This week [August 20 - 27, 2000] in avant garde cinema
Scott Stark
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Events are sorted alphabetically BY CITY within each DATE.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2000
8/20
Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado-Boulder
SUNDAY EVENING WITH BRAKHAGE
7:30pm: Each Sunday evening Stan Brakhage is host for a gathering of
friends and film buffs to view films and videotapes from his incredible
collection. Often viewers will see a world premiere of the latest Brakhage
film. Most evenings those in attendance stay after the showing to talk
about a wide variety of subjects with Stan. These gatherings are held in
room N141 of the Fine Arts building on the Boulder Campus of the University
of Colorado. All are encouraged to attend and the showings are free.
8/20
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Underground Film Festival
http://www.cuff.org/2000/program.html
DAY THREE
12 noon: EXILE UNDER GUYVILLE: WOMEN IN THE UNDERGROUND, a discussion on
women in underground, experimental and independent filmmaking. 12:30pm:
SUBACULTCHA (shorts): COLESLAW WRESTLING (Hayley Downs, 1999), MAGIC CITY
(David Wilson, 2000), UNDESIRABLES (Marianna Yarovskaya, 1999) and BEYOND
THE SCREAMS (Martin Sorrendeguy, 1999). 1pm: RUINS (Jesse Lerner, 1999) and
RESTRICTED (Jay Rosenblatt, 1999). 1:30pm: 30 FRAMES A SECOND: THE WTO IN
SEATTLE (Rustin Thompson, 2000) and LITTLE FLAGS (Jem Cohen, 2000). 2:15pm:
WE ARE TRAFFIC (Ted White, 1999) and PEDALPHILES (Brian Standing, 2000).
3pm: SONGS FOR CASSAVETES (Justin Mitchell, 1999). 3:30pm: CINEMANIACS
(short): STANDARD INDUSTRY (Robert Stoetzel, 1999), SLIDIN' OFF THE EDGE OF
THE WORLD (Mark Street, 1999), EMBRYONIC (Robert Banks, 2000), SUGO (Hannes
Langeder, 1998), THE DROWNING ROOM (Patrick Jolley and Reynold Reynolds,
2000), ROUTEMASTER (Iippo Pahjala, 1999), OUTER SPACE (Peter Tscherkassky,
1999) and #11 [MAREY <-> MOIRE] (Joost Rekveld, 1999). 4pm: EL REY DE ROCK
N ROLL (Marjorie Chodorov, 2000) and FLAMING LIPS HAVE LANDED (Bradley
Beesley, 2000). 5pm: MIGRATING FORMS (James Fotopoulos, 1999) and TWO CATS
(James Fotopoulos, 1999). 5:30pm: BORN TO LOSE: THE LAST ROCK & ROLL MOVIE
(Lech Kowalski, 2000). 6:30pm: FUCKED IN THE FACE (Shawn Durr, 2000) and
FLUFF (William Jones, 2000). 7pm: STYLES OF BEYOND (shorts): THE HANGNAIL
(Shane Acker, 1999), PIE FIGHT '69 (Christian Bruno and Sam Green, 2000),
MIND CONTROL MADE EASY (OR HOW TO BE A CULT LEADER) (Carey Burtt, 2000),
TIM AND ANDY FIGHT AND THEN GO BOWLING (John Tagamoilila, 1999), BLOW ME
(Marcel DeJure, 1999), BORED TO PIECES (Jamie Ruddy, 1999) and HARRY
KNUCKLES AND THE LEGEND OF THE AZTEC MUMMY (Lee Demarbe, 1999). 7:30pm: THE
HOLY MOUNTAIN (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973). 8:30pm: Jeff Krulik presents A
TRIBUTE TO THE SCOTT AND GARY SHOW. 9pm: WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFIN
(shorts): BLOODLUST (BLUTRAUSCH, Thorsten Fleisch, 1999), SADISINFECTENZ
(Giulia Frati, 1999), THE DEATH OF SEX (Carey Burtt, 1999), ECSTASY IN
ENTROPY (Nick Zedd, 2000), STRANGE LOVE (Scot-Free, 1999), FABULOUS
DISASTER (Scot-Free, 1999), CHICKENBITCH (Daniel Hartlaub, 2000) and CHUCK
(Alex Turner, 1999). 10pm: SMACK (Steve Sanguedolce, 2000) and MUSIC TO
WATCH GIRLS BY (Cynthia Cynn, 1999). 10:30pm: PLASTIC, FANTASTIC,
INEVITABLES (shorts): MICROWAVE (Pin Pin Tan, 2000), HELLO KITTY (Noel
Dowd, 1999), THE BUSINESSMAN (Evan Minsker, 2000) and HAIR BURNERS (Ned
Ambler, 2000). 10pm-2am: GET JAPAN-EASY!, a party at Subterranean, 2011
West North in Chicago. Festival screenings take place at The Fine Arts
Theater, 418 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago; for more information,
contact the festival organizers at (773) 327-3456 or in...@cuff.org.
8/20
London, England: The Whitechapel Art Gallery
HOLLIS FRAMPTON TRIPLE BILL
1pm: As part of the Whitechapel Art Gallery's Carl Andre
retrospective–which includes photographs of Andre's early works taken by
Hollis Frampton–there will be a Hollis Frampton triple bill, including
ZORNS LEMMA, ARTIFICIAL LIGHT and NOSTALGIA. This event will take place at
the Whitechapel Gallery, Whitechapel High Street, London E1; for more
information, call the Gallery at 44 (0)20 7522 7888.
8/20
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
CHESTER SWAVEL: IN SEARCH OF THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND
6pm: With his steady hand and sensitive eye, Chester Swavel (1909-1982)
left behind an enduring portrait of the American heartland through his many
rolls of 8mm home-movie footage. A resident of Morral, Ohio, Swavel roamed
the midwest with his family capturing images of Americana and the rural
landscapes of the United States of the 1960s. More than just an
afficionado, Chester Swavel's films are reminiscent of the photography of
Walker Evans in their sensitivity, yet they are without any artifice. There
is a purity of spirit in his work that is hard to find in this day and age.
