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12/12/2002

Documentary Fortnight

The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York

This two-week showcase of nonfiction film and video provides an intense examination of recent international documentaries.

The exhibition features over thirty programs that include a variety of shorts, feature-length documentaries, and accomplished works by seasoned and first-time directors.

A Tribute to the Director honors Indian filmmaker Anand Patwardhan; also featured are a trilogy of films by Chantal Akerman.

The artists explore the documentary in a variety of ways: in Nicaragua, young prisoners learn media in video classes; in Harlem, students role-play against violence in video workshops; and in Africa, compelling narrative-driven stories and on-the-street interviews depict the lives of people coping with HIV and AIDS.

Many of these national and international directors will be present to offer firsthand accounts of their documentary processes.

Organized by Sally Berger, Assistant Curator, and William Sloan, Librarian, Circulating Film and Video Library, Department of Film and Media.
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Program

La Isla de los niños perdidos (The Island of Lost Children). 2001. Nicaragua. Directed by Florence Jaugey. The story of ten young inmates who participate in a video course inside Nicaragua's largest prison. In Spanish with English subtitles. 90 min.
Friday, December 13, 2:00

Elämäm äidit (Mothers of Life). 2002. Finland. Directed by Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio. A community of Nenets in Yamal-Nenetsia, Siberia, strive to retain their ancient way of life against encroaching commercial interests. In Nenets and Russian with English subtitles. 74 min.
Friday, December 13, 4:00

Corona. 2002. USA. Directed by John Columbus. The filmmaker creates an autobiographical dreamscape about his childhood on the Jersey Shore. Director present. 10 min.
Danchizake (Homemade Sake). 2001. Japan. Directed by Satashi Ono. This intimate and humorous study of the filmmaker's separated parents acquaints us with the bonds and tensions that hold a family together. In Japanese with English subtitles. 49 min.
Friday, December 13, 6:00

From the Other Side. 2002. France. Directed by Chantal Akerman. Shot in the U.S.-Mexican border region, this film, the latest in a trilogy (all screened here), concerns the plight of the many thousands who attempt to migrate northward. In Spanish and English with English subtitles. Director present. Introduction by Ivone Margulies, film scholar. 99 min.
Friday, December 13, 8:00

A Miner's Tale. 2001. Mozambique/South Africa. Directed by Nic Hofmeyr, Gabriel Mondlane. A migrant laborer is torn between responsibilities toward his junior wife in South Africa and his senior wife in Mozambique, while also facing the fact that he is HIV positive. Print courtesy Steps for the Future. 40 min.
Wa N' Wina (Sincerely Yours). 2001. South Africa. Directed by Dumisani Phakathi. The filmmaker engages his community in a discussion about relationships, sex, and love. Print courtesy Steps for the Future. Producer Jennifer Fox, consultant for Steps for the Future, present. 52 min.
Saturday, December 14, 1:00

Habit. 2001. USA. Directed by Gregg Bordowitz. Recorded partly at the Thirteenth International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, the film documents the global scale of AIDS activism and its new priority: access to life-saving treatments. 53 min. Director present.
Saturday, December 14, 3:30

D'Est (From the East). 1993. France. Directed by Chantal Akerman. Shot in Germany, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Russia in 1992 and 1993, the film is a deliberate and continuous montage of images and sounds of people in their daily lives; the film's impartial eye captures the personal within a larger context. 107 min. Director present.
Saturday, December 14, 5:15

Sud (South). 1999. France/Belgium. Directed by Chantal Akerman. This haunting meditation on racial tensions concerning the hate-crime murder of James Byrd, Jr., in Texas is "an evocation of how this event fits into a landscape and climate as much mental as physical." 70 min. Director present.
Saturday, December 14, 8:00

I Call Myself Persian: Iranians in America. 2001. USA. Directed and produced by Tanaz Eshaghian. Codirected by Sara Nodjoumi. Framed by the Iran hostage crisis of 1979 and the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, this investigation reveals how Iranians living in the U.S. are often stereotyped, held responsible for anti-American activity, and become victims of bias attacks. Directors present. 27 min.
Soske (Why). 2001. Netherlands. Directed by Rada esic. In this triptych, three middle-class refugees of war from Chechnya, Sri Lanka, and Burundi try to adapt to their lives as immigrants in the Netherlands. In Dutch, Russian, French, and English with English subtitles. 32 min.
Sunday, December 15, 1:00

Hay mish eishi (This Is Not Living). 2001. Palestine. Directed by Alia Arasoughly. Eight Palestinian women talk about their experiences of war. In Arabic with English subtitles. 42 min.
A Sign from Heaven. 1999. Israel. Directed by Ariella Azoulay. Three seemingly disparate acts of violence-an assassination, an abuse-related murder, and a border conflict-are interwoven in an experimental fashion. In Hebrew with English subtitles. 55 min.
Sunday, December 15, 3:00

