Todd Sklar
(USA, 2012, 12 mins)
Jim and Dave are brothers. They haven’t spoken in years and don’t like each other very much, but they are forced to come together for a week when their dad dies in Kansas City. Dave is pretty sure he has a 1992 Alonzo Mourning rookie card, but Jim has other ideas.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 9:00 a.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2

Alexandria Bombach
(USA, 2011, 29 mins)
23 Feet explores the lives of those living simply in order to do the things they love outside. Join three women in a 23 foot Airstream as they set out in search of full-time climbers, rafters, and surfers to understand the true meaning of dedicating yourself to your outdoor passion.

 
Sunday, September 30 – 9:00 a.m. –  Majestic Theatre #1
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.

David and Daniel Holechek – Daniel Holechek in person
(USA, 2011, 7 mins)
Renowned beat poet Derrick Brown tackles some of life’s biggest questions in this award-winning piece based on what Poetry Slam founder Marc Smith calls, “one of the five greatest love poems ever written.”

 
This short plays before features at the Majestic Theatre #2, for the 1st half of the Festival.

Harry Kakatsakis
(USA, 2011, 21 mins)
Admissions is a short film starring Academy Award nominee James Cromwell that tells a transformational tale about what it takes to find lasting peace. Featuring an Israeli couple and a Palestinian, this modern parable is set in the Admissions Room for the afterlife. Its purpose is to start a conversation that heals.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 12:30 p.m. –  Majestic Theatre #1
Sunday, September 30 – 9:30 a.m. –  Majestic Theatre #2

Amir Masud- in person
(USA, 2011, 15 mins)
Affliction is a drama about a mentally disturbed young woman that suddenly acquires supernatural powers and struggles between her desire for the powers and the terrible harm they cause.

Saturday, September 29 – 8:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2
Sunday, September 30 – 12:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater

Julien Paolini
(France, 2012, 13 mins)
Somewhere in Africa, an unsanctioned motorcycle races take place. Elias, a young man from the countryside, builds his own bike, using several used parts recovered from landfills. He begins his trip to the capital to fulfill his dream and take part in the race of his life.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 12:30 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #1
Sunday, September 30 – 9:30 a.m. – Majestic Theatre #2

Alison Klayman
(USA/China, 2012, 91 mins)
Ai Wei Wei is China’s most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held him in secret detention. Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. A nuanced exploration of contemporary China and one of its most compelling public figures.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 1:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2
Sunday, September 30 – 3:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #1

Jérôme Lascar
(France, 2012, 96 mins)
In this award-winning French narrative about members of the Animal Liberation Front, Franck has been placed in custody. Two days ago, he freed dogs that were condemned to die in the process of scientific experiments. Repeatedly trying to understand the mistake that led him in jail, he soon realizes someone betrayed him.

**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.

***And also note that this film contains brief images of animal testing and cruelty to animals.
Saturday, September 29 – 9:00 a.m. – Majestic Theatre

Dave Mossop & Eric Crosland
(Canada, 2011, 6 mins)
Imagine skiing through the streets of your home town. Well, J.P. AuClair does it here, twisting and hucking it through the streets of Trail, British Columbia. Freakin’ awesome!

 
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 a.m. – Center for the Arts
This short plays before features at the Center for the Arts, for the 2nd half of the Festival.

ZCDC / Zack Canepari & Drea Cooper
(USA, 2010, 10 mins)
On life, death, medical marijuana, and synchronized swimming.

 
Thursday, September 27 – 5:00 p.m. –  Gunnison Arts Center
Saturday, September 29 – 9:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater

Beth and George Gage- in person
(USA, 2012, 72 mins)
Bidder 70 tells the story of land activist and peaceful warrior, Tim DeChristopher, who disrupted a controversial BLM Oil and Gas leasing auction in 2008 posing as a bidder. Bidding $1.8 million worth of non-existent funds, he won 22,000 acres of pristine Utah land and brought the auction to an abrupt halt in an ingenious act of civil disobedience; one that forced him to serve two years in Federal prison.

