Thu November 14, 2013
No Man’s Land
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at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
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Introduction/Nuno Lisboa
“That you don’t need more than one riveting talking head and a little intelligence to make a terrific docu is amply demonstrated by No Man’s Land.”—Variety
(Terra de ninguém). A man sits on a chair in an abandoned building, a “no man’s land”—or neutral stage—for him to tell the story of his life, and for the filmmaker to record it. He stares at the camera and slowly relates his experiences as a soldier and mercenary in Mozambique, Spain, and El Salvador, serving a variety of political powers. His tale unfolds in fragments, delineated in numbered chapters, which barely contain the violence described.
• Photographed by Takashi Sugimoto. (72 mins, In Portuguese with English subtitles, Digital video, Color, From O Som e a Fúria)
Preceded by:
1971–74
(Andreia Sobreira, Portugal, 2011)
A former soldier during the Portuguese Colonial War describes photographs he took in Mozambique to his daughter, the filmmaker. (38 mins, In Portuguese with English subtitles, B&W/Color, Digital video, From the artist)
Total running time: 110 mins
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“That you don’t need more than one riveting talking head and a little intelligence to make a terrific docu is amply demonstrated by No Man’s Land.”—Variety
(Terra de ninguém). A man sits on a chair in an abandoned building, a “no man’s land”—or neutral stage—for him to tell the story of his life, and for the filmmaker to record it. He stares at the camera and slowly relates his experiences as a soldier and mercenary in Mozambique, Spain, and El Salvador, serving a variety of political powers. His tale unfolds in fragments, delineated in numbered chapters, which barely contain the violence described.
• Photographed by Takashi Sugimoto. (72 mins, In Portuguese with English subtitles, Digital video, Color, From O Som e a Fúria)
Preceded by:
1971–74
(Andreia Sobreira, Portugal, 2011)
A former soldier during the Portuguese Colonial War describes photographs he took in Mozambique to his daughter, the filmmaker. (38 mins, In Portuguese with English subtitles, B&W/Color, Digital video, From the artist)
Total running time: 110 mins
Introduction/Nuno Lisboa
“That you don’t need more than one riveting talking head and a little intelligence to make a terrific docu is amply demonstrated by No Man’s Land.”—Variety
(Terra de ninguém). A man sits on a chair in an abandoned building, a “no man’s land”—or neutral stage—for him to tell the story of his life, and for the filmmaker to record it. He stares at the camera and slowly relates his experiences as a soldier and mercenary in Mozambique, Spain, and El Salvador, serving a variety of political powers. His tale unfolds in fragments, delineated in numbered chapters, which barely contain the violence described.
• Photographed by Takashi Sugimoto. (72 mins, In Portuguese with English subtitles, Digital video, Color, From O Som e a Fúria)
Preceded by:
1971–74
(Andreia Sobreira, Portugal, 2011)
A former soldier during the Portuguese Colonial War describes photographs he took in Mozambique to his daughter, the filmmaker. (38 mins, In Portuguese with English subtitles, B&W/Color, Digital video, From the artist)
Total running time: 110 mins
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“That you don’t need more than one riveting talking head and a little intelligence to make a terrific docu is amply demonstrated by No Man’s Land.”—Variety
(Terra de ninguém). A man sits on a chair in an abandoned building, a “no man’s land”—or neutral stage—for him to tell the story of his life, and for the filmmaker to record it. He stares at the camera and slowly relates his experiences as a soldier and mercenary in Mozambique, Spain, and El Salvador, serving a variety of political powers. His tale unfolds in fragments, delineated in numbered chapters, which barely contain the violence described.
• Photographed by Takashi Sugimoto. (72 mins, In Portuguese with English subtitles, Digital video, Color, From O Som e a Fúria)
Preceded by:
1971–74
(Andreia Sobreira, Portugal, 2011)
A former soldier during the Portuguese Colonial War describes photographs he took in Mozambique to his daughter, the filmmaker. (38 mins, In Portuguese with English subtitles, B&W/Color, Digital video, From the artist)
Total running time: 110 mins
show less
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Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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