22/6/2003
Jimmie Durham
Kino Arsenal, Berlin
The Pursuit of Happiness (one of the inalienable rights of the U.S. Declaration of Independence) written and directed by Jimmie Durham is a twelve-minute fictional film about a young American Indian artist who collects trash from the highways of the U.S. and sells it back to the Americans as art.
Pursuit of Happiness
''We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are
endowed by their creator with
certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty,
and the pursuit of Happiness - - -''
U.S. Declaration of Independence
starring Anri Sala
and Mario Pieroni
written and directed by
Jimmie Durham, 2003
The film, Pursuit of Happiness, will be shown this Monday, June 23 at 18:00
at the Kino Arsenal, Potsdamer Strasse 2. A reception provided by DAAD
follows the screening.
The Pursuit of Happiness (one of the inalienable rights of the U.S.
Declaration of Independence) written and directed by Jimmie Durham is a
twelve-minute fictional film about a young American Indian artist who
collects trash from the highways of the U.S. and sells it back to the
Americans as art.
He makes enough money from this to escape to Paris.
Anri Sala, the Albanian video artist, plays the part of the American
Indian. Italian gallerist, Mario Pieroni, plays the part of the American
gallerist. Cinematography is by the Brazilian photographer and video artist
Maria Thereza Alves. Silvia Ocougne from Brazil composed the original
music.
The film was shot mostly in Italy.
Kino Arsenal
Potsdamerstr. 2
Berlin