A.N.S.W.E.R. Film Series
Archive for 2007
Amandla
February 8, 2007 – 7:30 pm
“Song is what keeps us alive.” — Lindiwe Zulu (Freedom Fighter) The power of song to communicate, motivate, console, unite and, ultimately, beget change: That ideal, gloriously realized, lies at the heart of director Lee Hirsch’s inspiring feature film documentary. “Amandla!” tells the story of Black South African freedom music and reveals the central role… Read more »
07FEB07 playlist: Hugo Ball Room Drive-by Nanocinema
February 7, 2007 – 6:30 pm
Several films (1890s) by the Lumiere brothers Nanook of the North (1922) by Robert Flaherty Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947) by Hans Richter Darklight (1998-99) document of exhibit by filmmaker Saul Levine The images from these films were seen free of charge by all who cared to stop and watch on this rainy evening.
THE MIND IS A LIAR AND A WHORE
February 3, 2007 – 8:00 pm
» More images Berkeley filmmaker Antero Alli’s newest feature returns to the post-911 terrain of his 2002 film “Hysteria” in this hilariously twisted tale of a household of dreamers whose lives are unexpectedly interrupted by an alleged bioterrorist attack in their city. Ona, a webcast diva with her own show, thinks the feds are staging… Read more »
Battles Beyond War
January 28, 2007 – 8:00 pm
» More images The series of wars in the Balkans that marked the violent breakup of Yugoslavia held international attention for a while. No longer in the limelight of spectacular tragedies, what can be learned from this region about the lasting challenges of social reconstruction? What can be learned from the oversights of international projects… Read more »
noise+video: xambuca/sutekh/magnetic stripper
January 27, 2007 – 8:00 pm
XAMBUCA is the ongoing solo project of a one ChandraShukla. The approaches to what make XAMBUCA unique are that they are ever changing and dependent on whosoever XAMBUCA collaborates with. Often categorized as “noise” or “experimental,” there is no assurance that XAMBUCA’s next sonic attempt will have anything to do remotely with those presumptive associations…. Read more »
noise+video
January 27, 2007 – 8:00 pm
XAMBUCA is the ongoing solo project of a one Chandra Shukla. The approaches to what make XAMBUCA unique are that they are ever changing and dependent on whosoever XAMBUCA collaborates with. Often categorized as noise or experimental, there is no assurance that XAMBUCA’s next sonic attempt will have anything to do remotely with those presumptive… Read more »
Science, Skull Punching and Metal Moms:
January 26, 2007 – 8:00 pm
» More images Take a glimpse at the work being produced by America’s newest batch of filmmakers. Honest and innovative with an underlying sense of humor, these short works were produced apart from the mainstream, dwelling in a realm of their own. Program: “Metal Mom,” a documentary by Claire Houghtalen, illustrates the relationship between a… Read more »
IbÈria
January 20, 2007 – 8:00 pm
» More images IbÈria is an hour-long, hybrid-genre film whose main ingredients are esoterica, poetry, ethnic pastiche, and camp humor. An atmosphere of paranoid desire builds on the cusp of some demise; a fictional totalitarian empire goes under. The film opens with a non-sequitur, presenting itself as the visual fragments of a spiritual journey made… Read more »
Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del Subdesarrollo)
January 11, 2007 – 7:30 pm
The word “subdesarrollo” or underdevelopment plagues everyone who lives in Latin America. It may mean a colonized economy or insufficient industrial development, or it just may come to mean the idea that foreign is better. The Cuban film MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, deals with this topic of underdevelopment in a number… Read more »
Czech Dream (Ceský sen)
January 2, 2007 – 8:00 pm
Czech Dream documents the largest consumer hoax the Czech Republic has ever seen. Filip Remunda and Vit Klusak, two of Eastern Europes most promising young documentary filmmakers, set out to explore the psychological and manipulative powers of consumerism by creating an ad campaign for something that didnt exist. The campaign (designed by a renowned advertising… Read more »