Orphans Online , Session 9 of 10
104 minutes.
The sessions begins with two rediscovered short films, each with a new video essay introducing it and a live discussion afterward. Both are in mixed-genre categories not easily defined. ¡Mujer, tú eres la belleza!, produced anonymously in Argentina in 1928 is a compilation film as well as an exploitation film that aggressively sells nudity as Art. Hands Across the Border (1963) is described by Jesse Lerner as a “naive industrial.”
A previous post of Juneteenth details the importance of the featured finale film of the evening, a bold new work by the artist Ja’Tovia Gary, The Giverny Document.
The session concludes with a big announcement about 2022.
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Sofia Elizalde (Cineclub Rosario) Immigrant Women in the Early 20th Century and Erotic Exploitation: A Rediscovered “French” Film from Argentina
• video essay introduction
• ¡Mujer, tú eres la belleza! o La Mujer y el Arte [Woman, You Are Beauty! or Women and Art] (Camilo Zaccaría Soprani, 1928)
Jesse Lerner (Claremont Colleges) A Semi-Amateur Documentary on Migrant Labor along the US-Mexican Border
• video essay introduction
• Hands Across the Border (Great Western Sugar Co., US, 1963) digital preservation by Roundabout
Terri Francis (Indiana U, Black Film Center/Archive) introduces Ja’Tovia Gary’s film The Giverny Document (single channel) (US, 2019) 41 min.
Post-screening conversation with Ja’Tovia Gary and Terri Francis (21 min.)
Matt Soar & Monika Kin Gagnon (Concordia U Montréal)
Crossing Borders 2022
