Alex Gibney is the founder of Jigsaw Productions. An Oscar, Emmy and Grammy award-winning producer, he is well known for producing one of the top grossing documentaries of all time, “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.” In addition, Gibney is sought after for his experience in mounting large international productions, particularly multi-part series, such as Martin Scorsese’s Emmy and Grammy award-winning “The Blues” and David Halberstam’s “The Fifties.”

An accomplished writer and director in his own right, Gibney is the leading creative force behind many of Jigsaw’s productions and is well known for crafting stories that take an unflinching look at the political landscape of America. His work as a writer/director includes: the 2008 Oscar-winning film "Taxi to the Dark Side," the 2006 Oscar-nominated film “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” and the current Magnolia Pictures release, “Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson,” featuring Johnny Depp.

6:00 - 9:00pm
Wine & Tasting Menu from Hamilton’s Grill Room
Hibernia Fire Company
37 S. Main St. Lambertville, NJ 08530

4:00 - 6:00pm and 9:00 - 11:00pm
Film Screenings: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)

TICKET PRICE: $50 per person

*Includes admission to one film screening and admission to party.

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A fast moving portrait of the uncanny life of national treasure and gonzo journalism inventor Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, the film addresses the major touchstones in Thompson’s life—his intense and ill fated relationship with the Hell’s Angels, his near-successful bid for the office of sheriff in Aspen in 1970, the notorious story behind the landmark Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, his deep involvement in Senator George McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign, and much more. Narrated by Johnny Depp.

(2008 118 min R)

Trailer: http://www.huntersthompsonmovie.com

In the fall of 2005 Wal-Mart announced plans to build a SuperCenter in a small coastal Maine town. The range of citizen responses soon created a fissure that divided the community. On one side were those who wanted convenience, jobs, increased tax revenues, and rolled back prices. On the other side were those who sought to protect the local landscape and economy from out-of-scale development and out-of-town corporate colonization.

For many of the individuals who participated in the debate, the experience ignited democratic ideals considered beyond reach or tarnished by politics.

Our Town follows the struggle of one community, challenged by the largest corporation in the world. Ultimately, the film asks the questions: what kind of town do you want to live in and who holds the power to determine the fate of your community?

(2007 56 mins AA)

Trailer: http://www.ourtownmaine.com/trailer.html

This film traces Michael Moore’s 62-city tour of the swing states during the 2004 Presidential election and records the thrilling -- and frightening -- response he received across the country.

Part concert tour, part stand-up comedy performance and part rock concert, SLACKER UPRISING features live performances or appearances by Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam), Roseanne Barr, Joan Baez, Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine), R.E.M., Steve Earle, and Viggo Mortensen.

(2008 97 min)

Trailer: http://slackeruprising.com

In this behind the scenes documentary, the cameras follow Cory Booker a 32-year-old Yale Law School grad as he takes on the four term Mayor of Newark, Sharpe James in a political fight that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

The Washington Post called this film "the best political documentary since 1993's The War Room."

(2005 83 min AA)

Trailer: http://www.marshallcurry.com/trailer2.htm

For three decades, Vice President Dick Cheney has waged a secretive and bitter battle to expand the power of the presidency. Now in a direct confrontation with Congress, the administration asserts executive privilege to head off investigations into domestic wiretapping and the firing of U.S. attorneys. FRONTLINE meticulously traces the behind-closed-doors battle within the administration over the power of the presidency and the rule of law.

(2007 60 mins AA)

Trailer: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/cheney/etc/links.html

The true story of Germany’s most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to thrilling life in the multi-award winning drama. Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, SOPHIE SCHOLL stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the young coed-turned-fearless activist. Armed with long-buried historical records of her incarceration, director Marc Rothemund expertly re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl’s life: a heart-stopping journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence.

(2005 120 min PG)

Trailer: http://www.sophieschollmovie.com

HBO's gripping re-enactment of the 2000 presidential election brings viewers behind the scenes at the controversial Florida vote recount. This illuminating, hugely entertaining film pulls back the veil on the headlines to explore the human drama surrounding the most controversial presidential election in U.S. history. Starring Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern and Denis Leary.

(2008 115 min TV-MA)

Trailer: http://www.hbo.com/films/recount/

What is it like to actually run for office? To organize campaigns? To produce negative ads? To build legislative coalitions? See all this and more in this entertaining and revealing Peabody Award-winning TV series that travels across the country to show us how politics is really played in the US.

(1996 60 min TV-AA)

Info: http://www.cnam.com/flash/index.html

Come hear hilarious and true tales about what its really like to run for and hold political office and report on the candidates in the Garden State. Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure, veteran reporters and authors of the hilarious NY Times best-selling book, Soprano State and former State Senator Dick Larossa will share first-hand, you-couldn't-make-this-up stories.

Bob Ingle is a veteran journalist who has worked for The Associated Press in various locations, the Atlanta Constitution and Gannett, where he currently is bureau chief for Gannett’s Trenton office. He writes a syndicated column and a blog and appears on New Jersey 101.5 FM’s “Jersey Guys” show.

Sandy McClure is a multiple award-winning veteran reporter whose New Jersey statehouse stories, first for The Trentonian and then for the Gannett State Bureau, span three decades from Republican Gov. Tom Kean to Democrat Gov. Jon Corzine. She also spent two stints in Pennsylvania covering government and corruption for five newspapers.

