ORINOKO, NEW WORLD at Anthology Film Archives
Dec
3
6:45 PM18:45

ORINOKO, NEW WORLD at Anthology Film Archives

32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)
New York, NY 10003 USA

Curators Jesse Lerner and Luciano Piazza in attendance!

Surreal and multi-faceted, ORINOKO presents a speechless vision of the history of Venezuela and the Orinoco River basin before and after conquest. Among the participating figures are Europeans such as Columbus, Walter Raleigh, and Alexander von Humboldt, but seen through the eyes of the indigenous peoples whose lives were upended by colonization.

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ORG by Fernando Birri at Anthology Film Archives
Dec
2
7:15 PM19:15

ORG by Fernando Birri at Anthology Film Archives

32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)
New York, NY 10003 USA

Luciano Piazza and Jesse Lerner in attendance!

ORG, a colossal, nearly three-hour long film that’s only rarely been screened since it premiered at the 1979 Venice Film Festival, is the work in which he took the next step, trying to synthesize militant cinema and formal experimentation.

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AMÉRIKA, TERRA INCÓGNITA at Anthology Film Archives
Dec
1
9:00 PM21:00

AMÉRIKA, TERRA INCÓGNITA at Anthology Film Archives

32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)
New York, NY 10003 USA

Presented by Isabel Arredondo

The final part in the trilogy, AMÉRIKA, TERRA INCÓGNITA comprises a series of tableaux vivants offering a visual journey into the reverse perspective of European colonialism – the journey of a captive Indian into the Spanish court.

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ORINOKO, NEW WORLD at Anthology Film Archives
Dec
1
6:30 PM18:30

ORINOKO, NEW WORLD at Anthology Film Archives

32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)
New York, NY 10003 USA

Presented by Isabel Arredondo

Surreal and multi-faceted, ORINOKO presents a speechless vision of the history of Venezuela and the Orinoco River basin before and after conquest. Among the participating figures are Europeans such as Columbus, Walter Raleigh, and Alexander von Humboldt, but seen through the eyes of the indigenous peoples whose lives were upended by colonization.

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BOLÍVAR, TROPICAL SYMPHONY at Anthology Film Archives
Dec
1
4:30 PM16:30

BOLÍVAR, TROPICAL SYMPHONY at Anthology Film Archives

32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)
New York, NY 10003 USA

Presented by Isabel Arredondo

In the 1980s, the multifaceted Venezuelan artist, painter, and filmmaker Diego Rísquez (who passed away in January 2018) undertook the daunting project of creating a trilogy of films about the real and mythical histories of the Latin American continent. The first part of the trilogy, and Rísquez’s feature debut, was BOLÍVAR, TROPICAL SYMPHONY, which became the first Super 8 film to be selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Recycled Cinema at Anthology Film Archives
Nov
29
9:15 PM21:15

Recycled Cinema at Anthology Film Archives

32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)
New York, NY 10003 USA

Jesse Lerner and Luciano Piazza in attendance!

In the spirit of Oswald de Andrade’s landmark 1928 provocation, the Manifesto Antropófago, this program features works that engage in found footage filmmaking, a subaltern practice of decolonization and critique through the collage of appropriated images and audio.

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DREAMS OF SUITCASES AND A BLUE LOBSTER AT ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
Nov
29
8:00 PM20:00

DREAMS OF SUITCASES AND A BLUE LOBSTER AT ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES

32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)
New York, NY 10003 USA

This program highlights some less familiar short films that share surrealist preoccupations, including the Colombian treasure THE BLUE LOBSTER, Argentine photographer Horacio Coppola’s TRAUM (SUEÑO) (made while he was studying at the Bauhaus), and THE SUITCASE by renowned Chilean director Raúl Ruiz.

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