Preceded by short:Un Chien Delicieux (Ken Feingold, U.S., 1991). Lo Me Akha, a Burmese man living in the Golden Triangle of Thailand, tells of his 1946 visit to Paris where he met André Breton and his circle of Surrealists. Includes a canine cooking demonstration. (18:45 mins, Color, 3/4" video, From EAI)The Clarendons, Clark and Julia J., pioneered wildlife cinema at the turn of the century. Between 1896 and 1936 these two exemplary adventurers traveled frequently to the Dark Continent, making thirty-seven wildlife and ethnographic films. Affiliated with N.Y.'s American Natural History Museum, the Clarendons were driven by a clearheaded desire to educate, to bring the exotic and the unknown to Western eyes. But their project was ultimately greater than the simple recording of the strange and unfamiliar. Underlying their efforts was a longing to preserve the natural world and its primitive cultures. Celluloid was one medium of preservation, taxidermy another area where the Clarendons excelled. Don Bernier's uncanny Suture traces the exploits of these consummate explorers who braved disease, danger, and hostile tribespeople to bring their film spectacles to our shores. Highlighted is Clark Clarendon's final achievement, the epic diorama, Hall of Africa-the most advanced display of cultural capture to date.-Steve Seid