Experimental Exilic Documentaries: Jonas Mekas’s Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania & Trinh T-Minh-ha’s Surname Viet Given Name Nam Jon Davies, 2003 Jonas Mekas’s Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania and Trinh T. Minh-ha’s Surname Viet Given Name Nam are experimental documentary films about exile and displacement. While Mekas …
Surfaces, History, & ‘Noise’ in Derek Jarman’s Jubilee Jon Davies, 2003 Jubilee is a 1977 “fantasy documentary” by the British director Derek Jarman (Quinn-Meyler 130). His second feature, it stands out for me as his richest articulation of a particular time and place. The film was heavily influenced in …
| Contact us! | QADDAFI’S FEMALE BODYGUARDS: SHADOWS OF A LEADER United Kingdom – United States – Libya Documentaries of the World2004 / DVD / Colour / 60 min PRODUCTION TEAMDirector : Rania AjamiScript : Photography : Rania Ajami, Micah SchafferEditor : Rania Ajami, Stephanos GeroulanosCast : Back QADDAFI’S FEMALE BODYGUARDS: SHADOWS OF …
| Contact us! | MATZPEN Israel Documentaries of the World2003 / Video / Colour – B&W / 54 min PRODUCTION TEAMDirector : Eran TorbinerScript : Photography : Raanan Nachmias, Lewis Kerr, Christian MendEditor : Yuval OtsarCast : Back MATZPEN, ANTI ZIONIST ISRAELISMatzpen, the Israeli socialist organization, has never had more than a few …
| Contact us! | WITCHES IN EXILE United States – Ghana Documentaries of the World2004 / Video / Colour / 79 min PRODUCTION TEAMDirector : Allison BergScript : Photography : Amanda MicheliEditor : Frank KeraudrenCast : Back WITCHES IN EXILEAs much of Africa struggles to modernize, traditional beliefs are still deeply rooted, including …
| Contact us! | IN THE SHADOW OF GOLD MOUNTAIN Canada Documentaries of the World2004 / Video / Colour / 43 min PRODUCTION TEAMDirector : Karen ChoScript : Karen ChoPhotography : Michael WeesEditor : Susan ShanksCast : Back IN THE SHADOW OF GOLD MOUNTAINIn a journey that takes us from Montreal to Vancouver, …
| Contact us! | ZOHRE & MANOUCHEHR France Documentaries of the World2004 / Video / Colour / 70 min PRODUCTION TEAMDirector : Mitra FarahaniScript : Photography : Jérome KrumenackerEditor : Sou AbadiCast : Back ZOHRE & MANOUCHEHRHow can love and sexuality find a way through the myriad prohibitions and interdictions in contemporary Iranian …
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Spirit of the Street: Various artists from France collaborated on this street punk/redskin/oi compilation.