Anthology Film Archives will show these never before publicly screened,
pristine 8mm kodachrome prints, accompanied by Harry Smith's ANTHOLOGY OF
AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC which, when screened together, evoke a feeling of an
American yesteryear which surpasses any Hollywood recreations. Join us for
a Sunday drive to the very center of these United States. Anthology is
located at 32 2nd Avenue, New York; for more information, call (212)
505-5181.
8/20
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
THE SECRET LIFE OF ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
7:30pm: Films, videos, and other strange emissions by the workers, lovers,
and lost souls who orbit the celestial AFA. Everybody is welcome. Anthology
is located at 32 2nd Avenue, New York; for more information, call (212)
505-5181.
8/20
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
HOSPITAL PLAY LIVE TO BEGOTTEN
8:30pm: Hospital, one of Canada's premier noise groups, features members of
the Eye of Newt Collective. If you were lucky enough to see them play live
to TETSUO: IRON MAN in December, you will know the brilliance you can
expect. Formed in 1998, Hospital have toured Japan and are touring Europe
in fall of 2000. Members Masa Anzai, Kelly Churko and Ben Wilson will be
joined by special guest Mitch Kinney for this special presentation.
BEGOTTEN, which has been praised for its artistic originality and condemned
as a "metaphysical splatter film" for its gruesomely chilling images, takes
its place as one of the nightmare cult classics of the 90s. Told without
dialogue, it opens in an unknown land during an unknown time, where a
lonely god disembowels himself with a razor. A new spirit, a goddess full
of energy and mystery, arises from the inert remains of the self-immolated
god and dances through the woods. Soon the goddess gives birth to a
quivering man-child, who is initially revered by a tribe of mysterious
hooded figures. But when the goddess and her offspring attempt to leave,
the tribe turns on them, ravaging their bodies until they are sliced into
gruesome pieces. The remains of the slain are buried and flowers
miraculously emerge over their graves...This event is at the Blinding
Light, 36 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call
(604) 878-3366.
8/20
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York: Ocularis
http://www.billburg.com/ocularis/
CINE AL AIRE LIBRE: STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE AND JUEGOS (GAMES)
8pm: An outdoor screening of STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE (FRESA Y CHOCOLATE,
Tomás Guitiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio, 1993): Havana 1979. Ice cream,
ideals, and bitter-sweet humor. One of the founders of modern Cuban cinema
offers a forceful story of love and tolerance, tracing the unlikely
friendship that develops between a communist student and a gay artist.
GAMES (JUEGOS, Stephanie Ripps, 1996): Coming of age on the streets of
Brooklyn...Pre-screening Latin music too. This event will be held at Grand
Ferry Park, Grand Street at the Waterfront, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. For
more information, contact Ocularis at (718) 388-8713.
MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 2000
8/21
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Underground Film Festival
http://www.cuff.org/2000/program.html
DAY FOUR
3:45pm: Free Panel Discussion: DOES SIZE MATTER? Are short films the means
to furthering your career, or an end in themselves? 4:45pm: DGA SHORTS
PROGRAM: Director's Guild of America member Matthew Harrison presents this
program of early underground work; films will include Harrison's own AROUND
TOWN WITH EDDIE Z, Martin Scorsese's NYU student film THE BIG SHAVE, John
Waters' first sound film THE DIANE LINKLETTER STORY, and other surprises.
5pm: AUTISTIC DEVELOPMENT (shorts): 2 SPELLBOUND (Les Leveque, 1999),
BOUNCING IN THE CORNER 33DDD (Dara Greenwald, 1999), TERMINATOR III (Andrey
and Julia Velikanov, 1999), SHAH MAT (Mike Pellano, 1999), ELECTION
COLLECTIBLES (Bryan Boyce, 2000), A MINUTE WITH THE ELDERS (Alvin Tsang,
1999), A MAN AND HIS PANTS (Chris Tenzis, 1999), GUIDED BY VOICES (Stom
Sogo, 1999) and UNTITLED #29.95 (The Video Aktivists, 2000). 5:15pm: WIRED
ANGEL (Sam Wells, 1999). 6pm: WESTWAY TO THE WORLD (Don Letts, 1999).
6:45pm: BIZZARO-A-GO-GO (shorts): MONKEY VS ROBOT (Nathan Pommer, 1999),
BAD NEWS FROM BONZO BEANS (Jason Moran, 1999), NITWIT PREDELIK (Xan Price,
1999), DEEP AFRICA (Steve Hall and Cathee Wilkins, 1998) and MONKFISH DREAM
(Naoko Nozawa, 1999). 7:15pm: JUNK (Roddy Bogawa, 1999). 8pm: SANTA SANGRE
(Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1990). 8:30pm: ALIEN LANDSCAPES (shorts): SLOW DEATH
OF A LARGE ANIMAL (Mark Hejnar and TM Caldwell, 2000), SOME LIKE IT WITHOUT
SUGAR (Andrey and Julia Velikanov, 1999), THE FLOCCULUS (Jeff Warrington,
1999), SHORN (Jeff Gate and Tony Roach, 2000), WHY THE CANARY SINGS NO MORE
(Paul Terragó, 1999) and SURFACE 2043 (Meg Hannah, 1999). 9:15pm: DREAMS OF
LIFE (shorts): THE WARHAUL (Tim Vierling, 1999), LUCY'S DREAM (Relah
Eckstein, 1999), SINCERELY, JOE P. BEAR (Matt McCormick, 1999), THE LESTER
FILM (Heather McAdams, 2000), THE MOSCHOPS (Jim Trainor, 2000) and KING OF
THE JEWS (Jay Rosenblatt, 1999). 10:30pm: ROCK OPERA (Bob Ray, 1999),
preceded by SHE-BEAST! SCENES FROM HER GREATEST FILMS (Julie Covello,
1999). 10pm-2am: JOHNNY THUNDERS/CLASH PARTY at Delilah's, 2771 North
Lincoln. Festival screenings take place at The Fine Arts Theater, 418 South
Michigan Avenue in Chicago; for more information, contact the festival
organizers at (773) 327-3456 or in...@cuff.org.
