Saturday, April 11, 1:45 pm
In The Crosswind
(Estonia, Martti Helde
2014, 87 mins)
Estonian director Martti Helde creates a heartbreaking portrait
of the 1941 Soviet mass deportation of Baltic citizens to Siberia.
Based on the diary of a young wife and mother struggling to find
her way home, scenes are recreated as dream-like black and white
tableaux vivants in which the actors stand motionless while the
camera remains in motion.
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Saturday, April 11, 3:45 pm
Songs From The North
(US/South Korea, Soon-Mi Yoo
2014, 72 min)
Weaving together songs and archival footage from North Korean
propagandist cinema and television, everyday scenes of workers
and schoolchildren in the North, and interviews with her father who
had lived through the dividing of his country, South Korean-born
director Soon-Mi Yoo creates an intriguing visual essay of this enigmatic nation and its people.
March 2015
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