The longest running nonfiction film festival in the U.S. reemerges May 9, after being dark since the pandemic.
SugarcanedirectorsJulian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, who won the U.S. What you see in the program is very much a Mead program.
A hiatus of several years provided a chance for the festival to reset, Bashevkin explained.
Clockwise Top L-R: ‘Sugarcane,’ ‘Nocturnes’ ‘Ozogoche’ and ‘Porcelain War’Margaret Mead Film Festival
Theyre not being made to satisfy a corporate agenda.
Theyre not being made as pure entertainment.
And theyre kind of thrilling in that way.
Margaret Mead Film FestivalRoderick Mickens/© AMNH
The intersection of documentary filmmaking and anthropology goes back to the very early days of cinema.
And that is what documentary aspires to reveal as well, Jackson observed.
But now there is a particular reckoning with power and gaze and the practices of the documentary field.
What is the significance of this moment in Native storytelling?
What kinds of narrative change does the streaming era make possible?
What work lies ahead?
Porcelain War[Centerpiece] (Saturday, May 11), directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev.
The New York Premiere of Grand Jury Prize winner in U.S.
There will be a talkback with Jane Ferguson, special correspondent with PBS NewsHour, following the film.
Ozogoche(Saturday, May 11), directed by Joe Houlberg-Silva.
To be followed by a discussion moderated by journalist Jordan Salama.
(We Will Speak)(Saturday, May 11), directed by Schon Duncan and Michael McDermit.
With fewer than 1,500 fluent speakers remaining, Cherokee activists rally against time to safeguard their endangered language.
23 Mile(Sunday, May 12), directed by Mitch McCabe.
With captivating scenes and unfiltered voices, the film challenges our preconceptions and urges us to confront our biases.
(with Know Your Enemy podcast hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell).
High in the Eastern Himalayas, a team of biologists observes the mysterious world of moths.
Through mesmerizing visuals and soundscapes, Nocturnes unveils the ecological importance and unexpected beauty of these resilient creatures.
Nocturnes has received the 2024 World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Craft.
Does his own search for fulfillment complicate his job?
Free for members or with Museum admission in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life.
