Films this week 10/29/24
by Gary Palmucci | 28th October 2024 | Gary's Corner, Uncategorized
New Plaza Cinema Short Film Showcase’s 10 th screening with programming curated by Michael Jacobsohn. Doris Casap: F^¢K ‘€M R!GHT B@¢K, A Black, queer aspiring Baltimore rapper must outwit his vengeful, out to get him day job boss after accidentally ingesting pot at a party.
Klay Enos and Cornelius Tulloch: Elements of Being, This video is a collaborative split-screen art piece where diverse artistic disciplines give voice to underrepresented narratives of climate change.
Joy Le Li: The Musician Under New York, Underground Musician tells the story of a Chinese immigrant in New York City who overcomes language barriers and rediscovers his passion for music in the subway, finding both survival and fulfillment.
Mark Stryker, Roberta Friedman and Daniel Lowenthal: Each One Teach One, In Detroit they make cars and great musicians. Nothing has been more important to sustaining Detroit’s landmark influence on Jazz and the American songbook than its heroic mentors: pianist Barry Harris, trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, and bassist Rodney Whitaker.
Arlene Shulman: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Inspired by his growing up in Inwood at the northern tip of Manhattan, Hamilton and In the Heights creator Lin-Manuel Miranda with help from uptown neighbors, talks about his love for the neighborhood.
Paul H Moon: Berlin, Berlin is a 21st century entry into the city-symphony film genre that peaked with pre-war 20th century utopian optimism. Today, post-war Berlin is more than meets the eye. Combining slow-motion and landscape cinematography, filmmaker H. Paul Moon’s roving camera probes a confusing mix of penance, resilience, and veneer in today’s Berliner: bridging apocalyptic visions from history, with today’s resonant sins.
Karen Yung and Jesse Ash: Love in China Town, When the entire world turned upside down in March 2020, Moonlynn Tsai and her partner Yin Chang organized an amazing grassroots community relief effort, Heart of Dinner, to feed the elderly and combat Asian-American hate in Chinatown, New York City and beyond. Stephanie Lombardo: Beaty, A feel-good mini- documentary that explores the meaning of true beauty beyond physical aesthetics.