8/21
Ithaca, New York: Cornell Cinema
http://www-cinema.slife.cornell.edu/
STUDENT FILMS I
7pm: A screening of films made by students of Cornell University and Ithaca
College. This screening will be held at the Willard Straight Theater on
Cornell's campus, Ithaca. For more information, call (607) 255-3522.
8/21
Portland, Oregon: Portland Art Museum
http://www.nwfilm.org/exhibition_nowplaying.html
ANIMATED WORLDS
7pm: Back by popular demand, this collection features world class animation
by a host of artists who all happen to live in Portland. Having won every
conceivable award among them, including a couple of Oscars, these
filmmakers have created animation that will amuse and inspire. Included are
vintage works by Jim Blashfield, Joan Gratz, Chel White, Will Vinton, and
Joanna Priestley, who has just recently been honored with a retrospective
at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The perfect way to spend an
animated summer evening. This screening will take place at the Whitsell
Auditorium of the North West Film Center, 1219 SW Park, Portland. For more
information, call (503) 221-1156.
8/21
San Francisco, California: Film Arts Foundation
http://www.filmarts.org/
TRAILER: A NIGHT OF LOCAL SHORT FILMS AND TRAILERS
8pm: Celebrating an evening of local filmmaking, the second TRAILER in this
free quarterly series features a selection of short films all by San
Francisco and Bay Area filmmakers, including two sneak previews from the
FAF 2000 Festival schedule! Attending film organizations include: Film Arts
Foundation; Film Institute of Northern California; Mill Valley Film
Festival; Rafael Film Center; National Asian Telecommunications
Association; Frameline; Other Cinema; CineAccion; BAVC (Bay Area Video
Coalition); Resfest; and repertory movie houses and many other
organizations. This event will take place at the Foreign Cinema 2534
Mission Street in San Francisco. Independent filmmakers and film
organizations not yet signed up to participate are welcome to join the
bazaar at Foreign Cinema for no charge, by just showing up on the night
armed with catalogues, information and merchandise or by contacting Marlene
Friis at mar...@foreigncinema.com or (415) 648-7600. For more information
on the event, call the Film Arts Foundation at (415) 552-8760.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2000
8/22
Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive
http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa/
MOVING STRANGELY: EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION
7:30pm: Kathy Geritz: "Tonight's program ranges from Martha Colburn's
decidedly adult, wacky collage animation film SPIDERS IN LOVE: AN
ARACHNOGASMIC MUSICAL (1999) and Jim Trainor's strange and disturbing
felt-tip THE BATS (1998), to films that appeal to all ages: Richard
Reeves's vibrant scratch animation SEA SONG (1999), Stephanie Ingram's
simple yet beautiful cut-outs in THE BOY AND THE NIGHT (2000), and
Narangkar Khalsa's WE STOLE THREE BIKES...(1999), a Sam Shepard story
animated via a mixture of drawings, scratched film, and traveling mattes.
Jennifer Reeves's single-frame rhythms in THE GIRL'S NERVY (1995), Laurie
McKenna's animated miniature toys in SEND IN THE CLOWNS (1997), Emily
Breer's fractured take on traditional comic-strips in SUPERHERO (1995), and
Julie Murray's innocently wicked 3-D animations in DOMAIN (1999) are
vibrant and imaginative examples of low-tech approaches to animation. In
Steven Dye's KING MIDAS (1995), puppets move to the tunes of the Dactyls,
while VIERVIELFÄLTIGUNG (1996) by James Otis is comprised of images from a
study of body types, and Syd Garon and Rodney Ascher's SOMEBODY GOOFED
(1997) brings to life Jack Chick's religious tracts." The Pacific Film
Archive is located at 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. For more information,
call (510) 642-5249.
8/22
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Underground Film Festival
http://www.cuff.org/2000/program.html
DAY FIVE
4pm: Free Panel Discussion: DOT.COM OR DIE. Filmmakers and distributors
discuss and debate the merits of online distribution. 5pm: MY CHAR-BROILED
BURGER WITH BREWER (Jim Sikora, 2000) and ...AN INCREDIBLE SIMULATION (Jeff
Economy and Darren Hacker, 2000). 5:15pm: TREBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE (shorts):
NAYSAYER (Amy Happ, 2000), ED'S JUKE JOINT (Kevin Wisor, 2000) and LOOK
BACK, DON'T LOOK BACK (Randy Bell and Justin Rice, 2000). 6pm: BENJAMIN
SMOKE (Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen, 2000). 6:45pm: PUT THE CULT BACK IN
CULTURE (shorts): LANGUAGE SIGN DUALITY IS ASSYMETRICAL (Andrey and Julia
Velikanov, 1999), VIRTUAL BODY OF GOD (Andrey and Julia Velikanov, 1999), A
COLDBLOODED LOOK AT YOUR LAST 60,000,000,000,000 YEARS! (The Institute for
True Purpose Technology, 2000), HELL HOUSE (Dewey Nicks, 1998) and THE
MAGNIFICENT ANDERSONS (Julie Morrison, 1999). 7:15pm: SCRATCHING THE
SURFACE: FILMS FROM THE AVANT-GARDE, curated and Introduced by Patrick
Friel. FLAG (Anonymous/Courtesy of Tom Whiteside, 1970s), MICROMOTH (Julie
Murray, 2000), LETTERS, NOTES (Stephanie Barber, 2000), OONA'S VEIL (Brian
Frye, 2000), THE PARANTHETICAL TRAP (Emily Cronbach and Elizabeth Day,
1991), DELAMINATION (Luis A. Recoder, 2000), DOMAIN (Julie Murray, 1999),
DITHERCUMBER (Bruce McClure, 1999), FRIENDLESS FACELESS (Anonymous/Courtesy
of Scott Stark, 1970s) and MIRROR, MIRROR (Peggy Ahwesh, 2000). 8pm: BORN
TO LOSE: THE LAST ROCK N ROLL MOVIE (Lech Kowalski, 2000). 8:30pm: NASTY
GIRLS AND DIRTY BOYS (shorts): FEMMINIST FATALES (Gritt Uldall-Jessen,
1999), HATEMAN (Joaquin delaPuente, 2000), PACIFIER (O. Perez, 1999), KISS
XXX (Akira Shimazaki, 2000), THE FALL OF COMMUNISM AS SEEN IN GAY
PORNOGRAPHY (William Jones, 1998) and GANG GIRLS 2000 (Katrina del Mar,
1999). 9:15pm: STYLES OF BEYOND (shorts): THE HANGNAIL (Shane Acker, 1999),
PIE FIGHT '69 (Christian Bruno and Sam Green, 2000), MIND CONTROL MADE EASY
(OR HOW TO BE A CULT LEADER) (Carey Burtt, 2000), TIM AND ANDY FIGHT AND
THEN GO BOWLING (John Tagamoilila, 1999), BLOW ME (Marcel DeJure, 1999),
BORED TO PIECES (Jamie Ruddy, 1999) and HARRY KNUCKLES AND THE LEGEND OF
THE AZTEC MUMMY (Lee Demarbe, 1999). 9:30pm: SLIDIN' BRIGHT AND SHINY WORLD
(Reinhard Sud, Barbara Albert and Michael Grimm, 1998). 10:15pm: CITY KIDS
(shorts): SQUAT (Savin Yeatman-Eiffel, 1999), THE COLLECTOR (Benton Jew,
1999), DUTY NICKLES, 253-B (Carlos Eduardo Nogueria, 1999), THIS CLOSE TO
NOTHING (Scott Saunders, 2000) and GEORGIE PORGIE (Benjamin Meyer, 2000).
