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SUMMARY:A Night of Live Storytelling with the Pod-Pod
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Doors 7:30p\nShow 8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”FREE RSVP” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#FFFFFF” outline_custom_hover_background=”#ADADCC” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000CD” shape=”round” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpartiful.com%2Fe%2FDG1naDUENhddnxudvUtU”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””]UnionDocs is thrilled to present a night of live storytelling from the deeply talented artists in the Pod-Pod\, our annual Lab for audio makers\, presented in partnership with Gilded Audio. In 6 brand new\, collaboratively produced audio pieces\, the Pod-Pod cohort explores different corners of UNDO’s current home of Ridgewood\, Queens through an adventurous blend of recorded tape and stage performance. \nSince mid-September\, the Pod-Pod has brought together a bold cohort of makers from a diverse set of practices and backgrounds to workshop independent audio projects of their own\, while simultaneously collaborating on a slate of new work – conceived\, researched\, produced\, and presented together from a blank canvas. The Pod-Pod participants have been honing their projects through the guidance and feedback of lead instructor Emmanuel Dzotzi\, program mentors John DeLore\, B.A. Parker\, and a roster of amazing guest artsts representing a broad spectrum of approaches to the medium. \nCarrying on UnionDocs’ overarching project of supporting and presenting new works grounded in our immediate neighbordhood\, these new pieces will spotlight a handful of the stories\, communities\, geographies\, and soundscapes that comprise our world along the Ridgewood / Bushwick border. What does it sound like when we and our neighbors dream\, grieve\, or offer simple gestures of care? How can we syncopate our everyday rhythms by just stopping to listen? And how can we transform what we hear by experiencing those sounds together? \nWe hope you’ll join us to celebrate a truly remarkable collection of place-based audio from this adventurous cohort of artists. \nDoors open at 7:30pm\, show starts at 8:00pm! Come through![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Meet the Pod!” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:45|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Londrina%20Solid%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”appear”][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153705″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Waverly Colville is an Emmy Award-winning producer and writer whose stories have been featured on CNBC\, Reuters\, HBO\, and The New Yorker. Her work has delved into topics such as the aftermath of the 2022 Buffalo shooting\, DACA\, psychedelic drugs\, and sexual assault. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri with degrees in investigative journalism and international peace studies. She was born in China\, grew up in Buffalo\, NY\, and currently lives in Brooklyn with her partner and dog\, Tati.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153712″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Esther de Rothschild is an educator and storyteller. She teaches filmmaking in high schools and runs story circles with elders. She’s directed and produced narrative and documentary films\, developed a mobilization platform called The Love Vote\, and taught Humanities to 7th-12th grade public school students. Her work is story-based and heart-centered. She recently delved into audio storytelling\, creating an intergenerational podcast called All I Can Tell You Is…[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153708″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Pam Keleigh is a nonfiction director and creative producer. She has directed a feature-length documentary\, short docs\, and branded content series. Her superpower is on-camera interviewing: She loves using the interview as a stage to explore big ideas and big feelings. She brings thoughtful insight with a friendly\, deeply curious\, and approachable style to every project. She holds an MFA in Documentary Media from Northwestern University and a BA in Cultural Studies from McGill University.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153707″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Born in India\, Swati Khurana is a New York-based writer\, artist\, arts organizer & Tarot reader. She edits flash fiction at the Asian American Writers Workshop and has received fellowships from NYFA\, Center for Fiction\, Vermont Studio Center\, Center for Book Arts & Jerome Foundation. Her art has been shown at the Brooklyn Museum\, DUMBO Arts Festival\, National Gallery of Warsaw & Smithsonian. Swati’s writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Good Girls Marry Doctors & Pete’s Candy Store.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153710″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Kae Bara Kratcha is a librarian and oral historian based in Queens. Their audio work focuses on queer and trans oral histories of the recent past and explores themes of mutual aid\, work\, anti-capitalism\, the internet and digital technologies\, and speculative futures. Kae is conducting an ongoing oral history of Dave’s Lesbian Bar and the music and mutual aid communities that sustain it. They received their MLS from Queens College (CUNY) and their Masters in Oral History from Columbia University.