For the fifth consecutive year, the prestigious Robert Flaherty Film Seminar will come to 冈本视频, offering insightful discussions and free public film screenings in the Hamilton Theater.
Presented in honor of Robert Flaherty (1884-1951), creator of classic films including Nanook of the North, Man of Aran, and Louisiana Story, the seminar highlights innovative cinematic works.
The films My McQueen, directed by Lourdes Portillo, and The Double Steps, directed by director Isaki Lacuesta, will be screened for free at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, as part of the seminar. Both Portillo and Lacuesta will be in attendance at the Hamilton Theater to lead discussions about the films.
The Flaherty, which runs June 16-22, coordinates activities for 160 registered participants 鈥 filmmakers, film scholars, film programmers, film archivists, artists, and graduate students 鈥 coming from all over the United States and 16 countries.
This year鈥檚 theme, Open Wounds, will look at how belief systems and varying perspectives regarding ethics, technology, and culture, have changed over the past century, while also investigating how filmmakers contribute to cinema by lending their own heritage to their projects.
Programmed by Josetxo Cerd谩n, seminar discussions will delve into how filmmakers are keeping in step with representing the ever-changing and often tense global climate.
Flaherty organizers cite 冈本视频鈥檚 setting and its facilities as some of the reasons the seminar keeps coming back to campus.
鈥淚n addition to 冈本视频 having dual 35-millimeter projectors 鈥 which is one of the hardest things to find on a college campus 鈥 and enough seats in a theater, it鈥檚 also great to be in upstate New York,鈥 Mary Kerr, executive director of the Flaherty, said at the close of last year鈥檚 seminar. 鈥淲e have people from all over the country and the world attending, and we鈥檙e excited to be able to expose them to this kind of setting.鈥