Today at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

Just today and tomorrow left at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival at the Malco Theater in historic downtown Hot Springs.
Today's documentary film schedule follows. The films without a description are described in previous posts on the initial screening date of the film.
Saturday, October 23
10 a.m.
DIRTY WORK: ARKANSAS’ KNIFE HERITAGE FROM BOWIE TO RAMBO
10 a.m.
DOGPATCH USA
10:05 a.m.
FREEDOM RIDERS
USA, 113 minutes, Stanley Nelson
Freedom Riders is the first feature-length film about a courageous band of civil rights activists who called themselves the Freedom Riders. They challenged segregation in interstate transport in the American South during the spring and summer of 1961. The attention the movement generated caused the federal government to take down Jim Crow signs of "whites only" and "colored only," allowing every American to travel freely a legacy we enjoy today.
10:23 a.m.
A TINY SPARK
11:30 a.m.
TUNED IN
11:30 a.m.
BIRDMAN
USA, 10 minutes, Jenni Morello
Brian Gibson owns Bird Camp, a specialty bird shop in Manhattan, New York. This film follows one man’s dream to keep the shop alive and the commitment he gives to carrying for these special birds. Film maker is present.
11:30 a.m.
THE CHESS SHOP
12:25 p.m.
WORLD PEACE AND OTHER 4TH GRADE ACHIEVEMENTS
12:55 p.m.
BOMBS IN OUR BACKYARD
12:55 p.m.
I AM THE HOMELESS
12:55 p.m.
VOICES FOR JUSTICE
USA, 15 minutes, Mike Poe
In 1994, three teenagers from poor families were convicted, without apparent motive or concrete evidence, of the murders of three young children in the town of West Memphis, Arkansas. Damien Echols has been on Arkansas’s Death Row ever since, and Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin have been serving life sentences without parole for a judgment based on thin circumstantial evidence. Film maker is present.
12:55 p.m.
THE SHARECROPPERS
1:15 p.m.
BALLHAWKS
USA, 74 minutes. Michael Diedrich / Joel Murray
Ballhawks is the story of the group of men who have been chasing baseballs and dreams just outside the ivy-covered walls of Wrigley Field, for the last ninety years. 2004 is different; however, as the Cubs have put together a team that could contend for their first World Series tittle since 1908. These increased expectations have heated up the competition for home run balls hit onto the street to a fever pitch.
2:40 p.m.
BLOODY MONDAYS & STRAWBERRY PIES
3:30 p.m.
SPACE, LAND AND TIME:
UNDERGROUND ADVENTURES WITH ANT FARM
4:35 p.m.
JUST LIKE US
5:15 p.m.
TOYLAND
6:15 p.m.
ED HARDY: TATTOO THE WORLD
USA, 74 minutes, Emiko Omori / Wendy Slick
In 1955 most 10 year old boys dreamed of growing up to be a fireman or jet pilot. But young Don Ed Hardy had the wild idea of being a tattoo artist. Hardy saw his calling in the mystical images of pierced hearts, fighting eagles, bloody skulls and flaming eyeballs. From humble tattooist to multi-million dollar brand name, Ed Hardy is the visionary artist who brought tattoo imagery from the shadowy fringes into mainstream America and the glittering world of fashion. Viewer discretion is advised.
6:50 p.m.
COLLAPSE
7:55 p.m.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD
8:40 p.m.
WORLD’S LARGEST
USA, 79 minutes, Amy Elliot / Elizabeth Donius
Desperate for tourism, hundreds of small towns across the U.S.A. claim the "world’s largest" something from 15-foot fiberglass strawberries to 40-foot concrete pheasants. Odd, funny and sometimes beautiful, the statues stand as testaments to the uniqueness and importance - the largeness - that all people feel, and need to feel, about their communities and their own existence. By documenting these roadside attractions, it captures the changing landscape of small-town America. Film maker is present.
9:55 p.m.
WORDS OF ADVICE - WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS ON THE ROAD
Denmark, 74 minutes, Lars Movin / Steen Moller Rasmussen
In 1983, the counter culture icon, William S. Burroughs, traveled throughout Scandinavia making a series of personal appearances. Twenty years later, filmmakers found never-beforeseen footage of his Copenhagen visit and set out on the road to record new material, telling the story of the acclaimed author’s later work. A compelling portrait of one of our most enigmatic public figures.
10:25 p.m.
FOREVER’S GONNA START TONIGHT