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SUMMARY:May the Soil be Everywhere
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]6:30pm[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Get tickets!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#FFFFFF” outline_custom_hover_background=”#0000CD” outline_custom_hover_text=”#FFFFFF” shape=”round” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bam.org%2Ffilm%2F2025%2Fprismatic-ground-may-the-soil”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Offsite\nPeter Jay Sharp Building\nBAM Rose Cinemas[/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 offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/941430034?share=copy” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nWe’re honored to co-present a very special evening of cinema and conversation as part of this year’s Prismatic Ground festival\, in collaboration with BAM — the New York premiere of May the Soil Be Everywhere\, a deeply personal and poetic documentary by filmmaker Yehui Zhao! \nUnionDocs is especially proud to support this remarkable work as its fiscal sponsor — and even more so to have shared the very first work-in-progress version of the film back in 2022\, as part of our program The Land Will Wake Up and Devour Us. It’s a joy to witness how far the project has come and to celebrate it now on the big screen! \nMay the Soil Be Everywhereis tender and poetic matriarchal ode by Yehui Zhao\, whose short film Hei’er was featured in the second edition of Prismatic Ground. In a remote Chinese village\, a peasant family endured wars\, the communist revolution\, and the deadliest famine. Persecution and hardship eventually forced the family to scatter. Against the backdrop of China’s rapid urbanization\, the filmmaker sets out to unearth her family’s enduring bond with this long-forgotten village\, hidden deeply in the vast mountain range of the Loess Plateau. \nWith remarkable intimacy and care\, Zhao threads together memory\, migration\, and matriarchal lineage into a quiet\, moving portrait of belonging. May the Soil Be Everywhere traces the contours of home and connection\, offering a gentle meditation on what it means to remain rooted in a world that keeps shifting. \nJoin us for a post-screening conversation with the filmmaker\, reflecting on the emotional\, historical\, and cinematic threads woven throughout this extraordinary work. Come through! \n[/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=””] \nMay the Soil be Everywhere\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]96 mins\, 2025[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 96 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=”149452″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Yehui Zhao is a multi-media artist whose work explores migration\, decolonization\, heritage\, and regeneration. As an immigrant born in China and living in the US\, Yehui thinks of film as her third language. Her work takes root in the feminist legacies of the global south\, drawing inspiration from revolutionary history\, womanhood and daughtership\, and the community’s undocumented collective memory. Yehui’s films have been featured at UnionDocs\, DOC NYC\, Prismatic Ground\, Microscope Gallery\, Asian American International Film Festival\, Spain Moving Images Festival\, Timeless Awards\, Festival of Animated Objects\, and other programs. Yehui has published paintings\, prints\, and writing at Brooklyn Rail\, Brooklyn Review and Action\, and Spectacle. She is a recipient of the IDA Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund\, the New York State Council on the Arts grant\, and the York Women in Film and Television Scholarship. Yehui holds an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College and a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University. Yehui is an Adjunct Professor at Marymount Manhattan College in the Communication and Media Arts Department\, and she currently serves as the Art Director of 128 LIT\, an award-winning international art and literature platform and publisher.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column offset=”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:1745408632119-ed75a314-474c-2″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/may-the-soil-be-everywhere-2025-05-01/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
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SUMMARY:Memory Drift
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/LyF3cTd3yS0″ css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nWe’re thrilled to welcome filmmaker Mariangela Ciccarello for a screening of her mesmerizing film Calypso\, alongside a short titled Sublunary\, made in collaboration with UNDO advisor\, Philip Cartelli! \nIn Calypso\, Angela and Paola are preparing a play loosely based on The Odyssey. Angela assumes the role of Ulysses\, while Paola embodies his lover\, who has summoned him from the dead for a final meeting. When the play intersects with the young women’s lives\, a rupture occurs. Transported\, they reinvent themselves through new identities and the open space of the rehearsal stage. Calypso navigates between individual desire and the collective unconscious\, reclaiming mythology from its normative foundations. \nPaired with Sublunary\, in which a young woman investigates an island’s geologic specificity\, discovering hidden strata where history and memory meet barely submerged narratives of displacement and imaginaries of possible futures\, this screening offers a meditation on transformation\, myth\, and identity. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to experience Calypso and Sublunary on the big screen and to hear from Mariangela Ciccarello and Lucio Castro in conversation after the screening—come through! \nSpecial thanks to Philip Cartelli for his support in helping to bring this program together.