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Friday, September 28, 2012 – 5:30 p.m. – The Center for the Arts
Sunday, September 30 – 3:00 p.m. – The Center for the Arts

Evan Abramson and Carmen Elsa Lopez Abrasion
(USA, 2011, 22 mins)
In Kenyaʼs Western Province, most drinking water is contaminated. The wood many Kenyans use to boil this water to make it safe is increasingly valuable. Women and girls, who bear the responsibility for finding water and fuel, often miss school or work while seeking both fuel and water. Some even encounter sexual violence. Yet waterborne illness remains a daily—and life- threatening—reality for them and their families. Carbon For Water introduces audiences to the inspiring people who face these hardships, and explores one companyʼs innovative solution for improving the health of millions of Kenyans and the environment in which they live.

Sunday, September 30 – 3:00 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater

John Salcido
(USA, 2010, 7 mins)
A man with an unusual medical problem is embarrassed to find the call girl at his door is an old friend.

Saturday, September 29 – 9:00 a.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2

Jeff Orlowski
(USA, 2012, 76 mins)
Jane Saltzman – director of nonprofit Earth Vision Trust in person.
National Geographic photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. In Chasing Ice, we follow Balog across the Arctic as he deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers. Balog’s hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate, telling the biggest story in human history.

Thursday, September 27 – 6:30 p.m. – Ruby Cinema at Prosser Theater, Gunnison
Friday, September 28 – 8:00 p.m. – The Center for the Arts
Saturday, September 29 – 3:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre
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Christopher Story
(Australia, 2011, 9 mins
A six year old boy brings home a piece of school work that provokes his parents to question his sexual orientation. And their own.

Saturday, September 29 – 9:00 a.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2

James Blagden
(USA, 2009, 5 mins)
In celebration of the greatest athletic achievement ever by a man on psychedelic drugs, artist James Blagden proudly presents the animated tale of Dock Ellis’ legendary LSD no-hitter.

This short plays before features at the Majestic #1, for the 1st half of the Festival.

Jerry Rothwell
(UK, 2010, 78 mins)
Donor Unknown follows the story of JoEllen Marsh, 21, on a journey to find the sperm donor father she only knows as Donor 150. What she discovers along the way is funny, moving and surprising. Donor Unknown is a uniquely 21st century story which raises intriguing questions about identity, family, parenthood – and the strange power of genetic connections.
Sunday, September 30 – 9:00 a.m. – The Center for the Arts
Sunday, September 30 – 7:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater

Directed by Johan Renck. Co-written by Lee Ross and Pamela Cuming.
Pamela Cuming – in person.
(US/Sweden, 2008, 102 mins)
“The most controversial film you will see this year.”
When Albert Stockwell (Rufus Sewell, Dark City, Illuminata) comes home from work one day he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy (Maria Bello, A History of Violence, Thank You for Smoking), saying she has gone to see friends. After waiting several days, Albert realizes that his wife is missing. Nancy has met her salvation on the Internet in the form of Louis Farley (Jason Patric, The Lost Boys, Rush). Nancy and Louis, both wounded souls, take comfort in one another through e-mail, pictures, and promises of perverse sexual encounters. Nancy has finally found the one and only thing that can liberate her from the pain in her life. While she pursues the freedom that she feels will only come with ultimate liberation, Albert is left to put the pieces together and try to salvage what is left. An Official Selection at Sundance 2008.
Saturday, September 29 – 5:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.
***Also note there are scenes of human cutting and sadism.

http://youtu.be/4IqQi4BCjFA

Bruce Thierry Chung
(Thailand, 2012, 8 mins)
A boy is reborn with memories of his previous lives and tries to fix the mistakes of the past.

Saturday, September 29 – 11:15 a.m. – Majestic Theatre #2
Sunday, September 30 – 5:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
This short plays before features at the Center for the Arts, for the 1st half of the Festival.

Jonathan Browning
(USA, 2010, 7 mins)
In this hilarious, caustic short, a corporation tries to force its employees to “go green” by hiring an eco ninja to keep them in line. Hi yah!

 
Saturday, September 29 – 9:00 a.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2

Killivalavan Solai
(USA, 3 mins)
Evy In The New World is a fantasy about  a 6 year old girl who has just started learning the English alphabet.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 a.m. – Center for the Arts
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.

J.J. Kelley & Josh Thomas – Josh Thomas in person
(USA/India, 2012, 83 mins)
Emmy nominated filmmakers Josh Thomas and JJ Kelley have made a name for themselves traveling across vast stretches of wilderness. They thrived where few would dare. But can they survive in the planet’s most populated natural wonder? Enduring the impossible, they attempt to travel the length India’s national river, searching for Enlightenment and hoping not to get killed in the process. A hilarious travel journal.

