AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2017) -- "Woodpeckers" (w/Jean Jean) and presentation by Ike Leggett:
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Description of Pictures: WOODPECKERS
Special Features: Q&A with actor Jean Jean, plus post-screening party and DJ, sponsored by Kesta Happening DC
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Tall, dark and handsome, Julián (Jean Jean) steps off a bus and becomes fresh meat walking inside the Najayo Prison in the Dominican Republic. He locates his cellblock underneath the corner where the "woodpeckers" perch. Woodpeckers — prisoners who romance ladies incarcerated at the women's prison 150 meters away — spend their days in affectionate conversation with their lovers via sign language. When Julián encounters Yanelly (Judith Rodriguez Perez), he is smitten. Now he must find a way, through cement, barbed wire, dozens of guards and murderous exes, to win Yanelly's love, all while keeping it secret. (Note adapted from Sundance Film Festival.) FEISAL Award (Cabral), Mayahuel Award (Jean) and Special Jury Award, 2017 Guadalajara Film Festival; Official Selection 2017 Sundance, Miami and Seattle film festivals. DIR/SCR/PROD José María Cabral; PROD María José Ripoll. Dominican Republic, 2016, color, 106 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
The event was preceded by a declaration presentation to AFI/Silver by Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett.
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2017_MD_Dream_170922: AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2017) -- "I Dream In Another Language" (w/Ernesto Contreras) (76 photos from 2017)
2017_MD_Tropics_170914: AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2017) -- "Such is Life in the Tropics" (w/Daniel Adum Gilbert) and opening reception (170 photos from 2017)
2017_MD_Distinguished_170926: AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2017) -- "The Distinguished Citizen" (w/Andrés Duprat) plus reception (63 photos from 2017)
2017_MD_Woodpeckers_171004: AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2017) -- "Woodpeckers" (w/Jean Jean) and presentation by Ike Leggett (189 photos from 2017)
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2017 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
Civil War Trust conferences in Pensacola, FL, Chattanooga, TN (via sites in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) and Fredericksburg, VA,
a family reunion in The Dells, Wisconsin (via sites in Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin),
New York City, and
my 12th consecutive San Diego Comic Con trip (including sites in Arizona).
For some reason, several of my photos have been published in physical books this year which is pretty cool. Ones that I know about:
"Tarzan, Jungle King of Popular Culture" (David Lemmo),
"The Great Crusade: A Guide to World War I American Expeditionary Forces Battlefields and Sites" (Stephen T. Powers and Kevin Dennehy),
"The American Spirit" (David McCullough),
"Civil War Battlefields: Walking the Trails of History" (David T. Gilbert),
"The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956 — Khrushchev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia" (Marvin Kalb), and
"The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons" (Ron Collins and David Skover).
Number of photos taken this year: just below 560,000.
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