Bozeman Magazine

On Sunday, October 8th, at 7pm at the Emerson Center, The Bozeman Doc Series returns for a fourth season with the Montana premiere of the award-winning new documentary, For Ahkeem.

Beginning one year before the fatal police shooting of a black teenager in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, For Ahkeem is the coming-of-age story of Daje Shelton, a black 17-year-old girl in North St. Louis. She fights for her future as she is placed in an alternative high school and navigates the marginalized neighborhoods, biased criminal justice policies and economic devastation that have set up many Black youth like her to fail. Over two years we watch as Daje struggles to maintain focus in school, attends the funerals of friends killed around her, falls in love, and navigates a loving-but-tumultuous relationship with her mother.

As events in Ferguson, just four miles from her home, seize the national spotlight, Daje learns she is pregnant and must contend with the reality of raising a young black boy. Intimate and insightful, For Ahkeem illuminates challenges that many black teenagers face in America today, and witnesses the strength, resilience, and determination it takes to survive.

For Ahkeem world-premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim, and has gone on to screen at major festivals around the world. For Ahkeem will open in theaters around the country on October 13^th.

“One of the most powerful documentaries ever crafted about the current nature of race relations in America.” Toronto Film Scene

"Masterful...shows us the undeniable power of cinema.” Huffington Post

“A quietly impactful documentary with the texture of a narrative feature.” The Hollywood Reporter

"Incredibly moving” Paste Magazine

Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets are available at the door or before the show at Cactus Records and Movie Lovers, and online at www.bozemandocseries.org.

We've extended the early season sale on Season Passes and 7-film Punch Cards for a few more days. Get them here before the price goes up this weekend.

The Doc Series is also looking for volunteers for the 2017-2018 season. Contact jason@devolutionfilms.org for more information.

And there is still time to become a sponsor! If you or your company might be interested, please have a look at the sponsorship information below. You can also download the PDF version of our sponsorship brochure and learn more about it at the Become A Sponsor page on our website.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Returning for a fourth season in 2017, the Bozeman Doc Series continues to cement its status as a vital event in Bozeman’s cultural landscape. Our third season continued to build on the series’ success, with average attendance increasing for the third straight year. The fifteen films and nine shorts screened in Season Three took audiences from the streets of Istanbul to the shores of the Faroe Islands to the dusty backroads of the Indian countryside.

This year, the series will continue to present major festival winners, and the very best of the wide range of documentary styles and subjects from around the world. From environmental dramas to political profiles to intimate, personal stories, these films open our eyes to worlds we would otherwise never see.

Sponsorship with the Bozeman Doc Series will get your company’s logo in front of thousands of Bozeman residents each year. There will be a minimum of fourteen screenings in Season Four, beginning on October 8th, and running at least through April 19th. All sponsorships run the entire season unless otherwise noted, and will continue through any screenings added at the end of the season.

Before each film, advertising slides containing all of the sponsors’ logos will be projected on the screen for the thirty minutes before the previews begin. After the ad slides, there will be previews of upcoming films, and a Bozeman Doc Series trailer, which will include clips from upcoming films as well as each sponsor’s logo. The higher the sponsor level, the more prominent and longer the duration of the logo in both the ad slides and sponsor trailer. You can see the Season Three sponsor trailer at www.bozemandocseries.org. You can also see a sample of the ad cards on the Become A Sponsor page of the website. 

Sponsorship requests are due by October 1st to be included in the sponsor trailer on opening night.

We are also open to In-Kind and trade proposals. Please include a description and estimated value of your barter with your sponsorship form or email. 

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Devolution Films is a Bozeman based film and video production company founded by Jason Burlage, an MSU film program graduate. Burlage’s first feature documentary, Mi Chacra, won the Grand Prize at the 2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival, and screened at festivals around the world. Learn more about the company at www.devolutionfilms.org.