_______________________________________________________In film, the voices of men speak, allied with reason and language. Women’s voices, meanwhile, tend to only sound, though they do so across a variety of registers: from music and song, disembodied and relocated voice of technological devices, the learning and mimicry of social linguistic norms, and the politicized voices that shape constituencies and speak truth to power. As the technical term “wild sound” connotes a sound recorded independent of the image, the wild sounds organized in this series challenge social and filmic convention. More than mere speech or sound, the woman’s voice creates an alternative space where meaning is negotiated and generated anew.Artists include:  Martine Syms, Gunvor Nelson, Courtney Stephens, Kollectiv (Pablo Salas/Pedro Chaskel), Wu Tsang, Eduardo Coutinho, Elisa Giardina Papa, Louise Carrin, Anne Charlotte Robertson, Mounira Al-Solh and Lucy Clout.WILD SOUNDS TRAILER:

Trailer Directed/Edited by Patrick Offenheiser

Monday, October 3, 2016, 7pm, VOICES FROM BEYOND, Carolyn Lazard, Sara Magenheimer, Courtney Stephens and Aura Satz in personMonday, October 17, 2016, 7pm, PARABOLIC WOMAN, Sandra Kogut in personMonday, October 31, 2016, 7pm, SINGULAR PLURAL, Candice Breitz in personMonday, November 14th, 2016, 7pm, WORD PLAY, Film scholar and Brazilian cinema expert Robert Stam and documentarian Kirsten Johnson in person.Monday, November 28th, 2016, 7pm, WOMEN'S WORK, Nicolás Pereda in personMonday, December 12th, 2016, 7pm, TALK BACK, Cauleen Smith in person

To be a child is to be a member of a social minority to which everyone has belonged. And yet, far from this endowing them with hallowed status, children today are increasingly under attack: they are enclosed and spatially squeezed; relentlessly tested at school; targeted by capitalism; patronized as technology-obsessed brats. THE INFINITE CHILD tells a different story: it highlights filmmakers – avant -garde, activist, Direct Cinema legends – who have explored the freedom, defiance, illegibility, inner strength and radicalism of children. These artists – sometimes lyrical, sometimes wonderfully maniacal – not only treat children as experimental spaces and with a tenderness that is lacking in more generic representations; they search for the enduring and liberating spirit of childhood on stage and in institutions such as art schools.___2015October 5  ADRIFT IN DETRITA Leslie Thornton in personOctober 19 SMALL STEPS, GIANT LEAPS D.A. Pennebaker in personNovember 2 DON'T LET THE SKY FALL ON OUR HEAD Nicolas Philibert in personNovember 16 CAPTIVATING CAPTIVES Narimane Mari in personNovember 30, THE ART SCHOOL DANCE GOES ON FOREVER Eugenia Bell, Dan Fox in personDecember 14 COMMIE CAMP Katie Halper in person___

SEASON ELEVEN (Winter/Spring 2015)
Programmed by Sierra Pettengill and Pacho Velez

THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE Living in an era defined more by complex systems than by material things, and increasingly mediated by the digital, how are we touched by the objects we can still touch? That Obscure Object of Desire explores the question through programs about the emotional response of artists to objects; the Americana that buttresses national ideas of mobility and entrepreneurship; the transformation of objects into artworks; the checkpoints erected by prisons and airport customs; the efforts of young people to continually redefine signifiers of rebellion; and the hidden history of efforts to discipline and control giving birth. Through these programs, the series mines the complex interplay between design, desire, and daily life.2015January 20 PSYCHIC SUBSTANCE Andy Graydon, João Enxuto & Erica Love, Mores McWreath in personFebruary 3 AMERICANA Kevin T. Allen, Jean-François Caissy, Steve Wetzel in personFebruary 17 I AM MAKING ART Ilisa Barbash in personMarch 3 CHECKPOINTS Brett Story in personMarch 17 REBELS OF THE NEON GOD Jessica Bardsley, Scott Cummings, Jodie Mack in personMarch 31 THE MOTHERHOOD ARCHIVES Irene Lusztig in person

SEASON TEN (Fall 2014)
Programmed by David Dinnell and Ted Kennedy

SYSTEMS AND LAYERS This series presents films and videos that depict and embody systems of power and ruptures where these systems become visible. The nature of observing and being observed; life within a surveillance state; individual testimony and collective memory; and the role of the artifact as evidence within suppressed histories are ideas and themes that will be explored throughout the six programs.

