May 18 - May 19

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

(1979) "It all looked strange, like a barbaric dream." His village destroyed by American planes in WWII, Dieter Dengler flew through Vietnam; shot down, he endured a gruelling trek from captivity - which he re-enacts for Herzog. "Inspiring, charming, sad and all but tragic, in a Greek-literary sense - and a character who might have sprung from the brow of Herzog, if not Zeus." - John Anderson, Newsday.

Q&A with Werner Herzog: Saturday, 7pm

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May 18 - May 19

Wings Of Hope

(1999) 28 years later, Juliane Koepcke recreates her twelve day odyssey out of the Peruvian jungle as the 17-year-old sole survivor of a 92-person plane crash - a flight Herzog himself had originally been scheduled to take while shooting Aguirre.

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May 20

The White Diamond

(2004) Maiden flight of a helium-filled, teardrop-shaped balloon over the Amazon canopy in Guyana - 12 years after the fatal accident flight of its predecessor. Breathtaking views of the jungle canopy and eccentric characters, including balloonist Dr. Graham Dorrington and a rooster-loving Rasta. Plus TEN THOUSAND YEARS OLDER (2001): First encounter of an Amazon tribe in 1982 and what they're like now.

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May 20

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner & The Dark Glow of the Mountains

"This is the point where ski-flying starts to be inhuman." WOODCARVER STEINER (1973) Swiss woodcarver Walter Steiner rewrites the record book of ski-flying as #1 fan Herzog plays dueling microphones with ABC Sports then attains transcendence in super slo-mo close-ups of unbelievable flights, underscored by Popol Vuh. "Beautiful, moving, and exhilarating." - Vincent Canby, The New York Times.
DARK GLOW OF THE MOUNTAINS (1984) The first to climb Everest without oxygen or support, legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner not only climbed for the hell of it, he carried along a Super- 8 camera as well. Obviously another Herzog blood brother.

Q&A with Werner Herzog: Sunday, 8:20

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