SATURDAY, JUNE 18, EVENING
SESSION 1:
WINDOW CLEANING IN SHANGHAI
Laura Kissel
2010, 3 min., HD video
A JOY
Jodie Mack
2005, 3 min., 16mm
THE PASSION OF ST. MATTHEW
Connoisseur Films Ltd.
1951, 4 min. of 80 min., DVD
JAZZ DANCE
Roger Tilton Cinematographers: Richard Leacock & Robert H. Campbell
1954, 22 min., 16mm
A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON
Director: Les Blank Sound: Maureen Gosling Musical performances: George Jones, Willie Nelson, Ray Wylie Hubbard, et al.
Director’s cut for the 2011 Flaherty Seminar 1974/2011, 90 min.(originally 100 min.), DigiBeta
Discussion with Les Blank
Facilitator: Sally Berger
SUNDAY, JUNE 19, MORNING
SESSION 2:
“THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER” SUNG BY MARVIN GAYE
1983, 3 min., Digital video
STREAMING PAST, PRESENT MOMENTS
Director: Frank Scheffer Music: David Shea
2005/2011, 6 min., DVD
CABIN FIELD
Laura Kissel Sound design and music: Joe Milutis
2005, 40 min., DVD
SINGAPORE GAGA
Tan Pin Pin
2005, 54 min., BetaSP
Discussion with Tan Pin Pin, Laura Kissel and Frank Scheffer
Facilitator: John Gianvito
SUNDAY, JUNE 19, AFTERNOON
SESSION 3: Mixing Oil & Water
THE WAYS OF WATER
Encyclopædia Britannica Cinematographer: Les Blank
1972, 13 min., 16mm
FOOTAGE FROM THE LOUISIANA STORY SURVEY FILM
Director: Robert Flaherty Cinematographer: Richard Leacock Audio: Flaherty Seminars of 1958, 1963, and 1968 Assembly: Erik Piil
2011/1946-1947, 28 min., HD video
SPEND IT ALL
Les Blank and Skip Gerson
1971, 41 min. 16mm
WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: ACT III
Director: Spike Lee Co-Producer, editor: Sam Pollard Music: Terence Blanchard
2006, 59 min., BetaSP
Discussion with Les Blank and fellows Ann Bennet and Julie Mallozzi
Facilitator: Dan Streible
SUNDAY, JUNE 19, EVENING
SESSION 4: Father’s Day
Prelude
TO HEAR YOUR BANJO PLAY
Directors: Irving Lerner and Willard Van Dyke Cinematographer: Richard Leacock (Virginia locations, 1941) Music: Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry and Brownie (as Brownee) McGhee (“John Henry”); Woody Guthrie and Baldwin Hawes (“Greenback Dollar/East Virginia”); Horton Barker (“Wondrous Love”); Texas Gladden (“The Farmer’s Curst Wife”); Peter Seeger (“Sally Ann,” “Flop Eared Mule,” and “Old Joe Clark”)
1947, 16 min., 16mm
IN THE LAND OF STONE: A MUSICAL IN THREE ACTS
All titles directed by Melinda Stone
ACT I. CENTER FOR LAND USE INTERPRETATION SUGGESTED PHOTO SPOT PROJECT
1996, 10 min., DigiBeta
ACT II. THE CALIFORNIA TOUR THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
2003, 4 min., MiniDV
Do you know Woody Guthrie’s verse about private property?
CALIFORNIA TOUR [BEHIND-THE-SCENES DOCUMENTARY]
2004, 10 min., DVD
Sound design: Dave Cerf
AUDIENCE ANALYSIS #4
2003, 3 min., 16mm
Music: Dave Cerf
AUDIENCE ANALYSIS #4
2003, 3 min., 16mm
Music: Beth Custer
ACT III. HOW TO HOMESTEAD WHAT I LEARNED THE YEAR I MADE MY OWN LINEN UNDERWEAR
2010, 10 min., MiniDV
Flax work.
SECRETS OF THE ALEWIFE, EPISODE II: MAKING WHEY ALE
2011, 6 min., MiniDV
A how-to video.
EVERYONE NEEDS A HOE
2007, 5 min., MiniDVA
sing-along natural anthem.
DEVELOPING MEMORY
2002, 5 min.., 16mm
Melinda Stone and Naomi Uman make a film.
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF THE PRIMITIVE CREATURE
2006, 5 min., MiniDV
An animation.
