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SBIFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and education organization dedicated to making a positive impact utilizing the power of film. SBIFF is a year-round organization that is best known for its main film festival that takes place each year in February. Over the past 30 years the Santa Barbara International Film Festival has become one of the leading film festivals in the United States – attracting 90,000 attendees and offering 11days of 200+ films, tributes and symposiums. We bring the best of independent and international cinema to Santa Barbara, and we continue to expand our year-round operation to include a wide range of educational programming, fulfilling our mission to engage, enrich and inspire our community through film.
In June 2016, SBIFF entered a new era with the acquisition of the historic and beloved Riviera Theatre. The theatre is SBIFF’s new home and is the catalyst for our program expansion. This marks the first time that Santa Barbara has had a 24/7 community center focused on the art of film and is an incredible opportunity to expand our mission of educational outreach. Particularly important to SBIFF is making available high quality learning opportunities for underserved and vulnerable populations. Our programs and reach are more robust than ever before. Santa Barbara Sunday by Kimberly Deisler
Santa Barbara Sunday
The opening weekend successfully kicked off with incredible films and celebrity tributes and today was no exception. What ticks me off is having so many great films and not enough hours in the day to see everything. By the time I got my blog posted, half the day was shot and so I shoe-leather-expressed it up to the Victoria Hall to check out one of this year’s nominees for The Fund for Santa Barbara Social Justice Award for Documentary Film entitled, “Pray The Devil Back To Hell", directed by Virginia Reticker.
Opening credits rest on West African folk art that depict topical struggles of the day such as – war, rape, and drugs with a matter-of-fact tone. The juxtaposition of vibrant color expressing dire straits is disturbing at best, yet within the art itself, lies the sense of potential and hope. And we, the audience, sit on the edge of our seats the entire time waiting for that hope to be realized.
Shot partially with a handheld camera, the powerful footage shows first hand the dangers that both the people of Liberia worked desperately to escape and what the filmmakers endured in order to tell this story.
In a tireless fashion, Liberian women, both Christian and Muslim, gathered together in solidarity with the "soul" purpose of bringing peace to their country, to their city, and to the lives of their children.
The film takes you on an emotional ride from beginning to end and is a clear definition of why people risk their lives to tell stories and why film plays such an important role in documenting and exposing social causes. After seeing this film, not only will you never again ask “Why me?” But, I defy you not to be motivated to take up a cause greater than yourself.
26.01.2009 | Santa Barbara's blog Cat. : CDATA Entertainment Entertainment First Weekend Geography of California Human Interest Human Interest Pray the Devil Back to Hell Pray The Devil Back To Hell Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California The Fund for Santa Barbara Social Justice Award Victoria Virginia Reticker XML FILM
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