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Natural Choice Construction, LLC, John Pochynok, President PO Box 680360 Park City, Utah 84068 tel: 435-645-7178 fax: 435-649-0059 LUXURY HOMES FINNISH SAUNAS LOGTIMBER STRUCTURES A few Sundance docs not to miss Sister Helen: A great role model for docs So who wants spend an hour and a half peering into the lives of a bunch of addicts being bossed around by a foul-mouthed nun? You do. The Sundance documentary entry "Sister Helen" is as compelling com-pelling as it is entertaining. Directors Rob Fruchtman and Rebecca Cammisa highlight a handful hand-ful of residents at a South Bronx residential treatment center and the tough-love Benedictine nun who watches over them. The film sinks its subtle hook at the outset as Sister Helen Travis alludes to her own wild days and personal tragedy - the loss of two sons and a husband. But before she has a chance to explain what happened, viewers are introduced intro-duced to her clients all of whom are waging a daily battle to "stay clean." The footage is gritty but the filmmakers film-makers more than compensate for the darkness by focusing on Sister Helena affection for the men and theirs for her. The viewer quickly comes to understand that each character's char-acter's salvation (including Sister Helen's) is intertwined with the success suc-cess of the others and watching the drama play out is spellbinding, . Fruchtman and Cammisa also served as coproducers and cine-matographers cine-matographers on the project. The camera work is completely unobtrusive unobtru-sive - one can only imagine the challenge that the pair faced in maneuvering among the tight quarters, quar-ters, the intimate nature of the subject sub-ject matter and the rats, yes, real New York tenement rats - and artistic. artis-tic. Instead of zooming in on the squalor, the cameras float toward religious figurines and rippling curtains, cur-tains, as if to soften the blows of the harsh realities of life. Suffice it to say, film also contains con-tains an unexpected plot twist worthy wor-thy of a sequel. Sister Helen will be screened Monday, Jan. 14 at 9 p.m. the Yarrow; Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 3 p.m. at the Marriott; Wednesday, Jan. 16 at noon at the Yarrow; Thursday Jan. 17 at 6:45 p.m. at the Eccles Black Box Theater and Saturday, Jan. 19 at noon at Sugarhouse movies in Salt Lake City. by Nan Chalat-Noaker Daddy and Papa: Raising issues about the future of family life "Daddy and Papa," a film being shown in the documentary competition competi-tion at Sundance 2002, forces viewers view-ers to take a different look at family issues from the perspective of a gay male couple adopting their first child. The film follows a series of gay couples as they make decisions about adoption and learn how to care for children. There are some really powerful moments. In particular, scenes where the filmmakers ask children at a playground about home and family life - their reactions are interesting. inter-esting. The film also questions the future of families. It explores the differences between raising children in straight and gay homes and paradigms para-digms like why the world believes women are better at raising kids than men. Ultimately, the film shows that gay and straight couples experience many of the same things when they become parents - sex fives suffer and sometimes relationships fall apart. But, most families, no matter what their orientation, simply need love, nurturing and at times a Volvo station wagon. Rating: four baby bottles out of five. "Daddy and Papa" was directed and produced by Johnny Symons. "Daddy and Papa" will play at the Yarrow at 4:30 on Jan. 12, at 9 p.m. on Jan. 15 and at 9 p.m. on Jan. 1 7. The film will play at the Black Box Theater on Jan. 16 at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $8 at the door. by Sarah Walker Daughters from Danang: The power of home A compelling documentary, "Daughter from Danang," by Gail Dolgin and Vincente Franco, takes the viewer on a journey back to Danang, Vietnam, where a young American woman reunites with her birth mother and siblings. Seven-year-old Hiep was one of 2,000 Vietnamese children who were airlifted to the United States as part of "Operation Baby Lift." American soldiers having fathered children with Vietnamese women left racially mixed offspring as pawns in a war against Communism. Hiep relinquished all of her cultural cul-tural ties to her native homeland when a single mother in Tennessee adopted her. Under her new