JESSE AUDITORIUM // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 12:30PM / MISSOURI THEATRE

Dir. Hassan Fazili; 2019; 87 min. Q&A with producer/editor Emelie Mahdavian Forced to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban called for his death, filmmaker Hassan Fazili recounts his shame: He’s no longer able to provide for his family and feels responsible for their harrowing journey. This confession is one of many indelibly personal moments in Fazili’s film that, in addition to providing a powerful first-person look at the global refugee crisis, showcases the manifold ways our world can grind down a person’s humanity. Armed only with cellphone cameras, Fazili; his wife, Fatima; and their two young daughters, Nargis and Zahra, document their three-year-long search for asylum and unexpectedly upend many tenets of documentaries about refugees. The existence and completion of this intense, beautiful film speak as much to the necessity of the documentarian impulse as to the bravery of its filmmakers. (AS) PRESENTED BY THE CROSSING 7

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TRUE VISION AWARD 2019 RECIPIENT: NURIA IBÁÑEZ CASTAÑEDA MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WHEN OBSERVATIONAL FILMMAKING contorts itself into narrative structure the limitations of this mode garishly reveal themselves. Your average subject performs their lives for other people, not a camera, and life’s rhythms rarely align with the beats established by fiction storytellers. And yet narrative is a useful way of processing our day-to-day lives, and reality does contain emotions, quandaries, and other sensations that invented worlds cannot generate. How to integrate the two? To answer this question and many more, we should study the films of Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda, who continuously approaches the real world with startling intuition and grace. Ibáñez Castañeda is the recipient of our only prize, the True Vision Award, given to a midcareer filmmaker for advancing the art of nonfiction cinema. In her three features, this Spanish-born, Mexico-based director spends years building a place for her camera inside delicate relationships—a young couple secretly contemplating an escape from their tightknit circus family (The Tightrope, 2009), wounded children caught in a painful dialogue with a mental health institution (The Naked Room, 2013), and, in her latest and most majestic work (A Wild Stream, 2018), two aching fishermen struggling to articulate their emotions. How Ibáñez Castañeda achieves this proximity feels both more refined and more enigmatic with each successive feature. But each time, she honors it with an unwavering attentiveness, yielding human emotions seldom accessible to the observational camera. She carefully tucks these soul-rattling moments into films that rigorously and lyrically approach time and place. She allows us to temporarily enter these worlds, looking intently at the most private exchanges of others, only to find reflections of ourselves. The award is given with support from Dr. Timothy McGarity of Restoration Eye Care. The award is designed and cast in bronze by local mid-Missouri artist Larry Young.

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A WILD STREAM

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 4:45PM / THE GLOBE // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 12:30PM / MISSOURI THEATRE (TVA AWARD) // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 1PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE

Dir. Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda; 2018; 72 min. Q&A with director Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda One day, Chilo arrives on an isolated beach in the Sea of Cortez. It looks like paradise, but wading through the water with a distant look on his face, Chilo is adrift. He befriends Omar, the one man who calls this place home. A philosophical fisherman, Omar patiently teaches Chilo how to work the water. When the sun sets, the two gather in Chilo’s shack and drink late into the night, baring their souls to one another, dipping their toes into vulnerable waters. It is a miracle how T/F 2019 True Vision recipient Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda found a way for her observational camera to seamlessly enter this charged, ambiguous relationship. There is no denying the staggering intimacy suffusing her film, the electricity that exists between these two men, or the overwhelming emotions generated by their journey. (CB) PRESENTED BY RESTORATION EYE CARE 9

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AMAZING GRACE

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 4:30PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 6:45PM / JESSE AUDITORIUM (WITH EXTENDED Q&A) // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 10:30PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 7PM / MISSOURI THEATRE

No credited director; 2018; 87 min. Q&A with special guest In 1972, having topped the pop charts, Aretha Franklin returned to her family’s gospel roots. She held two concerts of deeply moving spirituals at a Baptist church in Watts, a Los Angeles neighborhood still recovering from the riots. Director Sydney Pollack was hired to document the shows, but he neglected to bring the clappers to mark the sound. As a result, the footage sat unused for more than 40 years. Just months after Franklin’s death, this film is finally being seen, and it’s an unforgettable testament to her musical influences and legacy. The camera pans across the ecstatic audiences and then returns to Aretha’s soaring vocals. It makes for a raw, exalted performance, buoyed by the Southern California Community Choir and jubilant attendees taken over by the spirit. (PS)

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A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 2:30PM / JESSE AUDITORIUM // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 9:15PM / THE GLOBE // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 6:30PM / MISSOURI THEATRE // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 6PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE

Dirs. Julia Reichert & Stephen Bognar; 2019; 115 min. Q&A with directors Julia Reichert & Stephen Bognar Dizzying, hilarious, and devastating, this tale of two factories makes for a landmark story of workplace anxiety. Directors Julia Reichert and Stephen Bognar have spent a decade documenting the plight of Ohio’s factory workers; they are given astonishing, sustained access to Fuyao, a Chinese auto glass manufacturer, as it revives a shuttered plant in Dayton. At first, their cameras capture a classic fish-out-of-water, culture-clash story. American Fuyao workers visit the Chinese headquarters, discovering Chinese workers’ sometimes surreal levels of commitment. The filmmakers refuse to cast anyone as hero or villain, including the billionaire owner who muses on whether his factories have ruined the environment. The story deepens into a penetrating examination of the U.S. blue-collar workforce as it cedes its place to an increasingly powerful China. (PS) PRESENTED BY THE DISTRICT 11

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APOLLO 11

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 7:30PM / JESSE AUDITORIUM // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 7:30PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 12:30PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 7:30PM / JESSE AUDITORIUM

Dir. Todd Douglas Miller; 2019; 93 min. Q&A with special guest Fifty years ago, more than a million spectators gathered to watch the launch of the first manned trip to the moon. It was less than a decade after President Kennedy declared that the U.S. would be “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” Director/editor Todd Douglas Miller’s film spectacularly stages Apollo 11’s launch, peers intimately over the shoulders of the engineers in NASA’s Houston control room, and hurtles through space before relaying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s historic first steps on the moon. Each tactical maneuver and video transmission is breathless proof of collective action by a united nation. Assembled wholly from 70mm footage filmed during the mission, this time capsule immortalizes the Apollo 11 mission as a heart-pounding thriller. (AS) PRESENTED BY VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS

CABALLERANGO

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 4:15PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 7:15PM / BIG RAGTAG // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 5:30PM / FORREST THEATER

Dir. Juan Pablo González; 2018; 60 min. Q&A with director Juan Pablo González A man disappears in the Mexican state of Jalisco under the watchful eye of its inhabitants. Caballerango retraces the trail of his ghost and contemplates the last day anyone saw him. Nando was the youngest apprentice of his father, Jose, a lifelong horse wrangler. The film’s magnificent, melancholic tone forms the backdrop for interviews capturing familial loss and longing. This chorus of voices also tenderly explores the community’s daily rituals. Evocative cinematography grasps the landscape, the ranches, and the pair of white horses to which Nando and his father tended, painting an eerily patient portrait of an inexplicable tragedy. The film harnesses an ethereal sensation around a mysterious incident that shook this small town. Director Juan Pablo González investigates this moment of grief and grapples with his own feelings of bereavement. (AG) 13

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CELEBRATION

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 2:45PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9:30AM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 5:45PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 2:30PM / THE GLOBE

Dir. Olivier Meyrou; 2018; 73 min. Q&A with director Olivier Meyrou Beyond the glamour and flashing lights of the runway, the house of Yves Saint Laurent is the epitome of opulence. Olivier Meyrou was given total access to film from 1998 to 2001, but after Celebration’s sole screening in 2007, Pierre Bergé, co-founder and puppet master behind the curtain, sued to suppress the film. Freed from legal constraints after Bergé’s recent death, Celebration dives into the renowned couturier’s day-to-day. Meyrou lifts the veil on the YSL myth through the final years Saint Laurent led his eponymous fashion house before retiring in 2002, as Bergé oversees each thread with a meticulous eye. (AG) All screenings preceded by a provocation from Ricardo Dominguez. SUPPORTED BY THE CULTURAL SERVICE AT THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE, CHICAGO

CHEZ JOLIE COIFFURE

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 9:45PM / FORREST THEATER // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 4:45PM / BIG RAGTAG // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 7:30PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATRE (WITH EXTENDED Q&A HOSTED BY WOMEN ON DOCS) // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 10:15AM / BIG RAGTAG

Dir. Rosine Mbakam; 2018; 70 min. Q&A with director Rosine Mbakam Filmmaker Rosine Mbakam is invited to step inside a Brussels salon, Jolie Coiffure, where shop owner Sabine serves her customers, who all come from Cameroon. The charismatic, adaptable Sabine consoles some, provides others with support in intimate relationships, and even gets one a job. Not only a salon, Jolie is a safe space, where the patterns of the African hair-braiding techniques are a daily ritual. The world outside is an alarming touristic haven where tensions mount and onlookers gaze through the glass windows in the market. This warmhearted observational chamber piece features an engaging community of characters, most notably a gizzard salesman whom Sabine advises. But it’s the relationship between director Mbakam and Sabine that elevates this charming vignette into something quite special. (AG) 15

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CHINESE PORTRAIT

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 7:15PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 2:15PM / THE GLOBE // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 3PM / THE GLOBE

Dir. WANG Xiaoshuai; 2018; 79 min. Q&A with director WANG Xiaoshuai One of China’s most celebrated fiction directors, Wang Xiaoshuai (Berlinale Silver Bear-winning So Long, My Son) makes place-based films that are a reflection of the country’s upheavals. His first documentary is a national portrait gallery filled with paintings that move and watch us watching them. Filming over a decade, Wang observes his country with deep reverence and concern. (He even appears briefly, standing in Tiananmen Square.) The Chinese title, My Lens, is also a nod to changes in filmmaking—film switches to digital as the country itself lurches forward. The long shots dwell on an astounding range of subjects, encompassing rural schoolchildren, factory workers, farmers, bustling night markets, and many ethnic minorities. Dancers wait to take the stage, and men wash feet in preparation for prayer. We are gripped by their stares, reminding us that we are with them in this world. (LK)

COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 2:15PM / MISSOURI THEATRE // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9:45PM / JESSE AUDITORIUM // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 2:45PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE (WITH EXTENDED Q&A) // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 7:45PM / BIG RAGTAG

Dir. Mads Brügger; 2019; 123 min. Q&A with special guest It’s been many years since we’ve heard from Danish enfant terrible Mads Brügger, last seen smuggling blood diamonds in The Ambassador (T/F 2012) and infiltrating North Korea in The Red Chapel (T/F 2010). This muckraking journalist is back with his most ambitious, sophisticated, and problematic film yet. In 1961, U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld was killed in a plane crash while traveling to a ceasefire negotiation in the Congo. The death has since been a source of conspiracy theories, with many believing he was murdered, but no consensus on the murderer or their motive. Aided by private investigator Göran Björkdahl, a dogged and perhaps irrationally persistent Brügger attempts to find an answer. What begins as an engrossing if somewhat trivial murder mystery explodes into something unfathomably chilling. (CB)

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THE COMMONS

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 7:30PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 1:45PM / FORREST THEATER // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 12PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 4PM / JESSE AUDITORIUM

Dirs. Suki Hawley & Michael Galinsky; 2019; 71 min. Q&A with directors Suki Hawley & Michael Galinsky Between 2017 and ... just last month, the Confederate monument debate has raged at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The statue in question is Silent Sam, erected in 1913 by the Daughters of the Confederacy in concert with University alumni. Like the controversial Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, the monument serves as an everyday affront to black people on campus. Directors Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky capture the raw immediacy of the unfolding drama, including protests and counterprotests, as tensions ratchet ever higher. But The Commons offers something far deeper. The filmmakers build a convincing, transcendent elegy for the loss of civil public dialogue in society. Plays with “The Changing Same” (dirs. Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster, 21 min.), which follows Lamar Wilson as he runs 13 miles retracing the terror of the 1934 lynching of Claude Neal in the Florida Panhandle. (PS)

DARK SUNS

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 11AM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 10AM / BIG RAGTAG // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9:30PM / BIG RAGTAG

Dir. Julien Elie; 2018; 151 min. Q&A with director Julien Elie Epic in scope, Julien Elie’s investigation into drug-related violence and the disappearance of women in Mexico starts with interviews with journalists, lawyers, judges, and the mothers of the disappeared. The accumulating testimonies, photographed in an immediate and starkly striking black and white, reveal not only a vast network of gang violence but also large-scale state-sanctioned suppression of justice. Rather than seeking resolution for individual women, the film powerfully reckons with how one continues living in a toxic nation where journalists, human rights advocates, and even priests are murdered with impunity. Tackling these questions with bravery and determination, Elie illuminates what is already being done to stop the violence, uncovers the unseen, and excavates that which must be forced back into consciousness. (AS) SUPPORTED BY THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF CANADA, CHICAGO 19

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THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 9:30PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATRE // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 4PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 3:45PM / JESSE AUDITORIUM

Dir. Petra Costa; 2019; 120 min. Q&A with director Petra Costa Known for intimate personal stories, Petra Costa ambitiously tackles the deepening political crisis in Brazil, her home country. She brings the knotty history to life through charismatic figures, including the fallen steelworker-turned-president Lula and the newly elected authoritarian Jair Bolsonaro. The crazy ride to Bolsonaro’s ascent is marked by incendiary speeches, a marauding judge, an economic meltdown, and a coup. Costa’s family illustrates the country’s widening political divide—her parents were revolutionaries, while her grandparents are the conservative elite. At one point, deposed president Dilma Rousseff rides in the back seat with Costa’s mother. Those troubled by our own democracy’s fissures or attuned to the warning signs of fascism will find plenty of resonance. (PS) PRESENTED BY THE KINDER INSTITUTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY

FINDING FRANCES

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 10PM / MISSOURI THEATRE (WITH EXTRAS) // B: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 12:45PM / JESSE AUDITORIUM (WITH EXTRAS)

Dir. Nathan Fielder; 2017; 84 min. Q&A with director Nathan Fielder In his landmark television series Nathan For You, Nathan Fielder concocts dubious schemes to help mom-and-pop shops. He’s convinced a moving company to sell its labor as a new exercise fad, a real estate agent to rebrand herself as a broker of ghost-free homes, and a coffee shop to open under the name Dumb Starbucks. In Finding Frances, Fielder’s project gets upended when a former collaborator named Bill Heath, a professional Bill Gates impersonator, asks for Nathan’s help to find a woman Bill hasn’t seen or spoken to in 50 years. While Nathan’s methods can be outlandish, the journey leads us to startling places, as we find ourselves peering at the soul of a mysterious old man. Following the screening, Fielder will screen neverbefore-seen footage from the film. No recording allowed. (CB) 21

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FILMS 15

THE GAME

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 7PM / THE GLOBE // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 5:30PM / THE GLOBE // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 3:15PM / FORREST THEATER

Dir. Marine de Contes; 2018; 53 min. Q&A with director Marine de Contes After a searching bird’s-eye view of the Gascony woods, we are dropped onto the forest floor. The camera burrows through near-endless trenches as enigmatic figures engage in a mysterious, dying practice among the disappearing timber. They wander tunnels, construct pulleys, whisper to one another, and wait—director Marine de Contes never tells you more than you need to know. The Game is a gem of observational filmmaking, letting the audience pick up clues while subtly exploring the way cultures and rituals naturally vanish. Plays with “Crannog” (dir. Isa Rao, 15 min.), set in an animal hospice two hours south of Glasgow where Alexis Fleming tends to all creatures great and small. (KS) SUPPORTED BY THE CULTURAL SERVICE AT THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE, CHICAGO

THE GRAND BIZARRE

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 10:30PM / BIG RAGTAG // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 11:30AM / BIG RAGTAG

Dir. Jodie Mack; 2018; 61 min. Q&A with director Jodie Mack Wizard Jodie Mack (Dusty Stacks of Mom, T/F 2014) sprinkles pixilated dust on the experimental doc form, creating something that feels altogether new. Ostensibly a grand, colorful tour of the world’s great textile traditions, The Grand Bizarre becomes an idiosyncratic, celebratory investigation of the patterns of human inventiveness. It’s also a tactile immersion into the artistic process itself, guided by Mack, a charming maximalist seemingly in love with life. Her enthusiasm is infectious as she places tapestries out in the streets and then inventively constructs layered soundscapes (including her rhythmic, sample-crazy music-making—you’ll love her use of the Skype dial-up sound). Those who give themselves over to the film’s antic charisma will come away full of its eye-popping treatment of language, map-making, and all manner of code, color, and design. Presented on 35mm. (PS) 23

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FILMS 17

HOME, SWEET HOME

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 7PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9:30AM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 7:30PM / FORREST THEATER

Dir. ISE Shinichi; 2018; 110 min. Q&A with director ISE Shinichi Director Ise Shinichi’s peerless documentary lovingly chronicles 35 years of his niece Nao’s life with her older brother, parents, and friends. Because of a disability, doctors did not expect Nao to live more than 20 years. Shinichi documents the unexpected steps of her story, from when Nao was 8 to the present, with a keen eye for gestures and a strong sense of rhythm. The film moves beyond mere advocacy to create a complex, moving portrait of the manifold ways each member of a family affects the others. After years of being taken care of through bouts of epilepsy, Nao ends up encouraging and supporting her own mother in this uplifting film that advocates for us all to find our own ways to flourish. (AS) PRESENTED BY BOONE SUPPORTED LIVING

THE HOTTEST AUGUST

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 745PM / BIG RAGTAG // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 11AM / FORREST THEATER // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9:45AM / MISSOURI THEATRE // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 7:30PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATRE

Dir. Brett Story; 2019; 92 min. Q&A with director Brett Story Set in a sizzling New York City, The Hottest August is Brett Story’s (The Prison In Twelve Landscapes, T/F 2016) visionary look at a culture on the precipice as both climate change and disaster capitalism eclipse our future. Despite an edgy undercurrent of anxiety, the film locates a warm humanity in interactions with a cross section of New Yorkers expert at “rolling with the punches,” as one Staten Island couple says outside of their garage. The rich set of characters includes a futuristic Afronaut, Hurricane Sandy holdouts, a Zumba instructor, and 1920s-style dancers who could be deckhands on the Titanic. While this smart, incisive essay taps into passages by Zadie Smith, Karl Marx, and Annie Dillard, Story’s presence can be felt strongly throughout: She acts as free-ranging poet/meteorologist with a farsighted ability to forecast our uncertain destiny. (PS) SUPPORTED BY THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF CANADA, CHICAGO

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ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 11:30AM / THE GLOBE // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9:30AM / JESSE AUDITORIUM // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 7:45PM / THE GLOBE

Dir. Gabrielle Brady; 2018; 98 min. Q&A with subject Poh Lin Lee The burning of ghost money perfumes the air on far-off Christmas Island, where Poh Lin Lee, a trauma therapist, lives with her husband and daughters. While Lee helps detained immigrants work through their trauma, migrating crabs freely move from the jungle to the ocean, coddled by locals who gently rake them from the path of oncoming vehicles. Filmed in a uniquely intimate way, Lee’s therapeutic work and her mediation between the unhappy spirits and the detainees take a toll on her relationship with her family. Director Gabrielle Brady conjures a poetic darkness that evinces a confrontation of nature and human suffering. (AG)

KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 7PM / MISSOURI THEATRE // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 1:30PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE // C: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 10PM / JESSE AUDITORIUM // D: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9:30AM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE

Dir. Rachel Lears; 2019; 85 min. Q&A with director Rachel Lears What’s more important: charismatic political candidates or the behind-thescenes machine that works to elect them? Knock Down the House gives us both, breathlessly following a new breed of politician alongside a tireless collective of activists enraged by the state of American governance. In St. Louis, Cori Bush speaks eloquently about justice. Nevada’s Amy Vilela offers visions of an equitable health care system. West Virginia’s Paula Jean Swearingen promises a new kind of coal country. And, thrillingly, we get to meet 2018’s breakout star, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC, the gifted newcomer from the Bronx. She is an unforgettable cinematic underdog, confiding her fears of failing her supporters, overcoming nerves at a debate practice, and, in a moment that will have audiences cheering, unexpectedly beating her big-money opponent. “In order for one to get through,” AOC reminds us, “100 of us have to try.” (PS) 27

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LANDLESS

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 2PM / BIG RAGTAG // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 2:30PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATRE // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 12:15PM / FORREST THEATER

Dir. Camila Freitas; 2019; 110 min. Q&A with director Camila Freitas Far from mainstream media attention, the Landless Workers Movement in rural Brazil has, for four decades, defiantly organized farmers who seek to lead self-sustainable lives. The LWM occupies land that lies fallow because of corporate loopholes, allowing these farmers to feed their families and communities. Director Camila Freitas, whose family raises organic crops, spent years deeply embedded with formidable farmers who, stymied by an uncaring legal system and bankrupt owners, are taking matters into their own hands. The film deftly moves through tactical meetings, provides a present-tense look at protests, and lives and dreams with the occupiers—arguing for and celebrating a vision of back-to-the-earth activism that permeates the everyday. Freitas’ beautifully lensed scenes offer an insider’s point of view of the encampment as a place of refuge and equality. (AS)

LET IT BURN

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 5:15PM / BIG RAGTAG // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 9:45PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATRE // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 12PM / FORREST THEATER // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 2PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG

Dir. Maíra Bühler; 2019; 82 min. Q&A with director Maíra Bühler This alluring excursion inside the social hotel Parque Dom Pedro, a converted hostel in São Paulo’s Cracolândia neighborhood, introduces us to individuals rescued from the streets by some idealistic activists. These addicts—full of heartache, heartbreak, and loneliness—take elevator joyrides and sometimes engage in lovelorn knife fights. They are an affectionate, supportive group—occupants light each other’s crack pipes in a communal confab, and together they enjoy the sounds of Millie Jackson. Sometimes impassioned exchanges between the residents result in interventions. Then Let It Burn pivots into something of a musical, as occupants perform heartfelt songs conveying a world where life feels intense and disorienting, violent and beautiful. (AG)

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THE MAGIC LIFE OF V

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 9:45PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 11AM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 5:30PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE // D: SUN, MAR 3 / 3:30PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE

Dir. Tonislav Hristov; 2019; 85 min. Q&A with producer Kaarle Aho We first meet V—a sociable, confident young woman comfortably at home in vivid live-action role-playing (LARP) scenarios—enrolling as a student at Poland’s College of Wizardry. But “V” is just a front for the cautious Veera, who is still processing trauma from her abusive father. In her day-to-day life, Veera lovingly takes care of her brother, Ville, who has an intellectual disability. When Veera introduces Ville to the world of LARPing, The Magic Life of V transforms into a powerful look at fantasy’s ability to help us cope with real-world trauma. Director Tonislav Hristov’s camera becomes an important part of the process, as we realize how the film itself is an ingeniously designed vehicle for Veera to LARP her own life. (KS) PRESENTED BY MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 10PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 6:45PM / FORREST THEATER // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9:30AM / FORREST THEATER // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 3:30PM / MISSOURI THEATRE

Dirs. Roni Moore & James Blagden; 2019; 75 min. Q&A with directors Roni Moore & James Blagden In the week leading up to prom, seniors at Flint Northern High School chatter about their plans and get ready for the big night. The woebegone school band provides the soundtrack, the cast is full of cheeky characters, and the filmmakers spend far more time outside of school than in. On prom day, some students’ procrastination causes other ones to break down, and after the spirited prom night, during an after-party, the ghost of proms past makes a humorous appearance. Shot in 2012, two years before the water crisis, this charming and festive film is by first-time filmmakers James Blagden and Roni Moore, whose sister attended Flint Northern, it’s both a corrective of the media narrative of life in Flint and also a delightful romp through halcyon days. It will simultaneously make you nostalgic for high school and be thankful that those days are over. (AS) 31

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MIKE WALLACE IS HERE

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 7:15PM / MISSOURI THEATRE // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 2:45PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 8PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 9:30AM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE

Dir. Avi Belkin; 2019; 86 min. Q&A with director Avi Belkin The epitome of the brash, merciless investigative reporter, Mike Wallace lived his life on the air. A workaholic with a Bogart-like charisma, Wallace defined himself through tough questioning that cut to the chase. This transcendent celebrity profile, with its boundless access to a 60-year career on TV, includes the launch of 60 Minutes in 1968 and the investigation that began the unraveling of the cigarette industry. Mike Wallace is Here (supposedly the four scariest words in the English language) explores the nature of ego, drive, and accomplishment, revealing what made the man such a force, whether talking to Barbra Streisand or Ayatollah Khomeini. The film feels like it’s being narrated from inside Wallace’s head and offers a thrilling review of a half-century of world history. (PS) All screenings preceded by a provocation from Kate Wagner.