[/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=””] \nCalypso by Mariangela Ciccarello\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””] \n47 minutes\, 2021\, HD video and Super 8mm film\, Color and Black & White\, Neapolitan\, Italian \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nSublunary by Mariangela Ciccarello & Philip Cartelli\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]21 minutes\, 2019\, HD video and Super 8mm film\, Color 1.85: 1\, English\, Italian\, and Maltese with English subtitles[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 68 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=”155259″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]\nMariangela Ciccarello is a filmmaker and visual artist whose work has been featured at the Locarno Film Festival\, Edinburgh International Film Festival\, Torino Film Festival\, Ji.hlava International Documentary Festival\, Harvard Art Museum\, and Film at Lincoln Center\, among others venues. \nShe holds an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University\, an MA from the University of Provence\, and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Bologna. A former participant of the Whitney Independent Study Program\, she has taught filmmaking at School of Visual Arts\, Rutgers University\, and the American College of Athens\, Greece. \nShe is currently at work on her first feature-length film\, entitled “Inner Sea.” \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”155260″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Born in Buenos Aires\, Argentina\, Lucio Castro earned a BFA from the Center for Film Experimentation in Buenos Aires before moving to New York to study at The New School. His debut feature\, End of the Century (Fin de siglo)\, premiered at New Directors/New Films at MoMA in 2019 and later screened at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema\, where it won the Best Film Award in the National Competition. The film has been showcased at various international festivals and distributed in 16 countries. Indiewire described it as “one of the most evocative queer films of the decade\,” while Michael Koresky selected it as one of the decade’s best for Film Comment. It is now streaming on the Criterion Channel. \nCastro’s second feature\, After This Death\, is based on an original script he wrote. The film stars Mia Maestro\, Lee Pace\, Rupert Friend\, Gwendoline Christie\, and Phil Ettinger\, and premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2025. His third feature\, Drunken Noodles\, is a documentary hybrid that explores and reinterprets the life and work of queer embroidery artist Sal Salandra\, and it is currently in post-production. Additionally\, Castro is adapting Loitering with Intent\, a work by one of his favorite authors\, Muriel Spark. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the NYU Tisch Film Graduate Program\, teaching Advanced Directing to third-year students.[/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:1745398194316-e7d6904a-3ce3-8″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artistic Differences — The Garden Cadences
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][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=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””] \nLOCATIONS\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””] \nIRL @ UNIONDOCS\n352 ONDERDONK AVE\nRIDGEWOOD\, NY\nONLINE – 11:30AM\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_video link=”https://vimeo.com/851422192″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]Artistic Differences — produced by UnionDocs and hosted by Cíntia Gil—is our cineclub that gathers online and in person on the first Saturday of every month! Each month\, we invite you to experience a film that demands deeper discussion. Think Saturday morning cartoons\, but instead\, it’s bold\, boundary-pushing documentary cinema from around the world\, curated by the brilliant Cíntia Gil. \nFor May\, we’re honored to present The Garden Cadences by Dane Komljen\, a lyrical and fleeting portrait of a disappearing community. Komljen’s film drifts through the final summer of the “Mollies\,” a queer feminist collective that lived in a Berlin trailer park and garden for a decade before their eviction in 2022. But rather than offering a definitive history\, The Garden Cadences is a mosaic—glimpses of intertwined bodies\, hands in the dirt\, techno reverberating through makeshift walls. A radical act of tenderness\, the film resists easy conclusions\, preserving the texture of a place and time that has since vanished. \nKomljen’s approach to portraiture is impressionistic\, embracing the tension between presence and loss. Opening with a solitary plastic crate in the grass\, bathed in fluctuating light\, the film unfolds as a series of painterly vignettes—lush radishes\, reeds trembling in the wind\, lovers dozing in the heat. At times\, the camera lingers in stillness; at others\, it moves with euphoric abandon\, dissolving into bursts of blurred color and light. As one community fades\, another is set to replace it: an aquarium\, an artificial ecosystem where bodies—no longer human—will be contained behind glass. \nThere are two ways to join: \nIn-person: Visit our Ridgewood space! Grab a ticket to save your spot. UNDO Members can attend for free with their Member Coupon Code at checkout.\n\nOnline: Stream the event live from wherever you are—just sign up! \nFollowing our screening\, we’ll gather reflections\, questions\, and insights to create a longform podcast interview with Dane Komljen—a collective exploration of the film’s themes and creative process. Want to be part of the conversation? Join the club and add your voice to the mix![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][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=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmembership.uniondocs.org%2Fprograms%2Fartistic-differences-dane-komljen”][/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=””] \nThe Garden Cadences by Dane Komljen\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]62 mins\, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””] \nJone is ready to fly. She finds herself at the beginning of something new\, but before she moves on\, there needs to be a closure. Jone is one of Mollies\, the queer-feminist collective that had been living for a decade at a trailer park next to Ostkreuz\, Berlin. This film traces their last summer together before being evicted. