March 17, 2022
Graphic by Rid, Darwin Marinho, and Ella Monstra of ‘Carnaval no Inferno’ Collective
Flaherty NYC: Opacity Spirals April 14-28th
The Flaherty is thrilled to announce its upcoming 2022 Spring Flaherty NYC, Opacity Spirals, programmed by Janaína Oliveira and Inney Prakash in collaboration with Maysles Documentary Center.
The series will run April 14th to April 28th at the Maysles Documentary Center and feature a reconfiguration of several films from the 2021 Flaherty Film Seminar — titled Opacity— with the addition of three films by the Otolith Group. By introducing the voices of another programmer and set of artists, the program hopes to highlight the way dialogues can be extended through ongoing interventions and by finding resonances as they echo through the world. Each screening will be followed by a conversation with the filmmakers and special guests.
Program 1 - April 14
sum of the parts: what can be named, Deanna Bowen
Otolith I, Otolith Group
In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain, Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind
Missing Time, Morgan Quaintance
Followed by an in person conversation between Deanna Bowen, Janaína Oliveira, and Inney Prakash
Program 2 - April 22
Space Exodus, Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind
Serpent Rain, Denise Ferreira da Silva & Arjuna Neuman
Nation State, Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind
Otolith II, Otolith Group
Followed by a conversation with the filmmakers
Program 3 - April 28
The Paul Good Papers at Notasulga, Deanna Bowen
Another Decade, Morgan Quaintance
Otolith III, Otolith Group
Followed by a conversation with the filmmakers
Opacity Spirals Programmers
Janaína Oliveira
Janaína Oliveira
Film scholar and freelancer programmer, Janaína Oliveira has a Ph.D. in History and is a professor at the Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ) and was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Center for African Studies at Howard University. Since 2009, her researches focus on Black and African Cinemas, also acting as consultant, jury and panelist in several festivals and film festivals in Brazil and abroad. She is the head programmer of the Zózimo Bulbul Black Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, and also worked as an advisor for African and black diaspora films for the Locarno Film Festival, in Switzerland (2019-2020). In 2019 she programmed the “Soul in the eye: Zózimo Bulbil legacies and the contemporary Black Brazilian Cinema” series to the International Film Festival Rotterdam . She is the founder of the Black Cinema Itinerant Forum (FICINE - www.ficine.org ) and was the 66th Flaherty Film Seminar programmer in 2021. Oliveira lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Inney Prakash
Inney Prakash
Inney Prakash is film curator/programmer and writer based in New York. He is a cinema programmer at Maysles Documentary Center and the Founder/Director of Prismatic Ground, a new festival that will hold its second edition from May 4-8, 2022.
Farewell to Michelle Materre
Mourning the loss of our colleague Michelle Materre offers us the opportunity to reflect on and celebrate her many contributions to the field and to our organization. Michelle served as executive director of The Flaherty from 1995 until 1998. Michelle helped us cultivate our community, foster collective inquiry, and challenge the structural and cultural dynamics that obscure the contributions of women and people of color in our industry.
In her first year as ED, she oversaw the 42nd Flaherty Film Seminar, LANDSCAPES AND PLACE, Programmed by Ruth Bradley, Kathy High, & Loretta Todd. The 1996 program has strong resonances with this year’s upcoming seminar, CONTINENTS OF DRIFTING CLOUDS, and was the first Flaherty Seminar co-programmed by an indigenous curator, Loretta Todd (Cree/Métis). Ever committed to bringing people together and reaching new audiences, Michelle was also seminal in the foundation of Flaherty on the Road. Even after her departure from her formal leadership role in recent years she worked with us to co-present and moderate the Flaherty NYC series.
The absence of such a dynamic presence in our community is felt, but not yet seen. Now and in the coming years we will continue to demonstrate our commitment to maintaining the bridges Michelle built for us and cultivating the relationships that elevate and highlight the contributions of those whose work has traditionally been obscured. That is just one way we can honor and maintain the work she contributed to our field.
photo taken at the 1995 Flaherty Film Seminar by Jason Livingston
WELCOME ARYANA ALEXIS ANDERSON, OUR NEW OPERATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
The Flaherty is absolutely thrilled to welcome Aryana Alexis Anderson to our team in the role of Operations and Communications Manager. Aryana is an independent film producer, working in the documentary space and a Lecturer in Film at SUNY Purchase College. Aryana was a 2021 Flaherty Exposure Fellow. Aryana has served as a member of Americans for the Arts Emerging Leaders Advisory Council and was a junior board member of the Queens Council on the Arts where she assisted in developing programs and resources to promote the growth, development, and sustenance of emerging arts professionals both locally and nationwide. She was a member of the inaugural Diversity in Arts Leadership Labs cohort at the Arts and Business Council of New York. She received her training in screenwriting and production at the Conservatory of Theater Arts and Film at SUNY Purchase. She holds a certificate in nonprofit management from Fordham University. Highlights from her professional development experiences include completion of the Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service at NYU Wagner and Innovative Cultural Advocacy Fellowship at the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute.
