Home Media Magazine - January 6-12, 2008 - (Page 35) TWO MUST-SEE DOCUMENTARIES “INSPIRING!” “ENLIGHTENING!” “ENTERTAINING!” – LOS ANGELES TIMES – SALT LAKE TRIBUNE – WASHINGTON POST WINNER OF 9 AWARDS 6 AUDIENCE AWARDS IN FESTIVALS NATIONWIDE INCLUDING A brave and noble effort to heal a gaping wound in our society.” – SALON.COM “POWERFUL! “BRILLIANT! Does God really condemn loving homosexual relationships? Is the chasm separating Christianity from gays and lesbians too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? These questions and more are answered in this award-winning documentary, which brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture – and reveals that religious anti-gay bias is based almost solely upon a misinterpretation of the Bible. Through the experiences of five very normal, Christian, American families – including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson – we discover how people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child or family member. Offering healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity, this landmark film “boldly takes on a loaded topic and examines it both intellectually and emotionally; the result may well leave you blinking away a few tears.” (Seattle Times) Ably researched and deftly directed!” – MIAMI HERALD “A TRIUMPH! Provides a perfect example of how Christians can accept homosexuality without betraying their beliefs.” – PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER SRP: $24.95 • Catalog #: FRF 913058D 99 minutes, color HUGE Theatrical Release Over 100 Cities! From Oprah to People Magazine! HUGE Awareness “A SUPERB DOCUMENTARY WORTHY OF GREEK TRAGEDY. PEOPLE WHO ENJOY MAFIA MOVIES OWE IT TO THEMSELVES TO SEE IT.” -San Francisco Chronicle “AN ENGROSSING, DETAILED HISTORY OF THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF THE MAFIA. IT DISMANTLES THE CELLULOID ROMANTICIZING.” -LA Weekly MICHAEL WILMINGTON “STAGGERING, INSISTENT THIS IS URGENT, INTELLIGENT WORK.” -New City (Chicago) ‘Excellent Cadavers’ is a documentary about the real Mafia: not the comical hoods of ‘The Sopranos’ or the tragic warriors of ‘The Godfather,’ but the historic, violent Sicilian gang that has flourished in Italy and the U.S. for more than a century, leaving bloody havoc in its wake. The focus is not on individual Mafiosi but on the Cosa Nostra as a powerful amoral corporate entity, intimately enmeshed with Italian business and politics, and on two brave, unshakably honest prosecutors, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, who battled them in the courts for years, winning hundreds of convictions, before both were assassinated. If Francis Ford Coppola, in ‘The Godfather Trilogy,’ established the modern myth of the American Mafia as a murderous business tied to parts of the Establishment, director Marco Turco shows the reality of similar relationships in Italy, and indicts the conservative Italian establishment for its tolerance of criminals who trample on laws and lives. Sicily is one of the most picturesque of movie locations, and Turco takes full advantage of that here. One of his main interviewees is the gifted photojournalist Letizia Battaglia, who has recorded the Mafia’s violent legacy in Palermo for decades, and he uses her searing black-and-white shots evocatively and well. ‘Cadavers’ is a rich mine of information on a subject about which it is sometimes too easy to be superficial. “EYE-OPENING. ANYONE WHOSE ROMANTIC ILLUSIONS ABOUT THE MAFIA INVOLVE MICHAEL CORLEONE AND TONY SOPRANO WOULD DO WELL TO WATCH IT.” -TV Guide “A THOROUGH, JOURNALISTIC EXAMINATION THAT IS ULTIMATELY AS HORRIFYING AS IT IS INFORMATIVE.” -Hollywood Reporter SRP: $24.95 • Catalog #: FRF 913065D 92 minutes, color & b/w Both Titles Pre-book JANUARY 15 • Street FEBRUARY 19 Contact us at 800-229-8575 or email sales@firstrunfeatures.com http://www.firstrunfeatures.com http://www.firstrunfeatures.com http://SALON.COM http://www.firstrunfeatures.com
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