Tuesday,
February 23 at 7pm
Descent:
Three Stories of Family
Director
and series curator LeAnn Erickson in person
Descent:
Three Stories of Family features documentaries that
explore familial relationships, personal stories and cultural
traditions. Investigating the human landscape through the lens
of three distinct stylistic approaches, this documentary program
highlights and deconstructs the theme of family.
Folk
Songs
dir.
LeAnn Erickson, US, 2007, digital video, 12 mins, color
In
1913, Sophia and Dimitry Makedonsky were teenagers when they
left the Ukraine for the US. Their granddaughter LeAnn Erickson
often heard stories of ‘the old country’. As Erickson travels
to Russia, the search for a sense of place sparks a reexamination
of her family’s immigrant past.
Images
of Flying and Falling
dir.
Ariana Gerstein, US, 2001, digital video, 24 mins, color
Photographic
images are shadows of lost people. Mourning the loss of her
grandmother Martha, Ariana Gerstein uses the only pictures she
has, taken near the end of her grandmother's life. But Martha
is so much more than those images. Images of Flying and
Falling asks the viewer, what is reality and how do we
shape it in the age of personal computers?
No
Man is an Island
dir.
Sonja Linden, Finland, 2006, 16mm, 40 mins, color, Finnish w/
English subtitles
Krister
Linden has lived alone on an island off of Finland for over
a decade. His daily rituals include general caretaking, a phone
call to his wife on the mainland and carpentry work on his casket.
His classic jazz records and meticulous routine sustain him
through the days and the seasons. Filmmaker Sonja Linden follows
her father through a year of seclusion, emerging with an intimate
portrait told with humor and loving respect.
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