10pm-2am: FESTIVAL CONCERT at Phyllis' Musical Inn, 1800 West Division.
Festival screenings take place at The Fine Arts Theater, 418 South Michigan
Avenue in Chicago; for more information, contact the festival organizers at
(773) 327-3456 or in...@cuff.org.
8/22
Chicago, Illinois: The Chicago Underground Film Festival, Vedanta Gallery
and Temporary Services
http://www.temporaryservices.org
FLICKER: STOREFRONT WINDOW SCREENINGS OF EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
8:30 to 10:30pm: What happens when experimental film comes out of the
theater...its narrative collapsed into the moment a glimpse takes? You
round a corner and catch a ghostly flicker. What will you see there? What
happens when all the scratching, hand processing, bleaching, cutting,
splicing, re-photographing is stripped down and cinema becomes a surprise,
unplanned and caught off guard? And what will you remember of that chance
encounter with light, celluloid, dark storefront and warm summer night?
Flicker: A storefront screening of 16mm experimental film. Works include
Brian Frye's BROKEN CAMERA REELS 1 & 2 and MEETING WITH KRUSHCHEV, Luis
Recorder's AVAILABLE LIGHT, William Z. Richards's PETAL, Carolyn Faber's
IOTA, Brittany Parks's ERUPTIVAS, David Gatten's HARDWOOD PROCESS, Lynne
Sachs's DRAWN AND QUARTERED and Eve Heller's ASTOR PLACE. This screening
will be located in the storefront of Vedanta Gallery, 110 N. Peoria in
Chicago. For more information, contact the Chicago Underground Film
Festival organizers at (773) 327-3456 or in...@cuff.org.
8/22
New York, New York: Robert Beck Memorial Cinema
http://www.crosswinds.net/~rbmc
SCIENCE PROJECTS
9pm: This program of films explores the exploratory nature of experimental
film. Although these films differ in their modes of collection,
measurement, and organization, they all play with and around the
calculatory nature of cine-mathematics. From the speed of light to logging
dates, from figuring to ornithogs, from palindromes to rods and cones.
Films to include: THE 8.3 MINUTE FILM (Kenneth Eisenstein), 01-03-73
(Christopher Bravo), RECOLLECTION (Jeffrey Johnson), NOT A DROP (Jason
Livingston), ON THE VARIOUS NATURE OF THINGS (Deborah Stratman), SISYPHYS'
CINEMA (Tom Comeford), THE ONE HUNDRED YARD DASH FILM (Kenneth Eisenstein),
FROM BOYS TO ROLLERCOASTERS (Rebecca Meyers), IF NOT HERE THEN WHERE
(Christopher Bravo) and THIS FILM ENDS AT FRAME 2290 (Gemma Ryan). Quite a
few filmmakers will be around. This program will take place at Collective
Unconscious 145 Ludlow Street, New York City. For more information, contact
Brian Frye at frye...@hotmail.com or (718) 622-5360.
8/22
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
CLASSIC CRAIG BALDWIN: ROCKETKITKONGOKIT AND WILD GUNMAN
8:30pm: We are pleased to present two incredible and rarely seen early
works from the king of found footage and frenetic stylings and the director
of SONIC OUTLAWS, SPECTRES OF THE SPECTRUM and TRIBULATION 99. WILD GUNMAN
mobilizes wildly diverse found-footage fragments, obsessive optical
printing, and a dense "musique concrete" soundtrack. A maniac montage of
pop-cultural amusements, cowboy iconography, and advertising imagery is
re-contextualized within the contemporary geopolitical crisis in a scathing
critique of U.S. cultural and political imperialism. ROCKETKITKONGOKIT is a
kaleidoscopic, amphetamine-paced tour de force using a barrage of
found-footage images and rapid-fire narration to trace a history of Zaire
since its independence in 1960. The CIA, German munition manufacturers, and
American popular culture are all indicted in this comic critique of
neo-colonialism. Centering on President Mobutu's lease of 1/10 of the
country's total land area to a West German rocket firm, the film explores
both the explicit and implicit historical contradictions that this
astonishing arrangement poses and is posed by. With sources of imagery
ranging from corporate advertising through ‘50's instructional films to
Tarzan flicks, and musical components oscillating between aboriginal sounds
and contemporary electronic compositions, a critical irony is established
between the several voice-over discourses and an energetic montage of
"found" visuals. Self-reflexively ordered like a plastic model kit, the
film perhaps proposes another, more imaginative model of historiography.
Plus: archival mayhem to prep your heads...This event is at the Blinding
Light, 36 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call
(604) 878-3366.
