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Wednesday, Mar 11, 2026
7 PM (71 mins)
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Kill the Documentary
A tribute to the late filmmaker, critic, and teacher Jill Godmilow, this program consists of Harun Farocki’s blistering demonstration of the murderous mechanisms of capitalism, Inextinguishable Fire (1969)—which, through deadpan performance and editing, describes Dow Chemical’s corporate structure and the company’s development of napalm—along with Godmilow’s shot-for-shot remake, What Farocki Taught (1998), and Joyce Wieland’s whimsical yet profound Rat Life and Diet in North America. Godmilow provocatively stated of this film, “I don’t think there’s a more important film about the Vietnam War, or any war for that matter.”
Films in this Screening
Rat Life and Diet in North America
Joyce Wieland, Canada, United States, 1968
FILM DETAILS
Print Info
- Color
- 16mm
- 16 mins
source
- CFMDC
Inextinguishable Fire
Harun Farocki, West Germany, 1969
FEATURING
Harun Farocki
Hanspeter Krüger
Eckart Kammer
Caroline Gremm
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Harun Farocki
Cinematographer
- Gerd Conradt
Print Info
- B&W
- DCP
- 25 mins
source
- Harun Farocki GbR
What Farocki Taught
Jill Godmilow, United States, 1998
FILM DETAILS
Print Info
- Color
- 16mm
- 30 mins
source
- Canyon Cinema
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