Artists' Television Access

Author: Fara

  • OC: PSYCHO-GEO: MX

    VAZQUEZ’ MAIZ + LEWISON + MEJIA +

    It’s Indigenous People’s Day, and we are overjoyed to welcome back Gustavo Vazquez, SFAI grad and UCSC prof, with his new doc on the beloved seed culture of Qaxaca, The Keepers of the Corn. Gustavo presents the story of the native species as told by the indigenous famers, artisans, and cooks whose ancestors shepherded the ever-evolving seeds from the dawn of agriculture into the 21st Century–a story of collective labor and food sovereignty spanning more than 350 generations! ALSO in person is Alex Mejia, with the world premiere of Franciscan Inscriptions, his astonishing collage-essay on the role of Franciscan monks in the contradictory colonial struggle for the spread of written literacy in the New World. PLUS Pulque, Sarah Lewison‘s (Fat of the Land) own paean to the native Meso-American diet, here on the production of this cactus-based beverage. AND: Through respective clips we pay tribute to two Mexican maestros who passed away last year: Gregorio Rocha and Lourdes Portillo. Pulque tastings! $14

  • Cine+Mas: Insular

    Insuler

    Dir: Hector Manuel Valdez, 2022 Dominican republic 112 min

    Shipwrecked on a deserted island following a perilous migrant smuggling trip from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, a man confronts the deafening silence of isolation and questions the promise of a better life that compelled him to leave his home. As he struggles to survive in his newfound solitude, his grip on reality is tested by an unexpected encounter on the island, forcing him to confront his deepest fears and make a fateful decision between the uncertain dangers of the outside world and a solitary existence on the island.

    Un sobreviviente de un viaje en yola rumbo a Puerto Rico lucha por sobrevivir en una isla desierta. Con el paso del tiempo, el náufrago aprende a vivir con lo que le ofrece la isla. Sin embargo, a medida que las líneas de la realidad se van difuminando, un giro inesperado le hace cuestionar su razón para irse mientras se aferra a un recuerdo doloroso.

    Ticket link: https://cinemas16.eventive.org/schedule/insular-66ed09877905bf00915c01ff

  • OC: PSYCHO-GEO: US

    SHERMAN + NERBURN + CAPLAN +

    Our second Program on Place claims a field-of-view as far and wide as Planet Pluto, boasts eight premieres, and features four of the makers in person! Cal Poly‘s Lana Caplan pops in with a book- launch and a new movie on SoCal beach milieux, before Catherine Finsness debuts her enlightening doc on Eclipse Chasers (with Kelly Sears‘ classic Maximum Umbra as complement). Arlin Golden contextualizes his provocative Balloon Boy, and David Sherman sends in DiElectric Drift, his filmic record of a pilgrimage to Robert Smithson‘s Spiral Jetty. Peggy Nelson shares Manhatta II, on the covid-period “abstraction” of NYC streets, while Diane Nerwen‘s Boom shows us the same de-populated city, but from a penthouse perspective. PLUS Nik Nerburn‘s Minnesota doll-house psycho-drama, If A Man Wanted to Disappear, Travis Wilkerson‘s aforementioned Pluto Declaration, and a sublime 16mm circle around Richard Attenborough‘s beautiful Baobob. Free postcards! $12