Lexington's 2011 One World Film Festival opens on February 13, and during the months of February and March will show ten films in its series. This is the Thirteenth Anniversary of the film festival which has at its objective to show documentaries, feature films and sponsor speakers chosen to stimulate discussion and increase understanding of issues of race, culture, and ethnicity. All associated with the series are volunteers, and all film showings are free and open to the public. The following films have been selected for this year's festival:

1.The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
USA, 2009 (Not Rated)
Judith Ehrlich, Director
English (92 min.)
Sunday February 13, 2:00 and 4:30PM
Lexington Public Library Central Library Theater
Revisit a pivotal point in American history in this documentary that chronicles Pentagon insider Daniel Ellsberg's daring endeavor to leak top-secret government papers that disclosed shocking truths about the Vietnam War and Nixon's presidency. Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith direct this absorbing, Oscar-nominated account that features compelling interviews with Ellsberg, retired New York Times editor Max Frankel and other key figures.

2. Amreeka
USA,/Canada 2009 (PG-13)
Cherien Dabis, Director
English & Arabic with subtitles (96 min.)
Thursday February 17, 5:00 and 7:30PM
Kentucky Theatre
Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi (Melkar Muallem), divorcée Muna Farah (Nisreen Faour) leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna's sister, Raghda (Hiam Abbass), and brother-in-law, Nabeel (Yussuf Abu-Warda). Cherien Dabis writes and directs. The Muslim Women's Council of Kentucky will host a reception following the second film showing.

3. Only When I Dance
UK, 2009 (Not Rated)
Beadie Finzi, Director
Portuguese & English with subtitles (78 min.)
Sunday February 20, 2:00 and 4:30PM
Lexington Public Library Central Library Theater
To achieve their shared dream of becoming ballet superstars, two young black dancers from the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, must overcome poverty, prejudice and incredible odds -- a journey captured in this inspiring documentary. Filmmaker Beadie Finzi chronicles the day-to-day struggles of these gifted performers as they challenge the notion that ballet is the province of the wealthy, white elite. The Bluegrass Youth Ballet will host a reception between the two film showings.

4. Vanishing of the Bees
USA, 2009 (Not Rated)
George Langworthy & Maryam Henein, Directors
English (90 min.)
Thursday February 24, 5:00 and 7:30PM
Kentucky Theatre
Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives. Vanishing of the Bees follows commercial beekeepers David Hackenberg and Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy and fulfill pollination contracts across the U.S. The film explores the struggles they face as the two friends plead their case on Capital Hill and travel across the Pacific Ocean in the quest to protect their honeybees. Filming across the US, in Europe, Australia and Asia, this documentary examines the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and mother earth. As scientists puzzle over the cause, organic beekeepers indicate alternative reasons for this tragic loss. Conflicting options abound and after years of research, a definitive answer has not been found to this harrowing mystery. Snacks -- all with a honey ingredients -- and information, will be provided throughout the evening by Bluegrass Beekeepers Association, Good Foods Coop., Natasha's, Whole Foods, Coal Country Beeworks, and other area restaurants.

5. Blood Done Sign My Name
USA, 2010 (PG-13)
Jeb Stuart, Director
English (128 min.)
Sunday February 27, 2:00 PM ONLY!!
Lexington Public Library Central Library Theater
From director Jeb Stuart comes this earnest drama based on the real-life 1970 murder of black Vietnam veteran Henry Marrow by virulent racists subsequently acquitted by an all-white North Carolina jury despite overwhelming evidence of their guilt. As local white minister Vernon Tyson (Rick Schroder) tries to integrate his congregation in the midst of the trial, African-American schoolteacher Ben Chavis (Nate Parker) begins a crusade of his own.

6. Captain Abu Raed
Jordan, 2007 (Not Rated)
Amin Matalqa, Director
Arabic & French & Italian with subtitles (80 min.)
Thursday March 3, 5:00 and 7:30PM
Kentucky Theatre
Airport janitor Abu Raed (Nadim Sawalha) has long wanted to travel the world, but he's had to settle for imagined experiences through books and conversations. When a group of children mistakes him for a pilot, he captivates them with made-up tales of adventure. As he begins to form close friendships with these poor neighborhood kids, it dawns on him just how challenging their lives really are. This foreign drama won the 2008 Sundance Audience Award for World Cinema.

7. BoneCrusher
USA, 2009 (Not Rated)
Mike Fountain, Director
English (72 min.)
Sunday March 6, 2:00 and 4:30PM
Lexington Public Library Central Library Theater
In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, a young coal miner toils a mile underground. Despite the harsh working conditions, Lucas Chaffin takes fierce pride in doing the job once done by the man he loves more than anything, his father. Lucas' father, nicknamed "Bonecrusher," was a strong, handsome man. Now he's withered and sick; coal dust has ravaged his lungs. As life slips away, his greatest concern isn't for himself; it is for Lucas' safety. Bonecrusher is an intimate and moving account of the love between a father and son and the powerful bond they share, a bond that is put to the test.

8. Hannah Free
USA, 2008 (Not Rated)
Wendy Jo Carlton, Director
English (86 min.)
Thursday March 10, 5:00 and 7:30PM
Kentucky Theatre
One of them is a free-thinking butch lesbian, the other a married homemaker -- together, they've managed to sustain a decades-long love affair that's transcended time and place in this drama from helmer Wendy Jo Carlton. Sharon Gless -- a gay icon since her "Cagney & Lacey" days -- plays the "out" partner, Hannah, and Maureen Gallagher plays her married and now-comatose best friend and lover, Rachel, in this film based on a play by Claudia Allen. The Gay Lesbian Service Organization will host a reception following the second film showing.

9. Like Stars on Earth
India, 2007 (PG)
Aamir Khan, Director
Hindi & English with subtitles (165 min.)
Sunday March 13, 2:00 PM ONLY!!
Lexington Public Library Central Library Theater
A chronic daydreamer, 8-year-old Ishaan (Darsheel Safary) finds his life take a turn for the worse when his parents, frustrated that he keeps getting into trouble, send him away to a boarding school in hopes he'll become more disciplined. But Ishaan's misery abates when the unconventional new art teacher, Ram Shankar Nikumbh (Aamir Khan), decides to try to help his imaginative young student discover his true identity in this charming Indian drama.

10. Entre Nos (Between Us)
USA, 2009 (Not Rated)
Paola Mendoza, Director
Spanish with subtitles (80 min.)
Thursday March 17, 5:00 and 7:30PM
Kentucky Theatre
Abruptly abandoned by her husband in a country completely foreign to her, Colombian native Mariana (Paola Mendoza) struggles to take care of herself and her two young children on the unforgiving streets of New York City. Sebastian Villada, Laura Montana and Anthony Chisholm also star in this gritty independent drama jointly written and directed by Mendoza and her collaborator Gloria La Morte.

DIRECTIONS
The Kentucky / State Theater is 214 East Main Street in Lexington
Phone: 859-231-6997
Main Street is one way (is known as Richmond Rd as it goes east) so you need to get to it from east of the Theater, either from Rose another connecting street. You will pass the KY Theater about a block from Rose. Parking is easiest in the police station parking structure. This is right beyond the light at Martin Luther King and Main. Turn in on your left.

The Central Library is 140 East Main Street in Lexington Phone: 859-231-5500. The Central Public Library is also on Main St., just past the Police Station. There is free parking in their parking structure behind the Library.