 
Friday, September 28 – 8:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre
Sunday, September 30 – 8:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre

Luke Matheny
(USA, 2010, 18 mins)
A lovestruck, lounge-singing darts champion finds his prayers are answered — literally — when he mysteriously receives a box of love-inducing darts.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 9:00 a.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2

Jenny Goddard
(USA, 2012, 8 mins)
Follow Damien as he attempts to use voodoo to alter the lives of his three best friends.

Saturday, September 29 – 9:00 a.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2

Tim Becker & James Weber
(USA, 2011, 15 mins)
When Henry Morgan is approached by a grieving mother who is forced to place a contract hit on her only child, the events set into motion lead to secrets revealed and a most shocking conclusion. Made by Colorado filmmaker James Weber, this is a frightening and freaky tale.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 8:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2
Sunday, September 30 – 12:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater

Susan Koenen
(The Netherlands, 2010, 15 mins)
Every 13-year-old girl dreams of that nice but hard-to-get boy. And Joppe is no different, consulting with her friend on how to best ask Brian out. But just how should she tell him that she was born a boy? A beautiful documentary about one of the loveliest people around.

 
Thursday, September 27 – 5:00 p.m. –  Gunnison Arts Center
Saturday, September 29 – 9:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater

Liberty Smith and Sophie Windsor Clive
(UK, 2011, 8 mins)
Island is a story told in 3 parts and filmed on the River Shannon in Ireland. It was created as an experimental triptych; the first part evoking a peaceful lullaby state, the second part a mysterious journey around an unexplored island, and the third an incredible visual record of a “murmuration” of millions of starlings as they fly above the island. All set to an amazing soundtrack. Come see one  of the best first films in ages.

Saturday, September 29 – 11:15 a.m. – Majestic Theatre #2
Sunday, September 30 – 5:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater

Elinor Burkett
(USA, 2010, 73 mins)
This screening made possible through a donation from Berek Novak and Donna Kindervatter.
In iThemba, director Elinor Burkett expands on the Academy Award winning short film Music By Prudence. These awe inspiring characters overcome everything from accusations of witchcraft to death threats. Filled with beautiful music and stunning human drama, this is a film you will never forget. The film follows the members of the Zimbabwean band Liyana, a group of eight musicians with physical disabilities. The funny and talented young people take viewers with them as they travel (all the way to America!) then back to Zimbabwe, a country crushed by runaway inflation.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 3:30 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.
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Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
(USA, 2011, 83 mins)
Screenings made possible through a donation from Mel Brody.
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother (Susan Sarandon), slacker Jeff (Jason Segal) might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother (Ed Helms) as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.

Friday, September 28 – 7:30 p.m. – Majestic Theatre
Saturday, September 29 – 9:30 p.m. – Majestic Theatre
Sunday, September 30 – 5:30 p.m. – Majestic Theatre

Ben Stookesberry
(USA, 2011, 30 mins)
Hendri Coetzee is a modern legend in the annals of African exploration. He walked nearly a thousand miles of Tanzanian coastline and led the first team down the entire length of the Nile through war-torn Sudan all the way to the Mediterranean. He returned to kayak solo the most difficult section of the river through the densest populations of hippos and crocodiles found anywhere on the planet.”Some of the things that we’re about to witness are so intense and horrible that they should stop the show,” and sometimes they do.

This film was generously given to us by our friends at Mountainfilm.

**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.
Sunday, September 30 – 9:00 a.m. –  Majestic Theatre #1

Jeremy Make and Andy Raney – in person
(USA, 2011, 82 mins)
Travel America….. by golf kart. Join two enterprising Denver filmmakers as they speed across the country at 40 miles per hour in this 100-day, breakdowns abounding, adventure film across the States that asks its subjects, “what is your art?”

*Please note that this is the only screening of this film.

