The Inquiring Camera

8/2/03 to 8/28/03

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  • A GRIN WITHOUT A CAT

    • Thursday, August 28 7:30

    Long-awaited theatrical release! In 1968, revolution was in the air. Did it make it to the ground? Chris Marker's far-reaching look at the sixties as they turned into the seventies explores the international Left with all the wit and searching wisdom we expect from this director. "The documentary equivalent of the bon mot."-Village Voice

  • 'ÂSHÛRÂ': THIS BLOOD SPILLED IN MY VEINS

    • Tuesday, August 26 7:30

    A fascinating exploration of ritual and history, this is a document of 'Âshûrâ', the annual commemoration in Lebanon of the slaughter of the grandson of the prophet Muhammad. Intercut with the ritual of lamentation is commentary by Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, and the director Jalal Toufic.

  • FOR ONE MORE HOUR WITH YOU

    • Thursday, August 21 7:30

    Alina Marazzi explores the life of the mother she barely knew. "A strikingly intimate biography told through Marazzi's compassionate mediation. Engrossing but not cheerful, this honest film is a must-see."-Variety. With short On My Knees.

  • A BIBÓ READER

    • Tuesday, August 19 7:30

    This lyrical film from Hungarian Péter Forgács, set to a haunting soundtrack by Tibor Szemö, explores the world and times of István Bibó, a political thinker of intelligence and compassion.

  • REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS TO COME

    • Tuesday, August 19 9:00

    A "second chance" screening, by popular demand! The latest masterful cine-essay from Chris Marker expands a portrait of the photographer Denise Bellon into an intellectual and emotional history of 20th-century France.

  • TIE XI QU: WEST OF THE TRACKS-PART THREE: RAILS

    • Saturday, August 16 7:00

  • THE DAMNED AND THE SACRED

    • Thursday, August 14 7:30

    "Acclaimed Dutch documaker Jos de Putter has found a deeply moving way to talk about the war in Chechnya-from the unexpected perspective of a children's folk dance company. Few will view the Chechens the same way after seeing these passionate performances [and] the kids' dramatic backgrounds [in] a film that is resolutely non-sentimental in approach."-Variety

  • INTOXICATED BY MY ILLNESS

    • Tuesday, August 12 7:30

    A new work by veteran Stephen Dwoskin gives intoxicating poetic meaning to the term intensive care. "At the...more naked extreme of personal cinema...[a] masterpiece."-Senses of Cinema. With Dwoskin shorts Another Time and Some Friends (Apart).

  • TIE XI QU: WEST OF THE TRACKS-PART TWO: REMNANTS

    • Saturday, August 9 7:00

  • TRIAL

    • Thursday, August 7 7:30

    Prize-winner at the Tribeca Film Festival, Moslem Mansouri's Trial captures a passion for filmmaking-offbeat by nature, amateur by choice-that defies the law in a small village in Iran. With The Lost Film.

  • THE LOST FILM

    • Thursday, August 7 7:30

    In The Lost Film Lebanese feature filmmakers Hadjithomas and Joreige, on the trail of a disappeared print in Yemen, "pose perplexing questions in a deceptively simple format."-Variety. With Trial.

  • AH! THE HOPEFUL PAGEANTRY OF BREAD AND PUPPET

    • Tuesday, August 5 7:30

    DeeDee Halleck in Person. If you're weary of that other sideshow, you're probably ready for the joyful political circus that is Bread and Puppet Theater. Paper Tiger TV veteran DeeDee Halleck and Tamar Schumann discover a true society of spectacle around an annual pageant celebrating its tenth anniversary.

  • TIE XI QU: WEST OF THE TRACKS-PART ONE: RUST

    • Saturday, August 2 7:00

    "One of the year's most essential films"-Village Voice. This three-part documentary acclaimed for its artistic integrity is a fantastic journey through an industrial empire in decay: "A vivid picture of...China, between communist legacy and capitalist leanings. Director Wang Bing uncovers the dramatic in the everyday, all the while maintaining a supremely elegant, tableau-like camera style."-Variety. Continues August 9 and 16.