MR. SOUL!

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 10:15PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9:30PM / MISSOURI THEATRE // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 9:45AM / JESSE AUDITORIUM

Dirs. Melissa Haizlip & Sam Pollard; 2018; 115 min. Q&A with director Melissa Haizlip From 1968-73, American television pioneer Ellis Haizlip produced and hosted the variety show SOUL! as a showcase of the vibrant Black Arts Movement. The revolutionary show offered an unflinching, unfiltered celebration of black music, performance, literature, and politics. Mr. SOUL!, a labor of love by Ellis’ niece Melissa Haizlip, captures a combustible moment through urgent black voices, including Kathleen Cleaver and The Last Poets, who had few other options for national exposure. We meet featured guests—Earth Wind & Fire and a young Patti LaBelle, to name a few—at the start of their celebrated careers. The film invites us into a groundbreaking phenomenon, from its initial conception to its final broadcast, including the very public battle to keep it on the air amidst a shifting political landscape. (AG) PRESENTED BY FRESH IDEAS 33

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THE NAKED ROOM

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 11AM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 4:15PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG

Dir. Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda; 2013; 70 min. Q&A with director Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda This year’s True Vision Award recipient, Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda, films her second feature entirely within a children’s therapy office in Mexico. Ibáñez Castañeda’s intimate, unobtrusively tight camera sinks into the background as the kids’ stories and struggles with trauma pierce your soul. Anger, abuse, sadness, and abandonment trickle out of their eyes and into broken sentences as they’re prodded by the doctors. Their faces—as memorable as any classic portrait—reveal their vulnerability and serve as a mirror to contemporary Mexican society. Their suffering has also given these remarkable children a clarity and wisdom beyond their years. This anthropological depiction of the adolescent mind and its struggle for survival challenges the core of our neurotypical ideas of courage. (SA)

NO DATA PLAN

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 7:15PM / FORREST THEATER // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 9:45PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 4:45PM / BIG RAGTAG // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 2:30PM / BIG RAGTAG

Dir. Miko Revereza; 2019; 70 min. Q&A with director Miko Revereza This unconventional Amtrak journey starts with director Miko Revereza (“Disintegration 93-96,” T/F 2018) describing how his undocumented mother has two phones. The one with “no data plan” is only used for calls about immigration. From there, Revereza builds mystery, combining his own journey with other key discoveries. His trip floats into a fugitive state of mind, weaving together an ingenious mix of captions, subtitles, interviews, and observational footage. Even as it travels cross-country, the film dismisses false promises of freedom and movement and evocatively conveys the director’s precarious existence, including an encounter with Border Patrol. No data plan is a poignant and furious expression of the cinema of resistance from a notable first-time feature director. Plays with “I Signed the Petition” (dir. Mahdi Fleifel, 10 min.), in which the director agonizes over a petition against Israel. (AS) 35

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‘NOW SOMETHING IS SLOWLY CHANGING’

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 4:30PM / FORREST THEATER // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 6:15PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 5PM / BIG RAGTAG

Dir. mint film office; 2018; 105 min. Q&A with director mint film office The provocative ‘Now something’ pierces the heart of the Western world’s therapy culture, asking whether we are transcendence-seekers or just prey to modern-day snake-oil salesmen. Its questions ricochet from ASMR “tingleheads” making hushed videos to dancers attempting to reach liftoff. We learn that in the Netherlands, 10 churches close down every week because of a decline in the devout. What is it that chases so many to seek self-improvement through intervention? This sly, sardonic film suggests that great wisdom can be mined from coaches preaching a left-field approach and/or that obsessive self-help offers a pale replacement for religious traditions. But either way, purpose-seekers will go to great lengths for redemption, grace, or maybe just temporary relief. (PS)

ONE CHILD NATION

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 4:30PM / FORREST THEATER // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 3:15PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 7PM / JESSE AUDITORIUM // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 9:30AM / MISSOURI THEATRE

Dirs. Nanfu Wang & Jialing Zhang; 2019; 89 min. Q&A with co-director Nanfu Wang This revelatory look into China’s one-child policy peels away decades of indoctrination through the lens of its people. Co-director Nanfu Wang takes us on an odyssey across China, beginning in the rural village where she grew up. She investigates the songs, paintings, and graffiti that propagandized the one-child policy and are woven into society’s fabric, bleeding into the background like a scar that won’t heal. From there, the film bursts outward, as Wang points her lens to the officials and midwives who executed the policy through forced abortions and sterilizations. On a path toward reconciling these painful stories with Wang’s own lived experience, the film starts digging, revealing countless ripple effects and illustrating the harm of Western cultural stereotypes of China. This unflinching dive into a nation’s past and present leaves us questioning everything. (SA)

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OUR TIME (NUESTRO TIEMPO)

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 3:45PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATRE // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 3:15PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATRE

Dir. Carlos Reygadas; 2018; 173 min. Q&A with producer Jaime Romandía The natural world looms large in the films of Carlos Reygadas. A maverick who knows how to overwhelm the senses, Reygadas films his latest on his own ranch, where bulls roam the landscapes, threatening to charge the camera at any given moment, and the sky is so vivid that when met with clouds, you feel as if rain could start pouring into the theater. After ambling around the stunning landscapes, Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo) ultimately settles on an engrossing narrative, as it thrusts us into an almost unbearably intimate love story. Poet-rancher Juan (Reygadas) and ranch manager Esther (his real-life partner/artistic collaborator, Natalia López) are experimenting with an open marriage. One day, the oddly charismatic, buffoonishly American cowboy Phil (comedian Phil Burger) visits their idyll, and chaos ensues, as all parties struggle mightily to communicate. (CB)

OVER THE RAINBOW

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 7PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATRE // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 7PM / BIG RAGTAG // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 2:30PM / FORREST THEATER // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 8:45PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE

Dir. Jeffrey Peixoto; 2019; 71 min. Q&A with Director Jeffrey Peixoto Imagine a film about the Catholic Church made in the third century or a portrait of the Amish premiering at the turn of the 18th. The Church of Scientology is in its infancy as a religion, and while it has aptly been the source of intense public scrutiny, few outsiders have approached its believers with a modicum of respect. Director Jeffrey Peixoto spent half a decade earning the trust of his subjects—both active and inactive members of the Church—and in his mesmeric and startling debut, he has transformed their testimony into a haunting meditation on humanity and its relationship with faith. Distinguished by both its compassion and its command of the cinematic language, Over the Rainbow is an unsettling, unshakable viewing experience. (CB) 39

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REASON

A: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9:30AM / RHYNSBURGER THEATRE (WITH AN INTERMISSION AT 100 MIN.)

Dir. Anand Patwardhan; 2018; 235 min. Q&A with director Anand Patwardhan In 1948, Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse fired three bullets at the nonviolent Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, killing him instantly. Seventy years later, it is Godse’s ideology, not Gandhi’s, that runs the country. It’s easy to imagine this frightening reality as a source of paralysis, but in this unsentimental, tenacious documentary, director Anand Patwardhan puts his life on the line to explain how his country’s relationship with reality has shifted so radically. Masterfully shuffling between past and present, Patwardhan’s unflinching camera carefully reveals the ideological viruses festering in his society. He trains us to find truth in a sea of propaganda. Reason is a staggering and insightful work of reportage, a brave and vital masterpiece. (CB) There will be a 15-minute intermission. Q&A follows in the Bingham Gallery.

SEGUNDA VEZ

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 1:30PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 5:15PM / FORREST THEATER // C: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 5PM / THE GLOBE

Dir. Dora García; 2018; 94 min. Q&A with Dora García Dora García (The Joycean Society, T/F 2014) pays tribute to the late Argentinian psychoanalyst Oscar Masotta, who transformed his writings into a megaphone to protest fascism and promote expressions of liberation. García re-creates Masotta’s enigmatic work in different settings, from his home country to Europe, where he was forced into exile. In one “happening,” García assembles two groups on a cliff top, with different understandings of why they are there, and we witness how a theater director’s power can evoke a police state. Increasingly making her intentions clear, García explores the troublingly thin line between true and false during an interrogation scene. Segunda Vez radically reimagines the biopic, shedding all clichés in favor of an immersive film that’s elusive, visceral, and deeply relevant. (PS) All screenings preceded by a provocation from Rashayla Marie Brown. 41

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THE TIGHTROPE

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 9:15PM / FORREST THEATER

Dir. Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda; 2009; 80 min. Q&A with director Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda A bare-bones outfit of five family members tours Mexico in a ramshackle traveling circus; the applause is sparse and the money sparser. With an observational but unmistakably artful touch, director Núria Ibáñez Castañeda makes the entire experience palpable: the greasepaint and sawdust and the weird charms and unique loneliness of the circus’ marginal, tumbleweed existence. In the midst of all manner of difficulties, the daughter, Jaque, attempts to balance her attraction to the spotlight and her loyalty to her family with her new husband’s mounting frustration with the performer life. (This, and not the high-wire act, is the title’s reference point.) Dariela Ludlow’s restless camerawork perfectly evokes Jaque’s disequilibrium in this vividly textured elegy, one that handles its thematic riches with a grace, theatricality, and precision worthy of its title. (KP)

TREASURE ISLAND

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 7PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 10:15PM / THE PICTUREHOUSE // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 3:15PM / MISSOURI THEATRE // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 9:30AM / FORREST THEATER

Dir. Guillaume Brac; 2018; 97 min. Q&A with editor Karen Benainous Summer fun vibrates throughout the hazy vastness of Treasure Island, a water park on Paris’ outskirts. As young people climb forbidden fences and jump from bridges, a night watchman monitors the park’s boundaries and administrators calculate the flow of patrons. Guillaume Brac has spent two films ingratiating himself with park management, which has allowed him access beyond the norm. As he leisurely roams the landscape, director Brac crafts a film that is, like its subjects, as wild and free as the summer breeze. Treasure Island is a cinematic marvel, capturing simple jubilance, exotic revelations, and forays into the unknown. (AG) All screenings preceded by a provocation from Jenn Takahashi. SUPPORTED BY THE CULTURAL SERVICE AT THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE IN CHICAGO 43

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A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 10PM / MISSOURI THEATRE // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 12PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 10PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATRE // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 6PM / SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE

Dir. Ben Berman; 2019; 91 min. Q&A with director Ben Berman The Amazing Johnathan, a left-field Vegas entertainer with a rock ’n’ roll swagger, has been given just a few months to live. Years later, he’s self-medicating and still standing. Just as Johnathan announces his Farewell Tour, filmmaker Ben Berman plucks the fallen star, but Johnathan proves less than compliant. Specializing in outré bits like popping out his own eyeball, Johnathan’s magic illusions are shot through with comedy; he also wrote the book on practical jokes. So how much of his relationship with Berman is on the level? The tour triggers a twisty-turny, cat-and-mouse, hall-of-mirrors, inside-out, funhouse game between subject and filmmaker. As the absurdities pile up, the documentary industry—opportunistic, exploitative, amoral—reveals itself as chasing its own tail. (PS) All screenings preceded by a provocation from Andrea Long Chu.

UP THE MOUNTAIN

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 11AM / MISSOURI THEATRE // B: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 6:30PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG // C: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 9:30AM / THE GLOBE // D: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 12PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATRE

Dir. ZHANG Yang; 2018; 126 min. Q&A with director ZHANG Yang Charismatic artist Shen Jianhua has fled Shanghai to take up residence in a picturesque mountain village near the shores of Erhai Lake in Dali. There, he plays host to an apprentice and a group of unconventional acolytes— grandmothers from the Bai ethnic minority, whose colorful outfits match the eye-popping saturation of their folklorist paintings. Zhang Yang’s film brings forth the beauty of rural China, which is rendered as poetically as the artwork its subjects painstakingly create. Shen welcomes a new child, his apprentice proposes to his girlfriend, and the grandmothers renovate their ancestral homes in anticipation of future in-laws. A rare glimpse into remote China, both Up the Mountain and its stable of folk painters imaginatively preserve an endangered culture in real time. (AS) PRESENTED BY NORTH VILLAGE ARTS DISTRICT 45

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SHORTS PROGRAMS Each screening of a shorts program at Rhynsburger Theatre is followed by a Q(uench) & A(nswer), a convivial gathering that replaces our traditional postscreening Q&A (see page 131).

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A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 2PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATER (WITH Q(UENCH) & A(NSWER)) // B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 10:15PM / FORREST THEATER

In Person: director Derek Howard (“The Harvesters”), producer Farihah Zaman (“Ghosts of Sugar Land”), and director Deborah Stratman (“Vever (For Barbara)”) Dark, private spaces are illuminated in these five standout films. In the collaborative ethnography The Harvesters (dir. Derek Howard, 6 min.), three Maasi men show us how to stage and harvest honey from a tall tree. The magical Djo (dir. Laura Henno, 12 min.) centers around a man and his uncanny love of a wild dog. In Ghosts of Sugar Land (dir. Bassam Tariq, 21 min.), a group of Muslim friends from a Houston suburb get rocked by a young convert. Vever (for Barbara) (dir. Deborah Stratman, 12 min.) reincarnates the pioneering work of female directors Maya Deren and Barbara Hammer. Goodbye Thelma (dir. Jessica Bardsley, 14 min.) is about the fear of men and the outdoors, transforming the 1991 movie Thelma & Louise. (PS)

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A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 7:45PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATER (WITH Q(UENCH) & A(NSWER)) // B: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 12PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG

In Person: director Inés Moldavsky (“The Men Behind the Wall”), director Charlie Lyne (“Lasting Marks”), and director Alison Nguyen (“every dog has its day”) Filmmakers repurpose archival remnants and interrogate social status in these four short films. The first up is Lasting Marks (dir. Charlie Lyne, 14 min.), profiling a group of gay men whose consensual acts in an abandoned watchtower become a cause célèbre in 1980s England. A different archive is mined in Black 14 (dir. Darius Clark Monroe, 15 min.), which examines media coverage of a 1969 racial protest by University of Wyoming football players. Alison Nguyen collides cult-produced media, consumer technology, and religious iconography in her every dog has its day (6 min.). In The Men Behind the Wall (28 min.), Israeli director Inés Moldavsky presents surprising portraits of Palestinian men, culled from Tinder dates. (AS) 47

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A: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 5:30PM / RHYNSBURGER THEATER (WITH Q(UENCH) & A(NSWER)) // B: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 9:45AM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG

In Person: with editor/cinematographer Jarred Alterman (“Walled/Unwalled”) The difference between what is seen and unseen drives these five films, from which our eyes will never recover. In Nastia Korkia’s Dramatic and Mild (6 min.), museumgoers wait in a long line to get into an exhibition of a Kandinsky painting that has finally been returned to Moscow, where they are surprised by a peculiar security guard. Celebrated photographer Sohrab Hura combines an uncanny short story with an ingeniously paced edit of his own photographs and salvaged images of India’s rising violence in The Lost Head and the Bird (10 min.). Vesuvius at Home (dir. Christin Turner, 14 min.) features a fantastical spiral of time from the filmmaker’s re-enactment of a 25-year fascination with a false Pompeii. Walled/ Unwalled (dir. Lawrence Abu Hamdan, 20 min.) is a piercing performance that takes down the impenetrability of walls and borders through sound, leading into Due (dir. Riccardo Giacconi, 17 min.), a nightmarish exploration of Milano Two, a “ghetto for the rich” created by disgraced former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as an early experiment in mind control. (AS) Please note: This program may potentially trigger seizures for people with photo-sensitive epilepsy.

SHORTS BEFORE FEATURES THE CHANGING SAME Dirs. Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster; 2018; 21 min. Every year in the Florida Panhandle, Lamar Wilson runs 13 miles retracing the terror of the 1934 lynching of Claude Neal. (Plays before The Commons)

CRANNOG Dir. Isa Rao; 2018; 15 min. Alexis Fleming tends to all creatures great and small in an animal hospice two hours south of Glasgow. (Plays before The Game)

FAINTING SPELLS Dir. Sky Hopinka; 2018; 11 min. The ethnopoetic journey of an imagined myth for the Indian Pipe Plant used by the Ho-Chunk to revive those who have fainted. (Plays before Radio Atlas: The Night Watchman)

I SIGNED THE PETITION Dir. Mahdi Fleifel; 2018; 10 min. Agonizing over his act of signing a petition asking Radiohead not to play in Tel Aviv in support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement against Israel, the director calls an acerbic and honest friend for advice. (Plays before No data plan)

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IN MEMORIAM Escape the frenzy of T/F in the second year of our sanctuary for quiet contemplation. Bask in tranquility in our lush Sanctum, a place set up both to encourage festgoers to relax and to memorialize the documentary subjects of T/F 2019 films who passed away during and after filming. Because nonfiction films are rooted in the real, the death of a subject reverberates emotionally beyond the confines of the screen. This space exists to help sustain the introspection of audience members who are affected by the films theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve experienced throughout the weekend. Within the Sanctum, T/Fâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s In Memoriam is a shrine that attempts to acknowledge the time and intimacy that subjects have given to their films. During its open hours, visitors can write notes to directors and deposit them in the collection box at the heart of the space. After the fest, the notes will be distributed to their intended recipients. The Sanctum will be open from 4pm-8pm Friday and Saturday in the Calvary Episcopal Church.

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NEITHER/NOR 2019 SELECTION: THE TRILOGY OF THE SACRED AND THE SATANIC

IN NEITHER/NOR, TRUE/FALSE spotlights repertory work that broadens the boundaries of nonfiction filmmaking as well as film writers who are sharp interpreters of this exhilarating and fraught art. This year, we are turning our attention to one director, Pirjo Honkasalo, and three connected journeys she embarked on throughout the 1990s: The Trilogy of the Sacred and the Satanic. Honkasalo is one of the leading fiction directors in her home country of Finland. At 29, she directed what was then the country’s most expensive film, Flame Top (1980). Concerned about the direction her life was headed, she turned to nonfiction filmmaking as an attempt “to see behind the rational,” as she tells Pamela Cohn, this series’ programmer and author of its accompanying monograph, available for free online and at all screenings. The three films in this series are all the work of masterful but modest crews placing themselves in intense and disorienting realworld situations. They raise vital questions about the observational documentary camera. Is this device, which we often associate with an empirical truth, capable of capturing sacred relationships, or is the act of trying to do so a sin? If humans form spiritual bonds, is there a place for the camera within them? And are there images we should never see? The series officially begins with a reception for Honkasalo at 6pm Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Ragtag Cinema, followed by a 6:45pm screening of her masterpiece, The 3 Rooms of Melancholia. Tickets for this screening will be available starting at noon Feb. 27 at the Ragtag Cinema box office. Throughout the weekend, Honkasalo and Cohn will be offering extended introductions to all films in this series. Given the sensitive nature of these films, they will not be participating in Q&As immediately following the screenings. They will instead discuss the films at length in an extended masterclass on Saturday at 2pm. Ticketed; free admission via the Q. On the schedule as #45. NEITHER/NOR IS PRESENTED WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES. ALL NEITHER/NOR SCREENINGS ARE FREE.

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ATMAN

A: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 12:30PM / THE GLOBE B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 8:15PM / FORREST THEATER

Dir. Pirjo Honkasalo; 1997; 76 min. Extended Introduction from director Pirjo Honkasalo The final film in The Trilogy of the Sacred and the Satanic, Atman is a spectacular epic across India, all documented in stunning 35mm. When his mother dies, a devout Hindu man named Jamana Lal begins a 3,000-mile journey in her honor. The destination is the holy city of Haridwar, but to get there, Lal, a 35-year-old whose legs have been paralyzed since childhood, must travel up the Ganges River. He is joined by his brother and his wife as well as by director Pirjo Honkasalo and her small, intrepid crew. Midway through, a miracle occurs, as Lal crosses paths with a kindhearted woman named Shanta. Atman blossoms into a love story for the ages. (CB) Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 53

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MYSTERION

A: THURSDAY, FEB 28 / 4:45PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG B: SATURDAY, MAR 2 / 7:45PM / THE GLOBE

Dir. Pirjo Honkasalo; 1991; 94 min. Extended Introduction from director Pirjo Honkasalo Mysterion begins on an early-morning bus ride as we follow a haunted young woman, Külliki Rannu, on her way to Puhtitsa, a Russian Orthodox convent located in a polluted corner of northeastern Estonia. Life at Puhtitsa is filled with backbreaking labor, as women of all ages shear sheep, till the land, make clothes, and build gigantic stacks of firewood. But they also find space for prayer. Over the course of this gentle, transfixing film, Külliki and director Pirjo Honkasalo gain the trust of Puhtitsa’s nuns, discovering what they left behind but also what they’ve gained along the way. (CB) Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

TANJUSKA AND THE 7 DEVILS

A: FRIDAY, MAR 1 / 10:15PM / BIG RAGTAG B: SUNDAY, MAR 3 / 4:30PM / WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG

Dir. Pirjo Honkasalo; 1993; 80 min. Extended Introduction from director Pirjo Honkasalo One day, 10-year-old Tanjuska suddenly stops speaking. Her hardworking parents are at a loss. Doctors offer no hope, so they turn to Father Vasili. Vasili is a terrifying exorcist who flings holy water at his congregation with reckless abandon. Vasili claims Tanjuska has seven demons living inside her. Desperate, Tanjuska’s father brings his daughter to live in Vasili’s compound (located just down the road from Mysterion’s Puhtitsa convent). In one of the most harrowing documentaries ever made, director Pirjo Honkasalo silently observes what transpires. (CB) Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 55

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singer-songwriter Ryan Stier croons to the waves of a 12-string guitar and synthesizer.

