{"id":2997,"date":"2017-04-20T22:25:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/04\/20\/northwestfests-films-tackle-music-evil-knievel-donald-trump\/"},"modified":"2017-04-20T22:25:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T22:25:00","slug":"northwestfests-films-tackle-music-evil-knievel-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/04\/20\/northwestfests-films-tackle-music-evil-knievel-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwestfest&#8217;s films tackle music, Evil Knievel, Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span class=\"author-more\">Fish Griwkowsky\u00a0\/ Edmonton Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Edmonton\u2019s innovative Northwestfest has announced its lineup of documentary films. Like a gigantic magazine in sight and sound, topics range from Donald Trump\u2019s golf courses, a Saskatchewan spelling bee, obsessive Tokyo Idol fans, chronic fatigue syndrome, the supposed failings of George Lucas, Scientology and legendary motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel. For starters.<\/p>\n<p>Opening night of the 10-day international film fest running May 5-14 will be the premiere of Victor Walk, with special guest Theoren Fleury. Proceeds go to the Breaking Free Foundation for survivors of trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Film festival director Guy Lavallee beams about conservation film The Last Animals (7 p.m., May 9, Metro Cinema), directed by Kate Brooks, who will be in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt goes Tribeca to Hot Docs to here. She\u2019s a crazy, award-winning photojournalist. This is the first film she\u2019s done about animals, specifically about elephants and rhinos and their impending extinction.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fsk_splitbox_1712_onscreen\"><\/div>\n<p>Lavallee notes: \u201cAt this moment in history right now, documentaries and especially journalistic-style docs that are telling real stories, are more important than ever. Reporting that doesn\u2019t agree with the mob\u2019s preconceptions isn\u2019t fake \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s actually crucial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Besides the political films, a number of biopics are rolling through. May 6 will be the Canadian premiere of May it Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers, directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio. Local producer Adam Scorgie (Ice Guardians) returns to the fest, revving up with Chasing Evel: The Robbie Knievel Story \u2014 premiering at Metro Cinema on May 12. And closing night will be the documentary Hired Gun, exploring the up-and-down lives of session musicians who have provided support on some of rock and roll\u2019s most iconic albums.<\/p>\n<p>Other film topics include urban studies author Jane Jacobs, nuclear fusion and a biography of groundbreaking gay storyteller Amistead Maupin, author of Tales of the City. Bee Nation is the spelling bee film, and the fest features a Trump Triple Bill as well as a documentary shorts series downtown at Matrix Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShorts packages work better in a smaller, more intimate setting,\u201d says Lavallee. \u201cThey can get a little bit lost in the Garneau\u2019s 500 seats. Sure enough, Matrix has this great room that already has a screen, and they can arrange it cabaret-style, bring a drink over from the lounge. There\u2019ll be a little concessions stand with popcorn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing more stuff with The Needle, too, so you almost walk a diagonal from\u00a0The Needle to the Matrix to the Metro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Passes, six-packs and single-admission tickets to Canada\u2019s longest-running documentary film festival are available now at www.northwestfest.ca, and can be picked up in person at Tix on the Square. Early bird passes are $89; individual screenings run $12 unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n<p>Full information and tickets at northwestfest.ca. See you there!<\/p>\n<p>fgriwkowsky@postmedia.com<\/p>\n<p>@fisheyefoto<\/p>\n<h4>PREVIEW<\/h4>\n<p>Northwestfest<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: Metro Cinema (8712 108 St.), Matrix Hotel (10640 100 Ave.), The Needle (10524 Jasper Ave.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: May 5-14<\/p>\n<p><strong>Admission<\/strong>: $12 individual screenings; $89 early bird pass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fish Griwkowsky\u00a0\/ Edmonton Journal Edmonton\u2019s innovative Northwestfest has announced its lineup of documentary films. Like a gigantic magazine in sight and sound, topics range from Donald Trump\u2019s golf courses, a Saskatchewan spelling bee, obsessive Tokyo Idol fans, chronic fatigue syndrome, the supposed failings of George Lucas, Scientology and legendary motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel. 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