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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 |
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MAXIMIZING THE FLAT PLANE “Wee, it is a film zat eez hand painted and scratched, it ezz about, how you say? de abstraction, colour, and de music.” – James Magrini INVISIBLE CITY “Invisible City was filmed in Detroit over the course of three years. Inspired by Italo Calvino’s ‘Le città invisibili,’ in which the Italian author suggests that what constitutes a city is not so much its physical structure but the impression it makes upon its visitors. The film is loosely organized into four segments representing spring, summer, fall, and winter.” – Jack Cronin OF KIN AND KIND Evanston, September 25, 1993: Robert O’Dubaine is shot twice in his garage. Although the police initially assume mafia involvement, it quickly becomes apparent that the killing was masterminded by the victim’s fiancée, Catherine Suh, and carried out by her 19-year old brother Andrew. Of Kin and Kind uncovers the history behind these Korean-American siblings, Told mainly through Andrew’s voice, this film reveals the complex and tragic backstory of the Suh family, highlighting issues of traditional roles and values, the struggles of assimilation, and the ambiguous line separating obligation and choice. SUNSET CODA “In 1984, I traveled with my family to my mother's birthplace of Chi Chi Jima. Sunset Coda highlights an exchange between my brother, my mother and me involving US citizenship and World War III. The third part in a trilogy (of sorts) that also includes SECURITY ANTHEM and HYMN OF RECKONING.” – Kent Lambert HELEN A/B + DAS MEER (Helen A/B + the Sea) 731: TWO VERSIONS OF HELL 731: Two Versions of Hell is both a documentary about Japan's World War II biological weapons facility, Unit 731, and a demonstration of the power of historical revisionism.
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