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 62 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=”154287″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nDane Komljen\, born in 1986 in Banja Luka. He made three feature films\, THE GARDEN CADENCES\, AFTERWATER and ALL THE CITIES OF THE NORTH\, and numerous shorts exploring notions of body\, space\, utopia and being together. His films were awarded at Festival del Film Locarno\, IFF Rotterdam\, Festival de Cannes\, Sarajevo FF\, New Horizons IFF\, Festival de Sevilla and shown at Berlinale\, Cinéma du Réel\, FID Marseille\, Toronto IFF\, New York FF\, FIC Valdivia\, VIENNALE\, Mar del Plata IFF\, FICUNAM\, Hong Kong IFF\, CPH:DOX\, Jeonju IFF\, Art of the Real\, 25 FPS and others. His work has been presented at the ICA in London\, Volksbühne in Berlin\, Centre Pompidou in Paris\, Union Docs in New York\, Lagos Biennale and elsewhere. He lives and works in Berlin. \n[/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:1737626529515-2c4dedad-80af-5″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/artistic-differences-dane-komljen-2025-05-03/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
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SUMMARY:People's Republic of Desire
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/gHXXW0A1LYs” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nWe’re thrilled to co-present a special evening of film and conversation with Nooks & Crannies NYC (犄角旮旯放映厅)! Come through and tune into People’s Republic of Desire by Hao Wu — a deep dive into the strange and seductive world of digital fame\, loneliness\, and longing at the onset of China’s explosive livestreaming boom. \nWhat happens when an entire generation comes of age online? In People’s Republic of Desire — winner of the Grand Jury Award (Documentary) at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival —  director Hao Wu takes us inside the surreal world of China’s livestreaming economy\, where young performers compete nightly for attention\, adoration\, and staggering sums of money — not on a stage\, but in digital showrooms watched by tens of thousands of viewers. \nThe documentary follows a karaoke singer\, a talk show host\, and a migrant worker as they search for fame\, fortune\, and human connection in these virtual spaces. It exposes a system where popularity can be bought\, love is often transactional\, and the richest fans control the spotlight. \n“A contemplation of internet fame and social isolation.” – The New York Times\n“Tragic and terrifying in equal measure.” – IndieWire\n“Yes\, Black Mirror is already here.” – Ars Technica \nLayered with intimate portraits of families\, talent managers\, and the moneyed elite behind the scenes\, the film offers a poignant and provocative look at what happens when technology becomes the primary medium for emotional connection — and what that means for our shared sense of reality. \nFollowing the screening\, there will be a conversation and Q&A with the film’s director\, Hao Wu\, hosted by Dawei\, the curator of the series. \n[/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=””] \nPeople’s Republic of Desire\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]95min\, 2018\, China[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]China’s super-rich and dirt-poor never cross paths in real life\, yet in popular virtual showrooms\, they come together to worship their favorite online stars. In this digital universe where everything seems possible\, a karaoke singer\, a poor migrant worker\, and a rags-to-riches comedian all seek fame\, fortune\, and human connection. However\, they find the same promises and perils online as they do in their real lives.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 95 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=”155591″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Hao Wu’s documentary films have received funding support from The Ford Foundation JustFilms\, ITVS\, Sundance Institute\, Tribeca Film Institute\, and NYSCA\, and have been distributed through Netflix\, Amazon Prime\, Paramount Plus\, PBS\, BBC\, and others. Besides People’s Republic of Desire\, his select works include: All in My Family\, a Netflix Original Documentary short; 76 Days\, a New York Times Critic’s Pick\, Academy Award shortlist\, and winner of a Peabody Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. Wu’s latest feature\, Admissions Granted\, was distributed by MSNBC Films in 2024. \nBorn and raised in China\, Wu is a Chengdu No.7 High School alumnus. Wu holds an M.Sc. degree from Brandeis University and an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. From 2014–2016\, he was a fellow at New America\, a D.C.-based think tank. He is a member of the Documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[/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:1747129828265-04ce52d1-7a73-7″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/peoples-republic-of-desire-2025-05-04/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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SUMMARY:Lichens Are The Way
