WORKSHOP American Culture in Contemporary Documentary Cinema

synopsis

This workshop will focus on capturing human movement as a form of expression that is equal to spoken and written expression. We will be especially interested in both the spontaneous and the planned use of hands as language, including the unique characteristics of the cinematic recording of the hand’s rhythm and movement. Workshop participants will watch two documentaries: In the Land of the Deaf (dir. Nicolas Philibert, 1993) and Dancing Dreams (dir. Anne Linsel and Rainer Hoffmann, 2010). The first of these (by the director of To Be and to Have) enters the world of deaf-mutes; the second off ers a look at dance rehearsals at Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof with a group of young non-professional dancers.  

contact

Teddy Grouya
Festival Director
American Documentary Film Festival
and Film Fund
1833 Araby Drive #2 | Palm Springs CA
92264 | USA | Phone: 760-322-3689
Fax: 760-322-3689
info@americandocfilmfest.com
www.americandocfilmfest.com