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N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 9 I 1 5 LA Fri., Nov. 8 3:00 p.m. DGA Theater 2 RSVP to (310) 289-5366 or spevents@dga.org The Director's Finder Series spotlights undistributed low budget and/or independent feature films directed by Guild members. Mel has made a lifetime of challenging herself through marathon and long-distance endurance runs, but her latest endeavor — an isolated 2,200 mile-long hiking trail through the mountain — will prove her most daunting run yet. Alone in the woods, she encounters two strangers who claim to be day-hikers but later end up robbing her. With no food, a dwindling water supply and no hope of rescue, she must now make a choice: backtrack to find help or follow her attackers further into the woods to take back what was stolen from her. Starring: Celeste M. Cooper, Sean Patrick Leonard, Michael B. Woods, Tiffany Renee Johnson, Sara Charipar, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Mariah Sydnei Gordon Running Time: 151 minutes Director Philip S. Plowden will be present at this screening. Range Runners - Directed by Philip S. Plowden - An Independent Directors Committee Director's Finder Series Screening LA Fri., Nov. 15 3:00 p.m. DGA Theater 2 RSVP to (310) 289-5366 or spevents@dga.org The Director's Finder Series spotlights undistributed low budget and/or independent feature films directed by Guild members. On the first anniversary of her younger sister's death, a Woodstock teen named Rosie discovers the mysterious man, who sexploited and bullied her sister into committing suicide, is back online trolling for new victims. After the authorities refuse to get involved, she finds a darker side she never knew she had in order to take justice into her own hands. Starring: Marc Menchaca, Sarah Rich, Dakota Lustick, Jolene Marquez, Liz Meienders, Jeff Wincott, Samantha Dunn Running Time: 93 minutes Director Sarah Pirozek will be present at this screening. #LIKE - Directed by Sarah Pirozek - An Independent Directors Committee Director's Finder Series Screening photo by: Grace Roselli Along Senegal's Atlantic coast, a futuristic tower looms over Dakar. Ada, 17, has been promised to wealthy Omar, but she's in love with Souleiman, a construction worker at the tower. One night, Souleiman and his co-workers leave for Spain in a small boat. Souleiman drowns, devastating Ava. Now she is under suspicion for the strange fires and sickness that have suddenly appeared. Perhaps Souleiman isn't dead. Perhaps Ada and her friends are possessed. This foreboding and beautiful film is a realistic ghost story that remains haunting. Director Mati Diop made history as the first black woman ever to compete in the Cannes Film Festival. The film was nominated for the prestigious Palme d'Or and took home the Grand Jury Prize. Starring: Mame Bineta Sane, Amadou Mbow, Ibrahima Traore, Fatou Sougou, Aminata Kane Running Time: 104 minutes - Print Courtesy of Netflix In Wolof with English Subtitles The screening will be followed by a discussion with Director Mati Diop. Atlantics - A Film from Senegal directed by Mati Diop - Presented by the Special Projects Committee Global Cinema Subcommittee LA Tue., Nov. 19 7:30 p.m. DGA Theater 2 RSVP to (310) 289-5366 or spevents@dga.org The Global Cinema Series presents contemporary, classic, & independent foreign films, often followed by conversations with the directors. DOCUMENTARY SERIES Citizen K - Directed by Alex Gibney - Presented by the Eastern Region Special Projects Committee In 2003 Mikhail Khodorkovsky — one of the richest men in Russia — began a ten-year sentence in a Siberian prison for fraud and tax evasion. Many believed his sin was challenging Vladimir Putin, the newly-elected president who began a crusade against anyone with power who challenged him. Imprisoned after a series of theatrical trials orchestrated by Putin, "Citizen K" became a world-famous dissident. Currently exiled in London with trumped up Russian murder charges hanging over his head, Khodorkovsky continues to battle Putin and his decades-long hold on power. Photographed on location in the UK, Russia and Germany, Director Alex Gibney's (Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief, Taxi to the Dark Side) new documentary, Citizen K, tracks Khodorkovsky's path from communist to oligarch to political prisoner to exiled dissident and examines the price of power in Russia. Running Time: 126 minutes - Print Courtesy of Jigsaw Productions The screening will be followed by a discussion with Director Alex Gibney. NY Fri., Nov. 1 7:00 p.m. DGA NY Theater RSVP to (212) 258-0804 or to adiamond@dga.org The Documentary Series presents ground-breaking non-fiction films, often followed by a dialogue with the director. GLOBAL CINEMA DIRECTOR'S FINDER SERIES