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TO SKIN A CAT WEINER
SOUTH AFRICA / DOCUMENTARY / 2016 USA/ DOCUMENTARY / 2016
+ SHORT FILM : UNDERSTORY + SHORT FILM : THE WHEEL DEAL TASMANIA, A PLACE TO CONNECT
DIRECTORS: GREG LOMAS & COLWYN THOMAS
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‘To Skin a Cat’ must have been a Weiner maintains the charisma and difficult film to make. The social drive to provide the movie with one
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Carin Robinson
In South Africa’s powerful and enigmatic Nazareth Baptist Church (Shembe), every Shembe man aspires to own a leopard skin and this conservation blind spot means that leopard populations across southern Africa are declining. The culturally entrenched practice threatens an impending catastrophe. Leopard researcher Tristan Dickerson has dedicated his life to studying and protecting leopards – now his goal is
to produce a fake fur en masse and convince the Shembe people to invest in the future of the big cat they too love.
SUNDAY 9.45 - 11.30AM TRAMSHEDS
SUNDAY 4.00 - 5.45PM QVMAG
WINNER – GRAND PRIX BEST FILM SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner’s catastrophic race for Mayor
of New York City in 2013 is detailed in this behind-the-scenes documentary. Weiner became embroiled in his second widely publicized sexting scandal during the race, derailing his once- promising political career. Premiering
at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, this is a fascinating documentary about a disgraced politician trying to claw his way back into the public’s good graces, the media’s obsession with titillation and confrontation, and a marriage near collapse under the shock of scandal. With the current focus on US politics, Weiner shows it at its funniest and most bizarre best (or worst).
SUNDAY 4.15 - 6.00PM / ANNEXE
2016 TASMANIAN BREATH OF FRESH AIR FILM FESTIVAL
DIRECTORS: JOSH KRIEGMAN & ELYSE STEINBERG
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