For My Children. 2001. Israel/USA. Directed by Michal Aviad. Contemplating the safety of her children in present day Israel, the filmmaker looks at television news footage and reflects on the family's history of immigration. In Hebrew and English with English subtitles. 65 min.
Sunday, December 15, 5:15

Family. 2001. Denmark. Directed by Sami Martin Saif, Phie Ambo. After the death of his mother and brother, Saif, together with partner/cinematographer Ambo, embarks on a journey to Yemen to find his father. In English and Danish with English subtitles. 90 min.
Sunday, December 15, 7:00

Te mac'te Zapata (Zapata's Garden). 2002. Mexico. Produced by indigenous videomakers from the Lacandon jungle region in Southern Mexico, this video tells the story of how reclaimed land is used to grow vegetables and to build a new society using collective principles. Print courtesy Chiapas Media Project. In Tzeltal with English subtitles. 19 min.
Nunca mas. 2001. Colombia. Directed by Marta Rodriguez, Fernando Restrepo. An examination of the plight of Colombian peasants forced off their land by bankers and drug dealers, who are all part of a scheme to build a canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In Spanish with English subtitles. Presented by Margarita de la Vega Hurtado, film scholar. 56 min.
Monday, December 16, 2:00

Hitler's Hat. 2001. USA. Directed by Jeff Krulik. On April 30, 1945, nineteen-year-old American G.I. Richard Marowitz was ordered to search Adolph Hitler's Munich apartment for military intelligence. All he found was a black top hat. Presented in association with the Robert Flaherty Seminars. Director present. 50 min. Rough cut.
Monday, December 16, 4:15

The Inner Tour. 2001. Israel/Palestine. Directed by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz. A group of Palestinian tourists from the West Bank visit their homeland for several weeks in 2000, and discover Israel to be both familiar and frightening. In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. 97 min.
Monday, December 16, 6:00

Losing It. 2000. USA. Directed by Sharon Greytak. Confined to a motor driven wheelchair, the filmmaker travels to Siberia, Italy, Hong Kong, Brazil, and New York, interviewing people with disabilities. English, Portuguese, Russian, and Italian with English subtitles. Director present. 90 min.
Monday, December 16, 8:30

Encounters of the WTC Kind. 2001. USA. Directed by Kristin Lucas. Along with several artists-in-residence at the World Trade Center, Lucas investigates the culture of the building's invisible inhabitants. 6 min.
The First 24 Hours. 2001. USA. Directed by Etienne Sauret. Produced by David Carrera and Sauret. A collection of images from the World Trade Center ruins and surrounding areas, with a soundtrack of ambient noise and scattered conversation. Director and producer present. 11 min.
Scenes from an Endless War. 2001. USA. Directed by Norman Cowie. This investigation of the "war against terrorism" is part meditation and part commentary, employing recontextualized images, news crawls, and original footage to question received wisdom. Director present. 30 min.
Souvenir. 2001. USA. Directed by Greg Allen. The search for a lost World War I memorial is invoked in post-9/11 France. In English and French with English subtitles. Director present. 15 min.
Total running time approx. 62 min.
Thursday, December 19, 2:00

Afghan Alphabet. 2002. Iran. Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The story of children living in villages between Iran and Afghanistan, who are unable to attend school. In Farsi with English subtitles. 45 min.
Thursday, December 19, 4:30

War and Peace. 2002. India. Directed by Anand Patwardhan. Filmed over three years in India, Pakistan, Japan, and the U.S., and framed by the 1948 murder of Mahatma Gandhi, the film deals with peaceful activism in the face of global militarism and war. In English, Hindi, Japanese, and Marathi with English subtitles. Director present. Presented in association with the New York Film/Video Council. 148 min.
Thursday, December 19, 6:30

Rocket Experts. 2002. USA. Directed by Jane Steuerwald. Based on a Fourth of July weekend spent with the filmmaker's family in upstate New York, the film captures the essence of the ties that bind a family together across generations. Director present. 13 min.
Hand on the Pulse. 2002. USA. Directed by Joyce Warshow. This profile of Joan Nestle, founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in New York City and lesbian activist, teacher, and author, reveals the source of her magnetism and drive. 52 min.
Friday, December 20, 2:00

Sister Helen. 2001. USA. Directed by Rob Fruchtman and Rebecca Cammisa. A sixty-nine-year-old Benedictine nun with a tragic past tries to help male addicts gain a new lease on life in a halfway house. Directors present. 90 min.
Friday, December 20, 4:00

A Tribute to the Director: Anand Patwardhan. An evening with the acclaimed Indian documentarian, who will show excerpts from his work spanning the last thirty years. Presented in conjunction with the New York Film/Video Council. Director present.
Friday, December 20, 6:15