8/22
Wellington, New Zealand: The Film Centre
CHROMATIC ARTICULATION: FILMS BY ARTHUR AND CORINNE CANTRILL
6pm: Australian filmmakers Arthur and Corinne Cantrill will introduce a
program including: MYSELF WHEN FOURTEEN a rotoscope/optical printer
analysis of movement in footage shot 20 years previously, which is also an
investigation of the ways the human face is read and recognised. Also a
series of 3-colour separation films filmed on regular and hi-con B&W
negative and printed onto Eastmancolor stock, generating highly saturated
plays of 'out of gamut' colour. They are CITY OF CHROMATIC INTENSITY (will
colour exist when there is no-one left to see it?), GARDEN OF CHROMATIC
DISTURBANCE (does colour exist where there is no light?), IVOR PAINTS ARF
ARF, and CITY OF CHROMATIC DISSOLUTION. Other films are a series of single
frame articulations, shot on Super 8 and enlarged to 16mm, such as AIREY'S
INLET: a discontinuous frame-by-frame film of a coastal scene intercut with
a painting of the same landscape, ARTICULATED IMAGE: a discontinuous
frame-by-frame film of a banana palm lit by a decorative lead-light window,
'articulated' by inter-shot black frames, and ILLUMINATIONS OF THE MUNDANE:
brief, ambiguous details of obliquely lit objects and patches of textured
light, with wind-blown shadows, in the house and garden. This event will
take place in the NZ Film Archive, Cinema 3 Wellington, New Zealand.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2000
8/23
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Underground Film Festival
http://www.cuff.org/2000/program.html
DAY SIX
4pm: Free Panel Discussion: DIGITAL FILMMAKING: THE NEW UNDERGROUND. A
discussion of the freedom and limitations offered by digital video. 5pm:
THE SEEDLING (Thomas Campbell, 2000). 5:30pm: WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFIN
(shorts): BLOODLUST (BLUTRAUSCH, Thorsten Fleisch, 1999), SADISINFECTENZ
(Giulia Frati, 1999), THE DEATH OF SEX (Carey Burtt, 1999), ECSTASY IN
ENTROPY (Nick Zedd, 2000), STRANGE LOVE (Scot-Free, 1999), FABULOUS
DISASTER (Scot-Free, 1999), CHICKENBITCH (Daniel Hartlaub, 2000) and CHUCK
(Alex Turner, 1999). 6pm: GODASS (Esther Bell, 2000), preceded by
"AEROBICIDE" BY JULIE RUIN (Kathleen Hannah and Sadie Benning, 1999).
6:30pm: SYSTEM NOISE (Josh Ferrazzano, 1999), preceded by "THERE'S ANOTHER
ONE" BY TV POW (Doug Lussenhop, 2000). 7pm: ZONA (Pierre Desir, 2000). 8pm:
ONCE AND FUTURE QUEEN (Todd Verow, 2000). 8:15pm: SEARCHING FOR ROGER
TAYLOR (Aaron Barnett, 1999), preceded by:"FRUSTRATION" BY ASSHOLE (Thomas
Patterson, 1999). 9pm: JOURNEY TO YOUR MIND'S EYE (shorts): EDGEWAYS
(Sandra Gibson, 1999), MEDIAN STRIP (James Schneider, 2000), THE QUEST
(Francois Miron, 1999), THE ULTRAWORLD (Francois Miron, 1997), FEY EYES PIN
HOLES DRUMS HUM (Thomas Comerford, 1999), ABANDONED DOLLS (Karl Staven,
1999), STANLEY (Suzie Templeton, 1999) and FAMILY PORTRAIT (Chris Harris,
1999). 10pm: WAITING (Patrick Hasson, 2000). 10:15pm: CELLULOID HEROES
(shorts): THE BIRTH OF CENTURY SAM (Jesse Brown, 2000), DEATH JERK OFF 2000
(Usama Alashaibi, 1999), LEE HAZLEWOOD IN NEW YORK (Michael Galinsky and
Suki Hawley, 2000), ABANDON BOB HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE (Kevin Kurytnik,
1997), JAPANESE COWBOY (Michael Kang, 2000), BIG POW (Vanessa Buccella,
2000), HOW TO BECOME A FILM FREAK IN SEVEN EASY LESSONS (Harald Schleicher,
1999), 4 VERTIGO (Les Leveque, 2000), THE PENNY MARSHALL PROJECT (Greg Pak,
1999) and WHO NEEDS HOLLYWOOD! THE STORY OF VIDEO PIONEER JOHN DORR AND
EZTV (Nina Rota, 2000). 10:30pm: MIGRATING FORMS (James Fotopoulos, 1999),
preceded by TWO CATS (James Fotopoulos, 1999). 10pm-2am: NEWCITY TAKES THE
FILMMAKERS BOWLING: Timber Lanes, 1851 West Irving Park Road. Festival
screenings take place at The Fine Arts Theater, 418 South Michigan Avenue
in Chicago; for more information, contact the festival organizers at (773)
327-3456 or in...@cuff.org.
8/23
Chicago, Illinois: The Chicago Underground Film Festival, Vedanta Gallery
and Temporary Services
http://www.temporaryservices.org
FLICKER: STOREFRONT WINDOW SCREENINGS OF EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
8:30 to 10:30pm: What happens when experimental film comes out of the
theater...its narrative collapsed into the moment a glimpse takes? You
round a corner and catch a ghostly flicker. What will you see there?
Flicker: A storefront screening of 16mm experimental film. For more
information, see August 22.
8/23
Los Angeles, California: BlueStudio
http://www.cine-nites.com/
CINE-NITES
7:30pm: Cine-Nites, a weekly screening of works on VHS, is held every
Wednesday at the Century City Playhouse located at 10508 W. Pico Boulevard
(between Beverly Glen and Overland) in Los Angeles.
