The Rooftop Films 2009 Summer Series

In a fever dream where hands are people, one hand fights the pleasure of the bottle by telling his story through song.

Visually stunning, vastly entertaining and awe-inspiring, Earth Days looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement

A hilariously disquieting 1980s-style mash-up of sci-fi kid’s shows, video games and Euro soft core porn, featuring pop culture references as playfully childish but resolutely indefinable visual signifiers, creating a story that’s essentially indecipherable yet achingly familiar, effective and fun. peppermelon.tv

Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences.

Blake comes home to find Kate waiting to tell him something that will change his life. Within a single scene, the two nuanced performances illuminate the twists and turns of an entire relationship.

Captain Fred T. Rogard muses in isolation on planet Oasis

There is the history of Ireland that chronicles famous battles, political movements, internationally-renowned artists. But in a land where many would consider the most important history that which is recorded in local songs, this gorgeous and intimate animated documentary captures the stories of farmers’ and families’ lives recorded in the handcrafted cupboards and quilts passed down for decades, repainted and repaired for generations.

In the aftermath of the firestorm that devastated Canberra in January, 2003, three teenagers immersed in the Canberra punk rock scene explore the impact of the bushfire in light of their lives and loves. This evocative documentary intertwines explorations of the devastated landscape, observations of the daily lives of the teens, and intimate reflections and confessions made to the filmmaker.

White Winter Hymnal, released by Sub Pop, opens in the dark. A bearded man winds a wheel to turn back the effects of the winter, bringing in the sunshine and spring flowers. A gorgeous music video allegory about the passing of time, a perfect note on which to close the Rooftop Films 2009 Summer Series.