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]7:00pm[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Free Registration!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#FFFFFF” outline_custom_hover_background=”#0000CD” outline_custom_hover_text=”#FFFFFF” shape=”round” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Flichens-are-the-way-tickets-1339058412759|target:_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Offsite\nCzech Center Cinema\n321 E 73rd St\nNew York\, NY 10021[/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 offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/GqAOaDXHpu8″ css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]We’re delighted to join hands with the Czech Center and the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival to co-present an evening of cinema and conversation! \nThere are nearly twenty thousand species of lichens\, they have been on Earth for hundreds of millions of years\, and they play an indispensable role in many ecosystems. Yet they are usually overlooked. In Lichens are the Way\, Ondřej Vavrečka decided to take a closer look at these fascinating organisms. His view\, like the accompanying dialogue between experts Trevor Goward and Curtis Randall Björk\, is both scientific and contemplative. For him\, lichens represent not only a form but also a way of life. They show that an alternative to the constant expansion and reshaping of the environment can be the establishment of symbiotic communities in which every life has equal weight. \nShot on 16mm film\, the project was shaped as much by limitation as by intuition. “The script didn’t stem from my personal will\,” says Vavrečka\, “but from the story that lichens compose according to the shapes of their bodies.” \nWe’re also thrilled to present Some Thoughts on the Common Toad by G. Anthony Svatek! Inspired by George Orwell’s 1946 essay of the same name\, this film reflects on the quiet radicalism of loving nature amid political and ecological crisis. As today’s wars and environmental collapse echo Orwell’s time\, the humble toad becomes a symbol of resilience—and remembrance. \nDirector\, Ondřej Vavrečka and Producer Vít Janeček will be in attendance for a post screening conversation with UNDO’s Executive Artistic Director Christopher Allen! 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=””] \nLichens Are the Way (Lišejníky) by Ondřej Vavrečka\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]43 min.\, 2024\, Czechia\, Slovakia\, In English with Czech subtitles[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nSome Thoughts on the Common Toad by G. Anthony Svatek\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]10:27\, 2023\, Experimental essay[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 43 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=”155737″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Filmmaker\, musician\, artist and teacher Ondřej Vavrečka (1980) studied programming\, philosophy\, linguistics and FAMU. In addition to films such as The Interposed (2014)\, De Potentia Dei (2016) and Personal Life of a Hole (2020)\, he is also the author of paintings\, sculptures\, costumes and texts reflecting on the possibilities of the film medium.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”128661″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Christopher Allen is a producer/director of documentary media projects and a programmer of multi-disciplinary events. After graduating from Columbia University\, he co-founded UnionDocs and has been responsible for the organization’s growth from grassroots as the Executive Artistic Director. The collaborative projects he initiated — including Living Los Sures\, Just to Get By\, Documenting Mythologies\, and Yellow Arrow — unite the creative efforts of hundreds of artists\, documentary makers and communities. He directed the early interactive documentary Capitol of Punk\, exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art. In 2014 and 2016\, Brooklyn Magazine named him one of the most influential people in Brooklyn culture. Christopher has served on the juries of film festivals such as RIDM (Montreal) and Doc Lisboa\, and on funding panels such as NYSCA and LEF. He collaborates on live media performance projects such as Say Something Bunny! with artist A.S.M. Kobayashi.[/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:1745953282310-1098dbf3-4470-9″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/lichens-are-the-way-2025-05-07/
LOCATION:Czech Center\, 321 E 73rd St\, New York\, NY\, 10021\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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SUMMARY:The Soldier's Lagoon
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/Jg64QKYgZjM” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nWe’re thrilled to welcome filmmaker Pablo Álvarez-Mesa for a screening of his hauntingly evocative feature\, The Soldier’s Lagoon\, followed by a conversation with the director. \nThe Soldier’s Lagoon is a shape-shifting\, poetic meditation on landscape\, history\, and memory. Two hundred years after Simón Bolívar’s liberation campaign\, Álvarez-Mesa retraces the Liberator’s path across Colombia’s high-altitude marshlands\, searching for traces of the past embedded in the land. The film takes its name from a body of water in the Andean mountains\, where the remains of fallen soldiers are said to rest\, lingering in a place where myth and memory intertwine. \nÁlvarez-Mesa’s approach conjures an atmosphere both observational and hallucinatory\, where the land itself seems to speak of contested histories. Through painterly 16mm cinematography and layered sound design\, The Soldier’s Lagoon considers how history continues to reverberate across landscapes—through the voices of the Muisca Indigenous confederation\, through environmental policies that entangle preservation and restriction\, and through the spectral echoes of those who walked these paths centuries before. Double exposures summon ghosts in the mist\, sonar-mapped bat chirps hint at unrecorded presences\, and Bolívar’s legacy unfolds in the flickering textures of 16mm. \nA singular\, formally daring work of