Septembers
Nov 19 - Nov 20, 2008
(Carles Bosch, Spain, 2007, DigiBeta, 100 min)
For the incarcerated participants of the 2005 Festival of Song, singing love songs is not merely entertainment. It is also a poignant reminder of the people they left behind. Carles Bosch, director of the Oscar–nominated Balseros, follows four men and four women in prison. Spanning a year-from September to September, between one festival and the next—the film portrays their love stories. Despite the hostile environment, this film displays extraordinary emotion and it is an inspiration to all who watch it. With major accomplishments already under its belt (shortlisted for the Best Feature Documentary IDA Awards–International Documentary Association and nominated as Best Documentary in the Joris Ivens Competition at IDFA), Bosch’s sympathetic and at times humorous vision delights us with the question, can a documentary capture the true essence of love?