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Hollywood\u2019s lack of creativity \u2013 remaking remakes, sequels upon sequels and a never-ending supply of superhero flicks \u2013 have some moviegoers yearning for more depth. That is what Raven Narratives local storytelling series co-founder Sarah Syverson and former Durango Film Festival program coordinator Jane Julian think.<\/p>\n
The two storytellers organized the first-ever Mancos Doc Fest, a documentary film festival that will be held Oct. 12 and 13 at the Mancos Opera House.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is no secret that (documentary) is my favorite genre,\u201d Julian said. \u201cI love true stories. I love to know what makes people tick.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian, who co-founded the Durango Film Society and is program director for the Port Townsend Film Festival in Washington, has wanted to throw a documentary film festival in Durango. It was Syverson, who is a Mancos Creative District member, who suggested Mancos as the location.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was ripe for the picking. It seemed like a great environment,\u201d Julian said about the community and the Mancos Opera House.<\/p>\n
Syverson said the festival is an extension of the MCD\u2019s We All Belong art project. The art district received a grant by Colorado Creative Industries that will fund the Oct. 19 and 20 Raven Narratives events, a public sculpture and documentary short by John Sheedy, a documentary filmmaker who also produces international film festival Festival del Cine in Alamos, Mexico. The theme of this month\u2019s Raven Narratives and the doc fest are also \u201cBelonging.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sheedy was selected to document the story of Rosa Sabido, a Mexican immigrant who has lived in Cortez for more than 30 years. Sabido was denied her most recent Stay of Removal by Immigration Customs Enforcement because of the current administration\u2019s tougher immigration laws. Sabido sought sanctuary at Mancos United Methodist Church more than a year ago. She is unable to step foot off church boundaries without the risk of being deported and was unable to say her final goodbyes in person to her mother before her mother passed away this year. But it hasn\u2019t all been bad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe community has been supportive,\u201d Sheedy said. \u201cI was blown away that this lady has no free time. People are always coming over to cook with her or do yoga.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sheedy said he personally knows the challenges of becoming a citizen because his wife is originally from Mexico, but the purpose of the film goes beyond shedding light on immigration issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cI realize this is more than just documenting the sanctuary but realizing there is a real personal story,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Sabido cooks and ran a food truck in Cortez before she moved into the church. She is considering making a sanctuary cookbook with her favorite recipes.<\/p>\n
The filming process is not complete because Sheedy wants to see the story through.<\/p>\n
A preview for \u201cRosa\u2019s Sanctuary\u201d will close the festival on Oct. 13.<\/p>\n
During Sheedy\u2019s time in Mancos, he filmed another short, \u201cMancos Home Grown,\u201d where he profiled four vastly different community members \u2013 from an old rancher to a millennial yoga studio owner. The short will be shown Oct. 13 after the first feature-length film.<\/p>\n
Julian said it was not difficult to find other films that fit the \u201cBelonging\u201d theme. Films such as \u201cUnbranded\u201d about four men from Texas who move wild mustangs from Mexico to Canada on public land, and \u201cTashi and the Monk,\u201d which follows a new arrival in a Tibetan orphan community in the Himalayas, among others will be featured.<\/p>\n
Julian said the films she chooses for the Port Townsend festival typically touch your heart and make you think. That type of content landed itself really naturally to the Mancos Doc Fest\u2019s theme.<\/p>\n
Attendees will be able to discuss this theme further at an unofficial meet-up at Fenceline Ciders after the festival. Bringing the community together was an important aspect of the event because many of the movies being shown may be accessed from streaming services at home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love the idea of people seeing it in one place to talk about it with family and friends,\u201d Julian said. \u201cIt\u2019s that idea of community.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n Mancos Doc Fest
\n When:<\/strong>
\n Oct. 12\u201313.
\n Where:<\/strong>
\n Mancos Opera House, 136 W. Grand Ave.
\n Tickets:<\/strong>
\n Pre-purchase online, at Maria\u2019s Bookshop in Durango and Zuma Natural Foods in Mancos. Tickets are $10 per two-hour film program or $35 for a four-punch pass, which can be used to get you into all film programs. Tickets are $12 at the door per film or $40 for the four-punch pass.
\n More information:<\/strong>
\n Visit facebook.com\/mancosdocfest or mancosdocfest.brownpapertickets.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"