8/23
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
CLASSIC CRAIG BALDWIN: ROCKETKITKONGOKIT AND WILD GUNMAN
8:30pm: We are pleased to present two incredible and rarely seen early
works from the king of found footage and frenetic stylings:
ROCKETKITKONGOKIT and WILD GUNMAN. For more information, see August 22.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2000
8/24
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Underground Film Festival
http://www.cuff.org/2000/program.html
FINAL DAY
5pm: BEST BAD BEHAVIOR (shorts): MEAT (Dylan Griffin, 2000), SHE-WOLF
(Frank Zirbel, 1999), LOVE GUN (Joe Winston, 2000), BASIC RULES OF
RESTAURANT ETIQUETTE (Jim Jacob, 2000), 4 WAYS HE TRIED TO TELL YOU (Jennet
Thomas, 1999) and URBAN SCRAWLS (Jamie Shenck, 2000). 5pm: SHADOWS AND
LIGHT (shorts): THE ONE HUNDRED YARD DASH FILM (AND THE RECORD BELONGS
TO...) (Kenneth Eisenstein, 1999), THE VYROTONIN DECISION (Matt McCormick,
1999), GRAND CENTRAL (Jeff Scher, 1999), 01-03-73 (Christopher Bravo,
1999), FILM (KNOUT) (Deco Dawson, 1999), THE ESCAPADES OF MADAME X (Kerry
Laitala and Isabel Reichert, 2000) and LES FANTOMES DE LUMIERE (Ray Harmon,
2000). 5:15pm: FREESTYLE (Kevin Fitzgerald, 2000), preceded by
EYEDOLLARTREE (Brian Beletic and Blood of Abraham, 1999) and STATE OF PLAY
(Milan Spasic, Tom Oldham and Shirley Hopkins, 1999). 6:30pm: MINDBOMBS
(shorts): TRICK OR TREAT (Ian Haig, 1999), MUFFIN (Usama Alshaibi, 1999),
LAST NIGHT (Brian Trecka and Paloma Boiles, 2000), CAN I GET YOU SOMETHING?
(Janice Inskeep, 2000), UNDIVIDED ATTENTION (David Ellsworth, 1999), THE
FIELD FAR AWAY (Ann Steuernagel, 1999), DO NOT RUIN YOUR CREDIT (Paul Kell
and Faisal Lutchmedial, 1999), PIGSKIN ORGASM 2: SIX AND INCHES (Jennifer
and Amber Cluck, 2000), P (Yuri A., 1999), THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT DAUMIER
(Matt Konicek, 1999), SHARONY (Jennet Thomas, 2000) and NEST OF TENS
(Miranda July, 2000). 7pm: MONDO EDUTAINMENT, a sin-sational collection of
educational (?) films from the personal collection of Danny Plotnick.
7:15pm: SUMMER OF SURVEILENCE (shorts): WE THE LIVING (SMX, 2000), SUNDAY
10:42 AM (Jonathan Green, 1999), YESTERMORROW (Brian Doyle, 1999), BIT
PLANE (Bureau of Inverse Technology, 1999), BEST IN BEEF (Britta Hosman and
Rob Smits, 1999), TARGET (Animal Charm, 1999), PRESERVE YOUR ESTATE (LIVE)
(Animal Charm, 1999), PIXAVE: DENOMINATOR (Matthew Biederman and Bart
Woodstrup, 1999) and THE HUMAN CAMERA (Jaak Kilmi, 1999). 9pm: Closing
Night Film: SUPERSTARLET A.D. (John Michael McCarthy, 2000), preceded by
PSYCHO SAMBA (Ian Haig, 1999). 10pm-2am: AWARDS AND CLOSING NIGHT PARTY at
The Empty Bottle, 1035 North Western Avenue. Festival screenings take place
at The Fine Arts Theater, 418 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago; for more
information, contact the festival organizers at (773) 327-3456 or
in...@cuff.org.
8/24
Chicago, Illinois: The Chicago Underground Film Festival, Vedanta Gallery
and Temporary Services
http://www.temporaryservices.org
FLICKER: STOREFRONT WINDOW SCREENINGS OF EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
8:30 to 10:30pm: What happens when experimental film comes out of the
theater...its narrative collapsed into the moment a glimpse takes? You
round a corner and catch a ghostly flicker. What will you see there?
Flicker: A storefront screening of 16mm experimental film. For more
information, see August 22.
8/24
Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Cinematheque
http://www.cia.edu/cinematheque.html
CONDO PAINTING (JOHN MCNAUGHTON, 2000)
7pm: New York painter George Condo, whose work combines classical art
training and a pop culture sensibility, is the subject of this
entertaining, outlandish new movie by the director of HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A
SERIAL KILLER and WILD THINGS. McNaughton employs animation, interviews,
and footage of Condo at work to create a "motion painting" that also
explains and visualizes Condo's belief in "Antipodal Beings," his imaginary
muses. Includes interviews with Condo's late friends Allen Ginsberg and
William S. Burroughs; music by Danny Elfman, Tom Waits, and Philip Glass.
This event will take place at the Russell B. Aitken Auditorium of the
Cleveland Institute of Art; call (216) 421-7450 for more information.
8/24
Long Island City, New York: Ocularis
http://www.billburg.com/ocularis/
DIVE-IN MOVIES: POOL OF LUST
8pm: Co-sponsored by P.S. 1. Jack Smith: "Juvenile does not equal shameful
and trash is the material of creators. It exists whether one approves or
not. You may not approve of the Orient but it's half the world and it's
where spaghetti came from. Trash is true of Maria Montez flix but so are
jewels, Cobra jewels and so is wondrous refinement." SINCERELY, JOE P. BEAR
(Matt McCormick, 1999): Polar bears, ice queens, lost love, and rejection.
