STATE OF FLUX
Do places define people? Or do people define their space? It’s a conundrum as old as that of “the chicken or the egg?” Six filmmakers capture six worlds disrupted by tourism, migration, and globalization. Followed by Q&A with directors. trt 97min
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THE WOMEN’S KINGDOM
U.S. 2006 | 22 MIN | Color Video |
English
Mandarin
w/ E.S.
The Mosuo, an ethnic minority living in the southwest region of China, boasts one of the world’s last matriarchal societies that also celebrate “free love.”
TAJ MAHAL POSTCARD
U.S. 2008 | 8 MIN | Color Video |
English
A filmmaker makes three-dimensional a country previously known to him only from postcards.
BEIJING HAZE
U.S. 2007 | 9 MIN | Color Video |
Mandarin
w/ E.S.
A woman reminisces about life in Beijing over cigarettes.
LOOK AT US SEÑOR
PHILIPPINES 2008 | 17 MIN | Color Video |
English
Filipino
w/ E.S.
For an ordinary family in Cebu, the annual Sinulog Festival, which celebrates the patron saint of the city, becomes a time of crisis.
SHATTERED
CANADA 2007 | 22 MIN | Color Video |
Cantonese
English
w/ E.S.
A montage of footage, car commercials, photographs, and clips recount the 1907 Vancouver Race Riots.
GODOG
JAPAN 2007 | 17 MIN | Color
Filipino
An unrestrained snapshot portraying the everyday lives of children who work and play on the landfills of Philippine slums.