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Category: Essay Film Spring 2017


Screening Series: A Vision at the Margins: The Films of William D. MacGillivray

Posted on May 11, 2017

As I mentioned in class, there’s also a series of films by William MacGillivray screening at the Cinematheque this weekend…. Read more

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Class Four: News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977, USA)

Posted on May 11, 2017 Updated on May 11, 2017

By Akerman The entirety of Akerman’s filmography is highly recommended, but since time is of the essence, why not begin… Read more

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Paul Tomkowicz: Street-Railway Switchman (Roman Kroitor, 1953, Canada)

Posted on May 10, 2017

Here’s the classic National Film Board of Canada documentary I mentioned in passing yesterday. Great glimpse of working class life… Read more

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Trailer: News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977, USA)

Posted on May 9, 2017 Updated on May 9, 2017

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Class Three: Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera (1929, USSR)

Posted on May 9, 2017 Updated on May 9, 2017

On Vertov For an overview of Vertov’s life and career, I’d recommend this short article by Dennis Lim in the… Read more

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Chris Marker Retrospective at DOXA

Posted on May 9, 2017 Updated on May 9, 2017

There is a Chris Marker retrospective on right now at DOXA, Vancouver’s documentary film festival. They’ve given it a fantastic… Read more

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Class Two: Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1983, France)

Posted on May 4, 2017

Reading If you want to read further about Marker’s work, there are two excellent monographs that you can turn to:… Read more

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Screening: We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice (Alanis Obomsawin, 2016, Canada)

Posted on May 3, 2017

Full details here! Free food at 5pm, film starts at 6pm.  

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Chris Marker: Petite Planète

Posted on May 2, 2017 Updated on May 2, 2017

As I mentioned in class, Chris Marker, along with being a filmmaker, did a lot of other things as well…. Read more

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Trailer: Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1982, France)

Posted on May 2, 2017 Updated on May 2, 2017

We’ll be watching this with English narration on Thursday, but this trailer for Sans Soleil is a great opportunity to… Read more

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