Documentary Voices 2016
Documentary Voices 2016
February 10–April 13, 2016
A selection of recent and historical films that extend the documentary form in provocative ways. With Alan Berliner as our first Les Blank Lecturer.
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Primary
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First Cousin Once Removed
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Maidan. Courtesy Cinema Guild.
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Suitcase of Love and Shame
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Films - Past
Films - Past
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Past Films
First Cousin Once Removed
Alan Berliner
United States, 2013Wednesday, February 10 7 PMView DetailsLes Blank Lecture by Alan Berliner
Berliner’s most recent film is a portrait of his cousin and mentor, Edwin Honig, a renowned poet who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. “Heartbreaking, haunting, and unexpectedly heartening” (LA Times). With short Everywhere at Once.
Maidan
Sergei Loznitsa
Ukraine/Netherlands, 2014Wednesday, February 17 7 PMView DetailsA bracing portrait of resistance and revolution, Maidan tracks the riots in Kiev’s Maidan Square from peaceful protest to violent confrontation. “An impressive, bold treatment of a complex subject” (Variety).
One Cut, One Life
Lucia Small, Ed Pincus
United States, 2014Wednesday, February 24 7 PMView DetailsRenowned autobiographical filmmaker Ed Pincus returns to documentary cinema with this self-reflective look at mortality, relationships, and trauma, made in collaboration with Lucia Small. “Thorny, tender, and unvarnished” (LA Times).
Primary
Albert Maysles, D. A. Pennebaker, Robert Drew
United States, 1960Wednesday, March 9 7 PMView DetailsA cinema-verité treatment of John F. Kennedy’s campaign against Hubert Humphrey during the 1960 primary race, Primary ranks among the most influential documentaries of the postwar period.
The Pearl Button
Patricio Guzmán
Chile/France/Spain, 2015Wednesday, March 16 7 PMView DetailsGuzmán (Nostalgia for the Light) continues his excavation of Chile’s hidden past by using the theme of water to tie together strands of history and natural history in Patagonia.
Suitcase of Love and Shame
Jane Gillooly
United States, 2013Wednesday, April 13 7 PMView DetailsA found suitcase of reel-to-reel audiotapes, containing recorded love letters between a married man and his lover, is the origin story behind this reconstruction of their affair, using minimal, evocative images.