Each week, Fletcher Powell finds the independent and non-commercial films showing in Wichita and the surrounding areas and brings them to you in this handy guide.
This time: a festival of mountains and a couple of politically charged documentaries.
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Dirty Wars
August 28 & 29, 7:30 p.m.
Documentary follows journalist Jeremy Scahill as he digs into the United States' covert wars
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Roadmap to Apartheid
August 29, 7:00 p.m.
Wichita Peace and Social Justice Center
Documentary narrated by Alice Walker explores the parallels between South African Apartheid and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
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Banff Mountain Film Festival
September 10, 7:00 p.m.
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Music: "'Etude' from The Killing Fields" - Francisco Tárrega, arranged by Mike Oldfield