Appropriated news clips from the 1960s combine with hand painted film to
tackle the momentous issue of how polar bears cope with heartbreak and
rejection. REMOVED (Naomi Uman, 1998): Equipped with nail polish remover,
Uman performs an emotional rescue of female desire from the unlikely space
of ‘70s moving-image pornography. SCOPITONE FILMS: WEB OF LOVE and THE
NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES (circa 1960s): Those sexy 60s jukebox flix of
zany, raunchy, and racy Franco-American pop songs. THE MORPHOLOGY OF DESIRE
(Robert Arnold, 1999): Romance novel covers morph in an endlessly looping
chain of desire. BREATHE (Jay Capela, 1994): Found-footage romantic comedy
about love, sex, power, and one couple's struggle to comprehend the chain
of events leading to the End of Romance. MOSHOLU HOLIDAY (George Kuchar,
1966): According to Kuchar, "A documentary-like movie about the Bronx and
its hell spawn filmed in hot weather and on location. Edited during the hot
weather...An appearance by 'Mrs. Bronx' herself, Frances Leibowitz, and her
girlfriend Iris, make this film a must-see for travel enthusiasts and
horror fans." ANOTHER KIND OF GREEN (Thad Povey, 1989): Let's play
house...The rhythm beckons, follow the sound of the drum. ASS DANCE (Cathy
Cook; 2000). THERE'S A PERVERT IN OUR POOL (Martha Colburn; 1998): A
cut-out, pop-up, over-board, under-ground animated
"psycho-spazz-u-mentary." INTERMISSION: a word from our sponsors: JUST FOR
YOU GIRLS (MM Serra; 1997), a Johnson's Baby Powder ad. TROPICAL ADVENTURE
TRAILERS in Glorious Technicolor! And our feature: COBRA WOMAN (Robert
Siodmak, 1944): Maria Montez stars as a jungle princess who commands the
island through her serpent-worshipping cult. A technicolor adventure
fantasy with every luxury: a menacing volcano, an evil twin, a friendly
chimp, a dashing savior, resplendent cobra dances; and lush Tahitian
topography. This event will take place at PS 1 Contemporary Art Center,
22-25 Jackson at 46th Avenue, Long Island City, New York. For more
information, contact Ocularis at (718) 388-8713.
8/24
San Francisco, California: Artists Television Access
http://www.atasite.org/
OPEN SCREENING
8pm: Open to anyone and everyone. Just bring your videos and super 8mm or
16mm short films to Artists Television Access by 7; the projector rolls at
8pm. Refreshments are available, and all submissions invited and
encouraged. Artists Television Access is located at 992 Valencia, San
Francisco. For more information, call (415) 824-3890.
8/24
San Jose, California: Cine16
http://www.cine16.com/
FILMS FROM THE UNDERGROUND
7pm: Strange, ciné16 occupying a subterranean cinemaspace, and yet we've
never broached the subject of our brethren (and sistren, in deference to
our Marxist/Feminist attendees) who toil along with us, sharing the
limestone drippings, old pipes, distant shufflings of overhead feet, and
skitterings of nearby and little-seen animals. Tonight, we celebrate some
elements of this netherworld we've called home, one night every week for
almost five years. CAVE COMMUNITY (Bert Van Bork, 1965): In another
dangerous assignment that virtually any other filmmaker would refuse
outright, Van Bork and his crew lower themselves into the Cumberland
Caverns in McMinnville, Tennessee, to film salamanders and other cave life.
WILDCAT (Dick McCutcheon, 1959): Here, we visit with the boys from the Big
Chief Drilling Company in Garfield County, Oklahoma, as they take ‘er down
6,750 feet over 22 days to find out if there's a drop down there. MINER
(Robin Spry, 1965): 4000 feet below the city of Sudbury, they're a pickin'
and a haulin', an environment in which the whole business of removing
earth-laden materials has gone beyond the simple words found in a job
description to instead define a culture in which its inhabitants spend at
least one-half of their waking existence in the absence of sunshine.
CAVERNS & GEYSERS (Paul Burnford, 1982): The legendary Burnford, who died
last year, had an amazing career that included editing Eisenstein's QUE
VIVA MEXICO, serving as an unwitting spy in WWII, and founding Film
Associates. Here, he takes us to sulphurous Yellowstone, and the Carlsbad
caverns. FIRE UNDER THE SEA: ORIGIN OF PILLOW LAVA (Lee Tepley, 1971): I'm
not sure just how he got these dangerous shots right at the lava vents on
the ocean floor, but Tepley's probable scaldings are our gain. How he chose
the guitar musings for a soundtrack is another question that bears
asking...Cine 16 is held at the Agenda Restaurant and Lounge, 399 South
First Street, San Jose, California, and admission is free.
8/24
Seattle, Washington: Blackchair Productions
http://www.microcinema.com
SUMMER INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE
7:30pm: This month's program of short films, videos and digital works from
around the world will feature the World Premier of FANSOM THE LIZARD by
Seattle's own Evan Mather (www.evanmather.com). Other artists include: Mark
O'Connell, Jen Sachs, Michiel van Bakel, Carolynne Hew, Lucy Lehman, Sheri
Wills, Kimberly Collmer, Lorelei Pepi, Irene Vassilas Streeter, and Sarah
Abbott. This event will be held at the Speakeasy Cafe's Backroom
Microcinema, 2304 2nd Avenue in Belltown, Seattle. For more information,
contact Joel S. Bachar at in...@blackchair.com or (206) 568-6051.
8/24
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
THE COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED PAUL'S PATIO BY PAUL KINCAID JAMIESON
8:30pm: What began a year ago as a mid-winter replacement has now become a
cult curiosity. PAUL'S PATIO...what need more be said about this wacky take
on being a working actor in Hollywood North. Each installment comes as a
surprise as Paul never seems to be in the same mood twice. He succeeds in
bringing off a multitude of characters and situations, from the witty and
urbane to the surreal and poignant. Here's your chance to see them all back
to back! At once hilarious and confusing, PAUL'S PATIO reminds us all of
the many facets of life, unlike him, we can only dream of exploiting.
Through his innate comic ability and seemingly endless talent for poking
fun at himself Paul continues to shine, even though his humour is rife with
cynicism...grab a Tiki cocktail and come on down to the patio! This event
is at the Blinding Light, 36 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more
information, call (604) 878-3366.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2000
8/25
Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Cinematheque
http://www.cia.edu/cinematheque.html
CONDO PAINTING (JOHN MCNAUGHTON, 2000)
9:15pm: New York painter George Condo, whose work combines classical art
training and a pop culture sensibility, is the subject of this
entertaining, outlandish new movie by the director of HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A
SERIAL KILLER and WILD THINGS. For more information, see August 24.