Discussion with Melinda Stone, Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough and Kate Shearman
Facilitator: Andrea Grover
CODA: SQUARE DANCE & CONTRADANCE,
With fiddler, guitarist, and caller (a non-gender-specific version of the traditional partnered folk dance)
MONDAY, JUNE 20, MORNING
SESSION 5:
HEDDLING
Laura Kissel
2010, 1 min., HD video
INVISIBLE CITY
Tan Pin Pin
2007, 58 min., DigiBeta
TAN MIAN HUA
Laura Kissel
2011, 15 min., HD video
MOVING HOUSE
Tan Pin Pin
2001, 22 min., DigiBeta
Discussion with Laura Kissel and Tan Pin Pin
Facilitator: Irene Gustafson
MONDAY, JUNE 20, AFTERNOON
SESSION 6:
WAVEMAKERS
Caroline Martel
Work in process, 105 min., DVD
Live performance by Suzanne Binet-Audet and Kaureya Audet
Discussion with Caroline Martel, Suzanne Binet-Audet and Frank Scheffer
Facilitator: Chi-Hui Yang
MONDAY, JUNE 20, EVENING
SESSION 7: Mixing Oil & Water
IISITUACIÓN #1
Bibi Calderaro
1998/2000, 3 min., DVD Subtítulo: Realizada con cámara subacuática en el río Este, Nueva York.
THE FLORESTINE COLLECTION
A film by Helen Hill, completed by Paul Gailiunas
2011, 29 min., 16mm
IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON’T RISE
Director: Spike Lee Co-producer, editor: Sam Pollard Music: Terence Blanchard
2010, 68 min. excerpt, DVD
Discussion with Sam Pollard and Paul Gailiunas (via web video)
Facilitator: Dan Streible
MONDAY, JUNE 21, EVENING
SESSION 8: (Summer Solstice, 13:16 EST):
REHACIENDO PAISAJE / BLINKING LANDSCAPE
Bibi Calderaro
1998-2001/2011, 3 min., Super 8 installation
CINÉMAS DE L’INDUSTRIE
Caroline Martel
2009/2011, 22 min., Video installation
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF KNOWING
Tan Pin Pin
2010, 12 min., DigiBeta
TUNEFUL WINGS
Dorothy Orr & Othel G. Goff
1974, 6 min., MiniDV
MOODS OF A CITY
Westwood Movie Club
1972, 15 min., 16mm
A TRIP DOWN MARKET STREET (BEFORE THE FIRE)
Directors: Miles Bros.Music: Agatha Kasprzyk and Rafaël Leloup,
2010/1906, 12 min., DVD
MARKET STREET 1905/2005
DVD by Melinda Stone and Liz Keim, 2006•
MARKET STREET AFTER THE FIRE Sound: Dave Cerf, 4 min.•
[FOUR-SCREEN INTERACTIVE COMPARISON] Music: Beth Custer, 10 min.•
MARKET STREET Director: Tomonari Nishikawa, 2005, silent, 5 min.
Discussion with Melinda Stone, Bibi Calderaro, Caroline Martel and Tan Pin Pin
Facilitator: Tanya Sleiman
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, AFTERNOON
SESSION 9: First Day of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere
Duet
LILLY
Jodie Mack
2007, 7 min., 16mm
PIXILLATION
Lillian Schwartz, with Ken Knowlton Music: Gershon Kingsley
1970, 4 min., 16mm
POSTHASTE PERENNIAL PATTERN
Jodie Mack Music: Songbirds singing
2010, 4 min., 16mm
PAPILLONS
Directors: Lillian Schwartz, with John Chambers Music: Max Mathews
1973, 4 min., 16mm
UNSUBSCRIBE #1: SPECIAL OFFER INSIDE
Director: Jodie Mack Music: Christy LeMaster and Traci Jo Partin, celli
2009, 6 min., 16mm
ENIGMA
Directors: Lillian Schwartz, with Ken Knowlton Music: F. Richard Moore
1972, 4 min., 16mm
THE ARTIST AND THE COMPUTER
AT&T Music: Anton Webern
1980, 11 min., 16mm
*UFOS
Directors: Lillian Schwartz, with Ken Knowlton Music: Emmanuel Ghent
1971, 3 min., 16mm
*GALAXIES
Directors: Lillian Schwartz, with Frank Hohl Music: F. Richard Moore
1974, 4.5 min., 16mm
GOOGOLPLEX
Directors: Lillian Schwartz, with Ken Knowlton Music: unid. field recording
1972, 6 min., 16mm
MUTATIONS
Director: Lillian SchwartzMusic: Jean-Claude Risset 1972,
6 min., 16mm Lasers, crystals.
UNSUBSCRIBE #2: ALL EYES ON THE SILVER SCREEN
Jodie Mack
2010, 3’, silent
UNSUBSCRIBE #3: GLITCH ENVY
Jodie Mack
2010, 6 min., 166m
Audience vocal sound effects.
