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GEORGIA
Following the collapse of the USSR, ethnic civil war erupted in the
USA
In the summer of 1987, Jennifer Schweiger, a 13-year old girl with Down
Director: Vano Burduli Caucuses in the 1990s, throwing the surrounding countryside and its Directors: Joshua Zeman, Syndrome, disappeared from her neighborhood in Staten Island, New
Producers: Levan Korinteli, citizens into chaos. The Conflict Zone is based on real-life events that
Barbara Brancaccio
York, leaving the close-knit community in shock. As far as her peers
Archil Gelovani
took place in Georgia at the time. It centers on a Sukhumi sniper known
Producers: Joshua Zeman,
were concerned, only one person could have taken her – Cropsey.
Screenwriters: Irakli Solomonashvili, as Spartacus, who’s sent on a fool’s mission to nearby Tbilisi to purchase
Barbara Brancaccio, Zachary Mortensen
Levan Korinteli
the artillery shells that are badly needed on the front. Enter the
Screenwriter: Joshua Zeman
A figment of the collective imagination of their own parents, who
MS: A to Z
Cinematographer: Giorgi Beridze
bumbling but charming young misfit Gogliko, who becomes Spartacus’s
Cinematographer: Chad Davidson
conjured his legend to get them home before dark, Cropsey was
MS: A to Z
il Editor: Nodar Nozadze
unlikely partner as they are forced to navigate between local gangsters Editors: Anita Gabrosek, Tom Patterson supposedly a mental patient from the abandoned Willowbrook Mental
il
Cast: Zura Ingorokva, Mirsha Meskhi, and a distant, war-hardened general in their effort to come up with the 2009 / color / 84 min.
Institution who snatched children and murdered them with the hook he
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Nini Badurashvili, Dato Iashvili,
goods. had in place of a hand. The accounts of this boogeyman worked like a
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charm – until he materialized in the form of Andre Rand, a vagrant who
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2009 / color / 82 min.
Gorgeously photographed in grays and sepia blues, the film features
JoShua zEMan
was living in the secret tunnel system underneath Willowbrook when he
spot-on performances from Georgian and Azerbaijan actors who evoke
In recent years Joshua Zeman has
was arrested by police, who soon thereafter found the body of young
the simultaneous absurdity and tragedy of the conflict, bringing human produced five feature films, earning Jennifer.
Vano BurDuLi warmth to the grim backdrop. Equal parts war drama, absurdist spec-
both a 2003 Sundance Audience and
Born in 1974 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Vano
tacle, and historical cautionary tale, The Conflict Zone draws in viewers
Screenwriting Award and a nomination
Future filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio were two of
Bruduli graduated from Tbilisi State
for a 2006 Independent Spirit Award
with an unpredictable narrative arc that parallels in perfectly ironic ways
University and studied screenwriting at
for Mysterious Skin. Also an acclaimed
the young Staten Islanders whose world was shaken that summer; with
the trajectory of a society plunged into random violence.
the Georgian State Institute of Theatre
screenwriter, Zeman received a
this documentary, they examine the legend that kept them confined
and Film. His graduate film, Graffiti
MacDowell Fellowship for his screenplay to their backyards – and the real-life mystery that continues to unfold
(2006), screened at festivals throughout
Preceded by: Cat Dancer.
to this day, as the case of Rand and his connection to a number of
Europe, picking up several awards. The
armed Defense
missing children remains unsolved. Incorporating chilling news clips and
Conflict Zone is his feature debut.
interviews with the parents, lawyers, and police involved, Zeman and
Director: Irina Patkanian
BarBara BranCaCCio
Brancaccio attempt to determine once and for all if Rand was truly guilty
USA / 2009 / 13 min.
Barbara Brancaccio is the executive
of heinous crimes – or if he was a handy scapegoat for a community lost
Alone, a man turns his house into a fortress with guns, barricades, barbed
deputy commissioner for public
information at the New York City
in grief and seeking closure to their nightmare. Reflecting the power of
wire, and land mines to withstand an attack.
Department of Social Services/Human
folklore, Cropsey is a classic tale of horror – made all the more terrifying
Resources Administration. She has by the fact that it is true.
also served as executive director for
WomenCare Inc. and College and
Sponsored by:
Community Fellowship, two nonprofit
organizations for incarcerated and
formerly incarcerated women.
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