nonfiction\, The Soldier’s Lagoon expands the possibilities of documentary cinema. Following the program\, we are delighted to have the brilliant scholar\, film critic\, media archivist\, and cultural producer Juana Suárez in attendance to be in a conversation with Álvarez-Mesa around the film.Don’t miss this special screening and conversation! \n Note: This event also marks the kickoff of our workshop\, Poetics of Time: Between the Shot & the Edit—a three-day workshop led by Pablo\, exploring the relationships between cinematography and montage in nonfiction cinema. Check it out![/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=””] \nThe Soldier’s Lagoon (La Laguna del Soldado)\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]75 mins\, 2024[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 75 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=”154995″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Pablo Álvarez-Mesa is a filmmaker\, cinematographer and editor working mainly in non fiction\, whose films have played and earned awards at international film festivals including Berlinale\, IFFR\, Viennale\, MoMA\, Visions du Réel\, and RIDM. His work in cinema lies in the relationship between fact and fiction; between what is recalled and what is inevitably constructed. Pablo is Sundance Doc Fund grantee\, an affiliate member of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University\, and a Berlinale Talents\, Banff Centre for the Arts and Canadian Film Centre alumnus.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”140876″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Juana Suárez is a Latin American cinema scholar and a media preservation specialist. She is the Director of the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program (MIAP) at New York University. Author of Cinembargo Colombia: Critical Essays on Colombian Cinema (Spanish 2009\, English translation 2012)\, and Sites of Contention: Cultural Production and the Discourse of Violence in Colombia; co-editor of Humor in Latin American Cinema (2015); translator to Spanish of A Comparative History of Latin American Cinema by Paul A. Schroeder-Rodríguez (2020). She is currently working on a book tentatively entitled Moving Images Archives\, Cultural History and The Digital Turn in Latin America.[/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:1747129361961-c6c1cbc0-2a13-3″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/the-soldiers-lagoon-2025-05-08/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T100000
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SUMMARY:Poetics of Time:  Between the Shot & the Edit
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/wZX3_J1hJj8″ css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nFilmmaker\, cinematographer\, and editor Pablo Álvarez-Mesa returns to UnionDocs with a workshop exploring the dynamic interplay between cinematography and editing in nonfiction filmmaking. Through screenings\, discussions\, and hands-on exercises\, we’ll examine how the space between shots—what’s captured\, omitted\, and arranged—shapes cinematic meaning. \nDesigned for cinematographers\, editors\, and artists working with the moving image\, this three-day intensive delves into how shooting anticipates the edit and how the edit reshapes a shot’s intent. How do different shooting styles—handheld\, static\, aerial—affect temporality\, mood\, and power dynamics? What ethical considerations arise in these choices\, and how can editing mitigate the often extractive nature of documentary cinematography? \nWe’re thrilled to welcome guest artists Lai Yi Ohlsen\, Derek Howard\, and Andrea Bussmann\, who will share their own approaches to these ideas. Alongside their insights\, we’ll engage with works by Maya Deren\, Jonas Mekas\, Mona Hatoum\, Laura Mulvey\, Alexandre Larose\, Phil Solomon\, Ute Aurand\, Stan Brakhage\, and Kenneth Anger—exploring how artists across disciplines use fragmentation\, rhythm\, and duration to evoke presence\, intimacy\, and memory. \nParticipants are encouraged to bring a project-in-progress for feedback\, making this a space for active exchange and experimentation. By the end of the workshop\, participants will gain a deeper awareness of how cinematography and editing shape one another—how decisions behind the camera resonate in the edit\, and how the editing process\, in turn\, redefines the meaning and rhythm of filmed images.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”Details” color=”white” el_class=”h1″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” shape=”square” color=”white” active_section=”8″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Who is eligible?” tab_id=”1477608256488-ac7d3d1a-ae9084d0-801ebd47-97fc”][vc_column_text css=””]Open to everyone\, though the workshop setting is best suited for filmmakers\, film producers\, journalists\, curators and media artists. \nGive us an idea of who you are and why you are coming. When you register you will be asked for a short statement of interest that should briefly describe your experience and a film project (it would be great if you have a project in progress that you would present to the group during the work-in-progress critique sessions)\, plus a bio. There’s a spot for a link to a work sample (and CV\, which would also be nice\, but is not required).[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cost” tab_id=”1477608256642-4c32d845-e84384d0-801ebd47-97fc”][vc_column_text css=””]$350 early bird registration ends on May 2\, 2025. \n$375 regular registration.