Tue March 17, 2015
The Missing Picture (Rithy Panh; Cambodia/France, 2013)
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A daunting task that continues to confront media makers is how to represent the unrepresentable—calamities and atrocities of unimaginable magnitude. The challenge is even greater when the media maker himself is a survivor. Such is the case for veteran filmmaker Rithy Panh, who has committed his life to probing and exposing the Cambodian genocide and its aftermath. Having toiled in labor camps as a boy and watched his entire family die, he prepares to grapple with this childhood. Using clay figures, archival footage, and live action, Panh materializes the missing pictures for us, his companion witnesses. Stunningly vivid and achingly intimate.
• Written by Panh. Photographed by Panh, Prum Messa. Narrated by Randal Douc.
(90 mins, English voiceover, Color, DCP, From Strand Releasing)
***
Preceded by:
A Night of Storytelling (Robert Flaherty, Ireland, 1935)
(Oidhche sheanchais)
A recently discovered Flaherty film! Features famed storyteller Seáinín Tom Ó Dioráin relating an ancient tale as the cast of Man of Aran looks on.
(11 mins, In Gaelic with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From Harvard Film Archive)
***
Total running time: 101 mins
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A daunting task that continues to confront media makers is how to represent the unrepresentable—calamities and atrocities of unimaginable magnitude. The challenge is even greater when the media maker himself is a survivor. Such is the case for veteran filmmaker Rithy Panh, who has committed his life to probing and exposing the Cambodian genocide and its aftermath. Having toiled in labor camps as a boy and watched his entire family die, he prepares to grapple with this childhood. Using clay figures, archival footage, and live action, Panh materializes the missing pictures for us, his companion witnesses. Stunningly vivid and achingly intimate.
• Written by Panh. Photographed by Panh, Prum Messa. Narrated by Randal Douc.
(90 mins, English voiceover, Color, DCP, From Strand Releasing)
***
Preceded by:
A Night of Storytelling (Robert Flaherty, Ireland, 1935)
(Oidhche sheanchais)
A recently discovered Flaherty film! Features famed storyteller Seáinín Tom Ó Dioráin relating an ancient tale as the cast of Man of Aran looks on.
(11 mins, In Gaelic with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From Harvard Film Archive)
***
Total running time: 101 mins
(L’image manquante)
A daunting task that continues to confront media makers is how to represent the unrepresentable—calamities and atrocities of unimaginable magnitude. The challenge is even greater when the media maker himself is a survivor. Such is the case for veteran filmmaker Rithy Panh, who has committed his life to probing and exposing the Cambodian genocide and its aftermath. Having toiled in labor camps as a boy and watched his entire family die, he prepares to grapple with this childhood. Using clay figures, archival footage, and live action, Panh materializes the missing pictures for us, his companion witnesses. Stunningly vivid and achingly intimate.
• Written by Panh. Photographed by Panh, Prum Messa. Narrated by Randal Douc.
(90 mins, English voiceover, Color, DCP, From Strand Releasing)
***
Preceded by:
A Night of Storytelling (Robert Flaherty, Ireland, 1935)
(Oidhche sheanchais)
A recently discovered Flaherty film! Features famed storyteller Seáinín Tom Ó Dioráin relating an ancient tale as the cast of Man of Aran looks on.
(11 mins, In Gaelic with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From Harvard Film Archive)
***
Total running time: 101 mins
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A daunting task that continues to confront media makers is how to represent the unrepresentable—calamities and atrocities of unimaginable magnitude. The challenge is even greater when the media maker himself is a survivor. Such is the case for veteran filmmaker Rithy Panh, who has committed his life to probing and exposing the Cambodian genocide and its aftermath. Having toiled in labor camps as a boy and watched his entire family die, he prepares to grapple with this childhood. Using clay figures, archival footage, and live action, Panh materializes the missing pictures for us, his companion witnesses. Stunningly vivid and achingly intimate.
• Written by Panh. Photographed by Panh, Prum Messa. Narrated by Randal Douc.
(90 mins, English voiceover, Color, DCP, From Strand Releasing)
***
Preceded by:
A Night of Storytelling (Robert Flaherty, Ireland, 1935)
(Oidhche sheanchais)
A recently discovered Flaherty film! Features famed storyteller Seáinín Tom Ó Dioráin relating an ancient tale as the cast of Man of Aran looks on.
(11 mins, In Gaelic with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From Harvard Film Archive)
***
Total running time: 101 mins
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PFA Theater
2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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