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DUBS TURBO Brings vintage hip-hop and deep grooves to the party with expressive beats beaming positive vibes.

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CONCERTS 46 EASTSIDE KICK-OFF CONCERT

Wednesday, Feb 27 / Doors 8:30pm, Show 9pm-12:30am / Eastside Tavern The Eastside Kick-Off Concert will quickly get your blood pumping with the driving rock of Columbia’s own Maxito Lindo and The Sweaters along with Shady Bug from St. Louis. Free for Super/Silver Circle, Lux, Stay Up Late passholders; $5 general admission.

47 BERLIN THURSDAY NIGHT SHOWCASE

Thursday, Feb 28 / Doors 7pm, Show 8pm-11pm / Cafe Berlin True/False proudly welcomes Nashville indie sensation Soccer Mommy to the Cafe Berlin stage, with support from dreamy psych-pop outfit Jaunt and hometown heroes It’s Me: Ross. Free for Super/Silver Circle, Lux, Stay Up Late passholders; $15 general admission.

48 THE BLUE NOTE AFTER PARTY WITH DAN DEACON Thursday, Feb 28 / Doors 10:30pm, Show 11pm-1am / The Blue Note Get weird on The Blue Note dance floor to the warped and erratic sounds of this legend as he performs a DJ set. It’s an after party with fantastic music; what more could you want? Free for Super/Silver Circle, Lux, Stay Up Late passholders; $10 general admission.

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49 EASTSIDE HAPPY HOUR FRIDAY

Friday, Mar 1 / Doors 5:30pm, Show 6pm-9pm / Eastside Tavern Set the tone for an otherworldly weekend with the dreamy stylings of Midwestern projects Extravision, Nicholas Naioti, and Summer Like the Season at Columbia’s quintessential happy-hour dive, Eastside. Free and open to the public.

50 BERLIN FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWCASE

Friday, Mar 1 / Doors 7:30pm, Show 8:30pm-12am / Cafe Berlin A bill filled with with technical skill and sonic bliss, the world-renowned talents of Tomeka Reid will be joined by Philadelphia post-rockers Square Peg Round Hole and Chicago duo SUN SPEAK. Free for Super/Silver, Lux, Stay Up Late passholders; $8 general admission.

51 UPSTREAM SHOWCASE AT LOGBOAT

Saturday, Mar 2 / 4pm-7pm / Logboat Brewing Co. Not just for beer enthusiasts, this happy hour showcases local favorites Loose Loose and welcomes back rootsy crooners The River Arkansas to tickle your ears while you delight in some of Columbia’s best brews. Free and open to the public.

52 SANCTUARY SHOWCASE

Saturday, Mar 2 / Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm-8:30pm / Calvary Episcopal Church Seek refuge from the weekend’s hyperactivity in the walls of the Sanctuary, where singer-songwriters Lomelda and Peter Collins will regale audiences with tales of love, heartbreak, and redemption. Free and open to the public.

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Saturday, Mar 2 / Doors 8:30pm, Show 9:30pm-12:30am / Rose Music Hall Acclaimed Puerto Rican electro/Afro-Caribbean project ÌFÉ and R&B-soul voyagers Mesonjixx play out Saturday night with St. Louis genre-blender singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tonina. Free for Super/Silver Circle, Lux, Stay Up Late passholders; $8 general admission.

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STRANGERHOST We hit upon this year’s visual theme of StrangerHost soon after the 2018 festival. It seemed almost obvious—T/F acts each year as hosts to guests from all corners of the world. Additionally, the idea of unbidden guests speaks to the nonfiction world, as some filmmakers embed themselves in others’ lives in order to reveal messy truths. The history of hosts and guests revealed itself to be layered and rich; for example, in ancient Greece, hosts allowed strangers into their home, showered them with luxuries, and even gave them a bath, for the traveler might be a God in disguise or Odysseus washed ashore. To make the poster, we met with St. Louis-based designer David Rygiol at the top of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, where we riffed off of everything from the human microbiome to extraterrestrial outer limits. We loved a virologist’s quote about retroviruses, which spoke to our name and orientation: “It’s not an either/or—are these things good or bad—it’s a lot more complicated than that.” Our thoughts turned to symbiotic relationships of all kinds. We quickly came to realize that symbiosis was a catch-all term encompassing balanced relationships (mutualism—both parties benefit; competition—both parties fail to reach their full potential) and lopsided ones (parasitism—one is helped, the other harmed; commensalism—one is helped, the other is unaffected; amensalism—one is harmed, the other is unaffected). Then: how to visualize that? Soon some modern artists came to our rescue, with Alexander Calder’s approach to vivid color and abstract shapes becoming the biggest inspiration (you might spot Miró and Matisse’s influence, too). The last challenge was to entangle the Fest’s name in the poster’s unwieldy tentacles and globules. We hope you like it.

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BUMPERS Inspired by lyrical, educational videos of the mid-20th century, we paired four poets with four expert scientists to tell tales of intriguing symbiotic relationships that exist in nature. T/F’s in-house video director Chelsea Myers uses a combination of hand-drawn frame-by-frame and digital animation to merge research with imaginative storytelling. Longtime T/F artist Becca Sullinger assisted in creating over 300 unique illustrations of these harmonious and tempestuous relationships. Original score by Mike Danger. (If you’re following along with the bumpers, you’ll find E. coli on Thursday, Ants and Acacia on Friday, Sea Slug on Saturday, and Liver Fluke on Sunday.)

SYMBIOSIS SONNET (ANTS AND ACACIA) Cocktail ants burrow, then hollow, then gall / the thorns, making a flute of the wind. / Other trees die of such invasion, but the whistling / thorn acacia secretes a nectar to feed these guests. / Sometimes a giraffe comes— / the tree mimics ant pheromones and ants / respond in a biting and stinging frenzy. / You could say the tree learned to speak ant / and the ants learned to answer. / So much depends on the large herbivores. / In the absence of such dangerous hunger, / branches ask What’s in it for me? Desperate, the ants / lament in a tongue of unrestrained plundering. / How do you live without the sweet, grunting / melody of a beast learning to speak wind? Poet: Kathryn Nuernberger | Scientist: Dr. Todd Palmer, PhD in biology and ants

THE SOLAR-POWERED SEA SLUG The sea slug melibe engeli / devours the green // body of the algae with gusto, / devours even the algae’s dreams // of being forest, of being its own / green continent. // Uniting with the infinite / branches of the slug’s gut, // the algae embeds / itself into the very cells // of the animal, often thriving / there for generations. // The algae claims / the slug’s sunlight, // turning that warmth / into shared sugar, // enough to nourish both / entirely for many months. // And so they drift in this embrace, / a new dream together / in the ocean’s endless sleep. // Isn’t this the world / we hope to recover: / growth without destruction, // consumption without cruelty / or annihilation? / If we dive deep enough, // will it come back to us? Poet: Nicky Beer | Scientist: Dr. Heike Wägele, researcher specializing in algal biology 83

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LANCET LIVER FLUKE Shakespeare steering Hamlet / comes close: Your worm // is your only emperor / for diet—it’s still true, but // still a low genesis / for generalist parasites: begun // in dung & fumbled from, thumb out / for snails to pick up, be // pricked by & then coughed out / sweet enough // an ant breaks formation, / makes for, then swallows a clone ball— // but one fledgling fluke lurches rogue / to take the wheel, // drives the ant up a blade of grass / to hang by its teeth, waiting // for sheep, waiting / for the promotion to a bile duct // that completes a small circle / we make such metaphors from, // we humble parasites, / we unwitting hosts. Poet: Marc McKee | Scientist: Dr. Brad van Paridon, PhD in biology, parasitology, ecology, and genetics

E. COLI Every living thing we see with our naked eye / takes up only a tiny tuft on the tangled tree / of life. The earth belonged once entirely / to E coli and their ilk. Identified by a German / at the dawn of germ theory: a commensal, / little, rod-shaped thing thriving on the stuff / in us. Ancient people who fell into bogs, / their bodies preserved, still have E coli in them. / If you took a census, you’d find E coli thriving / in cows, in other animals and in dirt. They lead / a quiet life, but borne by our industrial food / supply—a strange new network that shunts / them into lettuce or a fast food hamburger— / some strains enter into a deadly program. / Sitting on its pedestal of intestinal cells, / shooting molecules in until the cells rip open, / E coli 0157h7 feeds, but our suffering / and sometimes dying is just a big mistake. / Your death isn’t important to why / E coli is the way it is. If humans and animals / disappeared from the planet, life would go on. / If we got rid of all the bacteria on earth, / we would be done forever. Poet: Jaswinder Bolina | Scientist: Carl Zimmer, Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

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ART INSTALLATIONS BOX OFFICE (Map #01) As you pick up your passes and tickets, spend time with the art gracing the walls at Sager Braudis Gallery. Works by Sofia Bonati, Sean Lyman, Sara Post, Amy Putansu, and Grace Ramsay adorn the walls of the central hub of the festival and the heart of the North Village Arts District.

JESSE HALL (Map #02) Paul Kirby and Steven Krejcik bring us HOLOBIONT, a large-scale kinetic installation that explores the interpersonal interactions throughout the microcosm that is True/False. Driven by human data, the piece aims to create a real-time, three-dimensional heat map where the viewer can picture the interactions, both grand and tiny, that come together to create the Fest.

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SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE (Map #04) Artist Kristina Rolander has created NEON FOREST REMIX, a life-size, immersive diorama. Hanging backdrops of lush junglescapes and dangling tendrils of neon foliage are hand-painted in vibrant color schemes that react to the ever-changing light throughout the venue. Come see this immersive installation take on exciting new qualities as day changes into night, resulting in an unpredictable work of art.

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THE PICTUREHOUSE (Map #05) LAWN With MONOTROPA UNIFOREST, returning artist Maggy Rhein has transformed the lawn into a luminous biome of otherworldly flora with a community of large-scale, handcrafted Ghost Pipe flowers (a parasitic plant that does not derive energy from sunlight but feeds off fungi from nearby trees). Festival patrons are encouraged to explore the lawn, examine the sculpture up close, and relax among the ethereal environ. LOBBY Sarah Nguyen’s BREAK INTO BLOSSOM is an artistic visual interpretation of the story “Einstein Saves Hiroshima” from the book Pages from the Textbook of Alternate History by Mizzou Professor Phong Nguyen. This piece causes us to re-examine the actions of our past as an important step toward acting righteously and intentionally in the future. The artist encourages audience interaction with a request that viewers write their wishes for the future on available blossoms and place them on the piece itself. PICTUREHOUSE PORTRAIT PROJECT Nathan Truesdell, Sam Spencer, Steve Rice, Rick Agran, Nick Michael, Chelsea Myers, Livvy Runyon, Haley Padilla, Katie Canepa, and the MU Micro-Doc class bring back their larger-than-life sociology project: video portraits of our fellow mid-Missourians.

RHYNSBURGER THEATRE (Map #06) COURTYARD THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD, a returning piece by local artist Tracy Greever-Rice, examines the patterns that manifest in nature both on a macro and micro scale. Utilizing traditional fiber and needlework, Tracy has created four panels depicting large- and small-scale images from nature.

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THE GLOBE (Map #07) LAWN As you pass by the Globe, take a gander at the late, great Willy Wilson’s DRAGON, drawing power from the mycelium of the lawn. LOBBY Explore the UNFOUND TAPESTRIES; these detailed, fantastical maps by fiber artist Tracy Greever-Rice were woven by a team of Columbians out of unwanted clothing and fabric. You’ll also want to play with the interactive MAPACUS!, featuring various iterations of our globe. Finally, everyone’s favorite buffalo, BARB, returns for her eighth year, once again sporting thousands of keyboard keys. THEATER Camellia Cosgray’s lighted MAP continues to beam, while the south side of the room features stained-glass panels designed by a local gang of merrymakers; these glowing marvels are made almost entirely of tissue paper and glue.

FORREST THEATER (Map #08) Tree by TREE, Michael Marcum continues his metal reforestation project—2019 boasts his 14th handcrafted metalwork tree. In the theater, the infamous moonlit birch forest glows.

HITTSVILLE (Map #09) UPRISE GALLERY Caroline Goessling’s photography, on display in the Uprise gallery, exhibits a captivating balance between composure and spontaneity. These candid yet articulate photographs encourage viewers to examine their roles as voyeurs or participants with the subjects of these works.

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THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN + ELSEWHERE PARTIES Returning venue artist Madeline Carl has created a dazzling array of psychedelic video remixes for the newly redubbed refr@ction dance party. Bathe in an array of deflected light, as Madeline takes over the numerous video screens and LED light rigs at T/F’s newest party venue. Whether stranger or host, keen festgoers may traverse into distant yet familiar realms created by the collective minds of NEON TREEHOUSE (Becca Sullinger, Brian Doss, and Gabe Meyer). ALLEY A Carrie Elliott’s new work INVASIVE ALLEY (Map #16) imagines Alley A as an aquatic ecosystem under invasion. Elliott has constructed an array of luminous, Asian Silver Carp represented by life-size papier-mâché lanterns that loom overhead. Erika Adair brings back her STRING ART, geometric linescapes that transform mundane visual perspectives into something extraordinary. The stark and vibrant patterns bounce back-and-forth above pedestrians traversing Alley A and in other corners of the Fest footprint.

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Recycling dumpsters by Gabe Meyer, Brian Doss, and Becca Sullinger BUS SHELTERS (see map for details) T/F teamed up with students from the University of Missouri Architectural Design program to create artful BUS SHELTERS for all of the Go COMO bus stops: between Ragtag and the Globe, between Missouri Theatre and the Picturehouse, and at Rhynsburger Theatre, Forrest Theater, Showtime Theater @ The Blue Note, and Jesse Auditorium. RECYCLE IN STYLE Party-makers Gabe Meyer, Brian Doss, and Becca Sullinger, in collaboration with the Public Works Department, have beautified a couple of the City’s recycling dumpsters. As you recycle your plastics, paper, aluminum, and glass, take in these sustainable masterpieces. SIGNS AROUND THE FEST Glenn Rice, T/F’s sign czar, is truly an artist; his largest signs transcend the strictly informational. Check out the BOX OFFICE signs, the SHOWTIME signs at The Blue Note, the PICTUREHOUSE PORTAL, the FORREST THEATER sign, and the GLOBE sign.

THE SCULPTURE YARD (NINTH STREET BETWEEN LOCUST & ELM) (Map #18) Rhode Island design collective Pneuhaus (specializing in spatial design, temporary structures, and contemporary art) is back in 2019 with FABRIC PRISM, a large-scale inflatable work where participants enter the immersive space and witness the gradual change of iridescent shadows, created by the repeating, multicolor prismatic of which the outer shell of the piece is composed.

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Forrest Theater sign by Glenn Rice Tracy Greever-Rice’s XENIA examines and interprets the earliest presentations of the feminine as divine by constructing three large-scale sculptures of ancient feminine deities. Standing well over 11 feet tall, these majestic figures preside over the Sculpture Yard. CONVERSATION STATIONS Students from the University of Missouri Architectural Design program created a series of structures for attendees to sit in and around, meant to encourage them to stop and chat with others. In addition to their bus shelters, the lean-tos in the Sculpture Yard are not just practical, they also add an interesting dimension to the street; solar-powered lighting provided by Missouri Solar Applications LLC. Conversation stations hosted by Missouri Solar Applications and the Missouri Department of Conservation/ Trees Work—stop by to learn about solar power and pick up a free seedling.

THE GREAT WALL (Map #17) The Great Wall is True/False’s outdoor video art installation, projected onto the north side of The Rise (located at the corner of Ninth and Locust); featuring original work during all four nights of the festival from 8pm to 11pm. Projection artists Jordan Doig and Stephanie Gould’s RECYCLES explores fantastically imagined interiors and hidden worlds beyond sight. Walls dissolve, rooms change, and stories unfold. Visible throughout downtown Columbia, Recycles will be projected onto the north wall of one of the District’s largest buildings, allowing attendees and the public alike to be able to watch this sprawling mosaic of animated patterns establish and then corrupt themselves in a mesmerizing loop.

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MISSOURI THEATRE

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THE PICTUREHOUSE

RHYNSBURGER THEATRE

THE GLOBE

WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG

BIG RAGTAG

FORREST THEATER

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OTHER MUSIC

EVENTS

4pm

5pm

29A

Amazing Grace

‘Now something is slowly changing’

(4:30-5:57pm)

65 6pm

03A

43A 22A

(4:30-6:15pm)

The Jubilee

PROVOCATION

20A 11A

(7-8:25pm)

APOLLO 11

32A

36A

Knock Down the House

05A 8pm

(4:45-6:19pm)

Let it Burn

6pm

(5:15-6:37pm)

(5:30-6:45pm)

7pm

5pm

Mysterion (N/N)

The Commons

Treasure Island

28A

Over the Rainbow (7-8:11pm)

18A

No data plan (7:15-8:35pm)

(7-8:42pm)

Chinese Portrait

The Hottest August

(7:30-9:02pm)

(7:30-9:03pm)

7pm

09A

8pm

(7:15-8:34pm)

(7:45-9:17pm)

9pm

37A Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary

11pm

13A

23A

PROVOCATION

10pm

(10-11:36pm)

The Magic Life of V

08A

(9:45-11:10pm)

10pm

Midnight in Paris

16A

(9:30-11:30pm)

(8-11pm)

24A

Chez Jolie Coiffure (9:45-10:55pm)

The Edge of Democracy

9pm

Berlin Thursday Night Showcase

The Grand Bizarre (10:30-11:31pm)

(10-11:15pm)

Short Circuit Party

The Blue Note After-Party with Dan Deacon

12am

(10:30pm-12:30am)

11pm

12am

(11pm-1am)

1am

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EVENTS

SYNAPSES

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MISSOURI THEATRE

BOX OFFICE

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MISSOURI THEATRE

SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE

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THE PICTUREHOUSE

RHYNSBURGER THEATRE

THE GLOBE

FORREST THEATER

RAGTAG

EASTSIDE TAVERN

CAFE BERLIN OR ROSE MUSIC HALL

LOGBOAT

STUDIO 4

MY HOUSE

THE PICTUREHOUSE

RHYNSBURGER THEATRE

THE GLOBE

FORREST THEATER

RAGTAG

EASTSIDE TAVERN

CAFE BERLIN OR ROSE MUSIC HALL

LOGBOAT

STUDIO 4

MY HOUSE

Friday Schedule

JESSE

SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE

MISSOURI THEATRE

THE PICTUREHOUSE

RHYNSBURGER THEATRE

THE GLOBE

FORREST THEATER

BIG RAGTAG

WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG

LITTLE CHAPEL @ THE PICTUREHOUSE

CAFE BERLIN

OTHER MUSIC

EVENTS

9am

10am

11am

38A 01A

12pm

Midnight Traveler

(11:30am-12:57pm)

23B

12a

The Magic Life of V

Up the Mountain

(11am-12:25pm)

(11am-1:06pm)

19A Island of the Hungry Ghosts

Dark Suns

(11am-1:31pm)

18B

27a

The Hottest August

The Naked Room

(11am-12:32pm)

16B The Grand Bizarre (11:30am-12:31pm)

11am

(11am-12:10pm)

12pm

(11:30am-1:08pm)

1pm

1pm PROVOCATION

20B

04A

3pm

American Factory

(2:30-4:25pm)

Knock Down the House

10A

(1:30-2:55pm)

Celebration

(2:15-4:18pm)

(2:45-4:03pm)

13B

5pm

The Edge of Democracy (4-6pm)

Reality Bites

PROVOCATION

17A

(6:45-8:12pm)

8pm

EXTENDED Q&A

25A

05B

Mike Wallace is Here

APOLLO 11

(7:15-8:46pm)

(7:30-9:03pm)

Home, Sweet Home (7-8:50pm)

11pm

(2-3:05pm)

66A

09B Chinese Portrait

The Commons (1:45-3:17pm)

(2:15-3:34pm)

Segunda Vez

Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo)

(3:45-6:42pm)

Knock Down the House (10-11:25pm)

26A

Finding Frances (10-11:24pm)

Q&A AND EXTRAS

Mr. SOUL!