8/25
San Francisco, California: Artists Television Access
http://www.atasite.org/
JANE COTTIS'S SORORICIDE
8and 10pm: Familiar soap operas slide into the slippery world of dyke
drama; daytime soap divas interact with Cottis's characters, making new
lesbian liaisons. Toni cheats on GENERAL HOSPITAL's Bobby. In ONE LIFE TO
LIVE, Margo the Matriarchal Mad-Woman is in a love triangle with Vicki and
Dorian, and Max the ex-lesbian nun tries to win back Maggie's love and
compete with God. Your favorite soap-opera divas look and act the same, but
with the help of insightful editing and heartfelt role-playing, they take
on entirely new meanings (not to mention new love interests to pursue).
These screenings will be a benefit for Tilt (Teaching Intermedia Literacy
Tools). Director Jane Cottis will be present in person. Frameline, the
presenters of the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival will also be
showing a to-be-announced short. Artists Television Access is located at
992 Valencia, San Francisco. For more information, call (415) 824-3890.
8/25
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
TV CARNAGE: THE ATOM STRIKES
8:30pm: The first of two distinct evenings of pure TV scratch mixes, cable
oddities and boob-tube bouillabaisse served up with sonic static and
fizzling pop-rock edits. Friday features local cartoonist and Cinema Sewer
scribe Robin Bougie's latest edition of VIDEO SMEGMA entitled THE ATOM
STRIKES: What do Atomic Bomb tests, televangelists, baby-eating rednecks,
Mr. T, the Reagans, Elvis, Johnny Cash, a 1930s stag film, and badly
behaving pets have to do with each other? You must witness THE ATOM STRIKES
for the fantastic answer! This event is at the Blinding Light, 36 Powell
Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call (604) 878-3366.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2000
8/26
Houston, Texas: Aurora Picture Show
http://www.aurorapictureshow.org
70 PERCENT WATER, 30 PERCENT ANXIETY
7 and 9pm: Curated by documentary filmmaker and director of SECRET PEOPLE
Laura Harrison; Harrison in person. Mediamakers of all genders take on body
image, exposing America's long-standing love-hate relationship with the
human form. Films will include Jon Schenk's NAKED TO THE WORLD, Jan
Krawitz's MIRROR, MIRROR, Porter Gale and Laleh Soomekh's XXXY, Laura
Murray's SLENDER EXISTENCE, Tom Di Maria and Jane Wagner's TOM'S FLESH,
Ngozi Onwurah's THE BODY BEAUTIFUL and Gail Noonan's YOUR NAME IN
CELLULITE. The Aurora Picture Show is located at 800 Aurora Street,
Houston, Texas. For more information, contact Andrea Grover at
gro...@aurorapictureshow.org or (713) 868-2101.
8/26
San Francisco, California: Artists Television Access
http://www.atasite.org/
JANE COTTIS'S SORORICIDE
8 and 10pm: Familiar soap operas slide into the slippery world of dyke
drama; daytime soap divas interact with Cottis's characters, making new
lesbian liaisons. For more information, see August 25.
8/26
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
TV CARNAGE: DEMENTIA FEEDBAG
8:30pm: The second of two distinct evenings of pure TV scratch mixes, cable
oddities and boob-tube bouillabaisse served up with sonic static and
fizzling pop-rock edits. DEMENTIA FEEDBAG: Lick those lips, because there's
a trough full of mutilated clips just waiting to be slurped up! It's gonna
be an old fashioned video carnage pow-wow from the depths of Cyberia!
Featuring Gary Coleman being hit on by a 50-year-old toyshop owner, an
argument between Vanilla Ice and Burt Reynolds, and Darby O'Gill eyeing
Gary Busey at a strip club. See rare classics such as SAINT VITUS' STEW and
SWAMP ZOMBIES, and marvel at the previously unreleased MONKEY MADNESS and
GRUNTS, GROANS, AND SCREAMS. Cheap, neo-classic entertainment for you to
chaw on...all brought to you by Viro Virostek, Matt Anderson and their
loose collective of "gnu media artists." This event is at the Blinding
Light, 36 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call
(604) 878-3366.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2000
8/27
Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado-Boulder
SUNDAY EVENING WITH BRAKHAGE
7:30pm: Each Sunday evening Stan Brakhage is host for a gathering of
friends and film buffs to view films and videotapes from his incredible
collection. For more details, see August 20.
8/27
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Flicker Film Festival
http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/flicker/
OPEN SCREENING: FLICKER #30
8pm: Flicker welcomes filmmakers' Super 8 and 16mm short films. We also
accept film transferred to VHS. The only requirements are that it originate
on film (or an alternative source like pixel vision) and that it be less
than 15 minutes long. This screening will be held at the Cat's Cradle, 300
East Main St. Carrboro, North Carolina. For more information, call (919)
967-9053.
8/27
Houston, Texas: Aurora Picture Show
http://www.aurorapictureshow.org
70 PERCENT WATER, 30 PERCENT ANXIETY
3pm: Curated by documentary filmmaker and director of SECRET PEOPLE Laura
Harrison; Harrison in person. Mediamakers of all genders take on body
image, exposing America's long-standing love-hate relationship with the
human form. For more information, see August 26.
8/27
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
IDERA PRESENTS NICARAGUA: NO PASARAN (DAVID BRADBURY, 1985)
7:30pm: This film profiles Tomas Borge, the only surviving founder of the
original Sandinista movement, in order to capture the human face of
Nicaragua's troubled revolution. For years Nicaragua suffered under the
brutal dictatorship of General Somoza. The film describes this period of
Nicaraguan history simply, and explains the extraordinary events that led
to the formation and eventual coming to power of the revolutionary
Sandinista movement. One by one, the film explores the truth or otherwise
of various accusations. Were the Sandinistas just puppets that danced to
the tune of Moscow and Cuba? Why was the Pope shouted down by tens of
thousands of angry Nicaraguans at his mass rally in Managua in 1983?
Through Borge's charismatic personality the history and spirit of this most
unusual revolution is given voice. Guest speakers in attendance. This event
is at the Blinding Light, 36 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more
information, call (604) 878-3366.
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