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SUMMARY:The Poetics of Fragility: Film Screening and Discussion with Director Lata Mani
DESCRIPTION:Poetics of FragilityFilm Screening and Discussion with DirectorLata ManiWednesday\, October 19\, 2016 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM – Reception 7:00 to 9:00 PM – Screening and Discussion Charles E. Young Research Library – Main Conference Room The Poetics of Fragility explores the texture\, vitality and aesthetics of fragility. It interweaves stories of bodily frailty with optical vignettes of nature’s delicacy to reclaim fragility as intrinsic to existence\, not something to be bemoaned or overcome. Shot in the San Francisco Bay Area in September 2015\, the film features internationally renowned scholar-activist Angela Davis\, the acclaimed playwright and critic Cherrie Moraga\, Nora Cortiñas\, the inspiring founding member of Madres de Plaza de Mayo Linea Fundadora\, actor-dancer Greg Manalo\, feminist performance artists Thao P. Nguyen and Martha Rynberg\, theater scholar Jisha Menon\, healer Christopher Miles\, creative writer Xochitl M. Perales and the young trombone talent\, Jasim Perales.The Poetics of Fragility is conceived as a “videocontemplation;” a form that Nicolás Grandi and Lata Mani have been developing to explore how the audiovisual medium with its sensuous possibilities can become a tool for social inquiry with a philosophical impulse. The visually arresting and formally plural film unfolds through stories that build on and amplify each other. Moments of emotional intensity alternate with speculative calm\, dramatic narration with poetry and critical inquiry into prevailing understandings of fragility.About the DirectorsLata Mani is a feminist historian\, cultural critic\, contemplative writer and filmmaker. She has published on a broad range of issues\, from feminism and colonialism\, to illness\, spiritual philosophy and contemporary politics. She is most recently the author of The Integral Nature of Things: Critical Reflections on the Present (2013).Nicolás Grandi is a Buenos Aires based filmmaker\, interdisciplinary artist and educator. He has taught film direction and the history of world cinema at the Universidad del Cine\, Buenos Aires\, and in the Film Department at the Srishti School of Art\, Design and Technology\, Bangalore.
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