Dick Larossa is a former New Jersey State Senator with the Republican party.

Time will be reserved for questions from the audience.

Online guerilla marketing and progressive campaigns writer, producer and performer Andrew Boyd will discuss the new frontier of campaigning, the internet by presenting Agit-Pop Communications, his company's award winning websites and shorts which have engaged, entertained and inspired audiences online, and include "Stop the Clash" which won You Tube's award for "the 2nd most discussed political video ever."

Andrew Boyd is a pioneer of viral activism, street theater and creative campaigns. His writing has appeared in the Nation, the Village Voice and he is the author of The Activist Cookbook, a source book on creative direct action.

Time will be reserved for questions from the audience.

When presidential candidate George McGovern took on incumbent Richard Nixon in 1972, no one really expected him to win – and he didn’t. But in his bold, grassroots, seat-of-the-pants campaign, which energized young and progressive Americans to a degree never before seen, we find the genesis of today's powerful and sophisticated progressive movement. Using a wealth of amazing archival materials, interviews with provocative figures including historian Howard Zinn, and extensive interviews with McGovern himself, this “tremendously thought-provoking tribute to the one man who could have dramatically and permanently altered America’s political landscape for the better [is] essential viewing” (CBS Radio).

(2005 123 min AA)

Trailer: http://firstrunfeatures.com/onebrightdvd.html

In the fall of 2005 Wal-Mart announced plans to build a SuperCenter in a small coastal Maine town. The range of citizen responses soon created a fissure that divided the community. On one side were those who wanted convenience, jobs, increased tax revenues, and rolled back prices. On the other side were those who sought to protect the local landscape and economy from out-of-scale development and out-of-town corporate colonization.

For many of the individuals who participated in the debate, the experience ignited democratic ideals considered beyond reach or tarnished by politics.

Our Town follows the struggle of one community, challenged by the largest corporation in the world. Ultimately, the film asks the questions: what kind of town do you want to live in and who holds the power to determine the fate of your community?

(2007 56 mins AA)

Trailer: http://www.ourtownmaine.com/trailer.html

This documentary which won the Sundance World Cinema Prize is the moving and inspiring story of Malalai Joya, a courageous, controversial 27-year-old Afghani woman who ignited outrage among hard-liners when she spoke out against corrupt warlords at the Grand Council of tribal elders in 2003 and went onto run for office despite death threats and violence. ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS is a revelatory portrait of this extraordinary freedom fighter and the way she won the hearts of voters, as well as a snapshot of life and politics in war-torn Afghanistan.

(2006 58 min Not Rated)

Trailer: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=312379149

A documentary film celebrating Ralph Nader's legacy of activism and examining his controversial 2004 run for president which some say "cost Al Gore the presidency." Or did it?

(2006 122 min Not Rated)

Trailer: http://www.anunreasonableman.com/

Writer, Director, Executive Producer of An Unreasonable Man, Henriette Mantel is also an actress and stand-up comic. She has extensive experience in documentary and reality television as a writer/producer on such shows as the Emmy Award winning "The Osbournes", and Michael Moore's "The Awful Truth." She won her first Emmy for writing on "Win Ben Stein's Money". Most recently she was a consultant for HBO's "The Comeback" and co-authored the book "Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood" with Teri Garr.

As an actress, Henriette has appeared in many feature films and television comedies. In the late 1970s, before deciding to spend her life in smoky comedy clubs and cramped writers' rooms, she spent two years in Washington, DC, working with Ralph Nader at his Center for the Study of Responsive Law.

A presentation of political campaign ads throughout TV history from NYC's Museum of the Moving Image. David Schwartz, Chief Curator of MOMI, the Museum of the Moving Image will show highlights from MOMI’s special online exhibition, The Living Room Candidate and explore the history and changing nature of political campaigns with the advent of television.

Time will be reserved for questions from the audience.

This film traces Michael Moore’s 62-city tour of the swing states during the 2004 Presidential election and records the thrilling -- and frightening -- response he received across the country.

Part concert tour, part stand-up comedy performance and part rock concert, SLACKER UPRISING features live performances or appearances by Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam), Roseanne Barr, Joan Baez, Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine), R.E.M., Steve Earle, and Viggo Mortensen.

(2008 97 min)

Trailer: http://slackeruprising.com/

In this behind the scenes documentary, the cameras follow Cory Booker a 32-year-old Yale Law School grad as he takes on the four term Mayor of Newark, Sharpe James in a political fight that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

The Washington Post called this film "the best political documentary since 1993's The War Room."

(2005 83 min AA)

Trailer: http://www.marshallcurry.com/trailer2.htm

For three decades, Vice President Dick Cheney has waged a secretive and bitter battle to expand the power of the presidency. Now in a direct confrontation with Congress, the administration asserts executive privilege to head off investigations into domestic wiretapping and the firing of U.S. attorneys. FRONTLINE meticulously traces the behind-closed-doors battle within the administration over the power of the presidency and the rule of law.

(2007 60 mins AA)

Trailer: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/cheney/etc/links.html

This 2008 Oscar-winning documentary looks at the inhumane practices towards US-held prisoners in Bagram (Afghanistan), Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay.

One specific case of an innocent taxi driver who was tortured and killed in 2002 is studied in depth in this film that looks at both the physical aspects of torture and also the implicit approval from the highest levels of the U.S. government.

(2008 106 min R)

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5j3Ry8qXOI