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153715″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Amanda Kari McHugh is the first double master’s recipient from the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY\, where she focused on engagement and multimedia journalism. Her work includes viral content\, such as a TikTok video on the Dobbs opinion leak with 140k views\, and award-winning audio projects like “Street Name Stories.” With bylines in The Texas Standard\, StoryCorps\, and more\, McHugh blends her film industry background with journalism\, focusing on arts\, culture\, and social issues[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153714″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Anja Nilsson is an international freelance audio producer\, reporter\, and writer. She tells stories through audio and print with a focus on immigration\, climate change\, and motherhood. Her work has also been featured on Reuters and NPR’s Planet Money. She studied audio documentary work at the Salt Institute and under Daniel Alarcón at the Columbia Journalism School.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153709″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Laurie Townshend is a filmmaker and educator. Raised by a Jamaican mother—the family’s eloquent griot—Laurie learned early that we shape stories; thereafter stories shape us. Her films include dramatic short The Railpath Hero\, Human Frequency Streetdocs\, and Charley. Her feature documentary\, A Mother Apart (‘24) won Audience Top 3 award at HotDocs and continues its extensive festival run. Laurie is thrilled to be taking her storytelling practice to the world of podcasts with That One Teacher.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153713″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]David Traynor hails from Dublin\, Ireland and has been living in NYC since 2016\, working as a Middle School Spanish and French Teacher. He started his audio journey in his teens working on a friend’s pirate radio station back in Ireland\, later working in college campus radio at Trinity College Dublin serving as the station’s Current Affairs Director. David has a passion for story-telling\, social history and how the narratives of individuals contribute to the greater news stories of our times.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Artistic Differences — Sanaz Sohrabi
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nEVENT TIMING\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””] \n11 am — IRL Doors at UNDO\n11:30am —  Screening begins\n(in-person & online)\n1pm —  CineClub Conversation\n(in-person & online)\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nLOCATIONS\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””] \nIRL @ UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY\n  \nONLINE – 11:30AM\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/851422192″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]ARTISTIC DIFFERENCES\, produced by UnionDocs and hosted by Cíntia Gil\, is an online and in-person cineclub\, hosted on the first Saturday of every month! Each month\, we invite you to watch a film that demands deeper discussion. It’s exactly like getting up to watch Saturday morning cartoons\, but instead it’s formally rigorous documentary art\, generally from an international perspective programmed by the brilliant Cintia Gil. \nFor our last meeting of the year\, we’re delighted to spotlight the work of research-based artist Sanaz Sohrabi! \nWe will share two of her films One Image\, Two Acts that examines the formations of early modernist infrastructures of leisure such as cinemas vis-à-vis the broader social engineering project and asymmetries of power in the oil towns of South-Western Iran. Alongside\, Scenes of Extraction\, that paralells production of geological and ethnographic surveys\, both through amateur geological footage and official film surveys produced by BP. Situated at the nexus between science and technology studies and media archaeology\, the film creates an archival constellation with previously unseen images and film footage taken during these seismographic tests. \nThere are two ways to join! You can join us in person in Ridgewood\, or you can tune in from afar\, by signing up to join our livestream. If you’re joining in person\, just grab a ticket! And if you’re an UNDO Member\, you can come through for free using your Member Coupon Code at checkout! \nAfter our convening\, we produce a longform interview with the filmmaker in question as a podcast episode. We bring to them the many questions\, ideas and thoughts that emerge from our meeting with all of you. If this community-based generative format of dialogue and exchange piques your interest\, join the club today![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_btn title=”Sign up for the Livestream!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#61FF00″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#61FF00″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#000000″ shape=”round” align=”left” css_animation=”bounceIn” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmembership.uniondocs.org%2Fprograms%2Fartistic-differences-sanaz-sohrabi%3Fcategory_id%3D118802″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nOne Image\, Two Acts by Sanaz Sohrabi\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]44 mins\, 2020[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]The establishment of Iran’s petroleum industrial complex in 1908 is entangled with the formation of media and visual infrastructures which propelled and sustained new ideologies and modes of identification with the emergent colonial modernity in Iran. Between 1908-1951\, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) -currently British Petroleum (BP)- strategically utilized ethnographic film and photography production to promote and represent its colonial developments in Iran. Investigating the relationship between petro-modernity and photography and film as technologies of coloniality\, “One Image\, Two Acts” unpacks the spatial and cultural manifestation of this emergent image economy which operated in tandem with the larger petroleum