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  • Vincent Moon and Lulacruza – Esperando el Tsunami

    A documentary film and “visual album,” Esperando el Tsunami is a collaborative project from Vincent Moon – who the New York Times recently referred to as the “prodigious French filmmaker who reinvented the music video” – and Colombian/Argentinean musicians Lulacruza. Created on the road while traveling across Colombia for two months, the film follows Lulacruza as they meet and improvise with traditional and indigenous musicians throughout the region. The trio examines in detail the diversity and strength of community through music.

     

    Hosted by Amina Bayou of The Front Corner and Federico Ardila.  Federico Ardila is a native of Colombia who has been collecting music for as long as he can remember. He is particularly fascinated by Colombia’s amazingly deep and diverse musical landscape, and how eloquently it tells the stories of his country and his people.  Federico (aka DJ Papicultor) is a co-founder of La Pelanga (www.lapelanga.com), an Oakland-based DJ collective and a music blog that features the old and the new, the city and the village, bombardinos and autotune: cumbia, dancehall, afrobeat, salsa dura, soukous, champeta, kompa, hip hop, coupé decalé, currulao, and much more.  La Pelanga was actually born during a 2008 musical trip to Cali, Colombia with Lulacruza. Federico will share stories from behind the music and the musicians featured in Esperando el Tsunami.

    http://www.lapelanga.com/
    http://www.facebook.com/TheFrontCorner

  • Pacific Film Archive’s CineFiles Database

    CineFiles is an online database of scanned images of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, and other documents from the Pacific Film Archive Library’s extensive collection covering world cinema, past and present. Citations are available for all documents, and page images are available for documents with copyright clearance. New titles and document images are added daily.

    CineFiles currently includes documents on the films of more than 150 major international directors, materials describing silent Soviet cinema, PFA’s unique collection of exhibitor manuals, and expanded information on key films and filmmakers featured in BAM/PFA’s recently published book Radical Light documenting the history of avant garde and experimental film and video in the Bay Area, among other documents.

    http://cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/

  • Periwinkle Cinema Presents: Halloween Spook-tacular

    Sure, candy is a must-have during the Halloween time of year — but so is queer experimental film!  We here at Periwinkle Cinema are still not sure what has been going “bump” in the night (although we have a few ideas), but we do know that we have a horrifying lineup in store for you this month!  Join us for a night of unbridled terror, served with a side of camp.  Okay, a very, very generous helping of camp.  These films are guaranteed to give you nightmares — or, in the case of the righteous vengeance tale of Riot Ghoul, are guaranteed to be your feminist worst nightmare.  Featuring frightening flicks by many talented Bay Area artists including the legendary Mike Kuchar (in person), this screening is sure to satisfy even the most bloodthirsty of patrons!