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Refund Policy” tab_id=”1477608441051-60d28267-92bf84d0-801ebd47-97fc”][vc_column_text css=””]The deposit is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel\, you’ll receive half of your registration fee back until May 2. After May 2\, the fee is non-refundable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Technology Requirements” tab_id=”1477608488046-a8fa4720-501684d0-801ebd47-97fc”][vc_column_text]In order to keep costs down\, this workshop is a BYOL\, i.e. bring your own laptop. Students must be fully proficient using and operating their computers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Registration & Cancellation Policy” tab_id=”1477612055387-51381642-d1c784d0-801ebd47-97fc”][vc_column_text css=””]To register for a workshop\, students must pay in full via card\, check\, or cash . After the early bird registration deadline of May 2\, course fees are not refundable or transferable and any withdrawals or deadlines will result in the full cost of the class being forfeit. There will be no exceptions. To withdraw from a course please email info-at-uniondocs.org. \nIn the event that a workshop does not receive sufficient enrollment\, it may be canceled. Students will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of a cancelled workshop and will be refunded within 5 business days. If we reschedule a workshop to another date\, students are also entitled to a full refund. UnionDocs reserves the right to change instructors without prior notification\, and to change class location and meeting times by up to an hour with 48 hours prior notice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”orange”]Please note: Participants are accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis.[/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_text_separator title=”Schedule” color=”white” el_class=”h1″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Thursday Night\, May 8th” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text css=””]Screening\, The Soldier’s Lagoon [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Friday\, May 9th” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text css=””]10:00am – 10:30am Welcome & intros \n10:30am – 12:30pm Intro session with Pablo Alvarez-Mesa \n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch \n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Derek Howard \n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with LEAD additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Saturday\, May 10th” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text css=””]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case studies \n10:30am – 12:30pm Session with Andrea Bussmann \n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch \n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Lai Yi Ohlsen \n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with LEAD\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sunday\, May 11th” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text css=””]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study\, eye training. \n10:30am – 12:30pm Work-in-progress Feedback Session with Pablo Alvarez-Mesa \n12:30pm – 2:00pm Wrap Up / Lunch[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Each day follows this general structure\, with some minor variations and substitutions:” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]10:00a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study\, eye training.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]10:30a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Presentation by guest speaker + individual work-in-progress critique[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]11:45a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Discussion[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]12:30p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Share / Discussion / Exercise[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]1:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Lunch (on your own)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]2:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Presentation by guest speaker + individual work-in-progress critique[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]3:15p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Discussion[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]4:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Workshop Exercise + Critique[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]5:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Wrap Up[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_text_separator title=”Bios” color=”white” el_class=” \n“][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154995″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Pablo Álvarez-Mesa is a filmmaker\, cinematographer and editor working mainly in non fiction\, whose films have played and earned awards at international film festivals including Berlinale\, IFFR\, Viennale\, MoMA\, Visions du Réel\, and RIDM. His work in cinema lies in the relationship between fact and fiction; between what is recalled and what is inevitably constructed. Pablo is Sundance Doc Fund grantee\, an affiliate member of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University\, and a Berlinale Talents\, Banff Centre for the Arts and Canadian Film Centre alumnus.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154996″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Derek Howard is a New York City based director of photography and director\, whose projects have screened at Venice\, TIFF\, Sundance\, Telluride\, DOCNYC\, IDFA\, and many others. Immersed in the world of creative documentary\, video art\, and hybrid formats\, he established himself as a risk taking and innovative filmmaker with a focus on observational documentary\, hybrid formats LGBTQ+ representation\, dance\, extreme nature\, and climate change stories. He was a participant in the IDFA Summer School\, IDFAcademy\, Reykjavik International Film Festival’s Trans Atlantic Talent Lab\, and the Berlinale Talents program\, and the Playlab Filming in the Amazon residency with Apichatpong Weserthat. Recently\, Derek shot celebrated visual artist Alison O’Daniel’s debut hybrid feature “The Tube Thieves” (Sundance 2023)\, and award-winning filmmaker Tracy Tragos’ “Plan C” (Sundance 2023).