2014October 6 ARTIFACTS Rebecca Baron & Doug Goodwin in personOctober 20 PICTURES FROM A REVOLUTION Susan Meiselas in personNovember 3 REFLECTIONS Sergei Loznitsa in personNovember 17 A THOUSAND SUNS Mati Diop in personDecember 1 THE OBITUARY PROJECT Hope Tucker in personDecember 15 DER RIESE (THE GIANT) Directed by: Michael Klier

SEASON NINE (Winter/Spring 2014)Programmed by Jason Fox

EAT!: A 60th ANNIVERSARY FEAST What’s so bad about speaking with our mouth full? From the Food Network to the greenmarket and from the industrial to the artisanal, New Yorkers are being trained to become a city of gourmands. In our current culinary moment, local politics and global policies are entering us through our mouths. EAT! offers a series of interventions on those moments when our bodies are at their most vulnerable, at the moments when consumption breaks down the boundaries between our selves and the world.

In celebration of the Flaherty Seminar’s 60th anniversary, the series includes work programmed throughout the history of the seminar in addition to new work, archival excavations of seminar discussions, special guests, and new frontiers in documentary forms. Presenting work from Cuba, France, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mozambique, The Netherlands, Russia, Thailand and the United States.2014January 20 FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS  Elaine Tin Nyo in personFebruary 3 ALL THAT GLITTER  Lonnie van Brummelen in personFebruary 17 DEVOTIONAL CINEMA Barbara Hammer in personMarch 3 CHOP SUEY: A TALK ON THE WORK OF THERESA DUNCAN  Lia Gangitano in personMarch 17 WASTE, AND OTHER FORMS OF MANAGEMENT  Pawel Wojtasik, Ernst Karel & Dana Levy in personMarch 31 POT LUCK: AN AUGMENTED REALITY WALK   Stefani Bardin & Alan Raymond in person

SEASON EIGHT (Fall 2013)Programmed by Ernie Larsen & Sherry Millner

Global Revolt: Cinematic Ammunition From Tahrir Square to Taksim Park, from the streets of Athens to Zuccotti Park, popular revolts have shaken much of the globe in recent years. This series, with films drawn from no less than 16 countries—explores both the deep historical sources and the immediate sparks of this unprecedented rebellion. Featured are films by celebrated radical directors Zelimir Zilnik, Jill Godmilow, Jean-Marie Straub, Omar Amiralay, and an array of U.S. premieres, among them: new works by Sylvain George, Laura Waddington, and the extraordinary Syrian collective, Abounaddara.  The screenings nourish an appetite for the depiction of some strange bedfellows: eventually, the Zapatistas, Bertolt Brecht, Marshal Tito, and Joseph Beuys, among many others, all rub shoulders.2013October 1 Refuse & Refusal: Anti-Authoritarian & Avant-Gardist InterventionsOctober 15 Falsehood and Nonreconciliation: Undoing HistoriesOctober 29 The Permanent Dissident: Zelimir Zilnik. Zilnik in person!November 12 States of Exception, Exceptional States: The Iron Grip of NationalismNovember 26 Violence of the Image: The Crisis of RepresentationDecember 10 Live Like a Refugee: On The Border

SEASON SEVEN (Spring 2013)Programmed by Jeronimo Rodriguez

EPIC ENCOUNTERS Some things in life fall away into a forgotten chasm, relegated to imperfect human memories, tucked away in a remote abyss where you will probably never hear from them again. Film often reverses the course of events, giving these things a place in our history. This program focuses specifically on the ability of film to shed light on those spots that might otherwise be lost forever. The selected films deal with episodes of a nebulous past, with activities that are not usually represented, with fractured spaces, and finally, with the frailty of memory. Filmmakers, videographers, professionals, and amateurs from Latin America, Spain and the US help create a bridge between what is seemingly irrelevant and what takes on significance. This show features a Hi-8 home video,an underground scream, a fading memory, an unknown story, a rehearsal, and a rarely seen film.

