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Lost at See
Has Filmfest DC lost touch with international festivalgoers? Not if they really, really like hip-hop documentaries.

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Screenings take place at the AMC Loews Wisconsin Avenue, 4000 Wisconsin Ave. NW; American University’s Greenberg Theatre, 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW; the Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW; the E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW; the Embassy of Canada, 501 Pennsylvania Ave. NW; the National Gallery of Art’s East Building Auditorium, 4th and Constitution Avenue NW; and the Regal Gallery Place, 701 7th St. NW.

Admission is $9 unless otherwise noted. For more information, call (202) 628-3456 or visit filmfestdc.org.

Filmfest DC is 20 this year, a landmark that has been greeted with—well, more of the same. And perhaps not even that. It’s impossible to be certain without viewing all of the films—the Washington City Paper’s critics were able to see only about half of the 69 programmed features—but 2006 does not seem destined to be one of Filmfest’s better years.... Continued

Issue of Apr. 21 - 27, 2006

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