Sunday, September 30 – 10:45 a.m. – The Center for the Arts

Torrance Maurer
(USA, 2012, 14 mins)
Kids for Kidnapping is a young brother and sister’s journey into a dark and seedy adult world.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 11:15 a.m. – Majestic Theatre #2
Sunday, September 30 – 5:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theatre

Billy Savage
(USA, 2007, 84 mins)
Partially shot in Crested Butte in the ‘70s, and teeming with some of its former residents, this film explores the history of mountain biking in America and the crazies that brought it to us. Long before the term ‘mountain bike’ entered our global consciousness, the cycling enthusiasts of Marin County, CA rode modified pre-WWII bicycles down the slopes of Mount Tamalpais. From these humble (and hilarious) beginnings, a multi-billion dollar industry, and an Olympic event, were born. Some of the biggest (and richest) names in the industry, as well as some more obscure characters, recount the people, places and events that gave birth to the modern mountain bike. A must-see for mountain biking enthusiasts.
Saturday, September 29 – 5:30 p.m. – Majestic Theatre
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.

Vikram Gandhi
(USA, 2011, 84 mins)
This film will put a smile on your face. Many times. A provocative social experiment-
turned-documentary, Kumare follows American filmmaker Vikram Gandhi as he transforms himself into a wise Indian guru, hoping to prove the absurdity of blind faith. Instead, he finds himself forging profound connections with people from all walks of life — and wondering if and when to reveal his true self. Will his followers accept his final teaching? Can this illusion reveal a greater spiritual truth? Winner of South by Southwest’s Audience Award, Kumare is an insightful look at faith and belief. It is also very funny.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 3:00 p.m. – The Center for the Arts
Sunday, September 30 – 5:30 p.m. – The Center for the Arts

Chandra Chevannes
(USA, 2011, 55 mins)
Based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., Living Downstream is an eloquent and cinematic feature-length documentary following Sandra during one pivotal year as she works to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links.
This film is sponsored by the Coal Creek Watershed Coalition. www.coalcreek.org

Sunday, September 30 – 11:15 a.m. – Majestic Theatre
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.
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ANGELA+ITHYLE
(USA, 2010, 2 mins)
Lost Things is a short, stop-motion musical collaboration with Alison Sudol of A Fine Frenzy.
Careful with those scissors.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 a.m. – Center for the Arts
This short plays before features at the Crested Butte Mountain Theater, for the 2nd half of the Festival.

Greg Jacobs & Jon Siskel
(USA, 2010, 99 minutes)
By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, Louder Than a Bomb follows four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world’s largest youth slam. Winner of 17 festival prizes, the film was hailed by Roger Ebert as “one of the 10 best documentaries of 2011”, and received a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A film that shows the power and promise of youth.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 10:45 a.m. – Majestic Theatre
Sunday, September 30 – 10:45 a.m. – Majestic Theatre

Juan Pablo Zaramella
(Argentina, 2011, 7 mins)
In a world controlled and timed by light, an ordinary man has a plan that could change the natural order of things. An incredible stop-motion live short.

Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 a.m. – Center for the Arts
This short plays before features at the Majestic Theatre #1, for the 2nd half of the Festival.

Sharon Linezo Hong – in person
(USA, 2012, 66 minutes)
This intimate, very personal documentary tells the story of a young Native American woman who turns to activism after the destruction of Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. My Louisiana Love reveals the complex and uneven relationship between the oil industry and the indigenous community of the Mississippi Delta and its effects on the residents. This is personal storytelling at its very best.
Saturday, September 29 – 3:00 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.

http://youtu.be/2z54wfOo3No

Shasta Grenier, Sabrina Lee
(USA, 2012, 40 mins)
A Vietnam veteran brings men who have been severely injured in Iraq and Afghanistan to the rivers of Montana. He teaches them to fish. And to hope. A frank, sometimes hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking look at the impacts of war and the journey to recovery.

 
Sunday, September 30 – 3:00 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.

Alex Lora Cercos
(USA, 2011, 13 mins)
In this Sundance finalist for best documentary short, a Cambodian immigrant plays chess in the heart of New York with the hopes of finding a better position on the board of life.
Sunday, September 30 – 3:00 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand
(France, 2011, 7 mins)
To commemorate 2011 as the International Year of Forests, the United Nations appointed Yann Arthus-Bertrand to create a short video to raise consciousness about forests. Filmed from a helicopter and narrated by Edward Norton, this is a fascinating, beautiful visions of our forests.

 
Sunday, September 30 – 9:00 a.m. –  Majestic Theatre #1
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.