complex. \nWith a particular focus on the historical ethnographic film and photographic surveys produced by the BP\, One Image\, Two Acts examines the formations of early modernist infrastructures of leisure such as cinemas vis-à-vis the broader social engineering project and asymmetries of power in the oil towns of South-Western Iran. Unraveling the social spaces of leisure in relation to industrial spaces of labor\, this film connects and maps the cognitive and formal structures of modernist ideas of time\, leisure\, and desire during the oil company’s operations in Iran. This emergent oil encounter was not limited to the oil company’s colonial expansion; the multifaceted infrastructures of petroleum industry accumulated incrementally and temporally\, produced political assets\, and shaped politics along the way. This film examines the ways in which the oil company’s visual regimes of petro-modernity were reclaimed and countered by a growing anti-colonial cinema in which oil was a protagonist and cinemas had become the contested emblem of colonial development. \nReading the Iranian New Wave cinema against the backdrop of growing raw material sovereignty and nationalization movement\, this film analyzes two integral films of this period\, namely A Fire by Ebrahim Golestan (1961) and Amir Naderi’s The Runner (1984). It reframes oil not solely as an exchangeable commodity but rather as an archive itself; one that constitutes a web of imaginations\, aspirations\, and struggles. One Image\, Two Acts is a coalescence of infrastructures\, images\, and archives of oil wherein cinematic time and geological time mobilize different sites\, temporalities\, and numerous material modalities.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nScenes of Extraction by Sanaz Sohrabi\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]43 mins\, 2023[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Between 1901 and 1951\, the British controlled oil operations in Iran expanded their geological expeditions and geophysical methods for locating commercially viable oil reserves across its entire oil concession. “Scenes of Extraction” takes the viewer on an archival stroll into the British Petroleum Archives to unearth the still and moving images that documented this expansive colonial network of geological explorations that spanned across Iran\, but also reached other British oil concessions in Papua and South East Asia. The film traces the technical and social entanglement between the infrastructures of oil and the camera during the operations of British Petroleum across the Iranian oil belt. Scenes of Extraction weaves through decades of archival documents to parse out the visual history of the “Reflection Seismography” method for oil exploration which was heavily tested across the Iranian oil belt despite its destructive and probable nature. A technical legacy that is still heavily utilized in fracking and deep-sea mining enterprises globally and is the backbone of the global energy complex. \nScenes of Extraction focuses on the parallel production of geological and ethnographic surveys\, both through amateur geological footage and official film surveys produced by BP. Situated at the nexus between science and technology studies and media archaeology\, the film creates an archival constellation with previously unseen images and film footage taken during these seismographic tests. Scenes of Extraction creates CGI maps and spatial renderings by inputting the early geological aerial survey photographs and panorama films taken across the Iranian oil concession in an AI software. By blending the archival and speculative modes of representing the geological past\, the film reveals the gaps and discrepancies between the archival and lived histories of extraction and the ecological ruination of its aftermath. Reading the political economy of images in relation to extraction of crude oil\, Scenes of Extraction evokes the history of imperial and colonial extractive industries in relation to the history of photography and archives\, both as embodied technologies of extraction and dispossession in and of themselves. \nScenes of Extraction is the second episode of a trilogy of essay films that unpack the relationship between political economy of photography\, archival technologies\, and visual history of resource extraction in Iran. The first episode is One Image\, Two Acts (2020) which has been screened in over two dozen film festivals and has won seven awards since its World premiere at Montréal International Documentary Film Festival in November 2020.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 87 mins \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147742″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWatch the conversation between Presenter1\, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153188″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] Sanaz Sohrabi (b.1988\, Tehran) is a researcher of visual culture and artist-filmmaker. Sohrabi works with essay film and installation as her means of research to explore the shifting and migratory paths between still and moving images\, situating a singular image in a continuum of historical relations and archival temporalities. Since 2017\, Sohrabi has done extensive archival research at the British Petroleum archives to engage with the history of photography and film practices of the British controlled oil operations in Iran\, conducting a visual ethnography of resource extraction in relation to the media infrastructures of BP. Sohrabi’s works have been shown widely in exhibitions and festivals. Including: Berlinale Forum Expanded\, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)\, IndieLisboa (Silvestre Section Best Short Film)\, Valdivia International Film Festival Chile (Special Jury Mention)\, Iran Cinéma Vérité Festival (Winner of International Mid-length)\, Mimesis Documentary Film Festival (Best Documentary Short)\, Ann Arbor Film Festival (Jury Award)\, DocLisboa\, Open City Documentary Film Festival\, Montréal International Documentary Film Festival (RIDM)\, Sheffield Doc/Fest\, Kasseler Dokfest\, Videonale\, VideoEX Zurich\, FIDBA Argentina\, among others. Sohrabi’s recent exhibitions include Ljubljana Biennial 2023\, SAVVY Contemporary\, Berlin\, VOX Centre de l’image contemporaine\, Montréal\, and Carpintarias de São Lázaro\, Lisbon. Sohrabi has been supported by fellowships and artist residency awards such as Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and RAW Académie.  \nShe received her BFA from Uni­ver­sity of Tehran College of Fine Arts and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a merit scholarship. She holds a PhD from the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture at Concordia University\, Montréal. Sohrabi is an Assistant Professor in the department of Communication and Media Studies at Concordia University\, Montréal where she teaches courses on political economy of images and artistic research.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”149545″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Born in Portugal\, Cíntia Gil studied at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema (Lisbon Theatre and Film School) and holds a degree in Philosophy from the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Porto)\, where she has also taught seminars on aesthetics. From 2012 to 2019\, Cíntia Gil served as co-director and then director of Doclisboa\, Portugal’s most important and steadily expanding documentary film festival\, where she launched the Ibero-American lab Arché. From 2019 to 2021 she has directed Sheffield DocFest.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nFrom the Event \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” items_per_page=”1″ element_width=”12″ arrows_design=”vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left” arrows_position=”outside” arrows_color=”white” loop=”yes” item=”136647″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1732547969587-f8e1b828-3140-6″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/artistic-differences-sanaz-sohrabi-2024-12-07/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cane Fire
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Doors 7:30p\nProgram 8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/Im7LAMlwEF4″ css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]We’re delighted to welcome back CoLAb alums Mike Vass and Anthony Banua-Simon for a night of cinema and conversation as we tune into two films they made together\, Third Shift and Cane Fire. We’re especially thrilled that this event will celebrate the five and ten year anniversaries of each film as well as the Cinema Guild’s Blu-ray release of Cane Fire! \nThird Shift investigates the Domino Sugar Factory\, an icon of industry in South Williamsburg that produced half of the nation’s sugar for several decades. The film follows two former workers who reminisce about their 30 years at Domino and revisit the now derelict space. \nCane Fire examines the past and present of the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi\, interweaving four generations of family history\, numerous Hollywood productions\, and troves of found footage to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces that have cast Indigenous and working-class residents as “extras” in their own story. \nVass and Banua-Simon will be in attendance to discuss what links these two films and how they have developed since their release. We’re also so happy to welcome filmmaker\, Isabel Sandoval\, who will also join us to explore the politics of representation and the routes of bold expression that can be weaved through narrative film. \nCome through![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nCane Fire by Anthony Banua-Simon and Mike Vass\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]90 mins\, 2020[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Cane Fire examines the past and present of the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi\, interweaving four generations of family history\, numerous Hollywood productions\, and troves of found footage to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces that have cast Indigenous and working-class residents as “extras” in their own story[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nThird Shift by Anthony Banua-Simon and Mike Vass\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]20 mins\, 2014[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Once producing half of the nation’s sugar\, the Domino Sugar Refinery was an icon of the industrial work available in the Southside of Williamsburg. Within a year of making Third Shift\, part of the building will be demolished for new housing and the rest renovated for commercial use. \nTwo former workers who live only blocks away return to their days at Domino and visit the now derelict space that was part of their lives for 30 years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 110 mins \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147742″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWatch the conversation between Presenter1\, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153851″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Anthony Banua-Simon is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and editor who’s a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Video/Film. He was also named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 2021 “25 New Faces of Independent Film” and DOC NYC’s 2022 “40 Under 40″. He’s featured in The New York Times\, BOMB Magazine\, Screen Slate\, Pioneer Works Broadcast\, and HuffPost. He’s currently teaching film editing at The State University of New York at Purchase and is a member of the