Événement

Balian (the Healer)

Balian (the Healer)

Runtime : 85 mins.

Synopsis: A film shot over 20 years, BALIAN (The Healer) depicts the rise and fall of a traditional Balinese healer after being 'discovered' by Western tourists. A fable of globalization that Alan Berliner calls 'a magical portrait of a one-of-a-kind Indonesian trickster/healer...Its funny, too.

Filmmaker Bio : Daniel McGuires award-winning short doc DUNK TANK CLOWNS (2014) screened at DOCNYC and many festivals across the country. He was formerly a correspondent for ABC News in Indonesia, and has worked as a field producer for most major news outlets. He has a BA from Wesleyan University, an MA from Northern Illinois University, and an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He is married to Dr. Injil Abu Bakar and has two daughters.

Screens with: The End of Weed, short film

Set amidst the rugged mountains of Northern California, THE END OF WEED, is a short homage to a passing California way of life, that of the independent dope grower. Fires, heavy rains, and endless physical toil fill the days of the small grower over the agrarian year in which filmmaker and farmer document his crop. Spanning backwards to the ground.

Directed by: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
Country: USA;
Language: English;
Genre: Documentary Short;

Runtime: 15 mins.
Filmmakers expected to attend
Santa Cruz/Monterey Local Work