By turns both poignant and heartwarming, documentary-style film, The Starfish Throwers explores how three of the world’s most fiercely compassionate individuals fight hunger and struggle to restore hope to the hopeless in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways. A top pick for attendees at the upcoming Sonoma International Film Festival, which takes place between April 2nd and 6th, 2014, click here for tickets.
Half a world apart, a five-star chef, a retired school teacher and a sixth-grade master gardener fight for a seemingly lost cause—until they discover their impact may reach further than their own actions.
Each of these otherwise ordinary yet extraordinary people had their own defining moment in their mission to feed the hungry. Beautifully captured on film, their powerful stories take us from abundant gardens in South Carolina to the night streets in urban Minnesota to the poorest roadside habitations of India.
These are people who took the first step forward in asking: "What is my part in making this a better world." We all know that if we plant a seedling, something great may grow, but how many of us actually take the time to plant the seed? Looking for inspiration? Find it here in this film.
Follow Narayanan Krishnan as he sharpens skills acquired as a top chef to cook and hand deliver fresh meals to hundreds of people, 365 days a year—all while bringing social shame onto his high-caste-born family. Will he be able to overcome this stigma and realize his decade-long vision of building a rehabilitation campus for those he serves?
Discover how 50 vegetable gardens can be traced to the seed of a single cabbage planted by nine-year-old Katie Stagliano, youngest ever recipient of the Bill Clinton Global Citizens Award. Will the voices of critics dissuade her from continuing her work as she enters her teen years?
Join the midnight rounds with retired middle school teacher Mr. Law as he hand delivers more than a thousand sandwiches nightly. Find out why he hasn’t slept in a bed in thirteen years, and if his blatant disregard for his own health and safety will ultimately put him in harm’s way.
In each of their unique journeys, these unforgettable individuals meet unexpected challenges and must find a way to persevere, despite being constantly reminded that hunger is far too big for one person to solve.
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Director, Producer and Cinematographer, Jesse Roesler is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker whose work has been screened internationally in venues such as South By Southwest Film Festival and on Current TV. Jesse’s approach to filmmaking is best described as Cinematic Authenticity. By fusing narrative cinematic technique with the authenticity found in documentary style filmmaking, his work blurs the lines between fiction and non-fiction by capturing the truth in a conceptually thoughtful manner.
Producer, Melody Gilbert is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker who has directed and produced non-judgmental, character-driven stories for film and television for more than 20 years. The Documentary Channel calls her “one of the most fearless filmmakers in contemporary documentary cinema.”
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Starfish Throwers Screens at Sonoma International Film Festival
Friday, April 4 @ 9:15am — Sonoma Community Center
Sunday, April 6 @ 5:30pm — Sonoma Community Center
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