Black Bear film festival feature schedule

Saturday 10:30 a.m. “Bluebird,” Family Film Selection, family/coming of age drama, ages 12 and up, 79 minutes An engrossing study of an intelligent, introverted preteen, and the positive and negative ways that she copes with her miseries. 12:10 p.m. “Emile Norman: By His Own Design,” art documentary, unrated, 70 minutes One of the best artists you’ve never heard of, Emile Norman, now in his late eighties, is still working with the same passion for art, nature and freedom that inspired him through seven decades of a changing art scene and turbulent times for a gay man in America. In turn, this film of Norman’s life and art will inspire you. 1:45 p.m. “The Red Badge of Courage,” historic film selection with speaker, Q&A, Civil War drama, unrated, 69 minutes Stephen Crane’s masterful novel written in nearby Port Jervis, N.Y. John Huston stayed close to Crane’s combination of realistic description and impressionistic imagery; introduced by Chris Farlekas. 3:30 p.m. “The Devil Came on Horseback,” documentary, unrated, 85 minutes The story of how Brian Steidle brought the unspeakable violence he witnessed in Darfur to the attention of the American government and eventually directly to the American public. 5:30 p.m. “Tuya’s Marriage,” drama/romance/comedy, unrated, 85 minutes As the Mongolian culture changes around her, Tuya is determined to remain on the endless expanse of steppe with her family and flock of sheep. 7:20 p.m. “The Rocket,” Saturday night selection with guest speaker, Q&A, Drama, rated PG for violent, pre-helmet hockey, 124 minutes Maurice Richard emerged in the late 1930s as an ice hockey player of incomparable talent and courage. He used his position to challenge the NHL for discrimination against French Canadian players, and played a role in Quebec’s “Quiet Revolution;” remarkably realistic scenes on the ice. 10:10 p.m., ”Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer,” music film selection, music documentary, 90 minutes The achievements and hardships of the jazz singer are recounted in interviews with O’Day and her contemporaries, with numerous clips of her singing with the likes of Louis Armstrong and Hoagy Carmichael; a swinging tribute. Sunday 10:30 a.m., “War/Dance,” documentary/music, unrated, 105 minutes In a small school in the Patongo refugee camp, students overcome their grief with music and dance; a handful of these students went to the national music and dance competition finals. 12:35 p.m. ”Monkey Warfare,” guest speaker, Q&A, comedy/drama, unrated, 75 minutes Story of two hapless Toronto radicals trying to live off the grid and under the radar, whose lives are disrupted by a pot dealer from a younger generation of radicals looking for trouble. 2:35 p.m. “Taxi to the Dark Side,” political documentary, unrated, 106 minutes All Americans should face what is now permitted in our name. Alex Gibney’s important film examines post 9/11 interrogation techniques in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere. 5:00 p.m. “The Walker,” closing night selection, drama/crime thriller, rated R for language, 85 minutes A Washington social butterfly becomes enmeshed in a scandal but maintains his dignity and leaves corruption and hypocrisy to those who inhabit the corridors of power. Woody Harrelson submerges himself in every scene.