STANDER September 21, 2004 USA, South Africa, 111 min, 35mm Director: Bronwen Hughes The true story of the life of Andre Stander, the youngest Captain in the Johannesburg Police Force and South Africa’s most notorious bank robber. Portrayed by Tom Jane (The Punisher) in a mercurial, star-turn performance, Andre Stander is a young, white policeman enjoying the comforts of middle-class married life in late-1970s South Africa, a country riven by Apartheid. Deeply affected by the indiscriminate killing he witnesses and takes part in during Riot Patrol, Stander wordlessly makes a decision to defy the very system he has spent a lifetime enforcing. Stander’s form of civil disobedience, however, takes an unusual form: a series of audacious, high-flying bank robberies, with the young police officer oftentimes returning to the scene of the crime as the lead investigating officer. Finally apprehended by his colleagues, Stander is jailed and subsequently befriends outlaws Allan Heyl and Lee McCall. Following a daring prison break, the “Stander Gang” commits dozens of bank robberies across the country, heists that grow increasingly bolder over time. In the eyes of the public, the Stander Gang’s nose-thumbing disrespect for authority makes them into near-legendary folk heroes, modern-day equivalents of Bonnie & Clyde. To the South African government, however, the former police officer is a cause of embarrassment, and the Stander Gang are the most wanted men in the country. Official Website: http://www.standerfilm.com

STANDER
September 21, 2004
USA, South Africa, 111 min, 35mm
Director: Bronwen Hughes
http://www.standerfilm.com

LA PETITE LILI
September 28, 2004
France, 2003, French with English subtitles
Directed by Claude Miller
http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/cs_petitelili.html

IMAGINING ARGENTINA
October 5, 2004
USA/Spain/Argentina, 2003
Directed by Christopher Hampton
http://www.arenasgroup.com/ia2.html

TBA
October 12, 2004

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SEDUCING DOCTOR LEWIS
October 19, 2004
Canada, 2003, French with English subtitles
Directed by Jean-François Pouliot
http://www.wellspring.com/movies/movie.html?movie_id=38

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