• Documentary

    Code 2600

    by  • February 26, 2012 • Documentary

    Computers are ubiquitous in today’s culture — we use them to get our news, buy everything from books to groceries to clothes, keep in touch with friends, do our banking, and countless other tasks. Because every interaction with a computer is essentially data that can be stored, hackers have an unprecedented trove of data to mine. “Code 2600” looks at the history of hacking, starting with phone phreaking and following it to the kinds of international hacking going on today.

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    Dying to do Letterman

    by  • February 28, 2011 • Cinequest 21, Comedy, Documentary

    3/4 7:00 PM, Camera 12 3/6 7:00 PM, San Jose Repertory Theatre 3/8 5:00 PM, Camera 12 Steve Mazan always dreamed of performing on Letterman. His first few years working as a stand-up comic didn’t get him there, but he figured he had plenty of time to make his dream come true. When he was […]

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    Cooking History

    by  • March 4, 2010 • Cinequest 20, Documentary

    This documentary lives at two levels. The first are the stories, a telling and touching group where the culinary envirnoments are engaged and, whether in triumph and tragedy, we learn of our humanity and history through food. The central theme is simple. We need to eat. In war, in peace, in crisis, survival begins with […]

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    FrICTION

    by  • March 1, 2010 • Cinequest 20, Documentary

    Remaining Screenings: 3/2 9:00 PM (Cam 12) Documentary director Cullen Hoback returns to Cinequest (past offerings included the fantastic “Monster Camp”) with a film that blurs the lines between truth and fiction so completely that it’s hard to tell what really happened and what didn’t. “Friction” is ostensibly a documentary about Hoback’s attempt to shoot […]

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    The Tijuana Project

    by  • March 1, 2010 • Cinequest 20, Documentary

    The Tijuana Project is a must see film. It is a documentary that embraces hope in the hopeless, extracts destiny from the destitute, and allows us, the viewers, to feel, feel to the very depths of our souls for the plight of others. A little over selling? No. The Tijuana Project is about a group […]

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    Professor

    by  • February 22, 2010 • Cinequest 20, Documentary

    Screenings: 3/3, 6:45 PM (Cam 12); 3/5, 4:00 PM (Cam 12); 3/6, 4:00 PM (Cam 12) Jay Holstein is a Jewish studies professor at the University of Iowa, an ordained rabbi, a gun enthusiast, and one of the most brilliant, charismatic people on either side of the lectern. He captures his students with a blend […]

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    Cooking History

    by  • February 22, 2010 • Cinequest 20, Documentary

    Screenings: 2/24, 6:00 PM (Cam 12); 2/25, 1:30 PM (Cam 12); 3/1, 7:00 PM (Cam 3) 6 Wars. 10 Recipes. 60,361,024 Dead. Here is a documentary about war in the 20th Century as you’ve never seen it: through the eyes of the people who cooked, and the soldiers who ate. Six wars: World War II, […]

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    The Pit

    by  • February 22, 2010 • Cinequest 20, Documentary

    Screenings: 2/2, 6:15 PM (Cam 12); 2/27, 11:30 AM( Cam 12) The New York Board of Trade floor is, aptly, called The Pit: a chaotic, loud circle where traders shout and signal to each other to complete trades. In the internet era, this century-old system is starting to vanish. Director Johanna Lee gives us an […]

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    Whiz Kids

    by  • March 2, 2009 • Cinequest 19, Documentary

    Cinequest 2009 Whiz Kids held a sneak preview screening Sunday, March 1. The film is a documentary covering the lives of three participants in the Intel Science Talent Search. Each is a high school student with a passion for making profound advancements in science. While most 17 year-olds play Nintendo or whatever, these Whiz Kids […]

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