2013March 6 Lovely Tapes: VikinglandMarch 13 Captivating Rehearsals: RosalindaMarch 20 Slippery Past: The Other DayMarch 27 Counterculture Traces: The Life, Death, and Assumption of Lupe VelezApril 3 Fractured Spaces: Short Film ProgramApril 10 Late Letters: Tudo É Brasil

SEASON SIX (Fall 2012)Programmed by Jon Dieringer

MORE FUN IN THE NEW WORLD: This fall Flaherty NYC aims to conquer the election season by exploring works that deal with the issues that have so effectively divided our nation. The end result may not be surprising—we’re neither the first, nor will we be the last to be embroiled in such adolescent battles—but it certainly is pressing: if this is the way things are and always have been, how will anyone ever be able to affect change? From classic and rarely-seen works to contemporary and crucial, we’ll take a closer look at debt, corporate money, choice, uprisings and violence through a prismatic tour of user-generated media, murder fantasies, experimental animation, Native American tribal politics, and much more. Each screening will be followed by discussion that will not only dissect the issues, but challenge you to consider a new perspective.

2012October 3 Debt Begins at 20October 10 Young LakotaOctober 17 Occupy Flaherty NYCOctober 31 Zero KilledNovember 7 Dreams That Money Can BuyNovember 8 Mr. FreedomNovember 14 Decompose the Universe

SEASON FIVE (Spring 2012)Programmed by  Kathy High and Jim Supanick

THE LIVES OF ANIMALS : In his book Animals in Film, Jonathan Burt notes the peculiar power that onscreen animals possess over viewers.  Kathy High and Jim Supanick, the curators of Flaherty NYC for the Spring 2012 season, have put together an excitingly varied program of films foregrounding the emotional and ethical power of the animal image as discussed by Burt and others.  In the past ten years, the burgeoning field of Animal Studies has done much to bring “the animal question” into the public eye, focusing attention on the place of animals in folklore, science, politics, and religious practice – and also on the place of the human animal in relation to our animal others.

SEASON FOUR (Fall 2011)Programmed by Miriam Bale

Snapshots: Tourism in Cinema is a series about documentary as a form of tourism, of the filmmaker looking at a place through the gaze of an outsider. Whether verité or talking head, most documentaries begin with this basic arrangement. Through various formats -- amateur and professional, commercial and experimental, travelogue and "fiction" (playing with the concept that all location shooting is a form of documentary) -- the series will explore the outer limits of cinematic tourism by featuring works by emerging and renowned filmmakers. Each screening will be followed by a discussion which examines the aesthetic attributes as well as some of the problems that arise from this form of documenting.

2011 - All post-screening discussions moderated by Flaherty NYC Programmer Miriam BaleNovember 16 Religious Pilgrimages to Haiti Divine Horsemen (Maya Deren and Cherel Ito, 1985)The Pierced Heart (Olivia Wyatt, sneak preview of a work in progress)November 9 Medical Tourism Made in India (Haimowitz/Sinha, 2010)November 2 Street Life Mur Murs (Agnes Varda, 1981)October 26 Super 8 Snapshots works by Brian Frye, Kevin T. Allen and Jen HeusonOctober 19 Insider/Outsider: Artists & Industry Le mort du rat (Pascal Aubier, 1975),Chicken Real (Les Blank, 1970), Ukiah (Sam Fleischner, 2010), Sway (Richard Sandler, 2006)October 12 Documentary in Fiction The Life Aquatic (Wes Anderson, 2004)October 5 Liminal Spaces in Cinema Gone to Earth (Powell/Pressburger, 1950) Union (Paul Clipson, 2010)

