Louis Vuitton Hawaii International FIlm Festival 2008

A lonely man in a cold and lonely place is sent on a secret adventure to a tropical locale, where he happens to save the life of a dishonored beauty queen – or did he?

For a Chinese immigrant, one dream ends and another one begins.

Filmed over the course of 23 years, THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON) is an epic story of one family's journey from war-torn Laos to the mean streets of New York in the 80's to the present. Thavisouk Phrasavath tells the story of himself as a young man struggling to survive a war and the hardships of immigrant life. His mother tells her own astonishing tale of perseverance as a soldier's wife. Breathtaking and compelling, renowned cinematographer Ellen Kuras's directorial debut is a remarkable collaboration with co-director Phrasavath – a poetic, deeply personal film about the hidden, human face of war's "collateral damage."

A compilation of 3 "short" shorts that were shot on location in Shanghai this past June by ACM and SHU students.

When Kalia rebels against her father by sneaking out for a night-surf outing with a guy she just met, she realizes she should've heeded her father's advice as she exposes herself to a bloodlust encounter.

Bob Marley, one of the iconic figures of contemporary culture, recorded his most significant album, Exodus, in 1977. The album, which Time magazine voted Album of the Century, finally broke reggae music into the mainstream and the message of Rastafarianism to the rest of the world. Produced by the BBC and Island Records' Chris Blackwell, the tumultuous world events of 1977 are also portrayed through Bob Marley's songs and fascinating BBC archive footage. Today Bob Marley and his music have become synonymous with the struggle for freedom and resistance to oppression across the globe.

In eye-opening interviews with Atwater's closest friends and enemies, BOOGIE MAN re-examines of Atwater's crucial role in the remaking of the Republican Party. To Democrats offended by his cutthroat style (to say nothing of the 1988 Willie Horton controversy), Atwater was a political assassin dubbed by one Congresswoman "the most evil man in America." But to most Republicans he remains a hero for his deep understanding of the American heartland and his unapologetic vision of politics as war. Director Stefan Forbes offers a timely documentary for this election year as he examines the charming yet Machiavellian godfather of the modern negative political campaign.

Set in the swinging nightclubs of 1963 Seattle, a bookie risks everything for a down-on her luck waitress.

VOICES is the story of a musician named Ariel who offers violin lessons to a child of the slums. Through the violin, the abused child Onyok is able to get back his voice from a mute, desensitized existence. A violin teacher and his student, a mute 7-year old abused child in a shelter, develop a friendship stemming from their love of music. Ariel discovers the immense talent of Onyok hiding behind a veneer of silence and pain caused by an unhappy and cruel father. In the developing relationship of teacher and student, both characters reveal more of themselves that otherwise may have remained unspoken. They discover each others strengths and failures through the violin lessons. -- Chuck Boller