volunteer-run Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn\, NY. His current project\, The Experiment Station\, has received funding from both NYSCA and the Jerome Foundation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153850″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Mike Vass is a filmmaker and writer based in Montreal. He is the co-writer/ producer of the award-winning feature documentary CANE FIRE\, and the director of several short films. His work has screened at MoMA Doc Fortnight\, TIFF\, BAM\, Prismatic Ground\, Indie Memphis\, HoMA\, the Philadelphia ICA\, and the Criterion Channel\, among other venues. His critical writings have appeared in various publications including Cinema Scope\, Cineaction\, Canadian Art\, C Magazine\, Momus\, MACHETE\, and The Rusty Toque. He holds an MFA from York University and is an alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre’s Directors’ Residency as well as the UnionDocs Collaborative Studio Program.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153849″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]US-based\, Philippine-born Isabel Sandoval has emerged as “one of the most exciting and multi-talented filmmakers on the indie scene with a bold approach to cinematic style\,” according to the Criterion Collection. Meanwhile\, the Museum of Modern Art has recognized her as a “rarity among the young generation of Filipino filmmakers.” She has directed three feature films. Her debut\, Señorita\, premiered at Locarno. Her critically acclaimed third feature\, Lingua Franca\, premiered in Venice and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. She starred in the César Award-winning short film Maria Schneider\, 1983\, directed by Elisabeth Subrin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nFrom the Event \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” items_per_page=”1″ element_width=”12″ arrows_design=”vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left” arrows_position=”outside” arrows_color=”white” loop=”yes” item=”136647″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1733156644594-52cce2c2-a39f-4″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/cane-fire-2024-12-08/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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SUMMARY:A Mother Apart
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Doors 7:30p\nProgram 8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/19wJsrPiA50″ css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]We’re thrilled to welcome back Summer Doc Lab alum Laurie Townshend for a screening of her powerful feature documentary A Mother Apart! \nAn emotionally sweeping tale of healing and forgiveness\, A Mother Apart accompanies powerhouse Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin as she re-imagines the essential art of mothering—having been abandoned by her own mother. In seeking her elusive mother—a trail that leads to Brooklyn\, Montreal\, Cologne and\, finally\,  Jamaica—Staceyann and her daughter forge a new sense of home. \nA healing journey spanning three generations\, the film is punctuated with vivid animation\, imagery from personal archives and excerpts from Staceyann’s arresting live performances. Her singularly intersectional voice\, showcased in the legendary Def Poetry Slam and hit solo shows like MotherStruck!\, infuses the film with deep compassion and commanding intelligence. \nIn Laurie’s own words —\n“Early in the film’s development phase\, I read an anthology titled Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines (Gumbs\, Martens and Williams\, 2016). In her essay “m/other ourselves: a Black queer feminist genealogy for radical mothering\,” Alexis Pauline Gumbs quotes feminist icon Audre Lorde\, who wrote\, “We can learn to mother ourselves.” I didn’t understand this phrase at the time\, but looking back\, I can see that during those years—when personal heartbreak was compounded by filmmaking challenges—I was being primed for a comforting truth: motherhood takes many forms\, and arguably the most important iteration of the role is when one learns to mother oneself.” \nLaurie will be in attendance for a conversation following the screening. Come through![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nA Mother Apart\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]88 mins\, 2014[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]An emotionally sweeping tale of healing and forgiveness\, A Mother Apart accompanies powerhouse Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin as she re-imagines the essential art of mothering—having been abandoned by her own mother. \nHow do you raise a child when your own mother abandoned you? In a remarkable story of healing and forgiveness\, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin\, renowned for performances in Def Poetry Slam and hit solo shows like MotherStruck!\, radically re-imagines the essential art of mothering. In seeking her elusive mother—a trail that leads to Brooklyn\, Montreal\, Cologne and\, finally\, Jamaica—Staceyann and her daughter forge a new sense of home.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 88 mins \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147742″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWatch the conversation between Presenter1\, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153835″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Filmmaker\, writer and educator\, Laurie Townshend was raised by a Jamaican mother—her family’s eloquent griot—and learned early on that before we shape stories\, stories shape us. Laurie’s films centre on the human capacity to transform small acts of courage into quiet revolutions\, as seen in the dramatic short The Railpath Hero (‘13\, TIFF Black Star Festival)\, the unscripted series Human Frequency Streetdocs (‘14) and the award-winning short doc Charley (2016). Laurie’s debut feature-length documentary\, A Mother Apart (‘24)\, won Audience Top 3 award (HotDocs)\, Best Canadian Feature (Inside Out)\, and was an Official Selection at BlackStar and DOC NYC (‘24)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nSpecial thanks to National Film Board of Canada for co-presenting and supporting this program.  