(10:15pm-12:10am)

PROVOCATION

36A Treasure Island

2pm

Landless

(2-3:50pm)

3pm

Within Reason (3-4pm)

02A A Wild Stream (4:45-5:57pm)

15A 40A

30A One Child Nation

(4:30-5:59pm)

The Game

24B Midnight in Paris (6:45-8pm)

(7-8:18pm)

Let it Burn

(9:45-11:07pm)

4pm

06A 08B

Caballerango (4:15-5:15pm)

5pm

Chez Jolie Coiffure (4:45-5:55pm)

March March (5:15-6pm)

6pm

Eastside Happy Hour Showcase

7pm

38B 32B Over the Rainbow (7-8:11pm)

Up the Mountain

(6:30-8:36pm)

Shorts: Tequila 62 (7:45-8:47pm)

22B

14A

(1:30-2:30pm)

31A

Q(uench) + A(nswer) (8:47-9:32pm)

20C

I Thought I Heard Something

(1:30-3:09pm)

Q(uench) + A(nswer) (3:05-3:50pm)

(6-9pm)

8pm

50 04B American Factory

9pm

35A 28B

The Tightrope (9:15-10:35pm)

(9:15-11:10pm)

(10:15-11:57pm)

12am 1am FILMS

34A 21A

66B

9pm 10pm

Shorts: Tea 65

11B

(5:30-7pm)

03B Amazing Grace

Reality Bites (5:30-7pm)

7pm

PROVOCATION

07A

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

4pm

6pm

39A

44A Tanjuska and the 7 Devils (N/N) (10:15-11:35pm)

No data plan (9:45-11:05pm)

70 Berlin Friday Night Showcase (8:30pm-12am)

Campfire Stories (9:30-10:45pm)

71 refr@ction dance party (10pm-1am)

2pm

10pm 11pm 12am 1am

EVENTS

SYNAPSES

CONCERTS • Q&As (15–20 mins.) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RUNTIME

Saturday Schedule

JESSE

SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE

MISSOURI THEATRE

THE PICTUREHOUSE

RHYNSBURGER THEATRE

THE GLOBE

FORREST THEATER

BIG RAGTAG

WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG

LITTLE CHAPEL @ THE PICTUREHOUSE

CAFE BERLIN

OTHER MUSIC

EVENTS

9am

9am 19b

10am

Island of the Hungry Ghosts (9:30-11:08am)

11am

20D

18C

Knock Down the House

The Hottest August

(9:30-10:55am)

(9:45-11:17am)

17B

38C

24C Midnight in Paris

Home, Sweet Home

Up the Mountain

(9:30-11:20am)

(9:30-10:45am)

1pm

01B

02B

Midnight Traveler

A Wild Stream

(12:30-1:57pm)

(12:30-1:42pm)

37B Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary (12-1:36pm)

(9:30-10:48am)

(10am-12:31pm)

INTERMISSION 15 MIN

42A

APOLLO 11

Atman (N/N)

(12-1:22pm)

(12:30-1:46pm)

PROVOCATION

36C

4pm 5pm

13C The Edge of Democracy

Treasure Island

25B Mike Wallace is Here (2:45-4:16pm)

30C One Child Nation

The Magic Life of V (5:30-6:55pm)

PROVOCATION

07C Celebration (5:45-7:03pm)

American Factory

PROVOCATION

25C Mike Wallace is Here

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

41A

15B

Shorts: & Tonic 67

The Game

Segunda Vez

(5:30-6:37pm)

(5:30-6:48pm)

EXTENDED Q&A

(7:45-9:19pm)

Upstream Showcase at Logboat

Caballerango

‘Now something is slowly changing’ (6:15-8pm)

(7:15-8:15pm)

42B

Gimme Truth! (10-11:30pm)

03C Amazing Grace (10:30-11:57pm)

39B Shorts: Tea 65 (10:15-11:20pm)

(10-11:36pm)

Dark Suns

(9:30pm-12:01am)

Filmmaker Fête

5pm

(4-6pm)

7pm

Sanctuary Showcase (7-8:30pm)

8pm 9pm

31B 54

PROVOCATION

37C Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary

4pm

6pm

Atman (N/N) (8:15-9:31pm)

(4-7pm)

29B

06B

Mysterion (N/N)

(4:15-5:25pm)

(4:45-6:05pm)

(5:15-6:54pm)

43B

The Naked Room

12C 74

(9:30-11:25pm)

No data plan

66C

Chez Jolie Coiffure (7:30-8:40pm)

3pm

(3-4pm)

26B

(9:45-11:48pm)

The Art Ramble (2:30-3pm)

60 Step into the Chamber

(3-4:19pm)

34B

(8-9:31pm)

Mr. SOUL!

(2-3:15pm)

2pm 72b

27B

08C

(6:30-8:25pm)

45 N/N Master Class

Chinese Portrait

Q(uench) + A(nswer) (6:37-7:22pm)

9pm

11pm

TIM Talk (2:30-3:45pm)

28C

(7-8:29pm)

10B

Over the Rainbow (2:30-3:41pm)

PROVOCATION

04C

10pm

(2:30-4:20pm)

(3:45-5:45pm)

23C

8pm

One Child Nation

Landless

(3:15-4:44pm)

(3:15-4:57pm)

6pm 7pm

30B

09C

32C

12pm 1pm

Politics, Ditto (1-2pm)

EXTENDED Q&A

21B

PROVOCATION

72A The Art Ramble (12-12:30pm)

Let it Burn

2pm 3pm

11am 58 Un-Field Session: Funders’ Fireside Chat (11:30am-12:45pm)

22C

05C (12:30-2:03pm)

10am

Celebration

Dark Suns

Reason

PROVOCATION

07B 12B

(9:30-11:36am)

(9:30am-1:40pm)

12pm

PROVOCATION

Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo) (9-11:57pm)

Berlin Saturday Night Showcase (8pm-12:30am)

10pm Rose Saturday Night

(9:30pm-12:30am)

11pm

12am

1am

FILMS

EVENTS

SYNAPSES

CONCERTS • Q&As (15–20 mins.) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RUNTIME

sunday Schedule

JESSE

SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE

MISSOURI THEATRE

THE PICTUREHOUSE

RHYNSBURGER THEATRE

THE GLOBE

FORREST THEATER

BIG RAGTAG

WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG

LITTLE CHAPEL @ THE PICTUREHOUSE

CAFE BERLIN

OTHER MUSIC

EVENTS

9am 10am

9am 26C Mr. SOUL!

11am

30D

25D

63A

36D

One Child Nation

Mike Wallace is Here

Chautauqua

Treasure Island

(9:30-10:59am)

(9:30-11:01am)

(9:45-11:40am)

11C 14B Finding Frances

01B

38C

The Commons (12-1:32pm)

Midnight Traveler

02C A Wild Stream

(12:30-1:57pm)

21C

Up the Mountain

Landless

(12:15-2:05pm)

(12-2:06pm)

10C

11D

Midnight in Paris (3:30-4:45pm)

The Commons

Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2:45-4:48pm)

EXTENDED Q&A

23D The Magic Life of V (3:30-4:55pm)

(4-5:32pm)

PROVOCATION

Closing Night Reception

(6-7pm)

7pm

03D 05D

62 Radio Atlas

The Art Ramble (12-12:30pm)

37D Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary (6-7:36pm)

2pm

Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo)

(7:30-9:03pm)

10pm

(2:30-3:50pm)

PROVOCATION

34C

29C

Segunda Vez

‘Now something is slowly changing’

06C Caballerango (5:30-6:30pm)

Tanjuska and the 7 Devils (N/N)

5pm

(4:30-5:50pm)

6pm

(5-6:45pm)

7pm

(7:30-9:02pm)

3pm 4pm

(6-7:55pm)

APOLLO 11

Buskers Last Stand (9-10pm)

15C

The Art Ramble (2:30-3pm)

(2-3:22pm)

44A

(5-6:39pm)

18D

Over the Rainbow (8:45-9:56pm)

(2:30-3:48pm)

Let it Burn

The Game

The Hottest August 32D

28D No data plan

72D

American Factory

Amazing Grace

07D Celebration

12pm 1pm

(12:30-1:28pm)

(3:15-4:33pm)

04D

(7-8:27pm)

9pm

31C

(3:15-6:12pm)

6pm

72C

40B Shorts: Tequila 62 (12-1:02pm)

22D

24D

8pm

11am

(1-2:12pm)

3pm

5pm

10am

(9:45-10:52am)

Chez Jolie Coiffure (10:15-11:25am)

Q&A AND EXTRAS PROVOCATION

4pm

08D

Post Chautauqua Elevenses (11-11:45am)

(12:45-2:09pm)

2pm

(9:30-11:12am)

63B

12pm 1pm

(9:30am-11am)

41B Shorts: & Tonic 67

19C Island of the Hungry Ghosts (7:45-9:23pm)

17C Home, Sweet Home (7:30-9:20pm)

10D Cold Case Hammarskjöld (7:45-9:48pm)

8pm 64 Room H.264: Columbia, MO, March 2019 (8:30-9:30pm)

9pm

TBA Encore Screening (9-10:30pm)

11pm

10pm

Hitt Rexx Sessions

11pm

(10pm-12am)

12am

12am 76 Toasted (12:30-4am)

1am FILMS

EVENTS

SYNAPSES

CONCERTS • Q&As (15–20 mins.) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RUNTIME

1am

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SYNAPSES

SINCE ITS BEGINNING, True/False has served as a fount of ideas, with most of them playing out on screen. But in recent years we’ve invited nonfilmmakers to add their provoking thoughts to the melee. We place these big thinkers front and center, inviting them to take to their soapboxes before a film. We are re-inventing the idea of panels as more intimate conversations or, occasionally, playful show and tells. We’re also delving into the frontiers of interactive media and showcasing artists and storytellers who’ve jumped the fences of traditional platforms.

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FIELD SESSIONS The festival panel is a tired tradition, and T/F is doing its part to jettison it once and for all with our intimate Field Sessions. These close encounters between artists provide an unsurpassed intimacy that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be achieved in a multiperson panel. Each session is a deep dive into the ideas that shape nonfiction filmmaking in 2019 and will be live-recorded for the True/False Podcast. All Field Sessions are free and open to the public.

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Friday, Mar 1 / 1:30pm-2:30pm / Little Chapel @ The Picturehouse With Ernst Karel and Brett Story Artist, researcher, and sonic ethnographer Ernst Karel has done postproduction sound work on landmark nonfiction films such as Leviathan, Manakamana, and Combat Obscura. He recently collaborated with director Brett Story on her widely anticipated new feature, The Hottest August. Together, they will walk through a significant scene from the film and share their theories and practices of sound design.

57 WITHIN REASON

Friday, Mar 1 / 3pm-4pm / Little Chapel @ The Picturehouse With Anand Patwardhan and Poh Lin Lee The fearless Anand Patwardhan (director, Reason) has been creating epic socio-political Indian documentaries for decades. Poh Lin Lee (star, Island of the Hungry Ghosts) is an Australian social worker who also runs a side practice of conducting narrative interviews with filmmakers. In this special encounter, Poh will engage in conversation with Anand, covering his latest film and his lifelong artistic oeuvre.

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58 UN-FIELD SESSION: FUNDERS' FIRESIDE CHAT

Saturday, Mar 2 / 11:30am-12:45pm / Willy Wilson @ Ragtag We revert back to the panel format in this intimate chat with three documentary funders, but twist the power dynamics by inviting filmmakermoderator Chase Whiteside (América, T/F 2018) to call the shots. At hand are catalytic open questions such as “What are you waiting for?” Everyone is prepared to be honest and to finally lay it all out on the table. As such, no press, please. The panel discussion will be followed by a short period of time for mingling.

59 POLITICS, DITTO

Saturday, Mar 2 / 1pm-2pm / Little Chapel @ The Picturehouse With Nanfu Wang and Petra Costa Directors Nanfu Wang (One Child Nation) and Petra Costa (The Edge of Democracy) unveil their families’ political histories in their latest films, which both start small with the personal and explode with seismic implications. In this conversation, the directors will share their personal journeys of discovery and ruminate on their relationship to the past.

60 STEP INTO THE CHAMBER

Saturday, Mar 2 / 3pm-4pm / Little Chapel @ The Picturehouse With Maíra Bühler and Rosine Mbakam Engaging in more-than-vérité filming, Maíra Bühler (Let It Burn) and Rosine Mbakam (Chez Jolie Coiffure) each gained incredibly intimate access to secret worlds in their second features. They will discuss the challenges of shooting in confined interior spaces and the transcendent potential of having limited parameters.

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PROVOCATIONS The Provocations are a mini-Ideas Fest within True/False. After months of searching, our team located five people from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, all with challenging ideas and provocative presentation styles. Paired with a feature film in our program, these folks stand ready to rearrange your worldview with the power of words.

Rashayla Marie Brown: Multihyphenate Rashayla maintains an active career as an artist, speaker, performer, and designer across many media, all the while poking holes in the art world establishment. Her project Reality is Not Good Enough challenges our assumptions about reality TV starring and profiteering off of black women. Provocation before screenings of Segunda Vez.

Andrea Long Chu: Andrea’s explosive essays “On Liking Women” and “Bad TV” opened new frontiers in trans and feminist criticism. She is finishing her first book, Females: A Concern, on femaleness as political suicide, from Verso Books. Provocation before screenings of Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary.

Ricardo Dominguez: In 2010, Glenn Beck reviewed Ricardo's collaborative project Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0/b.a.n.g. lab as a gesture that potentially "dissolved" the U.S.-Mexico border with its poetry. His art frequently utilizes hacktivist principles and electronic civil disobedience to redefine structures of power. Provocation before screenings of Celebration.

Jenn Takahashi: Founder of the satirical Twitter account Best of Nextdoor, Jenn trawls the depths of the online community board Nextdoor to unearth the most absurd, funny, and heartwarming examples of neighbors helping—or not helping—each other. The CEO of Nextdoor does not approve of her work. Provocation before screenings of Treasure Island. (Except Sunday; 36d)

Kate Wagner: Kate runs McMansion Hell, a blog that, besides taking down the proliferation of consumerist excess in American housing stock, was recently selected by the Library of Congress for permanent archiving as a culturally important website. Kate writes critical analysis of architecture and design that spans topics from restaurant acoustics to home renovation reality shows. Provocation before screenings of Mike Wallace is Here. (Except Sunday; 25d) 105

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SYNAPSES EVENTS 61 TIM TALK

Saturday, Mar 2 / 2:30pm-3:45pm / Big Ragtag In 2011, Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington created On Cinema at the Cinema, an absurd and stinging riff on self-absorbed movie nerd culture; a burlesque of an archetypal entitled, right-leaning ignoramus; and a brilliant piece of sustained character development exploring a toxic, co-dependent relationship. In the years since, the On Cinema universe has blossomed, with a number of its projects conversing with the real world. In TIM Talk, True/False 2016 critic-in-residence and noted On Cinema scholar Nick Pinkerton facilitates a conversation with Heidecker, in which the two discuss the evolution of the project and, if we're lucky, offer a taste of what's to come. No recording allowed. Reserved ticket required; free via the Q.

62 RADIO ATLAS: THE NIGHT WATCHMAN Sunday, Mar 3 / 12:30pm-1:30pm / Big Ragtag

In her groundbreaking project Radio Atlas, Eleanor McDowall translates creative audio documentaries, granting English-language listeners access to inventive art we might not otherwise comprehend. In this program, McDowall premieres a translation for 1971's The Night Watchman (29 min.), a landmark work of psychological portraiture from the Detroit-born, Denmark-based Stephen Schwartz, the pioneer of the "Schwartz Technique," a highly influential approach to interviewing. Plays with Charlotte BienaimĂŠ's "Colette's Podcasts," (17 min.) about an obsessive collector of radio documentaries, and "Fainting Spells" (Dir. Sky Hopinka; 2018; 11 min.) Reserved ticket required; general admission via the Q.

63A CHAUTAUQUA

Sunday, Mar 3 / 9:30am-10:45am / Rhynsburger Theatre Join our piquant Provocateurs, host Martina Castro, and some surprise guests for a variety show featuring provocations, music, and storytelling. Immediately following, the conversations continue in the Bingham Gallery (across the hall) with a high tea. Reserved ticket required; general admission via the Q.

64 ROOM H.264: COLUMBIA, MO, MARCH 2019 Sunday, Mar 3 / 8:30pm-9:30pm / Big Ragtag

As the festival concludes, we're thrilled to offer a free, casual screening of Room H.264, a film that will be shot and edited over the course of the True/False weekend. Created by Eric Hynes, Jeff Reichert, and Damon Smith, the project is an homage to Wim Wenders' documentary Room 666. Over this weekend, a variety of True/False filmmakers will find themselves alone in a hotel room, facing a camera and a provocative prompt: "Is cinema a dead language, an art which is already in the process of decline?" No ticket required; free and open to the public.

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DESSERT DISASTER (Alison Nguyen; 2019; video installation)

Reimagined as an immersive installation, this rendition of the short film explores our consumption of disaster news and its cinematic parallels to advertising through found footage.

DINNER PARTY (Charlotte Stoudt, Laura Wexler, Angel Manuel

Soto; 2018; virtual reality) In 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were abducted by aliens while driving to their home in rural New Hampshire. Haunting audio recordings from their hypnotic regression therapy sessions illuminate Betty's and Barney’s very different experiences of the same event.

HOMESTAY (Paisley Smith, Jam3, National Film Board of Canada;

2018; immersive) Foreign exchange programs promise the opportunity for students to share their culture while immersing themselves in another. This personal story of a family’s experience with loss and grief is folded into delicate paper illustrations.

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SANCTUARIES OF SILENCE (Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Adam

Loften; 2017; virtual reality) As natural silence verges on extinction, acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton journeys to one of the quietest places on earth, the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park. Defining silence as the absence of modern noise, he asserts that “silence isn’t the absence of something but the presence of everything."

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FROM THE VERY FIRST POST-FILM Q&A at True/False to our evolving mentorship programsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and all of the formal and informal learning opportunities in betweenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;media literacy and education have long been central to our mission. During the Fest, you might bump into one of the hundreds of high school students we work with throughout the year as they catch a film or meet with filmmakers. And each year, experienced professionals lend their wisdom to first- and second-time filmmakers through our mentorship program. Programs like Camp T/F, DIY Day, Jumpstarters, and more bring contingents together from around our city, state, and country for a deep-dive into nonfiction. Our goal: foster media-savvy citizens and bolster the culture of nonfiction filmmaking. 111

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2019 FILMMAKERS RONI MOORE & JAMES BLAGDEN, directors, Midnight in Paris MAÍRA BÜHLER, director, Let it Burn ROSINE MBAKAM, director, Chez Jolie Coiffure MENNA LAURA MEIJER for mint film office, director, ‘Now something is slowly changing’ JEFF PEIXOTO, director, Over the Rainbow MIKO REVEREZA, director, No data plan

2019 MENTORS SUMYI KHONG ANTONSON is senior vice president, marketing and distribution for the film production and distribution company NEON. She has also worked in marketing at Anchor Bay Films and The Weinstein Co. LEAH GIBLIN serves as head of grants for Cinereach, the film production company, financier, and foundation. She previously worked with Tribeca Film Institute, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Tribeca Film Festival. SERGE LALOU joined the team of the French production company Les Films d’Ici in 1987. Since then he has produced more than 400 films, documentaries and feature films, including Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir. CARRIE LOZANO serves as director of the International Documentary Association’s Enterprise Documentary and Pare Lorentz funds. Previously, she has produced films such as The Weather Underground. DENAE PETERS is director of impact distribution for Picture Motion, where she leads the operations and management of non-theatrical distribution. Peters is on the board of directors for Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BGDM). RAHDI TAYLOR is head of artists-in-residence for Concordia Studio. She also spent 10 years as head of the Sundance Documentary Fund, lending support to films such as The Look of Silence (T/F 2015) and I Am Not Your Negro (T/F 2017).

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The 2018 Rough Cut Retreat At the height of summer, when filmmakers are neck-deep in the editing process, the Rough Cut Retreat offers a one-of-a-kind mentorship experience. Launched in 2016, Rough Cut unites nonfiction filmmakers and mentors in a creative, supportive, and engaged atmosphere. Rough Cut offers filmmakers and their projects thoughtful feedback to help move films from a rough cut to a final cut with an eye on winter festival deadlines. In 2019, the fourth-annual Rough Cut will take place at the Carey Institute for Global Good just outside of Albany, New York. For more information visit roughcutretreat.org. The retreat offers an intensive focus group for filmmakers to diagnose what is and isn’t working in their film. After months in an editing suite, filmmakers often lose perspective; this is a key moment for fresh eyes in a safe space. When selecting projects, True/False and Catapult prioritize work that displays an ambitious, idiosyncratic approach to nonfiction storytelling. Chosen mentors are professionals who embody creativity and generosity of spirit. IN 2018, PROJECTS INCLUDED: Anbessa (dir. Mo Scarpelli), Queen of the Battling Butterfly Brigade (dir. Daniel Hymanson), Scars (dir. Agnieszka Zwiefka), Stray (dir. Elizabeth Lo), and Truth or Consequences (dir. Hannah Jayanti). THE 2018 SELECTED MENTORS WERE: Erin Casper (editor, Detropia [T/F 2013]), Rachel Grady (co-director, 12th & Delaware), Josh Penn (producer, Beasts of the Southern Wild), Aaron Wickenden (editor, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? [T/F 2018]), and Roger Ross Williams (director, Life Animated [T/F 2015]). “Building community is essential to the success of any documentary film. We want to offer a new opportunity for filmmakers to come together with experienced mentors to forge new relationships, take advantage of the time and space to absorb feedback, and return rejuvenated to their edit rooms, full of new ideas,” said Catapult co-founder Lisa Kleiner Chanoff.

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EDUCATION & OUTREACH True/False Education empowers students and educators to engage thoughtfully with story. We foster joyous, experiential learning environments where storytelling and listening help us explore ourselves and connect with others. This inspires curious, courageous storytellers and audiences who use narrative to better understand themselves and the world, and to pursue justice in their communities. We connect the Fest’s resources with students and educators from our local community, Missouri, the country and the world, pairing participants with filmmakers, artists, musicians, and other creative storytellers and scholars to cultivate media literacy skills. This emboldens students to create their own narratives, develop a deeper understanding of story, and consciously consume and create media. Our learner-centered approach honors the roles that people of all ages play as both teachers and learners, deliberately blurring notions of expertise.

TRUE/FALSE & MEDIA LITERACY Based on a decade of high school outreach, True/False’s Media Literacy Initiative is one of the festival’s proudest educational projects. A year-round collaboration between Columbia Public Schools, the Columbia Public Schools Foundation, and the Fest, T/F helps high school teachers incorporate more media literacy into their classrooms. For their work, teachers earn professional development credit. This multi-year program employs media practitioners to train teachers, offers curation to existing school curricula, provides field trips to Ragtag Cinema, and culminates in True/False’s Media Literacy Summer Institute. Our work recognizes that many students are already documentarians; they are constantly recording, archiving, and compiling fragments of their daily lives. They are making rhetorical and editorial decisions on social media platforms. They are in a world of ever-changing media, and it is essential to have the skills to be thoughtful, discerning creators and consumers. Media literacy has long been at the heart of True/False, including post-film discussions where filmmakers’ creative decisions are interrogated. We distribute over a thousand tickets to students, provide dozens of class visits, host year-round programming, and more. We know the Fest has the power to create deep impressions on youth at the crucial time when they are discovering and inventing themselves. By bringing students together with inspiring artists, journalists, and mavericks of all stripes, they are inspired to take control of their lives, careers, and the complex world they’re poised to inherit. 117

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Educate CAMP TRUE/FALSE A select group of public high school students dive into the Fest and experience a weekend with a diverse crew of exceptional filmmakers, artists, and musicians. After several years of success with our local high school students, T/F expanded this program to include out-of-town students. Students and teachers from both rural and city schools join our local contingent for a whirlwind weekend. This year, local students join us from Rock Bridge, Hickman, Douglass, and Battle High Schools in Columbia; Kansas City, Lebanon, Kingdom City, and St. Louis, Missouri; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Carrboro, North Carolina; Shawnee Mission, Kansas. All Camp T/F students prepare for True/False by meeting to watch and research films, discuss relevant issues, and create their own media during pre-Fest meetings. Students are then guided through a rigorous yet fun experience that feeds their passions and expands their interests. After the Fest, students meet to reflect on their time and share their creative work with one another across geographic borders. Supported by Mizzou Advantage.

EDUCATION SCREENING Every year, we partner with Columbia Public Schools and host a field trip for all of their high school sophomores—almost 1,400 students. True to True/False style, students and teachers fill Jesse Hall to the tune of a T/F busker and stay after the screening for a filmmaker Q&A, where students ask the questions. Supported by the Columbia Public Schools Foundation.