A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky. 2002. Germany. Directed by Claudia Heuermann. This meditation about film, art, and music is centered on the composer John Zorn. Director present. 82 min.
Friday, December 20, 8:30

Confession. 2001. USA. Directed by Marina Petrovskaia. The filmmaker manipulates her aunt into confessing an untold secret about the time when Germany invaded Russia in World War II. In English and Russian with English subtitles. Director present. 20 min.
A Hungarian Passport. 2001. France. Directed by Sandra Kogut. The Brazilian filmmaker must follow a convoluted path to reclaim her Hungarian nationality. In English, Portuguese, and Hungarian with English subtitles. 72 min.
Saturday, December 21, 1:00

Five Shorts by Jonathan Calm: A Place to Live. 2001. USA. 3 min.; Trigger. 2001. USA. 3 min.; Marcy's Park at Four. 2001. USA. 3 min.; Life Taste Good. 2002. USA. 3 min.; Crib. 2002. USA. 2 min. Visual artist Jonathan Calm combines video, animation, sound, sculpture, and drawing with documentary elements from the streets of his Brooklyn neighborhood. Director present.
You May Be Stopped If... 2000. USA. Directed by Pam Sporn. An instructive film, made by eleventh-grade video students at Thurgood Marshall Academy, on the theme "you may be stopped if you are a person of color." 13 min.
Race in the Caribbean. 2001. USA. Directed by Pam Sporn. An exploration of race in the Caribbean and New York made by twelfth-grade students in Bread and Roses Integrated Arts High School. Director present. 30 min.
Total running time approx. 60 min.
Saturday, December 21, 3:30

OT: Our Town. 2002. USA. Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy. At the Manuel Dominguez High School in Compton, Los Angeles, where the primary career option is to play pro-basketball, a group of students put on the school's first play in twenty-two years, their own rendition of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. Director and film protagonist present. 76 min.
Saturday, December 21, 5:30

The Building-The Bikeshop-Andy's Furniture. USA. Directed by Gitte Villeson. A bikeshop in Chicago becomes a center of creative activity for both adults and young people who work and hang out there. Single-channel version of installation. 20 min.
Red Light Go: Alleycat Racing in New York City. 2002. USA. Directed by Ben Barraud, Toby Barraud, Manny Kivowitz. An intimate portrait of hard-core bike messengers in New York City that follows a select group as it prepares for a number of races unsanctioned by city officials. Directors present. 52 min.
Saturday, December 21, 8:00

Some Real Heat. 2001. USA. Directed by Stefanie Jordan. Six female firefighters in San Francisco talk about why they like their tough job. 54 min.
Sunday, December 22, 1:00

Coal Bucket Outlaw. 2002. USA. Directed by Tom Hansell. Built around a
day in the life of a Kentucky coal-truck driver, this film takes a direct look at where American energy comes from, revealing the human and environmental price paid for the national addiction to fossil fuels. Director present. 27 min.
An Injury to One. 2002. USA. Directed by Travis Wilkerson. The unsolved murder of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana, in 1917 provides the basis for this hybrid essay on labor and mining culture in the U.S. in the early part of this century. Director present. 53 min.
Sunday, December 22, 3:00

This and That, and Other Minor Misunderstandings. 2001. Puerto Rico/USA. Directed by Edin Vélez. A road movie, shot throughout Europe and Latin America, about forgetting and being forgotten, failed love, death, and how neither vengeance nor pardon can modify the past. In English, Spanish, and French. 13 min.
Papa. 2001. USA. Directed by Jon Alpert. The director's elderly father has a debilitating disease, and family members lovingly invent ways to keep his spirits up. Director present. 88 min.
Sunday, December 22, 6:00

Past Perfect. 2002. USA. Directed by Cynthia Madansky. Shot mostly in Poland, the film explores the elusiveness of Jewish history as conveyed through three capricious, interwoven voices of real and imagined lives. 38 min.
Minor Visions. 2001. Romania/USA. Directed by Denise Iris. This offbeat romp through post-communist Romania follows a young man doing a survey of contemporary spirituality. In Romanian with English subtitles. Director present. 52 min.
Monday, December 23, 3:00

Reconstruction. 2001. USA. Directed by Irene Luszig. This unusual portrait of the filmmaker's grandmother, who was sentenced to life in prison for a controversial bank robbery in Bucharest in 1959, shows the illusory side of people and history. Director present. 90 min.
Monday, December 23, 6:00

Memories of a Forgotten War. 2001. Philippines/USA. Directed by Camilla Benolirao Griggers, Sari Lluch Dalena. A documentary based on one family's experience of U.S. foreign policy in South-East Asia, and the events that took place between 1899 and 1913 when over a million Filipinos died in the Spanish-American War. Directors present. In Tagalog with English subtitles. 63 min.
Monday, December 23, 8:30

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