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1 2 8 D o c u m e n t r S p o t l i g h t s x s w. c o m DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT FILM FESTIVAL Insatiable: The Homaro Cantu Story Director: Brett A. Schwartz WORLD PREMIERE | DOC | USA | 2015 | 98 MIN At the age of 27, innovative chef and inventor Homaro Cantu helped put Chicago on the culinary map when he opened his first restaurant "Moto" in the city's untapped Fulton Market meatpacking district. Virtually overnight, Cantu rose to the rank of celebrity chef and became famous for his "molecular gastronomy" approach to cooking. Cantu's meteoric rise to fame masked an early life of poverty, homelessness, and even physical and emotional abuse. Filmed over a period of three years with remarkable access, Insatiable follows Cantu at a pivotal moment in his career and takes you on a dizzying and thrilling ride, in a story that moves from redemption and inspiration to tragedy and back again. Producer: Brett A. Schwartz , Executive Producer: Brett A. Schwartz , DP: Brett A. Schwartz , Editor: Brett A. Schwartz , Sunday, March 13 | 4:30 PM Almo Ritz 1 Monday, March 14 | 9:00 PM Almo Lmr A Thursday, March 17 | 11:15 AM Almo Lmr A Brett A. Schwartz Brett A. Schwartz is an award-winning filmmaker who has been producing documentaries since 1995. Schwartz directed and produced Mashed Media (2010) which Mashed Media (2010) which Mashed Media aired on PBS and is distributed by Films for the Humanities & Sciences. His work has aired on MSNBC, Bravo, HGTV, and PBS. Schwartz received a Master's from Stanford's Documentary Film Program. StoryScreen Brett A. Schwartz bschwartz@storyscreen.com The Incomparable Rose Hartman Director: Øtis Mass WORLD PREMIERE | DOC | USA | 2015 | 70 MIN You may not know her by name but you've seen her work. Starting with Studio 54 and moving forward into the New York celebrity fashion scene, Rose has photographed every major celebrity, fashion designer, artist, and socialite who has ever ventured out into the nightlife of NYC. Rose was one of the first photographers to capture the backstage environment of the fashion world and is known by the industry elite as the woman who takes a portrait that the subject would have taken themselves. The film follows Rose through her life of entrée as she put the lives of the glamorous and famous on film that serves as one of the few visual histories of NYC. Producer: Bob Fisher , Executive Producers: Sally Antonacchio, Øtis Mass, Erik Schmollinger, Rose Hartman , DP: Casey Cormier, Eric Robbins, Scott Maguire, Russel Swanson , Editor: Ian Mayer , Music: Manish Ayachit Saturday, March 12 | 6:15 PM Almo Lmr B Monday, March 14 | 11:30 AM Stellite Venue: Almo Slughter Tuesday, March 15 | 8:30 PM Almo Lmr B Saturday, March 19 | 3:00 PM Almo Lmr B Øtis Mass Cooked up in the sweaty southern heat of North Florida, Øtis got his film degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and paid his dues in the world of editing and graphic design. He quickly moved to his true love: filmmaking. Øtis began in music videos, and moved to national TV ads for years, preparing him to shoot his first feature documentary. Learning To See Director: Jake Oelman Screenwriter: Jerry Aronson WORLD PREMIERE | DOC | USA | 2015 | 67 MIN This film tells the story of photographer Robert Oelman who leaves his psychology career in the early 1990's to pursue photography. He moves from the United States to Colombia and purchases a small farm in the hills. On his journeys through the rain forests of the Amazon Basin he begins to take striking photographic images of undiscovered insects. After more than twenty years of traveling, searching and photographing, his quest culminates with a New York City gallery show. He also learns that these tiny life forms must continue to survive. They are at the bottom of the mammalian food chain and are critically important to all animal species including mankind. Producers: Jerry Aronson, Jake Oelman , DPs: Tom Lembcke, Jake Oelman , Editor: Jake Oelman , Music: Lawrence Shragge Sunday, March 13 | 3:45 PM Almo Lmr C Tuesday, March 15 | 5:45 PM Almo Lmr B Friday, March 18 | 11:30 AM Almo Ritz 2 Jake Oelman In 2012 Jake produced The Electric Daisy Carnival Experience as a part of Fathom Carnival Experience as a part of Fathom Carnival Experience Events. In 2013 his independent romantic comedy Dear Sidewalk premiered at the Dear Sidewalk premiered at the Dear Sidewalk Austin Film Festival and he currently produces and directs for his production company Barcode Films. Learning To See, LLC Jerry Aronson jar1945@gmail.com