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The veracity of history is made visible, audible, and tangible. Embodying the principle of “Art as modes of truth production,” strap in for a sensory examination of the varying forms of aggression enacted by those with power as a means of dominance.

 

Sept 28: Q&A with filmmakers

 

This short film program includes the following films:

The Cavalry
Alina Orlov, Canada/USA/Israel (17 min)

Using a semi-documentary approach, newcomer Alina Orlov highlights the brutal desensitization techniques used to condition Israeli police horses in the West Bank.

 


Flowers
José Cardoso, Ecuador/South Africa (30 min)

Filmmaker José Cardoso streams disparate details of a war in Ukraine, “justified” by a string of seemingly unconnected events as an ethnocide unfolds in the Amazon. The duties of parenthood routinely interrupt the onslaught of tense imagery, granting gentle moments in the garden with his young son.

 


Man Number 4
Miranda Pennell, UK (10 min)

A startling confrontation with a photograph taken in Gaza, in December 2023 (which now exists on social media), triggers questions about what it means to be an onlooker.

 


The Diary of a Sky
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lebanon (45 min)

A self-described ‘Private Ear,’ Turner Prize winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan gathers, investigates, and analyzes audio and video recordings of Israeli fighter jets illegally infringing on the otherwise peaceful skies above Lebanon.

 

Community Partner

Director

Various

Country of Origin

Various

Year

2024

Language

Various with English subtitles

18+
102 min
Documentary Experimental & Avant Garde Human Rights & Social Justice Shorts Women Directors

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