Skip Armstrong – in person
(USA, 2012, 6 mins)
Do our mothers still have dreams, hopes and journeys to make? At age 67, Melody reflects on her life, her hopes, her failures and her dreams while exploring the magnificent waters and canyons of the Utah desert.
Thursday, September 27 – 5:00 p.m. –  Gunnison Arts Center
Saturday, September 29 – 9:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theatre

Skip Armstrong – in person
(USA, 2012, 6 mins)
This gorgeous and powerful kayaking film attempts to answer the question, “does the supernatural exist?” The curious explore, unbounded by restrictions of place and mind, and perhaps discover things we haven’t understood. Legendary whitewater kayaker Ben Marr shreds the upper reaches of Quebec, pushing limits to new and undiscovered levels.
Saturday, September 29 – 7:30 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #1
Sunday, September 30 – 6:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2

Jason Baffa
(USA, 2011, 25 mins)
One Beach shows people using creativity and innovation to help keep the world’s beaches “barefoot friendly.” Directed by renowned surf filmmaker Jason Baffa, and showing gorgeous beaches worldwide, this film profiles six passionate people who are working to help fix the global beach trash problem by turning trash into beautiful art.
Thursday, September 27 – 5:00 p.m. –  Gunnison Arts Center
Saturday, September 29 – 9:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater

Alethea Root
(USA, 2011, 78 mins)
Actress Jules Bruff – in person
Part Time Fabulous weaves a narrative of love, pain, and healing with real-life stories of those living with clinical depression. Mel (Jules Bruff) falls in love with Don (Bjorn Johnson) while on vacation. So taken with each other, he moves in twelve days later. It’s not until then that her deep-rooted and untreated clinical depression reveals itself. Mel’s inability to deal with her illness pushes a wedge between them. She is forced to face her disease alone. In the quest to heal herself, Mel sets out to make a documentary that exposes her truth and the heartfelt truth of others dealing with clinical depression.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 7:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theater
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.

Gini Reticker
(USA, 2008, 72 mins)
With surely one of the most evocative titles ever given to a film, Pray the Devil Back to Hell chronicles the remarkable story of the courageous Liberian women (both Christian and Muslim) who come together to end a bloody civil war, topple the warlord Charles Taylor from the presidency, and bring peace to their shattered country.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 9:30 a.m. – Majestic Theatre #2
**Please note that this is the only screening of this film.

Bill Sebastian
(USA, 2012, 91 mins)
In this modern narrative from the Windy City, words become the catalyst for romance when two loners recognize the rebel in each other and make a shaky stand against the world. As Marty teeters on the brink of suicide and shy wordsmith, Zoe, stands on the edge of leaping into the National Scrabble Championship, we bellow out, “Let’s Play Scrabble!”  Watch for Marty’s tirade in the beginning, surely one of the greatest rants ever recorded on film.
Friday, September 28 – 5:30 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #1
Sunday, September 30 – 9:00 a.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theatre

Warren Kommers
(USA, 2011, 11 mins)
Of any city in the world, the sprawling City of Angels is best known for its dependence on the automobile. However, once a year for 6 hours, the city closes down 26 miles of Los Angeles’ most congested arteries for the L.A. Marathon. Unbeknownst to city officials, at 4 AM over 400 of L.A.’s most dedicated cyclists take to the streets, led by LA’s underground bike crew Wolfpack Hustle, to make an unauthorized entry on the closed course. While the runners are still nestled in their beds, these riders claim the streets as their own, weaving through the city, unhindered, on such normally traffic-laden roads as Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards. Join us on this wicked, high octane, fantasy ride through the streets of L.A.

 
Saturday, September 29 – 7:30 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #1
Sunday, September 30 – 6:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2

Darwin Shaw & Samantha Whittaker
(UK, 2011, 16 mins)
A minor earthquake shakes London in the night. Tom and Rose’s perfect marriage collides with sexual fantasy and exposes the cracks in their relationship. The aftershocks are more far-reaching than Tom and Rose could have imagined. Scenes of an Adult Nature follows a couple exploring the parameters of their own fidelity and discovering a new level of honesty in their relationship. When are lies helpful and when is truth damaging?

 
Saturday, September 29 – 8:00 p.m. – Majestic Theatre #2
Sunday, September 30 – 12:30 p.m. – Crested Butte Mountain Theatre

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