UNSUBSCRIBE #4: THE SADDEST SONG IN THE WORLD
Jodie Mack Music: Carole King’s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” sung by the filmmaker, with live rap by same
2010, 3 min.,
THE MORPHING OF MONA
Lillian Schwartz, with Gerard Holzmann
1990, 7.5’, BetaSP
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT
Jodie Mack
Live performance: Mack & LeMaster sing Lane & Harburg’s “Look to the Rainbow”
2011, 3 min., 16mm
* Viewed with ChromaDepth 3D glasses.Discussion with Lillian Schwartz and Jodie Mack
Facilitators: Bill Brand and Walter Forsberg
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, EVENING
SESSION 10:
THE BLUES ACCORDIN’ TO LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS
Les Blank with Skip Gerson
1968, 31 min., DVD
SONG OF THE GRIOT
Director: Volker Goetze Co-director: Sam Pollard
2011, 21 min., DVD
FEEL LIKE GOING HOME
Director: Martin Scorsese Producer: Sam Pollard Music: Willie King, Keb' Mo’, Taj Mahal, Otha Turner, Ali Farka Toure, Habib Koité, and Salif Keita; and in archival form, Son House, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Shines, and Hudy “Lead Belly” Ledbetter
2003, 90 min., 35mm
Discussion with Les Blank and Sam Pollard
Facilitator: Nico de Klerk
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, MORNING
SESSION 11:
NANOOK OF THE NORTH
Robert Flaherty
1922, 8 min. loop, HD video
DIE ENTDECKUNG WIENS AM NORDPOL (THE DISCOVERY OF VIENNA AT THE NORTH POLE)
Director: Peter Eng Piano: Elaine Brennan English subtitles: Michael Loebenstein and Michael Cowan
1923, 10 min., Digital video
Paula Félix-Didier (Museo del Cine) presents Variedades sonoras de Argentina
MOSAICO CRIOLLO (VARIEDADES SONORAS, ARIEL Nº 1 - FONOGRAFÍA DE S.I.D.E.)
Eleuterio Iribarren
1929, 8 min., DVD
CARLOS GARDEL FILM SONGS
Eduardo Morera; Songs: “Enfundá la mandolina,” “Mano a mano,” “Viejo Smoking,” “Yira yira.”
1930, ca. 12 min., BetaSP
EN LAS ORCADAS DEL SUR (IN THE SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS)
José Manuel Moneta
1927, 15 min. excerpt of 60 min., DVCAM
KIVALINA LA ESQUIMAL (KIVALINA THE ESKIMO)
Director: Earl Rossman; Accompaniment by Suzanne Binet-Audet (ondes Martenot) and Kareya Audet (percussion, MacBook Pro, and vocals).
Live English narration by Tan Pin Pin.
1925, 47 min. excerpt of 87 min., DVD
Discussion with Paula Félix-Didier, Suzanne Binet-Audet and Kareya Audet
Facilitator: Lynne Sachs
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, EVENING
SESSION 12:
HOW TO SMELL A ROSE
Les Blank
Work in progress, 14 min., DigiBeta
ON BEING THERE WITH RICHARD LEACOCK
Jane Weiner
Work in progress, 93 min., DVD
Discussion with Jane Weiner and Les Blank
Facilitator: Scott MacDonald
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 11pm
SESSION 13:
HELICOPTER STRING QUARTET
Frank Scheffer
1996, 77 min., DVD
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, MORNING
SESSION 14:
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Lillian Schwartz
1984, 30 min., MiniDV
ATTRAZIONE D’AMORE
Frank Scheffer
1998, 55 min., DigiBeta
FROM ZERO
Frank Scheffer
1995/2011, ca. 60 min., DVD
Discussion with Frank Scheffer
Facilitators: Josetxo Cerdan and Nico de Klerk
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, AFTERNOON
SESSION 15:
COTTON ROAD
Laura Kissel 30 min., HD video
A REUNION OF ALL MY BABIES
George Stoney and David Bagnall
30 min., DVD
Discussion with Laura Kissel, George Stoney and David Bagnall
Facilitator: Chi-Hui Yang
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, EVENING
SESSION 16: Telephonic Truth: The Musical
MORPHING OF THE TELEPHONE
Lillian Schwartz
1997, 2 min., Digital video loop
MULTIPLE SIDOSIS
Sid Laverents
1970, 10 min., 35mm
THE 6TH FLAHERTY SEMINAR
Henry Charles Fleischer
1960, 14 min., DVD
YARD WORK IS HARD WORK
Jodie Mack
2008, 29 min., 16mm
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERATOR
Caroline Martel
2004, 66 min., BetaSP
Discussion with Caroline Martel, Jodie Mack and Lillian Schwartz
Facilitators : Bill Brand and Andrea Callard
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, MORNING
SESSION 17: Música Ilustrada
WAGNER’S RING
Frank Scheffer
1987, 4 min., BetaSP
UNTITLED IN WHITE
Bibi Calderaro
1998, 3 min., Super 8
BONGO ROCK
Luis Bras
1969, 3 min., 16mm
TOC, TOC . . . TOC
Luis Bras
1965, 3 min., DVD
LA DANZA DE LOS CUBOS
Luis Bras
1976, 3 min., DVD
ACTS OF FAITH
Bibi Calderaro; Music: Miles Davis
2001-2003, 3 min., MiniDV
THE SOUTHLAND
Melinda Stone
1998, 1 min., DVD
SPROUT WINGS AND FLY
Directors: Les Blank, with Cece Conway, Alice Gerrard and Maureen Gosling
1983, 30 min., 16mm
Discussion with David Bagnall, Les Blank, Bibi Calderaro, Paula Félix-Didier, Laura Kissel, Jodie Mack, Melinda Stone, Frank Scheffer, George Stoney and Jane Weiner
Facilitator: Dan Streible