Greetings, FLEFF fans of all ages! You've done it ... you've made it through two brain-draining days of the best darn film festival around. Now you know why Ithaca College has approximately 57,000 coffee stands on campus!

Wednesday's Highlights

Noon: Breast Cancer: The Estrogen Connection -- Filmmakers Ann Michel and Phil Wilde join IC faculty member Julie Boles, coordinator of the preprofessional program at the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, for a FLEFF Lab screening and discussion. The documentary examines how ingredients in a wide array of consumer products can mimic the hormone estrogen, thereby increasing cancer risk in women. (Center for Health Sciences 202, 11 minutes)

4:00 p.m.: New World Water -- Codirector William O'Marra will be on hand for a post-screening talk on his film, which uses colorful images and crisp narration to document how the nation of Madagascar is proactively coping with water-related issues. Stewart Auyash, associate professor of health promotion and physical education, will facilitate the discussion. (Hill Center 56, 40 minutes)

4:00 p.m.: Prometheus's Garden -- underground animator Bruce Bickford, perhaps best known for his collaborations with '70s prog-rock icon Frank Zappa, crafted this feature inspired by the Greek myth about Prometheus, the Titan who created the first mortals from clay. The medium for his film? Clay animation, naturally. (Park Hall 219, 58 minutes)

7:00 p.m.: Blood on the Flag: Local Civil Disobedience -- The living members of the "St. Patrick's Four" -- Clare Grady, Teresa Grady and Daniel Burns -- and other special guests will pay tribute to SP4 member Peter DeMott, who passed away earlier this year. IC writing professor Fred Wilcox and local activist Mary Anne Grady will also be in attendance, and IC politics professor Beth Harris will serve as moderator. (Friends Hall 309)
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7:00 p.m.: High Stakes Testing -- Director John Valadez will appear to discuss his documentary, which is a examination of the far-reachign implications of the No Child Left Behind Act, one of the Bush administration's signature educational reforms. Professor of strategic communication Gordon Rowland will facilitate the discussion. Valadez continues his FLEFF appearances with a Spice Lab on Friday morning, a "How to Get Your Break" seminar Friday afternoon, and screenings of his Tejano music doc La Onda Chicana Saturday and Sunday at Cinemapolis and Fall Creek, respectively. (Location TBD, 60 minutes)