Thursday, January 31, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
1/30/13 Holy Fisher
http://www.otherwisepictures.com/
d e a f e n i n g s i l e n c e
a film by holly fisher
NTSC
TRT 118 mins
DVD available for preview only
(c)2012 Otherwise Pictures llc
all rights reserved
synopsis
d e a f e n i n g s i l e n c e is a fusion of beauty and terror, observation and anger, roving visuals and intimate stories either funny, contemplative, or horrific – a subjective, layered depiction of Burma under brutal military dictatorship. My first trip was legal, shooting video as a fake tour guide doing research; the next was on foot, under-cover with ethnic Karen guerrillas, to film internal exiles surviving in a free-fire jungle war zone.
Colonial archival imagery and clips from You Tube are woven within this tapestry of fragments, often in ironic counterpoint, and always to pierce the chokehold of censorship. This is a living history of a country arrested in time, a hybrid documentary focusing on ethnic genocide, but with constant poetic resonance and a rich multiplicity of references to history and popular culture.
d e a f e n i n g s i l e n c e
a film by holly fisher
NTSC
TRT 118 mins
DVD available for preview only
(c)2012 Otherwise Pictures llc
all rights reserved
synopsis
d e a f e n i n g s i l e n c e is a fusion of beauty and terror, observation and anger, roving visuals and intimate stories either funny, contemplative, or horrific – a subjective, layered depiction of Burma under brutal military dictatorship. My first trip was legal, shooting video as a fake tour guide doing research; the next was on foot, under-cover with ethnic Karen guerrillas, to film internal exiles surviving in a free-fire jungle war zone.
Colonial archival imagery and clips from You Tube are woven within this tapestry of fragments, often in ironic counterpoint, and always to pierce the chokehold of censorship. This is a living history of a country arrested in time, a hybrid documentary focusing on ethnic genocide, but with constant poetic resonance and a rich multiplicity of references to history and popular culture.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
1/23/13 A Third Cinema Vol. I curated by Juan Daniel F. Molero
program:
1976 – LUGAR SAGRADO (1976 – Sacred
Place, directed by Carlosmagno Rodrigues & Alonso Pafyeze, Brazil, 2009, 6
min.)
Three living beings are kept in the
bottom of a pool. Video of physical and emotional immersion, where there’s no
metaphysics, no feelings of
spirituality, no mysticism- just the torpor of the condition of being alive and
reluctant.
DROP IN THE DARKNESS. Directed by
Carlosmagno Rodrigues & Cris Ventura, Brazil, 2011, 7 min.)
A movie about the Christian conversion
based on the Letters to the Seven Churches, Chapter 2, Verse 19 of the biblical
Book of Revelation, which talks about the speeches used for people’s
conversion. The movie is filmed with vertical tracking shots that refer to the
Hell archetype.
Permanencias (Ricardo Alves Jr, Brazil,
2011, 34min)
From the inside the air is heavier.
AHENDU NDE SAPUKAI (I Hear Your Scream,
directed by Pablo Lamar, Paraguay/Argentina, 2008, 11 min.)
At dawn, a man watches the horizon as he
stands near his wooden house that dominates the landscape. After a few moments,
he returns to his simple dwelling and a short while later a small funeral
procession emerges. The man does not take part in it and remains alone, staring
into the emptiness before him.
NOCHE ADENTRO ( Pablo Lamar, 2009,
Paraguay/Argentina, 18 min)
The newlyweds have already left the party
where the guests are still dancing. The bride has bled to death and the groom
carries the body. He drags her down the stairs and along a long corridor until
they fall down. At the shore the groom gives her away to the river, floating in
a boat.
MARTES DE CH’ALLA (Tuesday Ch’alla,
directed by Carlos Piñeiro, Bolivia, 2009, 12 min.)
Images and situations linked to a kept belief
among construction workers who know a way to invoke some kind of blessing
through a secret ancient ritual.
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