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		<title>Silverdocs Winners!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia Olszewski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alas, aside from a few re-screenings tonight, 2009's AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs festival is over. We laughed, we cried, we ate green goblin food. And now we wait for the best selections to get commercial releases and, if history repeats, some Oscar love.
Until then, here's a list of fest winners:

Sterling US Feature Award: October Country
Sterling World [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alas, aside from a few <a href="http://silverdocs.bside.com/2009/schedule/week/type/film">re-screenings tonight</a>, 2009's <strong>AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs</strong> festival is over. We laughed, we cried, we ate green goblin food. And now we wait for the best selections to get commercial releases and, if history repeats, some Oscar love.</p>
<p>Until then, here's a list of fest winners:</p>
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<p><strong>Sterling US Feature Award:</strong> <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37339"><em>October Country</em></a><br />
<strong>Sterling World Feature Award:</strong> <em>Mugabe and the White African</em><br />
<strong>Sterling Short Award:</strong> <em>12 Notes Down</em><br />
<strong>Special Jury Mention:</strong> <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37343"><em>Salt</em></a><br />
<strong>Music Documentary Award:</strong> <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37309"><em>RiseUp</em></a><br />
<strong>Special Jury Mention:</strong> <em>Soul Power</em><br />
<strong>Cinematic Vision Award:</strong> <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37349"><em>Old Partner</em></a><br />
<strong>WITNESS Award:</strong> <em>Good Fortune</em><br />
<strong>Writers Guild of America Documentary Screenplay Award:</strong> <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37307"><em>Off and Running</em></a><br />
<strong>ACE Grant Winner:</strong> <em>Cinema Chimp</em><br />
<strong>Feature Audience Award:</strong> <em>The Cove</em><br />
<strong>Short Audience Award:</strong> <em>12 Notes Down</em></p>
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		<title>Today at Silverdocs: Facing Ali, Afghan Star, Off and Running, and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia Olszewski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots, lots more. Today's the first full day of the fest; here's a smattering of what's being screened from noon 'til midnight. For the entire schedule and ticket information, go to Silverdocs.com.
Albert Maysles Shorts Program, Part I, a 68-minute collection of five short films from this year's Guggenheim Symposium honoree. 12:15 p.m.

Another Planet, a doc [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lots, lots more. Today's the first full day of the fest; here's a smattering of what's being screened from noon 'til midnight. For the entire schedule and ticket information, go to <a href="http://silverdocs.bside.com/2009/schedule/week/type/film">Silverdocs.com</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://silverdocs.bside.com/2009/films/mayslesshortsprogram1_silverdocs2009"><em>Albert Maysles Shorts Program, Part I</em></a>, a 68-minute collection of five short films from this year's Guggenheim Symposium honoree. 12:15 p.m.<br />
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<em>Another Planet</em></a>, a doc on child laborers that Aaron Leitko calls "powerful viewing." 12:30 p.m. <span id="more-24390"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37305"><em>My Neighbor, My Killer</em></a>, a look at Rwanda's Gacaca Tribunals that Steve Kolowich says is "too hard for tears." 3 p.m. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37306"><em>The Apprentice</em></a>, the sometimes "too fortuitous" story of a 15-year-old French boy who's learning to farm. 4 p.m.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37307"><em>Off and Running</em></a>, a look at the life of a black girl who was adopted by white Jewish lesbians in Brooklyn. 4:30 p.m.</p>
<p><a href="http://silverdocs.bside.com/2009/films/facingali_silverdocs2009;jsessionid=B31AAC963B413150A3803EE4FF431F22"><em>Facing Ali</em></a>, which was to be the night's big get until a press release yesterday advised that the Champ will no longer be attending. Still, should be worth a look. 7 p.m. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37308"><em>Afghan Star</em></a>, or Central Asia's <em>American Idol</em>. Need we say more? 7:45 p.m.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37309"><em>RiseUp</em></a>, which offers three "unique and compelling tales" on Jamaica's underground reggae scene. 8 p.m.<br />
<a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37310"><br />
<em>Sea Point Days</em></a>, a "brilliant commentary on community" in the South African suburb of Cape Town. 8:45 p.m.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37311"><em>Only When I Dance</em></a>, a peek into the lives of two Rio de Janeiro teens as they work toward becoming professional dancers. 9:45 p.m.<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37312">Forty Men for the Yukon</em></a>, an "always earnest and at times wickedly funny" portrait of two 80-somethings who've spent their lives panning for gold. 9:45 p.m.</p>
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