See also: - Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - Best Film Festival -- 2010 - Documenting Documentaries
The fest's kickoff film, Trash Dance, the work of director Andrew Garrison, details the story of a choreographer who rounds up a troupe of trash collectors and garbage trucks to perform a pointed ballet of the 99 percent; it screens at 7 p.m. tonight at Foothills.Another sure standout is the designated featured documentary, Colorado filmmaker Jeff Orlowski's Chasing Ice, which follows Colorado-based nature photographer James Balog to the Arctic for his Extreme Ice Survey, a strenuous journey to document the effects of global warming on glaciers, using time-lapse cameras over a period of years. Chasing Ice screens at 7 p.m. Saturday, September 8 at the American Mountaineering Center.
And artists won't want to miss the powerful doc Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, the work of first-time director Alison Kalyman that documents the artist and political dissident's ongoing battle with the Chinese government.
To plan your course, visit DocuWest online for a complete schedule; tickets are $6 to $10 per screening, $25 for a five-film package or $50 for an all-access pass. Call 303-279-3922.
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