Streaming—Ism, Ism, Ism: Experimental Cinema in Latin America

September 8–November 12, 2020

Discover the vital history and vibrant present of experimental filmmaking in Latin America with three programs of short works, introduced by curator and author Jesse Lerner and complemented by livestreamed conversations with filmmakers.

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Felipe Esparza: Pawqartampu
Manuel DeLanda: Ismism
Bruno Varela: Materia oscura

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Streaming: Countercultures and Undergrounds
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 8–10
Tuesday, September 8 All Day
Wednesday, September 9, 7 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Alfredo Gurrola, and Rolando Peña
A program of short films from Latin America united by their allegiance with countercultural movements, ideas, or expressions, from radical politics to underground art. Works by Enrique Pineda Barnet, Manuel DeLanda, Narcisa Hirsch, Sérgio Péo, Rolando Peña, and Alfredo Gurrola.
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Streaming: Countercultures and Undergrounds
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 8–10
Wednesday, September 9 All Day
Wednesday, September 9, 7 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Alfredo Gurrola, and Rolando Peña
A program of short films from Latin America united by their allegiance with countercultural movements, ideas, or expressions, from radical politics to underground art. Works by Enrique Pineda Barnet, Manuel DeLanda, Narcisa Hirsch, Sérgio Péo, Rolando Peña, and Alfredo Gurrola.
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Streaming: Countercultures and Undergrounds
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 8–10
Thursday, September 10 All Day
Wednesday, September 9, 7 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Alfredo Gurrola, and Rolando Peña
A program of short films from Latin America united by their allegiance with countercultural movements, ideas, or expressions, from radical politics to underground art. Works by Enrique Pineda Barnet, Manuel DeLanda, Narcisa Hirsch, Sérgio Péo, Rolando Peña, and Alfredo Gurrola.
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Streaming—Dark Matter: Collective, Singular, and Parodic Resistance
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 29–October 1
Tuesday, September 29 All Day
Wednesday, September 30, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Bruno Varela
These experimental films respond to Latin America’s history of social upheaval and violence with courageous commentary, poetic reflection, or satirical humor. Works by Grupo Los Vagos, Paz Encina, Bruno Varela, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Camilo Restrepo.
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Streaming—Dark Matter: Collective, Singular, and Parodic Resistance
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 29–October 1
Wednesday, September 30 All Day
Wednesday, September 30, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Bruno Varela
These experimental films respond to Latin America’s history of social upheaval and violence with courageous commentary, poetic reflection, or satirical humor. Works by Grupo Los Vagos, Paz Encina, Bruno Varela, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Camilo Restrepo.
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Streaming—Dark Matter: Collective, Singular, and Parodic Resistance
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 29–October 1
Thursday, October 1 All Day
Wednesday, September 30, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Bruno Varela
These experimental films respond to Latin America’s history of social upheaval and violence with courageous commentary, poetic reflection, or satirical humor. Works by Grupo Los Vagos, Paz Encina, Bruno Varela, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Camilo Restrepo.
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Streaming—Bilingual Aesthetics: Negotiations Between Languages
Program Available for Three Days Only, November 10–12
Tuesday, November 10 All Day
Thursday, November 12, 7 PM PST: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Ximena Cuevas, Alex Halkin, Poli Marichal, and Bruno Varela
The linguistic diversity of Latin America is unleashed in this program of short experimental works by Vincent Carelli and Dominique Gallois, Sérgio Péo, Felipe Esparza, Bruno Varela, Poli Marichal, Ximena Cuevas, and others.
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Streaming—Bilingual Aesthetics: Negotiations Between Languages
Program Available for Three Days Only, November 10–12
Wednesday, November 11 All Day
Thursday, November 12, 7 PM PST: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Ximena Cuevas, Alex Halkin, Poli Marichal, and Bruno Varela
The linguistic diversity of Latin America is unleashed in this program of short experimental works by Vincent Carelli and Dominique Gallois, Sérgio Péo, Felipe Esparza, Bruno Varela, Poli Marichal, Ximena Cuevas, and others.
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Streaming—Bilingual Aesthetics: Negotiations Between Languages
Program Available for Three Days Only, November 10–12
Thursday, November 12 All Day
Thursday, November 12, 7 PM PST: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Ximena Cuevas, Alex Halkin, Poli Marichal, and Bruno Varela
The linguistic diversity of Latin America is unleashed in this program of short experimental works by Vincent Carelli and Dominique Gallois, Sérgio Péo, Felipe Esparza, Bruno Varela, Poli Marichal, Ximena Cuevas, and others.
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Streaming—Ism, Ism, Ism: Experimental Cinema in Latin America

September 8–November 12, 2020

Ism, Ism, Ism is the first comprehensive, US-based film program and publication to treat the full breadth of Latin America’s vibrant experimental film production. These three streaming screenings from the touring series feature key historical and contemporary works from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the United States. Revisiting classic names and forms from the experimental canon, these programs place them within a completely novel scope and breadth. The film series takes both the aficionado and the open-minded viewer on a journey into a wealth of materials culled from the forgotten corners of Latin American film archives, integrated with recent production from across the continent.

—Los Angeles Filmforum

These programs include recorded introductions by curator and author Jesse Lerner, complemented by livestreamed conversations with...

—Los Angeles Filmforum

These programs include recorded introductions by curator and author Jesse Lerner, complemented by livestreamed conversations with filmmakers. Each program is available for a limited time. See the individual program listings for dates and details.

For information on online presentations of other programs in the Ism, Ism, Ism series, visit lafilmforum.org. The series is accompanied by the bilingual publication Ism, Ism, Ism: Experimental Cinema in Latin America, coedited by Jesse Lerner and Luciano Piazza and published by University of California Press.

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These three programs are made possible as part of the Los Angeles Filmforum series Ism, Ism, Ism: Experimental Cinema in Latin America, organized by Los Angeles Filmforum as part of Pacific Standard Time: LALA, and supported by the Getty Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. Online guest presentations at BAMPFA are made possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. We thank Brenda Contreras, Adam Hyman, and Jesse Lerner for their invaluable assistance.