May 2021 news from the Flaherty, our past and future programmers, filmmakers, and fellows. Congratulations 2021 Flaherty Fellows joining the first ever Flaherty virtual Seminar to take place JULY 09-18. The 66th edition of the Flaherty Film Seminar will inspire us to look defiantly at the opaque places of cinema. Call for Entries, film screenings, exhibitions and more!
Flaherty’s end of the year fundraising screening “Footprints” guest programmed by our 2020 Programmers-in-residence - Devon Narine-Singh, Suneil Sanzgiri, and Alia Ayman, showcasing the work by Ephraim Asili, Madeline Hunt-Ehrlich and Joie Estrella Horwitz and other news from the Flaherty community
Photo: Footprints Banner Illustration by Nicho Reyes
Virtual Screening + Discussion of 2011 Flaherty Filmmaker Sam Pollard’s Two Trains Runnin' , Flaherty Filmmaker Su Friedrich announces the new William Greaves website, “Flaherty Filmmaker Friday” series on Instagram continues this month with more stories about Flaherty featured filmmakers, and more!
Photo: Film Still from Two Trains Runnin’
The Flaherty NYC 2020 team writes about Flaherty’s recent virtual event “The Unwriting of Disaster” at Mimesis Documentary Festival, “Flaherty Filmmaker Friday” is a new The Flaherty Social Media initiative. The People’s Revolt curated by Flaherty Fellow Anto Astudillo will be streaming the first half of the month at Maysles Documentary Center and more!
Program three of Flaherty NYC’s fall series SURFACE KNOWLEDGE, curated by programmers Courtney Stephens and Mathilde Walker-Billaud. The screening took place at Anthology Film Archives and was co-presented with UnionDocs and Colgate University. Filmmakers Joshua Gen Solondz and Colgate Distinguished Global Filmmaker in Residence Maryam Tafakory were in person to discuss their screened work with writer, teacher, and curator, Leo Goldsmith.
Program three of Flaherty NYC’s fall series SURFACE KNOWLEDGE, curated by programmers Courtney Stephens and Mathilde Walker-Billaud. The screening took place at Anthology Film Archives and was co-presented with UnionDocs and Colgate University. Filmmakers Joshua Gen Solondz and Colgate Distinguished Global Filmmaker in Residence Maryam Tafakory were in person to discuss their screened work with writer, teacher, and curator, Leo Goldsmith.
On Monday, November 18, 2019, Flaherty NYC screened Program 4 SEDUCTIVE SURFACES, of the SURFACE KNOWLEDGE series, programmed by Courtney Stephens and Mathilde Walker-Billaud. The screening took place at Anthology Film Archives and was co-presented with Organism for Poetic Research. The artists and scholars in person to discuss their work were Yto Barrada, Sara Cwynar, Zachary Epcar, and Daniel Paul, with Lucy Ives, novelist and critic, moderating the conversation.
Program three of Flaherty NYC’s fall series SURFACE KNOWLEDGE, curated by programmers Courtney Stephens and Mathilde Walker-Billaud. The screening took place at Anthology Film Archives and was co-presented with UnionDocs and Colgate University. Filmmakers Joshua Gen Solondz and Colgate Distinguished Global Filmmaker in Residence Maryam Tafakory were in person to discuss their screened work with writer, teacher, and curator, Leo Goldsmith.
THE FACE OF THE PLANET, took a reflective look at the timescale in which nature and humans have coexisted, the consequences of such, and its culturally contextual meaning within the Anthropocene, as well as cinema. Following the screening artists Ja’Tovia Gary, Bill Basquin, film scholar Jennifer Peterson, and musician Jerome Ellis were in conversation with moderator Courtney Stephens, Flaherty NYC co-programmer and filmmaker. The evening was co-presented with MONO NO AWARE.
