Tiburon Film Society will present “Who Needs Sleep?“ at the Bay Model located at 2100 Bridgeway in Sausalito on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 @ 6 PM.
Running Time: 78 minutes Country: USA Genre: Documentary Cast: Annette Bening, Billy Crystal, David B. Agus, Netta Bank, Gilbert Cates, Nick Counter, Tyne Daly, Andrew Davis Director: Haskel Wexler
Film crews routinely work sweatshop hours, often clocking 15 to 18 hour days at the expense of their families, their health, their well-being, and even their lives.
In 1997, after a 19-hour day on the set, assistant cameraman Brent Hershman fell asleep behind the wheel, crashed his car, and died. Deeply disturbed by Hershman’s preventable death, filmmaker and multiple-Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler shows how sleep deprivation and long work hours are a lethal combination.
Who Needs Sleep? is a commentary on our quality of life.
Admission: FREE and open to the public!
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The Tiburon Film Society [launched in 2003] is part of the Tiburon International Film Festival [founded in 2001].
Founded by Tiburon resident Saeed Shafa in 2001, the Tiburon Film Society held its first festival in 2002. Shafa, originally from Iran, has programmed an international assortment that includes from Croatia and Cuba, Qatar and Nepal. Shafa makes all the selections for the TIFF and believes that the diverse and international population of the Bay Area should be reflected in this festival.
Jan Kidawa-Blonski’s “Little Rose” was the big winner at this year’s Tiburon International Film Festival, snagging Best Film at the event which wrapped on April 15 in Tiburon, California. Below find the full list of winners:
The winners of the 2011 Tiburon International Film Festival Golden Reel Awards were announced during a formal ceremony on Friday, April 15, 2011 in Tiburon. Tiburon International Film Festival is held every year in city of Tiburon in North California.
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
Official Site: http://www.super8-movie.com/
Producer: Steven Spielberg
Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: J.J. Abrams
Stars: Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka and Kyle Chandler
SF State alum and founder of the Tiburon International Film Festival Saeed Shafa shares his opinion on the conflict between mainstream cinema and independent filmmakers.