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[suzie sisoler <suzie AT algonquin.com>]

A very special Lingual, tonight at 10pm at the Duke Coffeehouse.  Directions:

http://baobabcomputing.com/aim/coffeehouse.htm

(FYI--Lingual is a very cool monthly electronic music and video 
event. Both Ethan and Giles from Webslingerz are involved along with 
some other folks. You should try to make it out to Durham tonite . . 
.)

> THE FIFTH ANNUAL FILM AND VIDEO HAPPENING
> Duke University
> February 25-27, 2000
>
> The Center for Documentary Studies and the Duke Film and Video Program
> present the Fifth Annual Documentary Film and Video Happening, a
> noncompetitive event for professionals, amateurs, students, and documentary
> enthusiasts of all ages.
>
> From pro-wrestling and karaoke to seasonal changes in the arctic tundra,
> the scheduled documentaries range widely in subject, tone, and structure.
> Among the documentaries that will be screened:
> * UNC-Asheville student Alison Watson's piece about the School of the
> Americas and the controversy surrounding it,
> * Julie Stovall's "Myrtle and Ellen," a stirring glimpse into the lives of
> two elderly sisters who live together and care for each other,
> * Kenny Dalsheimer and Jamie Hysjulien's "Shine On: Richard Trice and the
> Bull City Blues," a lyrical portrait of one of the surviving musicians from
> the heydey of blues in Durham,
> * A mockumentary on the making of a musical about the Salem Witch Trials, and
> * An intriguing study through images, sounds, and quotes about the concept
> of power.
>
> ******************
> THREE DAYS OF DOCS AND MORE
>
> Each of the Happening's three days will combine screenings of submitted
> documentaries with events and info-sessions. Friday night's opening session
> features New York City filmmakers Vivek Bald and Claire Shanley, who will
> discuss and show clips from their current documentary project: "Mutiny:
> Asians Storm British Music." Bald, better-known in the clubs as DJ Siraiki,
> will then headline a live show at the Duke Coffeehouse with three other
> DJ's and video mixing. This event , co-sponsored by WXDU, is offered in
> conjunction with the local monthly electronic music and video series
> Lingual.
>
> On Saturday screenings will alternate throughout the day with
> info-sessions. Local producer Mary Beth Mann will share tips on how to
> juggle the complexities of making documentaries in "Don't Quit Your Day
> Job." Robert West will discuss Working Films, a new national media
> organization that partners with filmmakers, educators, and community
> organizers to develop "on the streets" campaigns for major documentaries.
> Other presentations will address such issues as working in the field with a
> one-person crew, challenging some of the myths and assumptions surrounding
> independent documentary making, and building community through video and
> media activism.
>
> *******************
> SPECIAL SUNDAY PRESENTATION
>
> On Sunday, February 27, at 2 p.m. the Happening is proud to present a
> screening of guest filmmaker Elizabeth Barret's recently completed
> "Stranger with a Camera" in the Griffith Theater at the Bryan Center on
> Duke's West Campus. "Stranger with a Camera" re-examines the 1967 murder of
> Canadian director Hugh O'Connor, who was shot by a landlord while filming
> in Letcher County, Kentucky, for a movie about poverty, racism, and
> environmental destruction.
>
> Barret's documentary productions have been televised nationally and have
> been included in film festival screenings worldwide. She is a recipient of
> the Kentucky Arts Council's Al Smith Fellowship for individual artists and
> a Rockefeller Foundation Film/Video/Multimedia Fellowship. She works
> closely with Appalshop, a media arts and cultural center located in
> Whitesburg, Kentucky. The film is presented by Independent Television
> Service (ITVS), Appalshop Films, and KET, the Kentucky Network.
>
> Ralph Litzinger, assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Duke, will
> join Barret for a discussion and question-and-answer session directly
> following the screening.
>
> *****************
> HOW TO GET YOUR TICKETS
>
> Admission to the Happening is $10 for the weekend, $5 for individual days.
> For more information or to pre-register, please contact Julie Shapiro at
> 660.3666. Registration is also available at the door starting Friday,
> February 25, at 7 p.m. at CDS.
>
> The Happening is sponsored by the Center for Documentary Studies and the
> Duke Film and Video Program, in association with the DoubleTake Documentary
> Film Festival, and with support from the Lyndhurst Foundation. Media
> sponsor is the Independent Weekly.
___________________________________________
Suzie Sisoler
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill  |  http://www.algonquin.com

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