Independent Visions: A Selection of Short Films

Vespucciland: The Great and Free: Pixilated characters performing a strange dance ritual set to the music of Poulenc (Rock Ross, 1982, 3 mins); Afternoon Visit: With snatches of dialogue shown on subtitles and brief fragments of action, the filmmaker shows the beginnings of a couple's relationship and uses different forms of architecture to reflect their different personalities (Tom Sime, 1982, 13 mins); Tummy Vision: A TV set comes to life in front of the children who religiously watch it (Mendel Marks, 1982, 10 mins, animated); Lost Room: Excerpts from an idea about an imaginary reality located in the mind (Hermann Lederle, 1982, 8 mins); Sewing Woman: The subject of the film is Dong's mother who came from war-torn China to a new life in America. (Arthur Dong, 1980-82, 14 mins); Jude: A film about our changing memories of the Holocaust. (Drew Klausner, 1982, 9 mins); 39, Single and Pregnant: The film traces the experiences of a single mother. (Christine Wynne, 1981, 18 mins).

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