Shorts From the Flaherty Seminar
Jun 15, 2011
(Various directors, 1925-2008, Various countries, DVD, 87 min)
Named after Robert Flaherty (director of Nanook of the North), the Flaherty Seminar is an annual film event curated by one programmer around a single theme. Last year’s program, curated by Dennis Lim of the New York Times, focused on films about work. This shorts program, a selection from the original lineup, consists of six films dating from 1925–2008, whose focus on its laborers spans the globe from Austria to Thailand. Films include:
Haiku (Michael Glawogger, Austria, 1987, 3 min)
Cheese (Mika Rottenberg, USA, 2008, 16 min)
Me Broni Ba (Akosua Adoma Owusu, USA/Ghana, 2008, 22 min)
The Pottery Maker (Robert Flaherty, USA, 1925, 14 min)
The Sixth Section (Alex Rivera, USA/Mexico, 2003, 26 min)
The Way (Uruphong Raksasad, Thailand, 2006, 6 min).
The film will be introduced by David B. Mendoza of Puget Sound Sage who will discuss issues relating to the local Labor movement.
