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Sun Nov 22

San Francisco Cinematheque presents

Uncertain Relations: Yvonne Rainer - "Privilege"

Yvonne Rainer in-person. Presented in collaboration with the San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Division, Spheres of Interes


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San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
800 Chestnut St.
San Francisco, CA 94133 map
cross street: Jones St.
district: North Beach/Telegraph Hill

Sun Nov 22 (7:30 pm)

Description
"Who else could spin hot flashes, Lenny Bruce, Carmen Miranda and [Eldridge Cleaver’s] Soul on Ice into such a pungent brew?" (The Village Voice)

Distinguished Professor at UC Irvine, Yvonne Rainer began her career as a dancer and choreographer in the 1950s. In the ‘70s, after nearly twenty years working in modern dance, she turned her attentions to filmmaking. Over the subsequent twenty-five years, she made seven experimental feature films, including “Lives of Performers, The Man Who Envied Women” and “MURDER and murder.” In "Privilege", Rainer takes on the rarely explored subject of menopause and constructs a fascinating, witty and complex social critique of empowerment and class while delving into issues of age, sexuality and race. Playing with narrative conventions while simultaneously disrupting notions of continuity and identity, Rainer weaves the emotional and fictive realms of melodrama, documentary, text and archival imagery into a richly textured and compelling work.