DIY DAY Back for its fifth year, DIY Day is our specially crafted field trip for high school students on the Friday of the Fest. 200 students fan out across 12 studios and creative spaces in the North Village Arts District for hands-on workshops hosted by festival DIY Day artists, musicians, and filmmakers. Students create their own “alternative career day,” where they both learn about the artist’s work and how to craft a creative life. Then, after a recap, students and teachers join the raucous March March parade. Supported by the Columbia Public Schools Foundation.

SATURDAY SYMPOSIUM Now in its fourth year, the Saturday Symposium is an opportunity for all students at True/False to come together for conversation and meet filmmakers. This year’s keynote is Martina Castro, a world-renowned nonfiction audio producer. Students will also participate in small-group breakout sessions with True/False filmmakers. 119

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THE TRUE LIFE FUND AND COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS Every year the True Life Fund film maker and guests visit Douglass, Battle, Rock Bridge, and Hickman High Schools. At these assemblies, they play film clips and engage in discussions that range from history to film making. Often, the students dedicate one of their spring fundraising campaigns to the True Life Fund, True/ False’s philanthropic campaign for the subjects of one film each year.

JUMPSTARTERS For years, True/False has welcomed groups of young people—independent filmmakers, artists, collegiates, graduate students, un-classifiables, and more. As these contingents have grown, the Fest has sprouted programming opportunities for these groups to connect and learn from one another and the Fest’s larger ecosystem. In 2019, we formalized these efforts by working with groups to start the Jumpstarters Program. The program aims to make the Fest more accessible and to build community among otherwise disparate groups who flock to Columbia. We believe it is vital to foster the nonfiction landscape of tomorrow—whether you’re a maker, appreciator, teacher, writer, journalist, programmer, all of the above, or a don’t-know-what-yet. Creative nonfiction must be more diverse and inclusive, and this is one way we seek to lower barriers and open dialogue for future coaction. We benefit from the energy, thoughtfulness, and intelligence these groups bring to the Fest and hope they feel more energized, inspired, and empowered when they leave True/False. Supported by the Ford Foundation. Thank you to the Panta Rhea Foundation.

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EVENTS

OUR EVENTS ARE HANDCRAFTED T/F ORIGINALS, each with its own distinct personality. We offer something for everyone to enjoy—a now venerable game show that tests your B.S. detector, our one-of-a-kindanyone-can-join-in parade, a s’mores roast ’round an indoor campfire, beverage themed post-screening shorts receptions, a zero-dark-thirty breakfast party . . . and so much more.

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65 THE JUBILEE Thursday, Feb 28 / 5:30pm-6:45pm / Missouri Theatre For our opening night, we kick off the festivities with a masquerade gala at Missouri Theatre right before diving into Knock Down the House. Don your favorite power pantsuit, black tie, little black dress, or whatever makes you feel ready to take on the establishment . . . and of course, don’t forget your mask. Merriment spills out onto Ninth Street under the Fest’s palatial party pavilion, where you can sample culinary creations from bleu Events. In the Theatre lobby, enjoy scrumptious bites prepared by students at the Columbia Area Career Center. Our friends at Columbia Art League open their gallery space, where you can see their latest exhibit: Truth (?), which explores the many ways we define what is true. Stop by the Pinckney Bend cocktail stations scattered throughout, each featuring a handcrafted libation (of vodka, gin, or whiskey) created by one of Columbia’s finest bartenders. No ticket required; open to Super/Silver Circle and Lux passholders. 125

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66 Q(UENCH) & A(NSWERS) A: Tea 65—Friday, Mar 1 / 3:05pm-3:50pm / Bingham Gallery B: Tequila 62—Friday, Mar 1 / 8:50pm-9:35pm / Bingham Gallery C: & Tonic 67—Saturday, Mar 2 / 6:40pm-7:25pm / Bingham Gallery A convivial reception spotlighting each short film program with eponymous complimentary beverages. Attendees can ask questions one-on-one and indulge in the titular beverages. A True/False programmer will be present at each Q(uench) & A(nswer) to introduce filmmakers and briefly facilitate discussion. Open to ticket-holders of the preceding screening, as well as Super/Silver Circle passholders.

67 SHORT CIRCUIT PARTY Thursday, Feb 28 / 10:30pm-12:30am / Pressed In honor of our 18 short’s filmmakers, we host an electric celebration in which they hold court (or in this case, drink tickets). Spark up a conversation and maybe if you ask nicely they’ll offer you a round. Open to Super/Silver Circle passholders. 127

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68 MARCH MARCH Friday, Mar 1 / 5:15pm-5:45pm / Boone County Courthouse Square to Ninth & Locust What better way to encourage the tremulous start of spring than to lead by example and march into March? To bring this month in like a lion, we invite one and all to join, dress in costume, ride your bike, whatever you’d like (just no advertising, politicking, or motorized vehicles). Led by our own King of Queens, Ron Ironic Ribiat. Free and open to the public.

69 REALITY BITES Friday, Mar 1 / 5:30pm-7pm / Missouri Theatre & The Picturehouse lobbies A tradition as old as the fest itself, Reality Bites is our communal breaking of bread (and other delectables). Directly following the March March, step inside Missouri Theatre, the Columbia Art League, and The Picturehouse to sample tastes from a wide array of Columbia’s best restaurants. Enjoy wines compliments of St. James Winery, McIntyre Cider, and beer brewed by our friends at Logboat and Public House—all finely crafted in Missouri. Happy buskers will fill the room(s) with merriment. No ticket required; open to Super/Silver Circle and Lux passholders. 129

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70 CAMPFIRE STORIES Friday, Mar 1 / 9:30pm-10:45pm / Studio 4 Gather ‘round the hearth and come hear some stellar storytellers spin yarns in our cozy forest clearing. The guide for the evening will be blues musician Samuel James on steel guitar, with filmmakers/fabulists including Jeffrey Peixoto, Juan Pablo González, Menna Laura Meijer, Roni Moore, and James Blagden, and some surprise guests. Homemade s’mores will be served courtesy of Good Food Co. Ticket required; general admission via the Q. PRESENTED BY ITVS

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71 REFR@CTION DANCE PARTY Friday, Mar 1 / 10pm-1am / My House Nightclub & Sports Bar Back to its OG slot on Friday night, this legendary party is in your home away from home. Artists transform the space into a whiskey-laced wonderland where you can dance the night away to the transcendent sounds of Jarina De Marco and DJ Hourglass. No ticket required; open to Super/Silver Circle, Lux, Stay Up Late passholders.

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72 THE ART RAMBLE

A: Saturday, Mar 2 / 12pm-12:30pm / Box Office B: Saturday, Mar 2 / 2:30pm-3pm / Box Office C: Sunday, Mar 3 / 12pm-12:30pm / Box Office D: Sunday, Mar 3 / 2:30pm-3pm / Box Office A mind-expanding poetic improvisation masquerading as a conventional downtown walking tour, the Ramble returns in 2019, stranger than ever. Longtime fest favorite Gabriel Williams is back to host this unclassifiable experience, which is designed to highlight T/F’s numerous art installations while quietly becoming one itself. Free and open to the public.

73 FILMMAKER FÊTE Saturday, Mar 2 / 4pm-6pm / Orr Street Studios The Fête is our banquet to honor visiting filmmakers. Hosted by our friends at Orr Street Studios and featuring artful culinary creations from the team at Sycamore. Enjoy delicious treats as well as McIntyre Cider, wine and bubbly courtesy of St. James Winery, beer from Logboat and Public House breweries, and hand-brewed coffee from Kaldi’s, all while gazing upon new work by the artists of Orr Street Studios. Open to Super/ Silver Circle passholders; ticket included in packet. PRESENTED BY HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS 135

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74 GIMME TRUTH! Saturday, Mar 2 / 10pm-11:30pm / Showtime Theater @ The Blue Note Can you suss out the truth? Or are you gullible? America’s most raucous (and only) documentary game show features local non-professional filmmakers who attempt to fool seasoned directors by presenting their totally true or totally false two-minute docs. Things get increasingly out of hand. Hosted by Brian Babylon, a Chicago-born comic who moved out to Los Angeles to work on Why? with Hannibal Buress and is a frequent guest on the news quiz show Wait, Wait... Don’t Tell Me! The 2019 contestants/judges are: Anand Patwardhan (director of Reason), Miko Revereza (director of No data plan), and Lindsay Utz (editor of American Factory [T/F 2019], Quest [T/F 2017], & Bully [T/F 2012]). Tech support provided by The Evoke Group. Ticket required; general admission via the Q. PRESENTED BY SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY FILMS

63B POST-CHAUTAUQUA ELEVENSES Sunday, Mar 3 / 11am-11:45am / Bingham Gallery This post-Chautauqua event gives attendees the opportunity to meet and greet the provocateurs in the art gallery, featuring Lisa Franko’s MFA Thesis exhibition. The high tea spread is provided by Kaldi’s. What could be more provocative than tea & scones? Open to Chautauqua ticket-holders and Super/Silver Circle passholders.

75 CLOSING NIGHT RECEPTION Sunday, Mar 3 / 6pm-7pm / Missouri Theatre A common meal for all who attend Amazing Grace at the Missouri Theatre on Sunday. Catered for the sixteenth year in a row by the stalwarts at Addison’s restaurant—the drinks flow courtesy of our friends at Logboat, Public House, and St. James Winery. Ticket required; the film ticket includes the reception. PRESENTED BY ADDISON’S AMERICAN GRILL

76 BUSKERS LAST STAND Sunday, Mar 3 / 9pm / The Sculpture Yard & Missouri Theatre With a tear and a beer (courtesy of Logboat and Public House; please, finish your beer inside), the festival ends as the last air escapes the bellows of the accordion, trumpet, and megaphone. Link arms with your festival friends and join True/False’s own second line under the stars in our Sculpture Yard on Ninth (and for those who prefer a quieter farewell, in the lobby of Missouri Theatre), as we throw an instant wake for T/F 2019 following the Q&A after Amazing Grace. No ticket required; theater lobby open to passholders and those with a ticket to the closing night film; Sculpture Yard open to all, weather permitting. 137

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DAWDLE SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019 Join True/False for a leisurely late-summer bike ride down the Katy Trail from downtown Columbia to the Blufftop Bistro at Les Bourgeois in Rocheport. Along the way, enjoy trailside surprises, buskers, and local treats. The day culminates in a bluff-top picnic, concert, and outdoor screening of a new documentaryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all under the stars and overlooking the Missouri River.

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77 TOASTED Monday, Mar 5 / 12:30am-4am / Cafe Berlin As festgoers chow down on breakfast food in the Cafe Berlin dining area, filmmakers and film critics fight for their chance to appear on the famed Film Comment Podcast, being recorded live on stage by the publicationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s everastute editor Nicolas Rapold. Open to all; admission is free, breakfast is not.

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EVENT VENUES BINGHAM GALLERY @ RHYNSBURGER

129 Fine Arts Building Built in 1958, the building was historically called the Arts Building. The George Caleb Bingham Gallery, named after the Luminist painter, is the University Department of Art’s gallery space.

BOONE COUNTY COURTHOUSE SQUARE

E. Walnut St. at N. Eighth Street The iconic columns of the square are all that remain of the second Boone County courthouse, razed in 1909 to make way for the present-day courthouse. The columns align perfectly with the matching limestone columns in Mizzou’s Quad and communicate privately via semaphore.

CAFE BERLIN

220 N. Tenth Street Carved out of a former gas station, the rad Cafe Berlin feeds Columbia’s counterculture. Owner Eli Gay’s expansive singing range echoes the Driftless Area’s dramatic topography.

COLUMBIA ART LEAGUE

207 S. Ninth Street Columbia Art League houses the VR Arcade, home of T/F Transmedia, all fest long. It also opens its doors to our Jubilee, Reality Bites, and Closing Night guests to eat and drink while experiencing their latest exhibit, Truth (?), which explores the many ways we define what is true.

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119 S. 7th Street Starting around 1970, the former HQ of an HVAC company, built in 1945, beget bar after bar: Bogarts, the Bird of Paradise tiki bar (responsible for radically adding a “Polynesian” roofline), Forge & Vine, TP’s, then finally the SoCo Club gay bar, before local entrepreneur Dan Rader revamped it into a high-tech dance club worthy of Vegas.

ORR STREET STUDIOS

106 Orr Street The decade-old studios host more than two dozen artists. The one-of-a-kind doors are by sculptor Chris Teeter.

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803 E Walnut Street A bleu Events concept that offers a beautiful view of the downtown area while specializing in craft cocktails, small plates, and premium service.

STUDIO 4

672 Hitt Street Located in the guts of McKee Gymnasium, the MU Theatre Department’s new black box theater once housed the University’s swimming pool; now several theatrical productions are presented each season in the space.

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SUPPORT

AS A PART OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT Ragtag Film Society, True/False relies on the generosity of our donors. We thank them for their commitment and their belief in our mission. As we continue to develop ambitious programs, we look to expand our community of supporters. Whether you want to champion filmmaker sustainability, invest in the long-term health of Ragtag Film Society, give back to the subjects of a documentary film, increase the reach of our education programs, or help with our overall operations, we welcome your participation. Any contribution is a significant one.

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SUPPORT OUR MISSION True/False is a project of the not-for-profit Ragtag Film Society, which also operates the year-round Ragtag Cinema here in Columbia, Missouri. Ragtag Film Society is made possible, in part, by the generous financial support of donors who believe in our mission to champion independent film and media art and to serve film communities both locally and globally. Donations may be made through the programs described in the following pages; general contributions are also welcome. All contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law, and general contributions will be shared equally to support the operations of our two projects, unless designated to a particular fund, program, or project. To find out more about how you can support True/False and Ragtag Cinema, please contact : Jody Mitori, Development Director, Ragtag Film Society: 314.565.8212 or jody@truefalse.org. Jeremy Brown, Executive Director, Ragtag Film Society: 573.442.8783 or jeremy@truefalse.org.

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PAY THE ARTISTS!

THE PAY THE ARTISTS! (PTA) initiative is part of a larger effort to

create a sustainable ecosystem for nonfiction filmmakers, who regularly lose money bringing their work into the world. Festivals increasingly act as a de facto substitute for movie houses, and crowdfunding and foundation grants are often not enough to support getting oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film to the viewing public. The True/False PTA program exists as a partial remedy to this problem. Since 2014, PTA donors have enabled True/False to award an honorarium to each visiting filmmaking team, in addition to covering travel, lodging, and meal expenses. In 2019, 36 filmmaking teams will receive $850 each. We hope to increase this fund each year and eventually be able to offer $1,000 per filmmaking team. Funds for the PTA are provided through three-year financial gifts of $10,000-$20,000 per year from patrons who care deeply about the future of nonfiction filmmaking. Half of the funds are given directly to filmmakers, and half are used to support the programming activities of the festival.

PAY THE ARTISTS! DONORS Holly Roberson and John Goldstein Ken and Nancy Kranzberg Pete Kingma and Thom Lambert Maida Lynn Jonathan Murray J.A. and H.G Woodruff Jr. Charitable Trust

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RAGTAG FILM SOCIETY LEGACY FUND In 2013, Bill Bondeson and Linda Butterfield Cupp established the Ragtag Film Society Legacy Fund in memory of Willy Wilson, the beloved longtime voice of Ragtag Cinema, local thespian, high school teacher, dragon designer, and, of course, David Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad. The Legacy Fund exists to support the long-term health, vitality, and sustainability of Ragtag Cinema and True/False; extend community and educational outreach programs; and ensure that the Cinema and Fest remain affordable for the average Columbia resident. The minimum contribution to join the Legacy Fund is $5,000.

RAGTAG FILM SOCIETY LEGACY FUND DONORS Bill Bondeson and Linda Butterfield Cupp Diane Booth and Jeanne Sebaugh Ron and Judy Carter Kathleen Ehrhardt Barbara Fairman Michael and Emy Friedman Bill and Barb Froke Joanne Fulton Barry and Pam Gainor Betsy Garrett Carol Hurt

Aaron and Nikki Krawitz Doris Littrell Amy McCombs Ann and David Mehr R. Michael and Susan E. Roberts Jerry and Judy Schermer Sally Silvers Tom Smith Vicky Riback Wilson Harriet and Bill Yelon D&BJ Family

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THE DIANA LISCUM EDUCATION FUND Diana Liscum, a retired Hickman High School English teacher (her former students knew her as Mrs. Rahm), shared hundreds of hours of her time and talent as a volunteer film screener for True/False, and she and her husband were devoted members of Ragtag Cinema. In December 2018, a two-year fundraising goal of $30,000 was set to establish the Diana Liscum Education Fund in her memory to benefit the education programs of Ragtag Film Society. RFS is grateful to honor and uphold Dianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy for generations to come. To donate, visit truefalse.org/donate.

TRUE LIFE FUND In 2007, True/False created the True Life Fund, a philanthropic effort that raises money and awareness for the subjects of a new nonfiction film each year. The True Life Fund offers tangible assistance to real-life subjects of a film and acknowledges that documentary filmmakers and festivals thrive because of the stories given to us by people who are often of limited means. Support for the True Life Fund comes from outreach within the Columbia community and generous donations from True/False attendees. Donations to the 2019 True Life Fund film may be given in person at all screenings of Midnight Traveler, online at truelifefund.org, or by texting any amount to 573.818.2151. Additionally, we accept and encourage gifts to the fund throughout the year; if you are interested in donating after the spring of 2019, contact us about supporting True Life Fund 2020. The True Life Fund is presented by The Crossing, a local church in Columbia, and is supported by a grant from The Bertha Foundation.

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THANK YOU

THERE ARE MORE THAN A THOUSAND staff members and volunteers who help us to be the hosts-with-the-most. And around every corner, you can take note of the many businesses that proudly post a T/F sponsor sign in the window. Without this support, our CoMo home wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as cozy. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our attempt at a thank you to all the individuals, businesses, and organizations who contributed to crafting T/F 2019.

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RAGTAG FILM SOCIETY MANAGEMENT JEREMY BROWN: Executive Director BARBIE BANKS: Co-CPO; Cinema Managing Director CAMELLIA COSGRAY: Fest Managing Director PAUL STURTZ: Fest Artistic Director and Co-Conspirator

T/F CORE ERIKA ADAIR: Art Installations Coordinator MARK ALEXIOU: Booze Admiral & PassMaster REBECCA ALLEN: Photo Team Coordinator AMANDA ATKINS: Childcare Coordinator DUNCAN BINDBEUTEL: Production Manager & Art Installations Director CHRIS BOECKMANN: Senior Programmer SAMANTHA BOISCLAIR: Finance Coordinator MIKE BOLES: Technical Support & Skypes PAULA CALLIS: Assistant Box Office Manager JACKIE CASTEEL: Assistant Production Manager ANGELA CATALANO: Technical Director ALLISON COFFELT: Education & Outreach Director BLAIR COLEMAN: Assistant Hospitality Coordinator ANNA COOK: Art Installations Assistant JOHANNA COX: Events Director NICKIE DAVIS: Assistant Merchandise Coordinator JUSTIN DEAN: DCP Creation & Inspections Manager TONY DEMARCO: Assistant Lighting Director EMILY EDWARDS: Marketing & Press Coordinator JENNIFER ERICKSON: Mentorship Coordinator & Senior Guest Liaison KELLY FAMULINER: Assistant Education Director RAE FITZGERALD: Music Coordinator ALEX FOUNTAIN: Assistant Technical Director AMIR GEORGE: Programmer HEATHER GILLICH: Volunteer Co-Coordinator TRACY GREEVER-RICE: Materials Coordinator & Production CATHY GUNTHER: Volunteer Co-Coordinator SARAH HAAS: Presentation Manager & Co-Ringmaster JP HARRIS: Radio Coordinator LISA HARRISON: Community Outreach Coordinator SHELBY HART: Assistant Box Office Manager KYLE HESS: Assistant Events Director & Sponsorship Trade Coordinator JORDAN INMAN: Programming Fellow & Co-Ringmaster KATIE JENKINS: Transmedia Curator MARK JOHNSON: Provocations Technical Manager SARAH JOST: Hospitality Assistant MARTIN KAMAU: Music Director CHRISTINA KELLEY: Merchandise Director 150

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JAMIE KROLL: Construction & Production KELSEY KUPFERER: Education Coordinator JON LAMB: Skype Manager JAMIE LEONARD: Lighting Director ARIN LIBERMAN: Co-CPO; Programming & Communications Manager CARLY LOVE: Operations Manager JORDAN LUNDY: Format Inspections & Blu-Ray Creation POLINA MALIKIN: Education Advisor & Schemer ASHWINI MANTRALA: Music Coordinator MICHAEL MARCUM: Production Assistant CLINT MCMILLEN: Assistant Graphic Designer JODY MITORI: Development Director CHELSEA MYERS: Video Team Coordinator JOSH OXENHANDLER: Legal Counsel & Special Operations EYNAR PINEDA: Hospitality Coordinator STEPHEN QUACKENBUSH: Water Diviner WIL REEVES: Music Coordinator KEVIN RICE: Print Traffic Controller GLENN RICE: Sign Czar, Art Technical Consultant, & Ticket Printing Controller KELSEY RIGHTNOWAR: Assistant Manager of Theater Operations EMILY ROBERTS: DIY Day Coordinator & Toasted Coordinator SAM ROTH: Box Office Manager DAVID RYGIOL: Lead Graphic Designer MARIE SCHALLER: Special Ops EMMA SCHIERMEIER: Hazardous Materials LIZ SENSINTAFFAR: Events Coordinator MATT SMITH: Production Assistant HOLLY SMITH-BERRY: Sponsorship Director DOUG SONNENBERG: Audio Coordinator & Production ABBY SUN: Programmer STACEY THOMPSON: Sponsorship Coordinator PATRICIA WEISENFELDER: Sustainability Coordinator DAVID WILSON: Co-Conspirator & Special Projects

RAGTAG CINEMA CHRIS BOECKMANN: Programmer STEPH FOLEY: Design/Marketing Director CORY MCCARTER: Operations Director GLENN RICE: Webmaster STEVE RUFFIN: Technical Director PROJECTIONISTS: Tony Layson, Ashley Nagel, Ben Falby, Ted Rogers BOX OFFICERS: Emma Fristoe, Grady Harrington, Kelcie Mattson, Bernie McDonald, Elorm Nutakor, Jake Worsham

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Thank You RAGTAG FILM SOCIETY 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT: Shon Aguero VICE PRESIDENT: Charlie Nilon SECRETARY: Anna Valiavska TREASURER: Michael Lefebvre PAST PRESIDENT: Jeremy Root BOARD MEMBERS: Brian Booton, Nate Brown, Linda Butterfield Cupp, Betsy Garrett, Sheri-Marie Harrison, Carol Hurt, Nikki Krawitz, Gary Oxenhandler, Ron Rottinghaus, Paul Sturtz

CONTRIBUTORS T/F would also like to thank the hundreds of individuals who have contributed their time and talents to the success of T/F 2019, including our vast army of Volunteers. Juggernauts, who generously contribute 40+ hours of their time, are noted with an asterisk(*). Ziggurats give 75+ hours of their time, and are noted with (). Special thanks to our 2019 Volunteer Sponsor: Oxenhandler Law.

