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FOCUS 2010
Events and Festivals
 "The
Horse Boy"
Thursday, April 29, 6:30 to 9:00 PM, The Big Room at Sierra
Nevada (1075 East 20th Street) Chico. An intensely personal yet epic
spiritual journey, The Horse Boy follows one Texas couple and their
autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in an
attempt to treat his condition with shamanic healing. $10 general
admission $6.00 students with ID, purchase at the door. Meet
Special Guest: Producer, Author, Parent, Rupert Isaacson.
6:30 to 7:00 PM drumming by Djembe Kan.
For more information:
www.horseboymovie.com and
www.chicocafeculture.com
 FOCUS
at the COVE presents "Under Our Skin"
Tuesday, March 23, 6:00 to 8:00 PM, at The COVE (565 Pearson Road)
Paradise. FREE admission. A dramatic tale of microbes, medicine and
money, this eye-opening film investigates the untold story of Lyme
disease, a tick-borne ailment, and emerging epidemic larger than
AIDS. For more information:
www.underourskin.com
 "Living
with Fragile X"
Thursday, April 22, 10:30-12:30 PM, at The Redding Library (1100
Parkview Ave.)
Redding. Living with Fragile X takes a rare and intimate look at the
lives of several families who live with a member affected by fragile
x syndrome. Dr. Christine Austin will answer
questions following the screening. For more information:
www.livingwithfragilex.com
SAVE THE DATE! 6th Annual
FOCUS Film Festival and Short Film Competition, Opening Night:
October 13 at Sierra Nevada Big Room and continuing October 14 at Bell Memorial
Union Auditorium, Chico
FOCUS 2009
Events and Festivals
5th Annual
FOCUS Film Festival and Short Film Competition, October 20,
opening night at Sierra Nevada Big Room and October 21, Bell Memorial
Union Auditorium, Chico
....program
....screening schedule
....trailers
....competition
winners
....class syllabus
....opening night pictures
(by Doug Churchill)
....day 2 pictures
(by Sharon DeMeyer)
 "Under Our Skin"
Tuesday, September 22, 6:00
p.m.,
Redding Library Community Room. This eye-
opening
documentary investigates the untold story
of Lyme disease, an
emerging epidemic larger than
AIDS.
Also screening in Quincy, Feather River
College Gallery, 10/8
....poster
 Sneak
Preview! Friday, August 14 at 7:00 p.m., Old City Hall Arts
Center, Redding.
What is it like to be a deaf performer in a hearing
world? Follow the journeys of four extraordinary entertainers
through a single
year as their stories intertwine and culminate in
some of the
largest events of their lives. See poster for details.
Special Guest: Hilari Scarl, Director
....poster
....pictures
FOCUS at the People First of California
Convention,
June
12,The Doubletree Hotel, Sacramento. Follow Karen, a
woman with
Down Syndrome, as she swims Lake Tahoe in
Crossing
Tahoe: A Swimmer’s Dream and follow five zany
reporters as they hit the
red
carpet at the Grammy awards
for MTV in How's
Your News.
....poster
 FOCUS at
the COVE: "The Way Bobby Sees It", March
9, Paradise. Special Guest: Meet downhill racing legend
Bobby McMullen who
will answer questions and
sign
posters following the screening. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
A free event!
....press
release
 "Darius Goes West: The
Roll of His Life," February 12,
The Sierra Nevada Big Room, Chico Special Guests: Meet
the film's star, Darius Weems, Director Logan
Smalley, and
all the cast and crew! 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Click "press
release"
for details.
....press release ....poster ....travel
blog ....pictures
....pictures day 2
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