2022 SEMINAR FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!
The Flaherty is happy to announce that our 2022 Flaherty Fellowship Applications are now open! The deadline to apply is April 1. If you are Indigenous to the land you call home, or have been historically dispossessed from your land, history, culture, and power, we especially invite you to apply to one of our 2022 Fellowships.
For the first time, The Flaherty Seminar will welcome two Fellowship cohorts:
25-30 Fellows will meet in-person at Colgate University;
25-30 Fellows from around the world will gather in a unique virtual space.
Both cohorts will begin on Friday June 24th, a day before the wider Seminar, to learn about the history of the Seminar, take part in a master class and a curatorial workshop, discuss pre-assigned readings relating to the theme, and watch and discuss clips of each other’s films, by way of a Fellows’ film screening. Besides interacting with the group at large, Fellows in person and online will also take part in private meetings and discussions with the featured artists and other special guests in attendance.
In order to receive a Fellowship, you must be available from Friday, June 24, 2022 until the end of the Seminar on Friday, July 1, 2022 at noon ET.
Please read all of the application details carefully before submitting your application.
2022 IN-PERSON SEMINAR WAITLIST ONLY | ONLINE SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE
Thank you to all who registered over the past 2 weeks. The in-person seminar is currently SOLD OUT!
If you are interested in joining us in-person, please add your name to the waitlist. You will be notified when a spot opens up via email.
All waitlist registrations will be offered an opportunity to join the virtual experience.
Graphic by Rid, Darwin Marinho, and Ella Monstra of ‘Carnaval no Inferno’ Collective
OPACITY CATALOGUE
Pre Orders now available! Pré-venda já disponíveis!
The bilingual print edition of the expanded Opacity Seminar Catalogue will be available in April 2022. Please help us assess our printing needs by pre-ordering your copy before March 1. A edição impressa bilíngue do Catálogo do Seminário de Opacidade expandido estará disponível em abril de 2022. Ajude-nos a avaliar nossas demandas de impressão encomendando sua cópia antes de 1º de março.
The Opacity Catalogue is co-edited by Dessane Lopez Cassell and Carol Almeida, with contributions by Tina Campt, Tatiana Carvalho Costa, Amaranta César, Christopher Harris, Janaína Oliveira, Athi-Patra Ruga, Yeelen Cohen, and Grace Passô. Managing editor: Jason Fox. Design by Rid, Darwin Marinho, and Ella Monstra of ‘Carnaval no Inferno’ Collective. O Catálogo do seminário Opacidade é coeditado por Dessane Lopez Cassell e Carol Almeida, com contribuições de Tina Campt, Tatiana Carvalho Costa, Amaranta César, Christopher Harris, Janaína Oliveira, Athi-Patra Ruga, Yeelen Cohen e Grace Passô. Coordenador de Edição: Jason Fox. Design de Rid, Darwin Marinho e Ella Monstra do Coletivo ‘Carnaval no Inferno’.
Other News
Call for Submissions
SPANISH FILM CLUB offers GRANTS to bring a selective roster of new awe-inspiring productions from Latin America and Spain to university campuses, through virtual and in-person screenings. Grants to screen these award-winning titles representing 30 countries cover up to 50% of the costs. Apply by APRIL 4, 2022.
Flaherty Fellows
Still from “Dreams” by Tenzin Phuntsog (2022), 35mm film to 4k video, 2 minutes — Courtesy of the artist and Microscope Gallery, New York
"Pure Land" Solo Exhibition
Microscope is very pleased to present Pure Land, the first solo exhibition by artist and filmmaker Tenzin Phuntsog (2019) in New York. Phuntsog’s works in moving image, installation, photography and performance have previously appeared at the gallery in screenings and exhibitions including in the 2019 exhibit “Scrapbook, (or Why Can’t We Live Together).” Runs through April 9, 2022.
Neighboring Scenes returns to Film at Lincoln Center
Now in its seventh year, Neighboring Scenes is Film at Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical’s 's annual wide-ranging showcase of contemporary Latin American cinema featuring established auteurs as well as fresh talent from the international festival scene.
ONE EARTH FILM FEST
We are the Midwest’s premier environmental film festival. This year’s theme is Turn The Tide on climate change and environmental racism. Please join for 17 virtual watch parties and in-person options, each including expert panel discussion to equip you with action steps on our most pressing environmental problems.
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