CORE SUPPORT: INTERNS & EXPERTS

ADS COORDINATOR: Kay Frymire DEVELOPMENT: Ronel Ghidey* PHOTO EDITORS: Carli Rabon & Kate Seaman SPONSORSHIP: Kevin McKiernan, Ambriehl Turrentine THEATER OPS: Tyler Parton

CANARY SCREENING COMMITTEE Stephanie Andreou, Jaad Asante, Molly Bagnall, Christianne Benedict, Burke Bindbeutel, Charlotte Cook, Liz Fornango, Becky Gibbs, Jordan Inman, Leigh Kolb, Will Linhares, Kellan Marvin, Antoine Matondo, Zara Meerza, Ashley Nagel, Grace Noteboom, Jeremy Reed, Sam Roth, Dana Smith, Matt St. John, Dan Steffen, Mindy Stueckel, Jeffrey Trotter, Annette Van, Stacey Woelfel, and Majiyebo Yacim. In memoriam: Diana Liscum

PROGRAM SCRIBES

Stephanie Andreou (SA), Chris Boeckmann (CB), Amir George (AG), Leigh Kolb (LK), Kyle Puetz (KP), Kyle Smith (KS), Paul Sturtz (PS), and Abby Sun (AS)

GAIL SHEN MEMORIAL D’ATELIER T/F

POSTER DESIGN: David Rygiol AD DESIGN MASTER: Kellyn Nettles ILLUSTRATIONS: Carla McElroy, Jacky Adelstein PROGRAM COPY EDITOR: Pete Bland Travis Stephens, our printing press hero, and everyone at Modern Litho.

EDUCATION & OUTREACH AND TRUE LIFE FUND

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS: Lindsey Alfermann, Drea Bilgrien, Luke Brown, Jessica Bueneman, Nnandi Cason, Tricia Carver-Horner, Lukas Chin, Mariales Diaz, Em Downing, Emma Elrod, Ashley Gratzer, Desmond Hearne Morrey, 152

Thank You Caullen Hudson, Maureen Hunt, Culley Kirkpatrick, Theo Kurre, Tim Lothian, Adrienne Luther, Cramon Mays, Marie McMullan, Gabriella Medrano, Leona Miller, Heather Miller, David Moran, Jess Motylewski, Alicia Murphy, Anthony Newsome, Collin Patrick, Kaitlyn Roberts, Pearl Quick, Hannah Rodriguez, Lincoln Sheets, Andre Steward, Sofia Voss, Castle Wagoner-Smith, Roman Wolfe, Erica Woods EDUCATOR PARTNERS: Lindsey Troutman, Melissa Smith, Bri Noltie, Jamie Lazechko, Kelly Gaskins, Daryl Moss, Erica Shadwell, Aaron Harris, Eric Adams, Justin Hamm, Kat Toomey, Eric Frizzell, Julie Fales, Matt Cone, Michelle Hogan OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE to all the educators from the Columbia Area Career Center and Hickman, Rock Bridge, Douglass, and Battle High Schools. ADVISORY COUNCIL: Eddie Martinez, Kath Connolly, Kristen Schulte, Jimmie Briggs PODCAST: Ryan Famuliner, Janet Saidi, SebastiÃ n Martinez

ART INSTALLATIONS

THANK YOU TO OUR PALIMPSESTS: Gabe Meyer, Brian Doss, and Becca Sullinger; Daniel Heggarty, Joseph Fischer, and Mark Steck; Levi Bedall, Augie Lehrecke, and Matthew Muller; Paul Kirby & Steven Krejcik; Madeline Carl; Kristina Rolander; Sarah Nguyen; Jordan Doig & Stephanie Gould; Michael Marcum; Carrie Elliott; Tracy Greever-Rice; Erika Adair; Katie Jenkins; Caroline Goessling, Sofia Bonati, Sean Lyman, Sara Post, Amy Putansu, and Grace Ramsay; Bob Hartzell; Dan and Luc Goldstein; Laura Haynes & her students; Ann Mehr, Virginia Pfannenstiel & their Lee Elementary students; & Willy Wilson THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS, ESPECIALLY: Sarah Dresser; Cory Hodapp; Mike Nolan; Gunter Hans; Catherine Armbrust; Matt Crook and Cafe Berlin; Dogwood Studios; Citizen Jane Film Festival SPECIAL THANKS TO THE APW: our hearts belong to you. FIBER MAVENS: Esther (Landslide) Stroh, Theresia St.Vrain, Linda Reeder, Ginny Muller, Amanda Varner, Julie Elman, Kathleen Reeves, Kit Godfrey, Laura Mitchell, Cindy Kerr ART VOLUNTEERS: Iuliia Alieva, Mitchell Bartle, Alex Bergman, Cortney Bouse, Jamie Bryant, Kyna Byerly, Molly Campbell, Lexi Crowder, Kelli Daugherty, Alexis Dove, Solana Feldthouse, Tommy Fieser, Amy George, Seda Guler, Madeline Haker, Kate Hangley, Laura Haynes, Dawni Henry, Marali Herrera, Grace Haun, Anne Jacobson, Katy Klymus, Violet Kroll, Thresa Kussman, Melissa Lewis, Sadia Moumita, Evan Moylan, Amelia Nitsch, Holly Pering, John Reid, Claire Richardson, Norma Sanchez, Barbie Skinner, Becca Smith, Lilly Smith, Robin Tillitt, Eryn Trudell, Jessica Weiss

BUMPERS AND COMMERCIAL TEAM

DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR: Chelsea Myers ART & CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: Chelsea Myers, Becca Sullinger MUSIC: Mike Danger, Josh Wright COMMERCIAL VIDEOGRAPHERS: Miranda Craig, Asa Lory, Kevin Mathein, Aaron Phillips, Matt Schacht, Nathan Wright COMMERCIAL MUSIC: Wesley Powell

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Thank You TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY

GUEST LIAISONS & CHAUFFEURS: Grace Ackles, Lindsey Arrington, Dean Asher, Shannon Beck, Sean Brynda, Stephanie Carlo, Michael Coleman, Skylar Corby, Sean Dolan, Shawn Eaton, Neal Fandek, Katherine Feiner, Emma Fristoe, Persephone Gloeckner-Suits, Xing Gao, Jennica Gomez, Sophia Gonzalez, Grady Harrington, Jeannetta Hartley, Ashlea Hearn, Steven Hoeper, Julie Hutton, Keith Jones, Aisha Kareem, Chrissy Kirchhoefer, Rafi Lasir, Scott Lincoln, Zhongyang Lyu, Jolene Metzen, Gina McGinnis, Rin Murata, Casey Murray, Baxter Nickels, Lauren Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell, James Oermann, Aditya Parashar, Hyunyoung Park, Monica Pfeiffer, Matthew Ponder, Mark Powers, Ricki Richards, Paul Schlup, Beth Shepard, Bruce Shockley, Erik Siegel, Bridget Sievert, Amanda Sprochi, Alissa Steward, Alexander Udis, Claire Van Doren, Kristian Wingo, Danielle Winton, Luta Young

MUSIC TEAM

THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS: Terryl Banks, Sean Day, Adam Jackson, Jim Jung, Noah McCarty, Elorm Nutakor, Emily Shaw, Elizabeth Ustinov, Bradee Williams, Claire Winegarner WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO: Ryan Groom, Eric Hemmann, Sonny Singh, Bernard Jones, Matt Crook, Chelsea Myers, Em Downing, Eli Gay at Cafe Berlin, Sal Nuccio at Eastside Tavern, Matt Gerding, Pat Kay, Melina Loggia, Mike Nolan and the staff at The Blue Note & Rose Music Hall, Kyle Cook, Taylor Bacon and the crew at Hitt Records, Logboat Brewing Co., MyHouse, BXR, KOPN, KCOU

PASSES Thank you to David Rygiol for the pass designs, Emily Edwards for being awesome, and to H.D and the entire staff at the CoMo FedEx Office, with a special nod to Steve Rager and Cody Thomas.

BOX OFFICE

TEAM BOX OFFICE: Amanda Amodeo, Naomi Ballard, Stacey Becker, Linda Bennett, Sarah Berndt, Elizabeth Buko, Alexis Cettina, Cortney Daniels, Alanta Free, Lisa Fritsche, Cindy Gergen, Maria Gilmore, Christina Hedlund, Robyn Kaufman*, Kaitlyn Landers, Mary Beth Litofsky, Claire Mitzel, Jackie Mueller, Karen Potter, Dorothy Rice*, Bonnie Ricord, Kathryn Roberts, Denise SchehlGeiger, Evelyn Stone, Heather Tearney, Pam Williams* TECH SUPPORT: Brad Griffith, Delta Systems, Jonathan Sessions & the Gravity crew, Socket

MERCH TEAM

MERCH MANAGERS: Carissa Boesch, Christa Holtzclaw, Lauren Miers, Eileen Sheeran FEATURED ARTISTS: Kirsteen Buchanan, Tillie Dowd, Andi Fink, Stephanie LeBlanc, Cassidy Shearrer, Christina Sherman, Christian Simms; our amazing graphic designers, Clint McMillen & David Rygiol SCARFMAKERS: Lynn Forbes, Lisa Higgins, Kim Hilden, Melody Nashan, & Cassandra Rogers BUTTONMAKER: Elsa Kelley-Marcum MERCH VOLUNTEERS: Kim Ashcraft, Alexis Burch, Raven Birk, Lana 154

Thank You Coggeshall, Grace Dyer, Rochita Ghosh, Becky Gibbs, Meg Gibson, Joan Govero, Lydia Merkerson, Ann Merrifield, Taylor Moore, Joseph Morando, Sylvia Mueller, John Petralia, Kari Schuster, Tracy Toler, Emily Wildenhaus SPECIAL THANKS to the folks at Diggit, for making our Merch dreams a reality, & everyone at Sager Braudis, for sharing their beautiful space.

EVENT COORDINATORS

ID TEAM: Dawni Henry JUBILEE, REALITY BITES, CLOSING NIGHT, BUSKERS LAST STAND: Samantha Jedlow,* Samantha Sweet REALITY BITES & FILMMAKER FÊTE: Jennifer Roelands* CAMPFIRE STORIES & CHAUTAUQUA: Stacie Pottinger* Q(UENCH) & A(NSWERS): Joelle Fronzaglio REFR@CTION DANCE PARTY, SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, & VOLUNTEER PARTY: Liz Sensintaffar SHORT CIRCUIT: Joelle Fronzaglio,* Jennifer Roelands* FILMMAKER HAPPY HOUR & CLOSING NIGHT: Cindy Sheltmire TOASTED: David Conklin EVENT VOLUNTEERS: Sophia Alioto, Erica Ascani, Trevor Bajkowski, Africa Baker, Ilich Bonilla, Haley Broughton, Jennifer Butler, James Cameron, David Conkin*, Taylor Dalton*, Diane Felton, Jeffrey Felton, Joelle Fronzaglio*, Edward Goldring, Robert Haenisch, Michael Hendricks, Alyssa Henzler, Joshua Hulen*, Lydia Jain, Nicholas Lange, Brittani Langland, Armaja LaRue-Hill, Vernée Norman*, Heidi Nguyen, Corey Nichols, Trish Obrien, Katlyn Otto, Jeni Polacek, Matthew Rahner, Dianna Rains*, Allison Rieck, Joan Seidel-Petralia, Samantha Sweet, Samuel Ventrillo, Sarah Vinton, Olivia Woosley, Britt Zuniga SPECIAL THANKS to The Blue Note security team.

SUSTAINABILITY GREEN TEAM

VOLUNTEERS: Drew Anderson, Jared Andrews, Caroline Armstrong, Emma Bennett, Lara Benson, Maude Chibnall-Voltmer, Mary Diekmeier, Ivana Easley, Joanie Fieser, Nathan Gregg, Desiree Holloway, Alli Inglebright, Kaylin Jones, Barb Kuensting, Amelia Littrell, Kelsey Michno, Hardy Pottinger, Julie Rains, Kelly Schilling, Mikayla Sehlmeyer, Toni Weiss COMPOST: David Baker, Justin Gregory, John Taube, Megan Tyminski SPECIAL THANKS: to shift leaders Brynn Szukala, Chloe Schmidt; Bill Germain of Eco-Cycle

LIBATIONS

BOOZE CREW: Adam Boisclair, Chelsea Bessey, Shay Jasper, Harry Katz, David Lineberry, Jordan McDonough, Andrew McEnery, Even Mehuys, David Samorian, Dan Schneiderjohn TEAM BOOZE: Aimee Davenport, Gayle Chang, Ian Chang, Bettina Coggeshall, Mark Coggeshall, Tracy Greever-Rice, Marie Kerl, Sarah Kurre, Jeremy Landrey, Kristen Landrey, Joslyn Lewis, Freddie Lomas, Chrissy McCormick, Bob Miller, Cheryl Miller, Clay Minchew, Kelsey Minchew, Virginia Muller, Linda Reeder, Cathy Salter, Kit Salter, Becca Stock, Angie Storvick, Esther Stroh, Emily Voss SPONSOR SHOUT OUTS TO: Pinckney Bend, Major Brands, St. James Winery, Logboat Brewing Co., Public House Brewing Co. 155

Thank You GIMME TRUTH!

GIMME TRUTH! COORDINATOR: Steve Gieseke TROPHY DESIGN: Michael Marcum & Johnny Naugahyde PROGRAM DESIGN: Steph Foley TECH SUPPORT: The Evoke Group EVENT & VENUE SPONSOR: Showtime Documentary Films

TRANSMEDIA

VOLUNTEERS: Josie Anglin, Grant Bollig, JIaqi Chn, Zach Davis, Solana Feldthouse, Marylou Ferrieri, Yuejiao Jiang, Muriira Mbogori, Kyle Perry, Justin Powers, Riley Steinbrecher THANKS: Mat Matlack, StoryUp, Good Wizard, Columbia Art League TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Jonathan Sessions & Kyle Huebotter

PRESS & PUBLICITY Emilie Spiegel, Cinetic Jo Duncan, The Beenders-Walker Group Megan McConachie & Amy Schneider, Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau

MARKETING & SOCIALS Mary-Grace Eldridge, our endlessly cheerful, kind, supportive social media assistant. And cheers to our social sleuths for keeping their eyes peeled, ears to the ground, and cell phones charged all weekend long: Jessica Langrehr, Tori Foushee, Brandon Butcher, and Megan Schmidt.

VIDEO DOCUMENTATION TEAM

TINY ATTIC FILM CREW: Aaron Phillips, Matt Schacht, Kevin Mathein, Asa Lory, Vernée Norman, Ryan Wylie, Megan Casady, Miranda Craig, Ben Hedrick, Liz Jones, Haley Myers, Josh Wright SPECIAL THANKS: Sean Brown

PHOTO TEAM Photographers: Jonathan Asher, Karlos Bussen, Stephen Bybee, Frank Finley, Liz Jones, Christina Parker, Rachel Penn, Dani Perez, Audrey Roloff, A.K. Sandhu

ERRAND RUNNERS Jackie Bell, Erin Graham, Haley Gronniger, Kateryna Kalugina, Robbin Kimbell, Lynn Malley, Mike Rowson*, Margaret Waddell, Wedge Watkins, Raena Woodruff, Jonah Zukosky, and The District for their help with swag bag creation

THE APW THANKS Julie Ausmus, Leah Christian, Tanner Morrell, Jake Ray, Brad Frazier, John Simon, Daryl Brown: our heroes at the City of CoMO; On the Level Carpentry & Remodeling: xoxo; Missouri River Relief: feats of extraordinary strength; Double M Metalworks; The Prep Shop at the Museum of Art and Archaeology; Sound Concepts; A1 Party & Event Rental; Occam’s Hammer; Michael Goldschmidt & his architectural design students; Boone County Lumber; Bright City Lights; and—as always—Michael Bacon

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Thank You VENUE STALWARTS

RAGTAG CINEMA: Steve Ruffin, Cory McCarter THE BLUE NOTE & ROSE MUSIC HALL: Matt Gerding, Scott Leslie, Mike Nolan, Scott Mitchell MISSOURI THEATRE & JESSE HALL: Gary Ward, Jeff Brown, Josh Reid, Chris Cullen, Evan Gentzler, Eddy Bickford, Mary Maxwell FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: Marvin Lindsay, Betsy Garrett, Preston Turley, Nancy Foote, Tony Hayes RHYNSBURGER THEATRE: Brad Carlson, Joseph Lass TIGER HOTEL: Glyn Laverick, Carmen Kindling MISSOURI UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Adriene Floyd, Teressa Gilbreth, Jo Lee, Fred Leist MY HOUSE: Drake Ackley, Bernard Jones, Dan Rader COLUMBIA ART LEAGUE: Louise Sarver, Karen Shortt-Stout, Holly Stitt ORR STREET STUDIOS: Ivy Case, Jenn Wiggs EASTSIDE TAVERN: Sal Nuccio CAFE BERLIN: Eli Gay, Dan Bugnitz VOLUNTEER HQ AKA “THE NEST”: Nick Peckham ARTIST LOUNGE AND JUMPSTARTER LOUNGE: John Ott, John Durk T/F HQ OFFICE PALACE: Jeff Rioux & Lori Thweatt for putting up with late nights & loud debates T/F BOX OFFICE/SAGER BRAUDIS GALLERY: Joel Sager & Scott Braudis, Amy Meyer, Jonny Pez, Hannah Reeves, Rachel Trout PARTY PALACE: extra special thanks to Jessica Hudson & Gina Rende

SPECIAL OPS Marie Schaller; Jamie Blankinship, Brent Chivington, Mallory Daily, Kate Davenport, Donna DeLong, Courtney Devlin, Matthew Dolan, Drake Duckworth, Will Fish, Kory Kaufman, Rebekah Lass, Marlene Mannella, Rebecca Meisenbach, Haley Myers, Angelica Olmeda, Woodrow Petrovic, Lauren Rocca, Anna Sirianni, Ashlee Slack, Emma Tomes, Darin Tuck, Madison Wright

VOLUNTEER HQ “NEST KEEPERS” Megan Cates, John Corn, Joanna Griffith, Sandy Gummersheimer, Christi Lero, Kaleea Lewis, Sofia Ramirez, Kasey Schaumburg, Treven Smith, Raleigh Taylor, Dina van der Zalm

VENUE CAPTAINS

JESSE: Maggie Bradley MISSOURI THEATRE: Tyler Parton SHOWTIME THEATRE @ THE BLUE NOTE: Ben Stewart & Anna Stewart THE PICTUREHOUSE: Emily Tracy-Smith RHYNSBURGER THEATRE: Eileen Level THE GLOBE: Orevia Vongsa FORREST THEATER: Jeremy Howard RAGTAG CINEMA: Seth Lanning CAMPFIRE STORIES: Emily Shurtz

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Thank You ASSISTANT VENUE CAPTAINS

JESSE: Josh Beck, Faridah Gbadamosi, Kevin Meyer, Kristin Nolan MISSOURI THEATRE: Marc Chauvin, Dan Fritz, Stan Schwartz, Ashlyn West THE PICTUREHOUSE: Sara Haslag, Julie Geyer RHYNSBURGER THEATRE: Madalynn Owens, Christine Tremblay THE GLOBE: Sean Duan, Jenna Redel FORREST THEATER: Sara Nelson RAGTAG CINEMA: Morgan Buscher, Bernie McDonald, Lindsay Morrison, Ayanna Smith

STAGE MANAGERS

JESSE: Sam D’Agostino, Bill Oakley MISSOURI THEATRE: Kevin Bowman, Morgan Williams SHOWTIME THEATRE @ THE BLUE NOTE: Landon Jones, Amy Moum THE PICTUREHOUSE: Esther Ellis, Jordan Rupe-Smith RHYNSBURGER THEATRE: Tom Bellos, Andrea Nilosek THE GLOBE: Jordan Roach, Alex Stamper FORREST THEATER: Jide Akinmoladun, Sapna Khatri

QUEENS

PARADE MARSHAL & KING OF QUEENS: Ron Ribiat QUEEN OF QUEENS: Robin Morrison Ann Baker, Jeff Belden, Sandy Belden, Kristina Bradley, Abbie Brown, Christian Cmehil-Warn, Will Fandek, Kelsey Forqueran, Beth Hunter, Lois Kay, Adrian Kelly, Rochara Knight, Carolyn Magnuson, Emily Morrison, Barbara Ramsbottom, Tawnya Rivers, Christina Roberts, Emily Rosen, Cassidy Shearrer, Carrie Smarr, Jessica Travlos

RINGLEADERS Jeanelle Augustin, Miriam Bale, Cecilia Barrionuevo, Nelson Carvajal, Samara Grace Chadwick, Ashley Clark, Allison Coffelt, Rooney Elmi, Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, Chloe Gbai, Micah Gottlieb, Nikki Heyman, Eric Hynes, Leigh Kolb, Melissa Lyde, Polina Malikin, Eddie Martinez, Tracy Rector, Jason Silverman, Rea Tajiri, Chloe Walters-Wallace, Chase Whiteside, David Wilson, Steve Witzig, Stacey Woelfel

TECH

VIDEO ENGINEERS: James Bond, Travis Bird, Brian Hupke, Joaquin de la Puente PROJECTIONISTS: Kate Bost, Chris Bredenberg, Cass Brown, Ryan GardnerSmith, Tony Kress, Tony Layson, Brian Morataya, Ashley Nagel, Sergio LoboNavia, Steve Ruffin, Chris Simpson, Brandon Theige, SanChavis Torns ASSISTANT AUDIO COORDINATOR: Jeremy Govero AUDIO TECHS: Carl Banks, Daniel Browning, Danny Brugmann, Phillip Evans, Justin Giles, Joy Kaplan, Jack Lee, Ryan Lupardus, Dylan Martin, Charles Midkiff, William Miller, Joseph Mitchell, Adam Morrison, Tom Nordberg, Katie Reich, Morgen Sharp, Parker Smith, Evan Spaulding, Casey Stone, Mitch Tucker, Yue Yu, Rachel Zalucki TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS: Justin Dennis, Chris Howe, Dylan McCord

