Masochism in Michael Haneke’s La Pianiste & Catherine Breillat’s Romance Jon Davies, 2003 “It is the common business of sacrifice to bring life and death into harmony, to give death the upsurge of life, life the momentousness and the vertigo of death opening on to the unknown. Here life …
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! | 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! | 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! | 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 …
In this section, we take a look at how discourses of development and technological change participate in broader processes of social reproduction.
The Velvet Mafia’s We Know Where You Live: a post-punk queer glam rock extravaganza!