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FISH KILL FLEA
USA, 2007, 50 MIN
DIRECTED BY AARON HILLIS, BRIAN CASSIDY, JENNIFER LOEBER
Florida Premiere
In a small New York town, oddly called Fishkill, a once thriving center of commerce from the 1970s is now converted into a shopping haven for the eccentric--a flea marketer's paradise. Fish Kill Flea presents an in-depth and unfiltered exploration into the day-to-day operations of this vibrant shopping community. The lives of the flea market-s patrons and shopkeepers take a drastic turn when a corporate home-improvement conglomerate purchases the mall for purposes of destruction. These people aren't only losing their business, but for many of them, they are losing their communities too. What follows feels like Samuel Beckett by way of Errol Morris. The result is touching, often humorous, and even tragic. Fish Kill Flea presents an unflinching look at the struggle of the lowliest American dreamers and entrepreneurs. How can they compete with the tsunami of huge corporate influences?

Preceded by:

LA CORONA
USA, 2007, 40 MIN
DIRECTED BY AMANDA MICHELI & ISABEL VEGA
In English and Spanish with English subtitles
East Coast Premiere
If only every beauty pageant had contestants who were assassins, thieves, and murderers--perhaps they would all be this entertaining. Shot in the largest women's prison in Colombia, "La Corona" ("The Crown") is a 2008 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Short.