2023 BARE BONES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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VENUE: ROXY THEATER-220 W. OKMULGEE AVE
MUSKOGEE OK WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2023

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8:00 AM
 
FESTIVAL MEDIA TV/RADIO APPEARANCES-TBA
10:00 AM
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TSUKI-KAGE PT. 1 (MV) (4 min)
Directed by Hart Ginsburg


An image of a child looking towards the evening moon visited my thoughts one day or maybe it was a dream, from there an imaginary dialogue or dance emerged between the moon and the child. But who is guiding who in this planetary dance, is it the moon or the child?
10:00 AM
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COPIKORRUPT: SEEMS LIKE HUMAN CORRUPTED (3 min)
Directed by Igor Eyt, Alexandr Krasnovitskii



The video Seems Like Human Corrupted is a story of the emotional state of a person, who has highly developed psychological traumas, a person who is forced by family and society to look at life through the lens of his fears.
10:00 AM
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MOON SHADOWS (MV) (3 min)
Directed by Hart Ginsburg

An image of a child looking towards the evening moon visited my thoughts one day or maybe it was a dream, from there an imaginary dialogue or dance emerged between the moon and the child. But who is guiding who in this planetary dance, is it the moon or the child?
10:00 AM
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MOON SHADOWS-PART 2 (MV) (3 min)
Director by Hart Ginsburg


After completing Moon Shadows part 1, i began wondering where it could travel on its journey. Trying to remain open to this process, one day having lunch at a local vegan spot, a waiter who was studying poetry spoke to me about her interest in Allen Ginsberg.
10:00 AM
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BAD BOOGEY NEW LA MV (6 min)
Director Aaron Joachim



New LA is a story about Perth growing in a direction which is leading to an increase in self-absorption. We live a lavish life of ecstasy while masking who we are to the people around us.
10:00 AM
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NOSTALGIA (MV) (5 min)
Directed by Yoram Marcus


"The Pain of Return": A collage of melodies composed by Yoram Marcus. Music and musical arrangement: Yoram Marcus.
10:00 AM
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TWO LOVERS AND YELLOW BIKE (13 min)
Directed by Rony A. Abovitz


Gallery director Veronica Strain has just had a successful opening with one of her most profitable artists, Percy McDonald. Languishing in a boozy, post-show reverie, she and her husband Hamish convey their jaded cynicism of the often ridiculous world of commercial art. But something is up.
10:00 AM
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GOOD LISTENER (4 min)
Directed by Fritz Robinson



A blind man has a conversation with a person reading the newspaper while sitting on a park bench. The blind man thinks he has found a Good Listener.
11:00 AM
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SEVEN MINUTES AND THIRTY-ONE SECONDS (12 min)

Directed by Solmaz Gholami

Seven Minutes and Thirty One Seconds" is about an 18-year-old girl who is sentenced to death after being raped under the Islamic Republic of Iran criminal law because she cannot prove that she defended herself.
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11:00 AM
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PROMISES OF SNOW (16 min)

Directed by Matthew Ramsaur

An FBI agent arrives in a small Louisiana town to investigate a sex trafficking ring, prompted by the arrest of a girl whose situation seems terribly familiar.
NOT SCREENING
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PAYANAM-THE JOURNEY (20 min)
Directed by Srini Prabhala

The journey is a story of two Indian American women as they struggle through their lives. Sara a CFO of large multinational and Lakshmi a homemaker are close friends who meet a bar to catchup on their past.. What skeletons are they hiding in their closets? How does the facade get broken?
11:00 AM
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GUILT (23 min)
Directed by Cedric Thomas Smith

Two women come face to face to discuss the burden of guilt placed on the innocent in sexual assault.
11:00 AM
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MAD/WOMAN (15 min)
Directed by Marc Acito

A woman beaten unconscious by her husband searches her mindscape for a way out.
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12:00 PM

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS PARTNER NETWORK
MUSKOGEE COUNTY

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PARTNERS NETWORK PANEL DISCUSSION-

"DEALING WITH SOCIETAL ISSUES VIA FILM & MUSIC".

FILMMAKERS: RON HANKS-PRODUCER, ELIZABETH HODGMAN HANKS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY-"SERPENTINE PINK".

COMMUNITY SERVICES PANELISTS: MARY HICKS-GREEN COUNTRY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, KERI SPENCER-RISE CENTER FOR PREVENTION & EMPOWERMEN

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1:30 PM
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SERPENTINE PINK (81 min)
Directed by Vivian Sorenson

A dark surreal experience. A first of its kind, vortex of a lesbian John Waters film meets Yellow Rose meets early Almodóvar on a Lynchian induced trip in the Mojave desert. Serious Lost Highway vibes!
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3:00 PM
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A BOAT TIME (3 min)
Directed by Jim Ford

A fisherman is alone on his boat enjoying the perfect day, until ship happens.
3:00 PM
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ALL FOR NAUGHT (6 min)
Directed by TL Westgate


A hitman thinks he's on a routine mission, but he's got another think coming.
3:00 PM
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WOLVES (6 min)
Directed by Elias Garza


When Charles finally confronts the man who wronged him in the past, he is met with an unlikely conversation and an encounter that makes him rethink his course of action.
3:00 PM
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THE BELLMAN (6 min)
Directed by Paul South


A true homage to the 70's Italian giallo slasher genre. In this story, a scandalous woman working in an upscale hotel procures the wrong client. Will it be her last?
3:00 PM
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HIT THE ROAD, JACK (7 min)
Directed by Sam K Pittman



Alison brings her new boyfriend to meet her family. When Alison leaves the room, things go awry.
3:00 PM
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BLACK TEA (8 min)
Directed by Laura McQuay


A lonely Victorian widow longing for her lost love, conjures a spell to be reunited.
3:00 PM

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EOLA PARK (7 min)
Directed by Cameron Tucker


Eola who is dying struggles to tell her only friend who is on the autistic spectrum that he must move on.
3:00 PM
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LAST WORDS (12 min)
Directed by Spencer Dorian Crane

A young woman loses her mother, but before she does, her mother leaves her with words that she can never take back.
3:00 PM
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LAUNCH (20 min)
Directed by Vince Williams



Based on a true story, Apollo astronaut John S. Bull is determined to be the first man on the moon. He and his wife Nancy are an unstoppable force, about to come into contact with the immovable object of the NASA training gauntlet during the pinnacle days of the space race.
3:00 PM
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AN EMPRESS CASE (7 min)
Directed by Laurent Ardoint


Private detective Roger Martin and his secretary Vera trap a hotel guest.
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5:30 PM
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WHO IS IT? (94 min)
Directed by Jim Menza


Inept criminals are put on edge, as one of their own seems to have turned against them.
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7:15 PM
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JUST THE TRUTH (105)
Directed by Kevin Caraher

A newswoman battles powerful political adversaries to solve a murder and to keep journalism, a free press and truth alive.

JUST THE TRUTH is a hybrid play and film. It's a political thriller and murder mystery that successfully premiered in live theatre and has now been made into a film.