Wanda's Picks Summer Special

Eat the Sun screens on the Documentary Channel on the Summer Solstice, June 21, 8 PM ET/PT.
Peter Sorcher, director, spent 11 years in New York City honing his storytelling and branding skills as a commercial and documentary film editor with Red Car.  He has worked on commercials for Nike, Coke, Reebok, IBM, and The North Face, among others as well editing documentary films that have garnered theatrical and televised release. He'll talk about how he met a young former Olympian hopeful, Mason Dwinell, who set out on an incredible cross-country journey to uncover the truth behind the ancient art of Sungazing, where people stare at the sun, the sun's energy literally acting as food for some of the subjects interviewed for this film. For others the sun is a source of spiritual enlightenment.  I wonder what happens when the sun is not visible--storms, inclement weather or in places on the planet where daylight is limited?Our next guests flew in from New Zealand for the American premiere of Kawa, based on Witi Ihimaera's novel Nights in the Gardens of Spain. KAWA is a psychological drama of a family in crisis as Kawa, a successful Maori businessman in Auckland, New Zealand, is forced to reveal his lifelong secret that he is gay. Wiki joins us, along with director, Katie Wolfe & producer Nicole Hoey.  Visit http://www.cincocinefilms.co.nz The film is featured at Frameline 35, June 21 at the Castro & June 23 at the Elmwood. Novalima's Rafael Morales closes the show. The AfroPeruvian band is in town June 25 at the Brick & Mortar and in CA from June 23-28. Visit www.novalima.net Music: Meklit Hadero performs at The Independent in SF, June 23. She'll share clips from her recent tour of Ethiopia; Novalima's Concheperla & Africa Lando;Amina by Abraham Burton.