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Thank You SETUP/BREAKDOWN

CREW CHIEFS: Jeff Barrow, Auben Galloway, Marie Kerl, Marley Magner, Fergus Moore, John Nichols, Max Overshiner, Matt Schacht, Vernon White, Martin Wills SUBD VOLUNTEERS: Kevin Allemann, Debra Blazis, Vince Blazis, Debbie Branstetter, David Brockhouse, Seiler Burr, John Cartwright, Scott Claybrook, Miranda Craig, John Crane, Mike Currier, Donovan Dean, Luke Eagan, John Fierke, Samuel Fieser, Tommy Fieser, Owen Flinchpaugh, James Franklin, Edward Frumkin, Lori Hall-Araujo, Garrison Herries, Greg Herron, art jeffrey, Sarah Justice, Joe Kellenberger, Shannon Lauer, Jean Leonatti, Chad Massman, Zack Miller, Evan Moylan, Louis Nevins, Bill Oakley, Dakota Parkinson, Mark Reed, Ben Reid, Reta Robbins, Deborah Rolfe, Hannah Satterwhite, Jack Scoville, Clint Shannon, Holly Sher, Alexandria Sieckmann, Lynnya Simmons, Becca Smith, Lilly Smith, Virginia Trauth, Grace Urban, Caitlin Vore, Garrett (Wally) Wallace, Amber Whitfield, Steven Wu, Kordero Conversi, Claire Colby, Sydney Freveletti, Carter Phillips, Adam Wizenburger, William Styron, Kelly Schoessling, Norma Sanchez, Tyler Price, Elizabeth Schrader

BUILD Vince Blazis, David Brockhouse, John Crane, Luke Eagan, John Fierke, Tommy Fieser, James Franklin, Greg Herron, Shannon Lauer, Chad Massman, Jane McElroy, Zack Miller, Louis Nevins, Mark Reed, Hannah Satterwhite, Grace Urban, Garrett (Wally) Wallace, Robert Youngquist, George Zimny

PRESENTATION Josh Blackman, Kim Dillon, Joseph Kouba

BOXTOPS Madison Bellamy, Linda Brown, Kim Durlam, Edward Frumkin, Jessica Gardner, Ellen Goodrich, Marlaina Kaine, Bethany Kosmiski, Jason Leggett, Kaneshya Lucas, Regan Mertz, Suzie Nahach, Adrienne Pyeatt, Leelee Shewmaker, Joan Smith, Suzanne Stilwell, Joe Strnad, Angie Mathews Stuart, Samantha Swafford, Sheri Tinsley, Natalie Wells, Madalyn Wells, Brian York

THEATER OPS Kimberly Ackley, Hope Adamson, Faith Adiele, Nate Aponte, Connor Baer, Jay Barton, Debi Barton, Jack Baugher, Maya Bell, Devon Bennett, Fatima Bhaiwala, Ingrid Bohnenkamp, Sunitha Bosecker, Nadia Bott-Alahaideb, Taresa BottAlahaideb, Nora Bott-Alahaideb, Patrick Bowey, Sabra Brockhouse, Ruth Bryan, Arielle Cadet, Marc Chauvin, Anni Chen, John Chester, Alexander Childers, Olivia Childs, Leela Cullity, Jacob David, Kelly Davis, Michael DiBenedetto, Drake Duckworth, Mackenzie Duckworth, Ethan Dwyer, Kyle East, Jay Encina, Alyson Ewald, Gabrielle Faletto, Kaleigh Feldkamp, Caroline Fellows, Sharon Feltman, Delaney Fenton, Barbara Fikru, Lidia Freire, Veronica Fritz, Laura Frymire, Kira Garvin, Leila Gassmann, Julie Geyer, Genoveva Gomez-Lince, Alexia Gonzalez, Laurie Graaff, Jenna Grundtner, Yujeong Gwak, Trent Hagedorn, Emma Hardy, Matthew Harline, Sara Haslag, Frankie Hawkins, Bri Heath, Shelby Henderson, Vivian Herzog, Garrett Hinkle, Dakota Hommes, Kathryn Hosey, Ana Hosomi, RuthAnne Irvin, Soo Young Jang, Sarah Jeffery, 159

Thank You Art Jeffrey, Shannon Johnson, Grace Keith, Caitlin Kelleher, Morgan Keller, Yujin Kim, Jeff Kuhn, Sidharth Kutikkad, Sujin Kwon, Mariana Labbate, Gillian Lancaster, Natalie LaTurno, Wlliam Lawrence, Juyoung Lee, Hyeji Lee, Chaewon Lee, Jason Leggett, Eileen Level, Beeler Lile, Lauren Livesay, Judy Lucas, Gail Ludwig, Brenda Luebbert, Joseph Lurie, Yueheng Lyu, Melissa Maddox, Taylor Marberry, Jane Mather-Glass, Hannah McClure, Bernie McDonald, Amelia McEntire, Mollie McGeehon, Susan McKarns, Tierney McNamara, Monique Mendoza, Kevin Meyer, Natalie Meyer, Michelle Moberg, Jane Moberg, Mizuki Morita, Casey Muckler, Sara Nelson, Andrea Nilosek, Madalynn Owens, Mia Paddock, Isaac Pasley, Ari Pepper, Risa Perkins, Marco Postigo Storel, Dale Potter, cathy price, Adrienne Pyeatt, Xuan Qi, Julie Rains, Haley Reinhardt, Dorothy Rice, Ean Rice, Ricki Richards, Julia Sachs, Kyle Salisbury, Diane Schaller, Julia Schaller, Breanna Schuett, Caryn Scoville, Joan Seidel-Petralia, Yanyi SHAN, Zoe Shedd, Holly Sher, Kamran Sheriff, Caroline Shey, Ayanna Smith, Daniel Smith, Hannah Stanley, Marette Starke, Mary Stebbins, Ember Stevens, Fanxi Sun, Sandy Thomas, Trinity Thompson, Michaela Thomson, Jessica Tifase, Samuel Ventrillo, Lilia Voss, Lia Waldrum, John White, Jana Williams, Blake Willoughby, Owen Wilson, Mindy Wirges, Chanel Woiderski, Vincent Woolsey, Jamie Wyble, Li Yang, Ying Zhu, Alex Zurawik, Willa Zwingle

EARLY ADOPTERS Lorah Steiner, Cindy Sheltmire, Marie Nau Hunter, Richard King, Holly Roberson, Ron Rottinghaus

LIFE, LOVE AND MENTAL STABILITY Polina, Leo, & Iko, Zola, Angela, & Aoife, Galina; Erin, Ben, Molly, & Hudson; Marc & Harold, Libby; Beth & the RTF squad; as well as the families and loved ones of all True/False core staffers.

OUR MISSION The True/False Film Fest exists to champion nonfiction filmmaking both locally and globally. Our goal is to promote art and dialogue and deepen our communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s understanding of one another and the world at large. We do not select films primarily for their topic, nor do we advocate for or against the subject matter of our films. Rather, we hope to present a program that, in totality, challenges viewers to think critically about both the content of the films and their own assumptions.

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THERE ARE MANY FACETS to True/False and many things that your pass will do for you. Within the next few pages, you can find all the details about how and when to use your pass and how to use the Q system. And what is NRT, anyway? Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also find food, drinks, ATMs, bus stops and taxi stands, and learn a little bit about our efforts to be more sustainable and accessible. A quick read of our how-to section will provide you with a roadmap for an in-the-know True/False experience.

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How to fest

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1. WHERE DOES THE FEST TAKE PLACE?

Our box office is in the Sager Braudis Gallery, 1025 E. Walnut Street Films screen at Jesse Auditorium, Missouri Theatre (presented by Landmark Bank), Showtime Theater @ The Blue Note, The Picturehouse (Missouri United Methodist Church), Rhynsburger Theatre, The Globe (First Presbyterian Church), Forrest Theater (inside the Tiger Hotel, presented by Missouri Department of Conservation), and Ragtag Cinema. For complete venue information, see pages 185-193; for a guide to walking times between venues, see the schedule grid.

2. WHEN IS THE BOX OFFICE OPEN? Wednesday, Feb 27, 12pm–8pm: Passes, wristbands, & Gateway Packet pickup ONLY Thursday, Feb 28, 9am–10pm: General ticket sales & passholder pickup Friday, Mar 1, 9am–10pm: General ticket sales & passholder pickup Saturday, Mar 2, 9am–10pm: General ticket sales & passholder pickup Sunday, Mar 3, 9am–5pm: General ticket sales & passholder pickup Monday, Mar 4, 9am–5pm: Merch sales

3. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PASS AND A TICKET?

A pass is the laminated badge that allows festival access. Passes cannot be shared. A ticket is for one screening of a film and, providing you show up on time, guarantees you a seat. If you are a passholder, you must present your pass with your ticket. Tickets issued to passholders are linked to passes and are non-transferable. Passes and reserved tickets must be picked up at the T/F box office. If you are not a passholder, you may purchase individual tickets when the box office opens on Thursday, Feb 28. Do not lose your tickets—they are irreplaceable!

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How to fest 4. HOW MUCH ARE TICKETS?

Single film tickets are $12 at the box office or $14 at the door/Q. The closing night film ticket at the Missouri Theatre (Amazing Grace) is $16 at the box office (includes reception), $14 at the door/Q (no reception). Student tickets are $10 at the box office for films at any venue and $10 at the Q for films at Jesse Auditorium, Missouri Theatre, and Showtime Theater @ The Blue Note. Students pay $14 at the Q for all other venues. Must present a valid student ID at time of purchase. Does not include the closing night film at the Missouri Theatre.

5. CAN I GET A REFUND?

Refunds will NOT be given for ticket purchases at the box office.

6. CAN I BUY TICKETS AT THE DOOR TO A VENUE?

First check with the box office to see if tickets are available. If tickets do remain, they will be sold at the box office until 15 minutes prior to the screening. After that, admission is managed at the venue. If a film goes NRT, empty seats will be filled at the venue via the Q.

7. WHAT DOES “NRT” MEAN? WHY DON’T YOU JUST SAY “SOLD OUT”?

NRT stands for “no reserve tickets” and means the advance or hard tickets available for a screening have been reserved by passholders or purchased. Although there are no longer tickets, there is still a good chance you can get in at the door. Inevitably, some people who reserved tickets don’t show up, and many seats are available via the Q!

8. HOW DOES THE Q WORK?

The Q is your chance to get in at the door for a film for which you were unable to get an advance ticket. Beginning 60 minutes before a film, get a Q number from the Queen at the venue—look for the most flamboyant person you can find. (You may line up for a Q earlier, but we won’t give them out until one hour before the film.) With your Q number in hand, you can leave the venue to grab a coffee or a bite instead of waiting in line. Fifteen minutes prior to the film’s start, come back, find your spot in the Q, and venue staff will release available seats. If there are 15 open seats, numbers 1-15 in the Q will get in, etc. Don’t be late! If you return to the Q after your number is called, you’ll have to go to the back of the line. Passholders receive free admission; non-passholders pay at the time of admission.

Return to the venue NO LATER THAN 15 MINUTES before the film begins! CASH ONLY.

Use the Q, win a Simple pass! Recycle your Q in the Queen’s Q bag at each theater, and you’ll be entered in a drawing for a Simple pass for T/F 2020. Just fill out your name and email address on the back of your Q number the We draw one lucky Return to the venue and drop it in Return to thebag. venue NO LATER THAN NO LATER THAN winner night of the festbefore (Thurs-Sun) and email 15 MINUTESevery before 15 MINUTES the film begins! the film begins! CASH ONLY. CASH ONLY. the winners!

9. 37 WHAT IS THE GATEWAY PACKET? 49 61 IS IT A PASS?

The Gateway Packet is NOT a pass, but a packet of three pre-selected tickets. Gateway does not come with pass privileges, such as picking up additional tickets at the box office or free admission via the Q. Gateway tickets cannot be exchanged. You can pick up your ticket packet starting on Wednesday, Feb 27, at Return noon. Return to the venue to the venue Return to the venue NO LATER THAN 15 MINUTES before the film begins! CASH ONLY.

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How to fest 10. I’M NOT READY FOR ALL FOUR DAYS—DO YOU HAVE A SINGLE DAY OPTION? The Sunday Spree is our fantastic one-day wristband. A Spree allows reservations for one ticket to a Sunday screening, additional Sunday tickets when the box office opens for ticket sales, and free Q privileges for any other screenings on the Sunday of the fest.

11. I CAN’T GO ALL-IN ON A PASS, BUT I WANT TO SAMPLE A BIT OF EVERYTHING! WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT? New in 2019—the Stay Up Late wristband gets you a taste of all the fun after dark without paying top dollar. Stay Up Late offers admission (space available) to all festival concerts, free admission via the Q to any films that start at 9pm or later, and admission to the refr@ction dancy party and Buskers Last Stand. (It does not allow free ticket pick-up at the box office.)

12. I HAVE A SIMPLE PASS. CAN I SEE MORE THAN 10 FILMS?

YES! Your Simple pass provided up to 10 reserve tickets online prior to the fest . . . however, during the Fest you can come to the box office and request additional free tickets to any film that isn’t NRT. You can also Q for free if you don’t have a ticket for a film, including Thursday evening films. As always, one ticket per film, per passholder—no duplicates.

13. I SPRANG FOR THE SUPER OR SILVER CIRCLE PASS! HOW DOES THE “WALK-UP” PRIVILEGE WORK?

Super & Silver Circle passholders have walk-up access for any screening at Jesse, Missouri Theatre, or Showtime Theater @ The Blue Note. Even without a ticket, as long as you arrive 15 minutes before the start of the film, you’re guaranteed admission. At smaller venues, things work differently. To be guaranteed a seat at The Picturehouse, Rhynsburger Theatre, Forrest Theater, The Globe, or Ragtag, you must reserve tickets or get them from the box office, and arrive at least 15 minutes before showtime. If you don’t have a ticket, show up at least 15 minutes early and find the Silver Circle bay (hint: look for a big silver circle; at Jesse it is located near the theater entrance and we recommend entering the building via the southeast side of the building). As seats are available, you’ll be let in ahead of the rest of the Q (but after ticket-holders and PTA patrons).

14. HOW DOES NEITHER/NOR WORK?

Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Neither/Nor is T/F’s annual exploration of “chimeric” cinema, i.e. filmmaking that contains elements of fiction and nonfiction. In collaboration with our programming team, a visiting film critic curates this special sidebar of older films. All programs are free! Festival ticketing applies—passholders can reserve tickets online, or Q for free. For non-passholders, free tickets can be picked up at the T/F Box Office, or via the Q with no charge, should the screenings go NRT.

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How to fest 15. I’M CONFUSED ABOUT EVENT ACCESS. WHO CAN ATTEND WHAT? The Jubilee: Free (no ticket req.) for Super/Silver Circle and Lux passholders. [For the film after the ball, tickets are required for all eligible pass levels. Simple passholders and general public may Q for the film.] Short Circuit party: Free (no ticket req.) for Super/Silver Circle passholders. Reality Bites: Free (no ticket req.) for Super/Silver Circle and Lux passholders. [For the film after the event, tickets are required for all eligible pass levels. Simple passholders and general public may Q for the film.] Campfire Stories: Free for all passholders with a ticket or via the Q; ticket required for event admission. For non-passholders, remaining tickets are $12 at the box office, or $14 via the Q. refr@ction dance party: Free (no ticket req.) for Super/Silver Circle and Lux passholders. Filmmaker Fête: Free (ticket automatically included in your packet) for Super/Silver passholders Gimme Truth!: Free for all passholders with a ticket; ticket required for event admission. For non-passholders, admission is $14 via the Q. Chautauqua/post-Chautauqua Elevenses: Free for all passholders with a ticket or via the Q; ticket required for event admission. For non-passholders, remaining tickets are $12 at the box office, or $14 via the Q. Elevenses is open to all who attended the Chautauqua, as well as all Super/Silver Circle passholders. Closing Night Film & Reception: Reception free for Super/Silver Circle passholders. Free for all passholders with a ticket or via the Q; ticket required for event admission. Remaining tickets are $16 for non-passholders. Buskers Last Stand: Free (no ticket req.) for all passholders, also open to everyone who attended the final screening at Missouri Theatre. Buskers in the Sculpture Yard is open to all, weather permitting. Field Sessions, the Transmedia Arcade, the March March, The Art Ramble, and *Toasted: Free, open to all (*admission is free; breakfast is not). For more information about events, see pages 125-139. For information about music showcases, see pages 71-75.

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How to fest 16. WHERE CAN I GET MY HANDS ON MERCHANDISE?

During the Fest, there is a merch store inside the T/F box office that is open during the same hours as the box office. Merch is also for sale at the box office on Monday, Mar 4, 9am-5pm. Additionally, there are merch stations at Jesse Hall and Missouri Theatre during the hours when film screenings take place in these venues. And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget our hip Vintage Merch Airstream! Located in the Sculpture Yard, open Friday noon-8pm, Saturday 10am-8pm, and Sunday 10am-7pm. Throughout the rest of the year, True/False merch can be purchased through our website and at Makes Scents at 25 S. Ninth Street.

17. CAN MY PASS BE REVOKED?

Yes. True/False can revoke your pass without refund if you are disruptive to other guests at any event during the Fest. We appreciate your daring confrontation of the films, directors, and guests, but any disruption (at our discretion) that is an intentional attempt to interrupt, subvert, or threaten any program can result in immediate and permanent revocation of your pass and pass revocation of anyone else in your party.

18. CAN I RECORD A/V IN THE THEATERS?

Except when given express permission by Fest management, recording any audio or video in any manner and through any medium is strictly prohibited in all theaters of the True/False Film Fest and Ragtag Film Society. Anyone found to be making any such recording shall be subject to removal from the theater, revocation of any pass allowing entrance to the Fest without refund, confiscation of any equipment and storage media used in the recording, and criminal and/or civil prosecution. If you have any questions, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate to email us (boxoffice@truefalse.org) or call 573.442.TRUE(8783).

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NAVIGATING T/F WALKING

Hoofing it the old-fashioned way is definitely doable and recommended, as the most far-flung venues in the True/False footprint— Jesse Hall to the south and the Showtime Theater @ The Blue Note to the north—are roughly half a mile apart, or about 10 minutes’ walk. For a breakdown of all venue walking times, reference the schedule grid insert.

BIKING Pedal power will get you around the festival quickly and easily

while avoiding parking headaches and keeping the air cleaner. There are lots of places to park your bike; look for the bike corrals at some of the busier downtown intersections. Need a bike? Rent one at Walt’s Bike Shop (573.886.9258). Walt’s Bike Shop will offer a free Bike Inspection & Tune-Up station at S. Ninth and Cherry, Friday-Sunday from 10am-6pm.

TAXI Hail a taxi from any of the taxi stands located throughout downtown.

The locations are marked on the map on the inside back cover. Call ahead to Taxi Terry’s (573.441.1414) or 5 Star Taxi (573.449.7827).

PARKING There are several parking garages within walking distance of

True/False venues, as well as ample on-street, metered parking throughout downtown (most meters have a two-hour limit). Meters are free before 9am, after 7pm, and all day on Sunday. Parking in city-owned downtown garages is free after 6pm on weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday. The 10th & Cherry garage is restricted to permit-only parking on the second and third levels; the restriction is only in place Thursday and Friday of the Fest. Hourly parking at the Short Street garage is available in metered parking spaces only during all of True/False 2019. Spaces marked as “Reserved” are designated as such 24/7 and should not be parked in. Meters with cloth bag covers in the downtown area are often for Fest staff loading and unloading; please refrain from parking in those spots, even on the weekend.

TAKE THE BUS

All pass and ticket holders can ride any Go COMO route for free during the fest (Thursday through Sunday). On those days, Go COMO will run a special T/F route (it will say “T/F LOOP” on the front) in addition to their normal downtown loop: the T/F bus stops near all T/F venues (total loop time: 20 minutes) and the downtown bus makes a wider loop that includes the University of Missouri and Stephens College campuses (total loop time: 30 minutes). Look for the T/F banner on the side of the bus. The T/F route can be found on the map on the inside back cover.

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Thursday, February 28: 3pm–1:30am Friday, March 1: 9am–1:30am Saturday, March 2: 9am–1:30am Sunday, March 3: 9am–1:30am

Thursday, March 1: 6:30am–7pm Friday, March 2: 6:30am–7pm Saturday, March 3: 10am–7pm

Track the Go COMO buses in real time using the Go COMO app or by visiting www.gocomotransit.com to see where the bus is at any given time.

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ACCESSIBILITY We endeavor to ensure that the fest is accessible to all, so along with the advice and services on the preceeding pages, we also work with the city and our venues to provide the following accommodations.

ACCESSIBLE PARKING The City of Columbia will waive the hourly limit for accessible metered parking during the festival to accommodate those who want to grab a bite and catch a show (note that ADA hangtags will continue to be enforced, and normal parking meter fees apply).

VENUE ACCESSIBILITY All film and public special event venues

have wheelchair accessible entries, exits, restrooms, and access to Festprovided drinking water stations. Festival staff are happy to provide needed assistance, and venue management (Venue Captains and Assistant Venue Captains) are specifically trained to provide exceptional assistance for persons with disabilities. If you require assistance, please check in with venue staff when you arrive at the venue. Persons with disabilities may arrive at a venue and/or enter a venue early if needed, either to be seated— if you have a ticket—or to wait in a seat in the lobby—if you are using the Q. If this is something that you require, please check in with the Venue Captain when you arrive at the venue or contact Operations Manager Carly Love at least 24 hours prior to the event (e.g., the first day of the Fest or the time of the screening). Contact info below.

SUBTITLES AND ASL INTERPRETATION We offer sign language interpretation at select festival Q&As and Events; those screenings and events are designated as such in the descriptions, both in our program book and online. Noted by: . Due to the large number of foreign-language films that we program each year, nearly half of the festival films are subtitled. Please note that these films are subtitled, not close-captioned. These are also designated as such in the descriptions, both in our program book and online. Noted by: . Please note, not all subtitled films will have ASL interpretation and not all Q&As with interpretation will be subtitled.

ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES The two screens at Ragtag

Cinema as well as the three theaters located on the University of Missouri Campus—Rhynsburger Theatre, Missouri Theatre, and our largest festival venue, Jesse Auditorium—provide a limited number of assistive hearing devices. To access listening devices at those venues, check in with venue staff when you arrive at the venue. The other venues used for our festival are not year-round theaters, so their facilities are not equipped with the systems necessary to provide listening or other similar devices.

QUESTIONS? For more information about festival accessibility, please

contact Operations Manager Carly Love at carly@truefalse.org, or call us at: 573.442.8783.

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@ The Blue Note The Picturehouse Rhynsburger Theatre The Globe Forrest Theater Ragtag Cinema

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VENUE HISTORY T/F BOX OFFICE

1025 E. Walnut â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sager Braudis Gallery PRESENTED BY MU HEALTH CARE

Owners and art enthusiasts Joel Sager and Scott Braudis helped revitalize the North Village Arts District with this elegant, welcoming gallery space. Housed in the historic Berry Building (once a grocery, rumored to have run a speakeasy in its basement during Prohibition), Sager Braudis Gallery features local and non-local artists, both emerging and established, including its annual masters exhibit with work by well-known mid-century artists such as Picasso and Miro.