name, "Heidi," she denied any Vietnamese ancestry when her adoptive mother demanded she keep it a secret. Longing for unconditional love and to understand why she would be given up for adoption, Heidi is reunited with her birth mother through the Holt Adoption Agency. Dolgin and Franco cleverly interject inter-ject cuts of commentary from Heidi's birth mother before she embarks to return homeland to Vietnam. The interplay between cuts is intriguing. Authentic footage of infants and children being torn from the arms of their mothers in the 1975 operation also brings to reality the torment ot their separation and the irony - . these were not orphaned children.; It is evident through convincing . footage that Vietnamese mothers gave their children up in fear that j Communist soldiers would torture. their racially mixed children in retal iation of the war. It also conveys a certain amount of cajoling by ? , American volunteers who induced i Vietnamese families to offer their y ', children up for adoption - ostensi-' bly for their own good, an irony that permeates throughout the film. ;,l The twist is Heidils response to ; the long-awaited journey. IndocuO mentary style, Dolgin and Franco t share her disappointment and J despair. As her birth mother shown ers her daughter with affection, Heidi appears smothered. V Anticipating she would be received, as the abandoned child, Heidi struggles strug-gles with a strong message that she is the long-awaited caregiver from America. 1 ' The complexity of emotions ' between a Vietnamese mother and an Americanized daughter drives ' 1 this provocative film knotted in cul tural diversity. Showing times are Friday, Jan. ' 11, at noon at The Yarrow - ticket price $8; Saturday, Jan. 12, at 12:45 ; p.m. at Sugarhouse Movies 10 in ; ' Salt Lake City - ticket price $7; Sunday, Jan. 13, at 9:45 p.m. at ' ' Black Box Theatre - ticket price $8; Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 10:30 p.m. at ' The Yarrow - ticket price $8; Friday, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m. at The Yarrow -ticket price $8; Saturday, Jan. 19, at 1 10:30 a.m. at The Yarrow - ticket : price $8; and Saturday, Jan. 19, at '. 3:30 p.m. at Trolley Corners - $7.' by J ana McQuay Filmmaker returns to Sundance with Blue Vinyl' Continued from A-1 Like Helfand, Gold says that "Blue Vinyl," which took three years to complete, was a continual learning process for him. He admits being dubious about the importance impor-tance of the project when filming started. "Do people really want another film about stuff that is bad for them," he remembers thinking originally. However, while making the film, Gold says he started to develop a' sincere appreciation for grassroots organizations groups like the Lake Charles Bucket Brigade that take air samples from the area around the Louisiana vinyl plant and the Louisiana Environmental Action Group. In addition to building materials, PVC is used in packaging, hospital supplies, children's toys, automobile parts - the list goes on. According to Robinson, the plasties primary threat is that it is dangerous throughout its lifecycle. In produc- II h-h.h-h-h The secret is out . . . every Wednesday night SPECIAL DINING three incredible courses SPECIAL PRICE $15.95 SPECIAL PEOPLE our customers SPECIAL PLACE dine outside, inside or in Truffle Hollow BUT, OF COURSE, WE'RE SPECIAL ANYTIME! W7 & RESTAURANT 1235 WARM SPRINGS ROAD MIDWAY UTAH 435 654-I4OO tion and disposal of vinyl especially, chlorine-based chemicals are released into the air and water. The chemical becomes more concentrated concentrat-ed as it moves up the food chain, ultimately resulting in the highest concentrations in humans. Because the chemical moves through the food chain, its effects arent restricted restrict-ed to plants where it is produced or incinerators where it is destroyed. The creators of "Blue Vinyl" and some of the environmental groups traveling to Utah to watch it, didn't come to just sit in theaters. Friday, with local environmental organizations, the group planned to v: . visit an incinerator in Layton, Utalj -that disposes of vinyl. Led by mem-; bers from the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, they planned to take air,,-, . samples around the incinerator. . j ; For the filmmakers and the ; , environmental groups the trip to q Layton emphasizes the fact that vinyl represents a threat outside o; Louisiana. "We are closing the loop on the -j truth about PVC," says Robinson. 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