Documentary film, once at the margins of our culture, has made a dramatic shift to the center with such movies as An Inconvenient Truth, Sicko, Born into Brothels, and Mad Hot Ballroom. Thom Powers, the documentary programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival, has highlighted this trend in his acclaimed Manhattan series "Stranger Than Fiction" - which he now brings to the Burns. For five consecutive nights, he’ll screen a new or soon-to-be released doc followed by a Q&A with the director.

A Table in Heaven Sun. Jan. 27 w/Andrew Rossi & (NEW) Le Cirque proprietor Sirio Maccioni
Operation Filmmaker Mon. Jan. 28 w/Nina Davenport
Billy the Kid Tues. Jan. 29 w/Chiemi Karasawa, Michael Levine & David Zieff
A Walk into the Sea Wed. Jan. 30 w/Esther Robinson
The Killer Within Thurs. Jan. 31 w/Macky Alston

BUY TICKETS	A TABLE IN HEAVEN Sun. Jan. 27 at 5:00 Andrew Rossi. 2007. 78 min. NR. US. The director of Eat This New York takes us behind the scenes at Le Cirque, the Manhattan restaurant famous for its power-broker clientele. When the restaurant moves to a new location, owner Sirio Maccioni faces tensions with his three adult sons, who are poised to take over the business. Filmmaker Andrew Rossi captures the deliciousness of this family drama, which plays out while the likes of Henry Kissinger and Woody Allen stream in and out, offering their two cents. Q&A w/filmmaker Andrew Rossi, host Thom Powers & (NEW) Le Cirque proprietor Sirio Maccioni.
BUY TICKETS	OPERATION FILMMAKER Mon. Jan. 28 at 7:15 Nina Davenport. 2007. 95 min. NR. US. Moved by an MTV show about a Baghdad film student whose aspirations were dashed by war, actor/director Liev Schreiber invited the young man to work on the set of his film Everything is Illuminated in the Czech Republic. But misunderstandings pile up, and everyone grows desperate for an exit strategy. Director Davenport (Parallel Lines) tells the story with great candor and comedy. Q&A w/filmmaker Nina Davenport & host Thom Powers.
BUY TICKETS	BILLY THE KID Tues. Jan. 29 at 7:15 Jennifer Venditti. 2007. 85 min. NR. US. "Billy The Kid is not a fairy tale, though its humane approach to its subject and clean trajectory feel like magic....Do not miss this." (Time Out New York). The winner of awards at four major film festivals – SXSW, Los Angeles, Edinburgh and Melbourne. Billy is a 15-year-old boy in small town Maine, an outsider trying to find his place in the world. Out of this simple material, first time director Jennifer Venditti finds poetry and profundity, as she follows Billy falling in love for the first time. Q&A: The film's editors Chiemi Karasawa and Michael Levine will be interviewed by JBFC Programming Director Brian Ackerman and doc editor David Zieff (Crazy Love and Metallica: Some Kind of Monster). (Jennifer Venditti is unable to join us.) Official website
BUY TICKETS	A WALK INTO THE SEA: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory Wed. Jan. 30 at 7:15 Esther Robinson. 2007. 75 min. NR. US. Arthouse Films. An inquiry into the mysterious 1966 disappearance of a promising young filmmaker, Danny Williams, who was Andy Warhol’s lover and director Esther Robinson’s uncle. The film reveals 20 never-before-seen films Williams made at Warhol’s Factory and uses interviews with surviving members of that circle to quietly examine the human fragility on which Warhol’s empire was built. Q&A filmmaker Esther Robinson & host Thom Powers. This event is presented in conjunction with the JBFC series "FrameWorks: Art on Film"
BUY TICKETS	THE KILLER WITHIN Thurs. Jan. 31 at 7:15 Macky Alston. 2006. 85 min. NR. US. Hoping to draw attention to school violence, Bob Bechtel, a respected college professor, confesses to his friends and family on camera that he committed a murder 50 years earlier as a student. Bechtel claims his act was triggered by being bullied throughout his school years. But when his daughter investigates the case, she finds other, more complicated, versions of the story. Q&A w/filmmaker Macky Alston & host Thom Powers.
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