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Each series, we select a theme and then screen films that fit the theme. Think of it as an extended conversation, with each film adding a new voice. Quirky, controversial, heart-wrenching, or hilarious, our goal is to entertain and educate. And you can’t beat the price. Admission is free!
 
Current Theme: On the Margins: Documentaries from the Fringe
 
Being on the margin, being marginalized, is often used as an insult, to demonstrate how far “out of touch” from accepted culture or behavior a group or an individual has become. These people or groups on the fringe are held at arms’ length. But those on the margins can also stand at the vanguard of change, whether that change is intensely personal or world-changing. They may be geniuses or madmen or perhaps a bit of both! Whether it's art, religion, gender, music, recreation, or science, these dozen documentaries let us see  how being on the margin can give us new insight into compelling worlds of ideas and emotions previously hidden from our attention.

2007 Spring Film Series
 On the Margins: Documentaries from the Fringe
  
 Movies begin at 7:00 PM    Admission is FREE!
  
Films are shown at:
  
Laikin Auditorium, JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. (map)
  
For more information, contact: Stephen Conway
 
The Films

Schlock! - January 9
  
Laikin Auditorium, JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46260  (map)

 The story of 10,000 movies you never heard of... and how they changed the world. A history of the golden era of exploitation and B-movies, including interviews with key directors.

2001  89 minutes Not Rated
Director: Ray Greene

American Movie – January 17
  
Laikin Auditorium, JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46260 (map)
 
The poignant and funny chronicle of an aspiring filmmaker’s battle to finish his horror film, despite a lack of funding, support, and sense.

1999 104 min.  Rated R
Director: Chris Smith
Devil's Playground – February 6
 
 Laikin Auditorium, JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. (map)
 
During “Rumspringa,” Amish teens are given the chance to indulge in 21st century vices. At the end of this period, they choose to commit to the church for good. Or not.
 
2002  77 min.  Not Rated
Director: Lucy Walker
Trembling Before G-D – February 21
  
Laikin Auditorium, JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46260 (map)
 
Personal stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, trying to reconcile their faith with religious prohibitions that forbid homosexuality.
  
2001  87 minutes   Not Rated
Director: Sandi Simcha Dubowski
Double Dare – March 6
 
Laikin Auditorium JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46260 (map)
 
Jeannie and Zoë, the stunt doubles for Wonder Woman and Xena: Warrior Princess, face the challenges of a dangerous and male-dominated profession.
 
2004  81 min.   Not Rated
Director: Amanda Micheli

Paris Is Burning – March 21
 
Laikin Auditorium, JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46260 (map)
 
A rare and very personal glimpse into a tight-knit community of minority drag queens and their Harlem fashion/dance contests in the 1980s.
 
1990  76 min. Rated: R
Director: Jennie Levingston
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control – April 10
 
Laikin Auditorium JCC 6701 Hoover Rd.  (map)
 
Interviews with a lion tamer, a topiary gardener, a robot designer, and a mole rat expert create a compelling kaleidoscopic look at the very thin line that separates madness from genius.
 
1997  82 minutes  Not Rated
Director: Erol Morris 

League of Ordinary Gentlemen – April 18
 
Laikin Auditorium JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46260 (map)
 
The sometimes funny and sometimes sad adventures of four professional bowlers mixed with a history of the sport and their league.
 
2004 94 minutes    Rated: R 
Director: Christopher Browne
 
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey – May 1
 
Laikin Auditorium JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46260 (map)

A thriller about the man who pioneered the field of electronic music four decades before the rise of electronic rock and helped usher in technological warfare between cold war super powers.
 
1994  83 minutes    Not Rated
Director: Steven M. Martin
Genghis Blues – May 16
 
Laikin Auditorium JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46260 (map)
 
Blind blues musician and composer Paul Peña makes a pilgrimage to far away Tuva to learn from the masters and compete in a throat singing contest.
 
1999  80 min.  Not Rated
Director: Roko Belic
The White Diamond – June 5
 
Laikin Auditorium JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46260 (map)

To atone for a friend’s death, to give it meaning, a scientist travels to remote Guyana to perfect a new kind of airship to study the rainforest canopy.
 
2004  90 minutes    Not Rated
Director: Werner Herzog
Isaac Newton & Me – June 20
 
Laikin Auditorium JCC 6701 Hoover Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46260 (map)
 
Profiles of seven scientists: Gertrude Elion, Ashok Gadgil, Michio Kaku, Maja Materic, Steven Pinker, Karol Sikora and Patricia C. Wirght. An exploration of the limits and nature of human imagination.
 
1999  110 min.  Not Rated
Director: Michael Apted