ONLOOKERS [In-Person]

ONLOOKERS [In-Person]

Directed By Kimi Takesue

USA, Laos | Documentary | 72 min

[After the screening, there will be a live in-person Q&A with the filmmakers.]

ONLOOKERS offers a visually striking, immersive meditation on travel and tourism in Laos, reflecting on how we all live as observers. Traversing the country’s dusty roads and tranquil rivers, we watch as elaborate painterly tableaus unfold, revealing the whimsical and, at times, disruptive interweaving of locals and foreigners in rest and play.

The film transports viewers on a sensorial journey of deep looking and listening, inviting them to reflect on their own modes of tourism, while asking the looming existential questions: Why do we travel? What do we seek?

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In-Person

    • Date and Time

      Saturday, July 29 2023

      4:15 PM to 5:47 PM

    • Venue

      Quad Cinema

      34 W 13th Street
      New York, NY 10011

    Film Details

    1. English, Lao

    2. English

    3. 2023

    4. 72 minutes

    5. Adventure, Experimental

    6. Documentary

    7. USA, Laos

      8. Kimi Takesue


      Kimi Takesue is an award-winning artist whose films have screened internationally at festivals and museums, including Sundance, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, SXSW, and the Museum of Modern Art. Her film, 95 AND 6 TO GO, has screened at 25+ international film festivals and awarded a Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and Indie Memphis. Takesue's most recent documentary, ONLOOKERS, won an Honorable Mention for Best Breakout Feature at the Slamdance Film Festival and was an Official Selection at Cinéma du Réel at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Takesue is Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at Rutgers University-Newark.

      9. Kimi Takesue (Producer)

        Richard Beenen (Co-Producer)

        Sophie Luo (Co-Producer)

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