JESSE HALL Jesse Hall, centerpiece of the University of Missouri, is named after Richard Henry Jesse, an early president of the University. In 1895, the hall replaced the original administration building, Academic Hall, which had been destroyed by fire three years earlier. The columns from that building still stand in the center of Francis Quadrangle. The high dome, which is visible from many parts of the city, was inspired by the dome on the 1870s Connecticut State Capitol building. In 1954, an addition on the east side allowed the expansion and renovation of Jesse Auditorium as a live venue. 185

The Columbia Public Schools Foundation is proud to partner with the Ragtag Film Society to bring all CPS tenth graders to the T/F festival for a screening and Q&A with the director!

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MISSOURI THEATRE 203 S. Ninth St.

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Missouri Theatre is Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last and grandest movie palace. It opened in 1928 with Buster Keatonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Steamboat Bill Jr. In 1953, Commonwealth Theatres bought the theater and ran it into the ground in the 1980s before selling it to United Artists, which wanted to gut the theater to turn it into a multiplex. Thankfully, it was saved in 1987 when the Missouri Symphony Society bought it for their new home. In 2001, Ragtag and the Symphony Society began raising funds for a new projector; on November 15, 2002, the theater showed its first 35mm feature in almost 15 years, a sold-out screening of Sing-along Sound of Music. The theater saw a multi-milliondollar makeover in 2008 and was purchased by the University of Missouri in 2011, securing a long and glorious future. In 2015, T/F and the University joined forces to purchase a digital projector.

SHOWTIME THEATER @ THE BLUE NOTE 17 N. Ninth St.

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The Blue Note has been a Columbia institution for concerts and more since 1980. The seed was planted in 1975 when Philadelphia native Richard King, on his way to California, made a detour to visit his friend Kevin Walsh, a graduate student at MU. Five years later, after a stint presenting shows at a downtown hotel, King partnered with Phil Costello, a bartender at Brief Encounter (on the Business Loop, now Club Vogue). They bought the bar and renamed it The Blue Note, and it became a haven for the best independent rock of its day: REM, Pixies, the Replacements. Then King learned that an old vaudeville house (the Varsity Theater) was for sale. The Varsity was built in 1927 by Tom C. Hall, a prominent businessman involved with several other theaters in town. In 1990, King moved The Blue Note and restored tiered seating in the balcony. After 34 years, King passed the torch to Scott Leslie and Matt Gerding (a Columbia native), who had established the Majestic Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin. In 2014, the duo spiffed up the interior and kicked off a new era for a storied downtown icon. 187

Missouri United Methodist Church now has four unique worship experiences every Sunday.

Come check out our newest service The City at 10:45am on Sundays in the Picturehouse theatre! The City is a people, a place, and a movement. The contemporary worship service is casual, creative, engaging, and interactive. Imagine a high-touch and high-tech experience.

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www.moumc.org Sunday worship at 8am, 9:15 am and 10:45am (Traditional and The City)

REALITY BITES FRIDAY MARCH 2 AT 5:30PM MISSOURI THEATRE & THE PICTUREHOUSE THANK YOU TO OUR CULINARY SPONSORS! Barred Owl Butcher & Table bleu Events Broadway Brewery CACC Culinary Arts Eleven Eleven Flat Branch Pub and Brewing Fresh Ideas Glenn’s Cafe Harold’s Doughnuts

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THE PICTUREHOUSE 204 S. Ninth St.

MISSOURI UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

For the seventh straight year, the festival is hosted in the Missouri United Methodist Church’s 2006 annex, built on the burial grounds of a Wendy’s restaurant. This two-story, stucco-covered building is a prominent feature between downtown and the University of Missouri campus. The gorgeous Gothic revival church to its north features Indiana limestone walls with massive pointed arches and slender peaked buttresses. It opened in 1929, within a year of the Missouri Theatre’s opening across the street.

RHYNSBURGER THEATRE 505 Hitt St. (SW corner of Hitt & University) At the center of the building housing MU’s Departments of Theater, Music, and Art is a theater named after the legendary Professor Donovan Rhynsburger. In 1925, the professor became the producing director of the Missouri Workshop Theatre, started by a small group of aspiring student thespians. The workshop presented 250 productions over the next 35 years, including rooftop plays every summer on top of the education building. Essentially a one-person department, Rhynsburger played the roles of teacher, director, and producer and scenic, lighting, and costume designer. He founded a one-act playwriting contest, won in 1930 by journalism major Tennessee Williams. In 1960, his dream of an academic program in theater, housed in a fully equipped facility, was finally realized with the completion of the Fine Arts Building. Rhynsburger, who played Abe Lincoln in one show, demanded the theater rows fit his long frame. Over the years, several notable actors have trod the Rhynsburger boards, including Chris Cooper and Jon Hamm. 189

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THE GLOBE 16 Hitt St.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

With its 90-foot bell tower featuring a gold cross against a blue tile mosaic, the church is a noted landmark in downtown Columbia, just south of Ragtag’s “Hittsville” complex. Built in 1966, the building is the latest incarnation of a congregation with deep roots here—it is the second oldest church in Columbia, having started at Tenth and Broadway in the 1820s. In the Vietnam era, the church created the Chez coffeehouse in its basement; the Chez swarmed with pickers and grinners of all kinds, becoming one of Columbia’s biggest alternative havens. The venue continues to operate on an occasional basis to this day. The church graciously opens its doors to T/F, which gives the fellowship hall, built in 2009, an international theme for the weekend.

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23 S. Eighth St., in the Tiger Hotel Ballroom PRESENTED BY MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION

Originally a salesmen’s hotel, the Tiger Hotel and its eponymous sign beckoned weary travelers from the Wabash Railway Station. The rise of the automobile sparked the first changes at the Tiger, including a fully motorized parking structure that could lift a guest’s vehicle into its designated slot. But the interstate system choked off the flow of guests, as a string of highway motels opened and downtowns became less popular. After being remodeled into a senior living center, the Tiger changed hands again in 2003. John Ott, Dave Baugher, and Al Germond re-lit the Tiger sign for the first time in 30 years and held the building until selling it to British businessman Glyn Laverick. He converted the Tiger into a luxury boutique hotel with 62 rooms and suites, opened in time for the 2012 festival. Laverick also oversaw the the return of another Columbia landmark, Glenn’s Cafe. The ballroom is credited as the site of the birthplace of the modern conservation movement, when a group formed in 1935 developed into the Missouri Department of Conservation. For the fest, True/False renames the ballroom after local journalist and musician Forrest Rose, whose graceful prose and soulful community spirit embodied the very best of Columbia. 191

CULINARY ARTS The high school Culinary Arts Program at Columbia Area Career Center allows students to learn cooking and baking techniques while working in a professional kitchen. Students learn the importance of professionalism, accountability, time management, and responsibility in the workplace.

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RAGTAG CINEMA 10 Hitt St.

The Ragtag story begins in 1997 when Paul Sturtz met David Wilson at a show by Mr. Quintron at the now-shuttered Shattered nightclub. The last downtown movie house had gone dark, so they concocted the Ragtag Film Society. Richard King opened The Blue Note to them Sunday and Wednesday nights, and they showed the first film in 1998 with a couple of “borrowed” 16mm projectors. Cut to three bright entrepreneurs—medievalist Tim Spence, farmer Holly Roberson, and baker Ron Rottinghaus—who schemed to make Ragtag a seven-day-a-week storefront cinema, which opened in 2000 and moved to its current digs in 2008. “Hittsville,” as we like to call it, was built in 1935 as a Coca-Cola bottling factory and then became the Kelly Press printing plant. The cozier auditorium is named the Willy Wilson Theater after the Scottish-born actor, designer, math teacher, and father of David Wilson. Ragtag is sometimes credited with saving Columbia, but people tend to exaggerate such things. Illustrations by Carla McElroy & Jacky Adelstein

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SUSTAINABILITY

Because True/False believes in our responsibility to future generations to do what is environmentally and socially just for our local and global community, we continue to expand our efforts in sustainability. With help from Green Team volunteers and partnerships throughout the Columbia community, we have achieved nearly zero-waste for three consecutive years and were awarded a Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement award for both Innovative Best Practices (2017) and the Mayor’s Award (2018) for our continued commitment to sustainability, waste reduction, and education. In order to reduce our footprint and work towards becoming a more sustainable organization, True/False focuses its efforts in the following areas:

REDUCING In an effort to reduce single-use items, True/False went

straw free and encourages local restaurants to do the same. When possible, Camp T/F, a cornerstone of our educational programming, has switched from disposables to reusable plates and flatware. These dishes cover four meals for over 100 students and prevent the need for nearly 450 place-settings. We hope to expand the use of these dishes to volunteers and staff as well. By removing unnecessary single-use items from our repertoire, we are working toward cleaner air, land, and oceans.

REUSING You can help by bringing your reusable cups, mugs, and bottles.

Water refill stations will be at most venues, courtesy of Ecowater Systems; and many places around town, including Kaldi’s Coffee, offer a discount for using refillable containers. Reuse also comes into play with our installations and materials teams who integrate supplies from previous years into new art. Artists are encouraged to add an element of environmental consciousness to their creations, and our merch shop features a vintage section, which offers clothing and other items from previous festivals as well as our popular upcycled t-shirt scarves.

COMPOSTING True/False collects food waste from multiple restaurants, four non event spaces, and five parties throughout the weekend. In 2018, these bins captured over 2,580 pounds for composting partner Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture. This food waste is turned into nutrient-rich soil, and used to grow local produce as part of CCUA’s Planting for the Pantry program, which donated over 17,000 pounds of fresh food to local food pantries. Keep an eye out for our newest waste station, located in The Sculpture Yard.

RECYCLING When avoiding disposables is not possible, True/False,

with support from Can’d Aid Crush it Crusade, provides additional recycling options at each venue and across downtown to capture aluminum, glass, and plastic products. These bins are monitored and sorted by our Green Team in order to ensure maximum diversion and diverted nearly 1,800 pounds from the landfill in 2018. By paying extra attention to what you’re tossing and where, you can help us reach our zero-waste goals.

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Out in the weather for too long? Take the bus!

TRANSPORTATION True/False is a centrally-located, walkable, bikeable, mass-transit-accessible Fest. Out-of-town guests are encouraged to rent bikes from local shops and are provided additional bike parking racks by GetAbout Columbia. Bike riders can stop by our convenient bike check station for free tune-ups, safety tips, and inspections, compliments of Waltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bike Shop. We have partnered with Go COMO to provide free public transportation on city buses during the weekend, including a special T/F venue route.

ENERGY & WATER CONSERVATION Along with our solar-powered lighting features that illuminate discussion hubs in The Sculpture Yard, True/False T-shirts are cut and sewn in solar-powered facilities by a company committed to clean energy. Their products are dyed in the U.S. with an eco-friendly certified dye using a process that requires seven times less water than the average manufacturer.

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SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS Our green initiatives and projects would not be possible without our partnerships with the City of Columbia, community organizations, and sponsors.

T/F sustainability sponsors support Green Team activities, promote the importance of grassroots eco-friendly efforts, and move us closer to our zero-waste goal.

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RESTAURANT GUIDE We encourage our patrons to support the restaurants which support T/F. All of our downtown recommended restaurants are also on the map inside the back cover of the program. Numbers here correspond with the numbers on the map.

Breakfast

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Quick Eats

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33 BUBBLECUP TEA ZONE

1111 E. Broadway • 573.818.6207 Modern World Bistro: Columbia’s premier dining experience. 7 days a week, 6am-11pm

23 S. Ninth • 573.442.0654 Offers hot & cold milk tea, brewed tea, slush & snow beverages, crepes & snacks. Mon-Thu, 10:30am8pm; Fri-Sat, 10:30am-9pm; Sun, noon-6pm

28 ADDISON’S AMERICAN GRILL 709 Cherry • 573.256.1995 Wide variety of entrees, inventive appetizers, and a latenight happy hour. Mon-Sat, 11am1:30am, kitchen open until midnight; Sun, 11am-midnight

34 CANDY FACTORY 701 E. Cherry St. • 573.443.8222 Recipes using the finest ingredients. Mon-Fri 9:30am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun Closed

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35 COLEY’S AMERICAN BISTRO

514 E. Broadway • 573.449.0116 Great place for Missouri craft beer, Famous Billiards burger and fresh-cut fries. Mon-Sat opens at 11am; Sun at noon

15 S. Sixth • 573.424.0267 A locally owned restaurant offering handcrafted American cuisine. Coley’s is a charming choice for any occasion or event. Mon-Thu, 11am-2pm, 4pm-10pm; Fri-Sat, 11am11pm; Sun, 4pm-9pm

30 BONSAI SUSHI 308 S. Ninth • 573.441.1001 Great sushi, tea, and drinks. Lunch 11am to 2:30pm; Dinner 4pm-10pm

31 BROADWAY BREWERY 816 E. Broadway • 573.443.5054 Handcrafted libations accompanied by local organic pub platters. Mon, 4pm -1:30am; Tue-Sat, 11am-1:30am; Sun, 10:30am-3pm, Brunch, 9:30am-2pm

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36 CRAFT BEER CELLAR 111 S. Ninth, #10 • 573.449.0242 Good beer, good people, and good times can be found at CBC with a vast selection of beer, wine and spirits to choose from. Featuring a quick bite menu during T/F. Open MonWed, 11am–11pm; Thu, 11am–midnight; Sun, 11am-10pm

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22 S. Fourth • 573.875.1173 Snug, old-school spot with hearty American bites. Mon-Tue, 5am-3pm; Wed-Sun, 5am-10pm

300 N. Tenth • 573.777.5555 Kombucha, tea and coffee bar. Featuring cocktails & nitro cold brew coffee. Pop-Up Food Events. Special T/F hours Thu-Sun, 10am-10pm

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220 N. Tenth • 573.441.0400 Best Breakfast in town, hands down. Breakfast, 8am-2pm daily; Bar/ Music, Mon-Sat 5pm-late

115 S. Fifth • 573.449.0400 Microbrewed beer and pub grub. 7 days a week, 11am-midnight

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29 S. Eighth • 573.447.7100 Cuisine that uses all the flavors of the Mississippi Basin and Delta and its French roots. Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm; Fri-Sat, 11ammidnight; Sun Brunch, 10:30am-11pm

33 N. Ninth • 573.449.8788 Great variety of traditional and Tex-Mex dishes. Home of the AVOCADO MARGARITA! Mon-Wed, 11am-midnight; Thu-Sat, 11am-2am; Sun 11am-8pm

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1023 E. Walnut, Ste 7 • 573.355.0188 Food Hub supplied and staffed by aspiring local food entrepreneurs. From scratch grab-ngo foods lovingly created for on-the-go festers. Open for the fest from Thu-Sun from early to late

48 LE BAO ASIAN EATERY + BAR

1009 Park • 573.443.2867 Columbia’s home for ramen and steamed buns. Happy hour Mon-Fri, 4pm-6pm, featuring food and drink specials. MonThu, 11am-9pm; Fri-Sat 11am-10pm

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1201 E. Broadway • 573.874.8629 Pizza, salads, Pokey stix, pepperoni rolls, and wings. Mon-Wed, 11am-2am; Thu-Sat, 11am-3am; Sun, 11am-1am

28 S. Ninth • 573.817.5616 Columbia’s ONLY vegetarian kitchen with healthy, local, organic meals, fresh juices and smoothies. Mon-Sat, 8am-8pm; Sun, 8am-5pm; Fest Hours: Fri-Sat 7am-8pm, Sun 7am-5pm

42 HAROLD’S DOUGHNUTS

50 MIDICI ITALIAN KITCHEN

114 S. Ninth + 204 E. Nifong Blvd. • 573.397.6322 Made-from-scratch doughnuts, cinnamon rolls and locally roasted coffee! Thu-Sat, 6am-10pm; Sun, 6am-2pm

1007 E. Broadway • 573.443.1900 Authentic Italian dishes made with fresh ingredients 11am-11pm, 3-6pm and 9pm-close Happy Hour/Bar Menu ($2 off of liquor beer wine, appetizers).

43 THE HEIDELBERG

51 NOURISH CAFE & MARKET

410 S. Ninth • 573.449.6927 Storied standby & bar with a collegial vibe supplying hot German potato salad & other comfort foods. Mon-Sat, 11am-midnight; Sun, 11am-11pm

1201 E. Broadway, Ste B • 573.818.2240 Organic. Locally Sourced. Nutrient-dense. Entire menu is gluten, soy, corn and refinedsugar free. Mon-Fri, 7:30am- 2:30pm; Sat-Sun 8:30am-3pm

41 GUMBY’S PIZZA

44 INDIA’S HOUSE 1101 E. Broadway • 573.817.2009 Bringing authentic Northern Indian cuisine to central Missouri for 15 years. Sun-Tue, 11am-2:30pm & 5pm-9:30pm

45 INTERNATIONAL CAFE 26 S. Ninth • 573.449.4560 Authentic Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. Mon-Sat, 10:45am-9pm.

46 KALDI’S COFFEE official coffee sponsor

29 S. Ninth • 573.874.2566 Freshly roasted coffee & espresso, breakfast, lunch, dinner, & bakery. Mon-Fri, 6am-10pm; Sat-Sun, 7am-10pm 198

52 PICKLEMAN’S GOURMET CAFE 1106 E. Broadway • 573.875.2400 Toasted sandwiches, thin crust pizzas, chopped salads, and soups. We are open and deliver until 2am to most hotels! 7 days a week, 10am-2am

53 PIZZA TREE 909 Cherry • 573.874.9925 Not just pizza, it’s pizza art! Pizza by the slice 24/7. Sun-Wed, 11am10pm; Thu-Sat, 11am-2am

25 PRESSED, A BLEU CONCEPT 803 E. Walnut • 573.424.6660 State-of-the-art lounge and event space with an imPressive view. Specializes in craft cocktails, small plates and premium service. Mon-Sat, 4pm to late night.

How to fest 54 RANGE FREE

62 SYCAMORE

110 Orr • 573.777.9980 Gluten-free, allergenfriendly bakery and cafe dedicated to speciality diets of all variety. MonThu, 8am-6:30pm; Fri, 8am-6pm/9pm First Fridays; Sat, 10am-2pm; Sun/ Tues closed

800 E. Broadway • 573.874.8090 Cozy, sophisticated venue, local New American fare, extensive cocktail list, craft beers, wine, local art, Open 11am11pm Mon-Sat. Happy hour 3pm-6pm, Sun. Fest hours 11am-4pm

55 THE ROOF

63 TELLERS

1111 E. Broadway • 573.875.7000 Raising the bar: Cocktails, small plates, and desserts overlooking the city. Open at 4pm daily.

820 E. Broadway • 573.441.8355 Hot and happening gallery, bar, and bistro. Mon-Sat, 11am-1:30am; Sun, 11am-midnight

56 ROOM 38 RESTAURANT + LOUNGE

64 UPRISE BAKERY

38 N. Eighth • 573.449.3838 Modern global cuisine in a sophisticated contemporary setting. Mon-Sat, 11am -1:30 am; full menu served until 10pm, Sun Brunch 10am-3pm

10 Hitt Bread, pastry, soup, salad, sandwich, espresso, beer, wine, whiskey. Special Fest Hours: counter open Mon-Wed, 6:30am-8pm, Thur-Sat, 6:30am-10:30pm; Sun 8am8pm; Bar open daily until 1am (Sun 12am)

57 SEOUL TACO 1020 E. Broadway • 573.441.8226 Fast-Casual Korean BBQ tacos, rice bowls, burritos and more! Mon-Thu, 11am-10pm; Fri-Sat, 11am-2am

58 SHAKESPEARE’S PIZZA 225 S. Ninth • 573.449.2454 Many flatteringly regard us as Columbia’s finest. Sun-Thu, 11am10pm; Fri-Sat, 11am-11pm. Pizza by the slice, all day Fri and Sat!

59 SMOOTHIE KING 1203 E. Broadway • 573.607.9204 20+ meal-replacement smoothies, 50+ smoothies with 0g added sugar. Gluten free. Vegan options + cold brew coffee blends. Thu, 7am-9pm. Fri, 7am-9pm. Sat, 8am-9pm. Sun, 10am-8pm

60 SPARKY’S ICE CREAM 21 S. Ninth • 573.443.7400 Didn’t think you could put that in ice cream? They did it anyway. 7 days a week, 11:30am-11pm

61 SUB SHOP 209 S. Eighth • 573.449.1919 “The Best Buns in Town!” Appetizing hot sub sandwiches, desserts, and other tasty food. Mon-Fri, 8am-10pm; Sat-Sun, 10am-10pm

65 UNIVERSITY CLUB CATERING Missouri Theatre and Jesse Hall Lobbies • 573.771.9060 Muffins, whole fruit, box lunches, desserts, beverages. Fri, MO Theatre 1pm-10pm; Sat, 9am10pm; Sun, 9am-4pm ELSEWHERE IN COLUMBIA: Enjoy these other fest-supporting restaurants (not on the map). BARRED OWL BUTCHER 47 E. Broadway • 573.442.9323 Seasonal, locally sourced restaurant and bar specializing in whole-animal butchery, house made charcuterie and craft cocktails. Kitchen Open Tue-Sat, 4pm10pm, Bar open later B&B BAGELS 124 E. Nifong • 573.442.5857 From scratch, the only real “New York Style” water bagel in central Missouri. 7 Days a week, 6am-3pm HOUSE OF CHOW 2101 W. Broadway. Crossroads Shopping Center • 573.445.8800 Traditional Chinese with a modern twist since 1981. Mon-Fri, 11am-2pm; 4:30pm-9:30pm; Sat, 11am-9:30pm; Sun, 12p-9pm 199

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ART INSTALLATIONS

16 Invasive Alley 17 The Great Wall 18 The Sculpture Yard

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02 Jesse Auditorium 03 Missouri Theatre 04 Showtime Theater

19 Columbia Art League (Transmedia Arcade)

20 Little Chapel @ The

@ The Blue Note 05 The Picturehouse 06 Rhynsburger Theatre 07 The Globe 08 Forrest Theater 09 Ragtag Cinema

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21 Bingham Gallery @

Rhynsburger Theatre

22 Boone County

Courthouse Square

10 Cafe Berlin 19 Columbia Art League 23 My House Nightclub

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04 Showtime Theater @ The Blue Note

& Sports Bar

10 Cafe Berlin 11 Calvary Episcopal Sanctuary 12 Eastside Tavern 13 Hitt Records 14 Logboat Brewing Co. 15 Rose Music Hall

24 Orr Street Studios 25 Pressed 26 Studio 4

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