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By Matthew Odam | Monday, October 26, 2009, 01:17 PM

‘PoliWood,’ 9:15 p.m., Rollins Theatre. Fans of director Barry Levinson will want to check out his documentary ‘Poliwood,’ which looks at the 2008 Democratic and Republican conventions from a Hollywood perspective. A group of actors and filmmakers, known as the Creative Coalition, attended the conventions, and the new movie shows their interactions with politicians and others.

‘The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia,’ 10 p.m., Texas Spirit Theater.
Julien Nitzberg directs this late addition to the festival’s documentary lineup. It deals with the White family of Boone County, where the Wild West lives on. During a year of filming, the family goes through a stabbing, criminal sentencing, attempted murder and other assorted problems. From MTV Studios and executive producers Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine.

Other screenings:
‘Myna Se Va,’ 5 p.m., Arbor
‘Floored,’ 6 p.m., Texas Spirit Theater
‘Stoner,’ 7 p.m., Alamo Lake Creek
‘William Kuntsler: Disturbing the Universe,’ 7 p.m., Rollins Theatre ‘Earthwork,’ 7:15 p.m., Arbor ‘Herpes Boy,’ 7:30 p.m., The Independent at 501 ‘Warlords,’ 8 p.m., Texas Spirit Theater ‘The Vicious Kind,’ 9:30 p.m., Arbor ‘Punching the Clown,’ 10 p.m., Alamo Lake Creek ‘Thor at the Bus Stop,’ 10 p.m., The Independent at 501

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