SEASON THREE (2010-2011)Programmed by Penny Lane

2011 September 12 The Best of the 2011 Flaherty SeminarJune 13 Seva Lives (Francisco Serrano). Post-screening discussion with Francisco Serrano, moderated by Carlos Gutiérrez of Cinema Tropical.May 9 War Don Don (Rebecca Richman Cohen). Post-screening discussion with Rebecca Richman Cohen, Producer/Editor Francisco Bello and Prosecuting Attorney Christopher Santora; moderated by Deborah Dickson, three-time Academy Award nominee and story consultant on the film.April 11 Vanessa Renwick. Discussion moderated by filmmaker Esther Robinson.March 14 Psychogeographies. The post-screening discussion with the filmmakers was moderated by Colin Beckett, Critical Writing Fellow at UnionDocs.February 14 9 Love Inspired Shorts. A post-screening discussion with some of the filmmakers was moderated by Penny Lane.January 10 Deliver (Jennifer Montgomery). Post-screening discussion with the filmmaker, moderated by Liza Johnson, artist, filmmaker and Associate Professor of Art at Williams College.2010December 13 Reporter (Eric Daniel Metzger). Post-screening discussion with the filmmaker, moderated by Dan Nuxoll, Rooftop Films Program Director.November 8 The World's Largest Shopping Mall (Sam Green). Post-screening discussion with the filmmaker, moderated by, Ed Halter, programmer of the 2002 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar and the founder and director of Light Industry.October 11 Lessons of the Blood (James T. Hong & Yin-Ju Chen).Post-screening discussion with the filmmakers, moderated by, Chi-hui Yang, programmer of the 2008 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, former director/programmer of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.September 13 Benj Gerdes & Jennifer Hayashida. Post screening discussion with filmmakers; moderated by Flaherty NYC programmer Penny Lane.

SEASON TWO (2009-2010)

2010May 10 Elephant Boy (Robert J. Flaherty & Zoltan Korda). Post-screening panel discussion with past seminar programmers Carlos Gutiérrez (Flaherty Seminar 2007), Ariella Ben-Dov (2006), Ed Halter (2002), Elaine Charnov (2001), Jytte Jenson (2001), Bill Sloan (1992, 1979, 1975, 1972), and Nadine Covert (1972) discussed how the Seminar has evolved over the years and how it remains a unique space for innovative thinking and discovery.April 12 Our Disappeared (Juan Mandelbaum). Post-screening discussion with filmmaker Juan Mandelbaum was moderated by Felix Endara, Manager, Arts Engine/DocuClub.March 8 Kamal AljafariFebruary 8 Ivan and Ivana: Variations on Amerika (Jeff Daniel Silva). The post-screening discussion with filmmaker Jeff Daniel Silva was moderated by Sundance Programmer and Independent Documentary Consultant Basil Tsiokos.January 11 Original Bomb Child (Carey McKenzie) with Hiroshima-Nagasaki, August 1945 (Eric Barnouw). The post-screening discussion with Ayana Osada and Sumner Glimcher was moderated by Dan Streible.2009December 14 WITNESS. There was a post-screening discussion with representatives from WITNESS: Sam Gregory (Program Director), Kelly Matheson (Program Coordinator for North America), and Violeta Krasnic (Program Coordinator for Europe and Central Asia).November 9 Experiments with AnimationOctober 12 Pawel WojtasikSeptember 14 Chick Strand Tribute. There was a post-screening discussion with Bill Brand, Barbara Hammer, and Lynne Sachs on Strand’s life and work.

SEASON ONE (2008-2009)

2009May 11 Johnny Berlin 2: Notes from the Dumpster (Dominic DeJoseph). Director Dominic DeJoseph participanted in a post-screening discussion moderated by Ingrid Kopp of Shooting PeopleApril 13 Marie Losier. There was a post-screening discussion with Ed Halter, Flaherty Trustee and co-founder of Light Industry.March 9 Jacqueline Goss and Josh Weinstein. Jacqueline Goss and Josh Weinstein were present for a post-screening discussion with filmmaker Scott Nyerges.February 9 The Juche Idea (Jim Finn). Finn participated in a post-screening discussion moderated by Penny Lane of Hampshire College.January 12 Alex Rivera. Alex Rivera participated in a post-screening discussion moderated by Lucila Moctezuma of the Tribeca Film Institute.2008December 8 Lee Wang and Laura Waddington. Filmmakers participated in a post-screening discussion moderated by Ariella Ben-Dov, Director of the Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival.November 10 Sylvia Schedelbauer and Alison Kobayashi. Alison Kobayashi was present for a post-screening discussion moderated by Pamela Cohn.October 13 Oliver Husain