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154997″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Andrea Bussmann was born in Toronto\, Canada. She earned an MA in Social Anthropology and an MFA in Film Production. After completing her degrees\, she directed He Whose Face Gives No Light. In 2016\, she co-directed Tales of Two Who Dreamt\, which premiered at the Berlinale Forum. The film was awarded the best documentary at the Festival International de Films de Femmes in 2017. Her latest film Fausto\, premiered in 2018 at the Locarno International Film Festival\, made its North American premiere at TIFF and US premiere at New Directors/New Films. The film won the Best Latin Feature at The Mar del Plata International Film Festival. She was awarded the Discovery Award by The Directors Guild of Canada in 2018. Currently\, she is in post-production of the film Skin of the Sky\, which was awarded the Grandé Studios Award at Rough Cut Pitch 2024 at RIDM.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154998″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Lai Yi Ohlsen (www.laiyiohlsen.com) is an artist and researcher whose work considers systems and the rhythms of their histories. She is a 2024–2025 BRIC Video Art Resident and has previously been in residence at Movement Research and Pioneer Works\, and was a member of NEW INC’s Year 8 Art + Code Track in partnership with Rhizome. Her performances\, lectures\, essays and artworks have been presented and supported by Pageant\, e-flux Architecture\, Columbia GSAPP’s Computational Design Practices program\, Triple Canopy\, Canal Street Research Association and more. Previously\, she served as Director and Research & Data Lead at Measurement Lab\, an Internet research consortium and is currently a Senior Product Manager at Cloudflare\, leading initiatives to measure and improve Internet performance. She is also a part-time lecturer at The New School\, teaching in the Parsons Design & Technology and University Lecture programs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/poetics-of-time-between-the-shot-the-edit-2025-05-09/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Labs
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Rewind & Play
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”RSVP” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#0000cd” outline_custom_hover_text=”” shape=”round” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpartiful.com%2Fe%2FGju717Et5mY5C91zJaLO”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Offsite\nMaria Hernandez Park\nHandball Court\nBrooklyn\, NY 11237[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nDue to some uncertain weather forecasts – we postponed this program. NEW DATE coming soon.\n  \n  \nUnionDocs is headed outside for May and June to take advantage of one of our favorite city offerings: the ready-made cinemas of the handball courts in our public parks. It’s a long-standing UNDO tradition to project bold visions\, reflections\, and possibilities onto the walls of the city’s handball courts\, transforming them into open-air theaters. This summer\, we’re thrilled to continue that tradition with a slate of programs that are free and open to all. \nFor our first program of the season\, we’re thinking about the ways music carries both personal and collective histories—how it holds space for grief\, for joy\, for transcendence. This program presents a spiritually resonant film that honors an artist who reimagined the possibilities of sound\, and who challenged the structures—musical\, social\, and otherwise—that sought to contain him. \nRewind & Play by Alain Gomis excavates archival footage of Thelonious Monk in a 1969 French TV interview\, laying bare the tensions between artistic brilliance and the violence of cultural misrecognition. Exposing the disconnect between Monk and his interviewer—whose patronizing tone and blinkered questions reveal the limiting frameworks through which Black musicians have so often been filtered. The film resists the polished veneer of legacy and offers instead a sharp\, intimate portrait of a genius navigating an industry that too rarely met him on his own terms. \nThese film doesn’t just revisit the past—it activate its\, asking us to tune in more deeply to what’s been recorded\, and what’s been left out. It reminds us that sound is a record of presence: of who was there\, of what was felt\, of what still echoes. \nAs a super special opening act\, we’re delighted to partner with the incredible folks at Cafe Erzulie to set the tone with some live music to kick things off!  \nThis event is free and open to all\, inviting the UNDO community\, our neighbors\, passersby\, film lovers\, and anyone curious to join for a festive evening under the stars\, come through! \nSpecial thanks to Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez and her office for their generous support in making these outdoor screenings possible![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Rewind & Play by Alain Gomis” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”65 min\, 2022″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”In December 1969\, legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ended his European concert tour with a performance at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Before the show\, he was invited to appear on a French television program to perform and answer questions in an intimate setting. Using newly discovered footage from this recording\, director Alain Gomis (FÉLICITÉ) reveals the disconnect between Monk and his interviewer\, Henri Renaud\, whose unwittingly trivializing approach conveys the casual racism and exploitation prevalent in the music industry at large. A fascinating behind-the-scenes documentary with extraordinary rarely-seen performances\, REWIND & PLAY offers a unique opportunity to see Monk in a way that very few people did.” