Film/Video
wed. 14-fri. 15 .Cinegael Festival - Screenings and discussions of new award-winning Irish independent films featuring Ken Loach's devastating, thrilling and beautiful movie "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," winner of Best Picture at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. See this and Harrell Fletcher's "Blot Out the Sun" at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 14 at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. If you miss the first night of "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," you have a second chance at 7 p.m. Friday, June 15 with Patrick Martin and Stacey Herbert's "Following James Joyce" at Hallwalls. Call 854-1694 or visit www.hallwalls.org for more information. sat. 16 .Buffalo Youth Media Institute Screening - Screening features 14 youth-produced documentaries about the Buffalo Waterfront, beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 16 at the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center, 639 Main St., Buffalo. Now in its second year, the BYMI is Squeaky Wheel's intensive community history project geared towards the diverse population of young people living in Buffalo and surrounding areas. Works include Victoria Casarsa's "Wright's Boathouse," Kameron Wood's "The Waterfront: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow," Allia Syed's "Not Just a Black & White Issue," Eric Szymborski's "Concrete Central" and Joe Felong's "The Infected District." Call 884-7172 or visit www.squeaky.org for more information. sun. 17 .Outdoor Animation Festival - As part of the Juneteenth Festival, Squeaky Wheel presents the second of two evenings of animated shorts by African-American filmmakers contemplating issues of African-American identity from a variety of viewpoints and animation techniques at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 17 at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, Buffalo. Call 884-7172 or visit www.squeaky.org for more information. mon. 18 .On the Hillsides of the Hinmalayas - A bilingual work that documents the work of the Global Disaster Relief Organization in Pakistan in June 2006 after an earthquake killed more than 80,000 people and injured another 4 million. The film will be presented at 7 p.m. Monday, June 18 at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, in conjunction with the Latin American Solidarity Committee and WNY Peace Center. Call 854-1694 or visit www.hallwalls.org for more information.

Outdoor Animation Festival As part of the Juneteenth Festival, Squeaky Wheel will present the first of two evenings of animated shorts by African-American filmmakers contemplating issues of African-American identity from a variety of viewpoints and animation techniques. Featured will be Ayoka Chenzira's "Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People," Martine Chartrand's "Black Soul" and Robert Bank's "X: The Baby Cinema." The first night starts at 9 p.m. Thursday, June 14 at the Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo. Call 884-7172 or visit www.squeaky.org for more information.