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nFrom the Event \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” items_per_page=”1″ element_width=”12″ arrows_design=”vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left” arrows_position=”outside” arrows_color=”white” loop=”yes” item=”136647″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1733401376399-52ffbf8e-78c5-2″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/a-mother-apart-2024-12-12/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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SUMMARY:Xiaodi 晓迪
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Doors 7:30p\nProgram 8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/vmvhSqxl4uc” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]We’re delighted to co-present an evening of cinema and conversation with Nooks & Crannies (犄角旮旯) – come through for a screening of Xiaodi by Junmi Chen (who will be in attendance)\, and Guo Gao! \nXiaodi offers a rare and in depth exploration of the life of 17-year-old transgender girl Xiaodi\, delving into her personal journey and the challenges she faces while undergoing “gender correction treatment” in China. Through Xiaodi’s story\, the film explores the physical and emotion toil this treatment takes and provides insight into the structural barriers of growing up transgender within the cultural and institutional frameworks of family\, education\, and healthcare. \nThis independent Chinese production\, co-presented by Nooks & Crannies (犄角旮旯) and Zephyr Society (热风)\, seeks to raise awareness about the realities of gender diversity and inclusion in China. A post-screening Q&A session with director Junmi Chen will further explore these themes and the filmmaking process. Don’t miss it![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nXiaodi by Junmi Chen and Guo Gao\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]45 mins\, 2021\, China[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]On the 17th birthday of transgender girl Huang Xiaodi\, the whole family gathered to celebrate her birthday. After dinner\, her parents asked her to get in the car\, so that they could take her to buy a birthday present. However\, what awaited her was not a shop\, but an institution on Gele Mountain in Chongqing. Xiaodi’s parents believed that sending her there would help convert Xiaodi\, and turn her into a ‘normal’ boy. But in the face of violence and humiliation\, Xiaodi hardened her resolve\, and waited for a chance to escape. This gripping\, uncomfortable documentary features interviews with Xiaodi\, who recounts first-hand her traumatic experiences\, as well as her mother\, who discusses her motivations and changing perspective on questions of gender.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 45 mins \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147742″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWatch the conversation between Presenter1\, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153871″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Junmi Chen 陈军米 is a visionary LGBT activist and documentary filmmaker whose work seamlessly blends art and advocacy to champion the rights of the LGBT community. With a deep commitment to LGBT youth development and trans rights\, Junmi has become a prominent voice for change in China.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nFrom the Event \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” items_per_page=”1″ element_width=”12″ arrows_design=”vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left” arrows_position=”outside” arrows_color=”white” loop=”yes” item=”136647″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1733401888453-679ee411-528b-8″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/xiaodi-2024-12-15/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241217T200000
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SUMMARY:Wreck the Halls: UnionDocs Holiday Party!
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”FREE RSVP” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#FFFFFF” outline_custom_hover_background=”#ADADCC” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000CD” shape=”round” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpartiful.com%2Fe%2Fz3nPxLDHd42LPeXXTP3j”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””]You’re invited! We’re inviting allll the merry mischief makers to Ridgewood for our annual holiday party! \nIt’s an excuse to gather\, and see friendly faces to celebrate the end of the year and toast each other for all the hard work we have all accomplished. By popular demand we are bringing back the “Wrap Battle” to see if anyone can top last years winners of our speed and style rounds. Prizes will be awarded in each category and we will continue another annual tradition\, the holiday raffle for exclusive UNDO goodies. \nSo\, join us for a night of festive folly —it’s a classic UNDO holiday party abundant with cheer. We’ll have some snacks\, and treats on offer and our cash bar will be available though speciality holiday beverages will be free for all UNDO members until 10PM. Support our community and sign up for an annual membership today! Let’s make merry and spread enough joy to soar us in the best of spirits into 2025![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/wreck-the-halls-uniondocs-holiday-party-2024-12-17/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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