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_text_separator title=”Bios” css=””][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”155498″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Alain Gomis is an award-winning French-Senegalese filmmaker whose work has been shown at major international festivals. In 2002\, his first film\, “As a Man\,” on the struggles of migrants in France\, won the Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. His next films (“Andalucia” in 2007 and “Today” in 2011) were shown at the Venice Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival. His latest film\, “Félicité”\, was awarded the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival and won Gomis his second FESPACO Golden Stallion. He is currently working on a fiction film loosely based on American jazz legend Thelonious Monk.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/rewind-play-2025-05-15/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T193000
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SUMMARY:Half Moon
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”RSVP” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#0000cd” outline_custom_hover_text=”” shape=”round” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpartiful.com%2Fe%2FaT8VppvB0jcYgyMzSWx2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Offsite\nMaria Hernandez Park\nHandball Court\nBrooklyn\, NY 11237[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nUnionDocs is headed outside for May and June to take advantage of one of our favorite city offerings: the ready-made cinemas of the handball courts in our public parks. It’s a long-standing UNDO tradition to project bold visions\, reflections\, and possibilities onto the walls of the city’s handball courts\, transforming them into open-air theaters. This summer\, we’re thrilled to continue that tradition with ReadyMade Cinemas\, a slate of programs that are free and open to all. \nFor this edition\, we’re teaming up with our longtime collaborators at ArteEast and the incredible Brooklyn Maqam for a night of live music and cinema rooted in the rich sonic traditions of the SWANA region. As part of the second annual New York Oud Festival\, we’re honored to host a live musical performance followed by a special screening of Bahman Ghobadi’s Half Moon. \nThe evening begins with a performance by a featured artist from the Oud Festival\, organized by Brooklyn Maqam—a collective dedicated to celebrating\, preserving\, and supporting new community-rooted SWANA musical traditions by bringing together established and emerging musicians\, music learners\, and audiences through concerts\, jams\, workshops\, and more. \nFollowing the performance\, we’ll screen Half Moon\, the lyrical\, darkly comedic road film by Bahman Ghobadi. Set against the mountainous borderlands of Iran and Iraq\, Half Moon follows Mamo\, an aging Kurdish musician determined to perform one final concert across the border. Accompanied by his ten sons and a reluctant bus driver\, Mamo’s journey unfolds with mythic undertones—full of interruptions\, premonitions\, and the haunting presence of forbidden voices. As he insists on including Hesho\, a female singer whose participation puts the entire voyage at risk\, the film raises questions about visibility\, voice\, and the stubborn pursuit of beauty in the face of repression. \nTogether\, the performance and film trace sonic geographies shaped by resilience and longing—reminding us of music’s role in not only expressing culture\, but in sustaining it. \nThis event is free and open to all\, inviting the UNDO community\, our neighbors\, passersby\, film lovers\, and anyone curious to join for a festive evening under the stars\, come through![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Half Moon by Bahman Ghobadi” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”107 min\, 2006\, Iran\, 35mm\, Color\, Kurdish and Persian with English subtitles.” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”The renowned Iranian musician Mamo has been banned from performing as part of Saddam Hussein’s suppression of Kurdish culture. In the wake of Hussein’s fall from power\, Mamo assembles his ten sons\, who are also his musicians\, as well as the legendary singer Hesho. Together they embark on a road trip from Iranian Kurdistan to the territory of Iraqi Kurdistan to perform for the newly established Kurdistan Regional Government. As a female musician travelling with a group of men\, Hesho must be smuggled across the border from Iran to Iraq where combat is not yet over.” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_text_separator title=”Bios” css=””][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”155506″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Bahman Ghobadi was born in 1969 in Baneh\, in the province of Iranian Kurdistan\, near the Iran-Iraq border. Shortly after graduating from the National Audiovisual School\, he made his first short\, immediately acclaimed by the local critics. One of these short films\, “Life in Fog” (1999) is even considered as the most famous short ever made in Iran. This success allowed Bahman Ghobadi to make several feature films\, the best known being his first\, “A Time for Drunken Horses” (2000)\, the first Kurd film in the history of Iran. This film and all the the others made by Ghobadi were hits in the festival circuit\, garnered dozens of awards but were little seen or not seen at all in his native country. His last movie to date\, filmed without official permit\, rapidly and feverishly\, “No One Knows About Persian Cats” (2009) is a remarkable semi-documentary about underground indie music in Tehran.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/half-moon-2025-05-29/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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