Road of Bones film festival at local gallery this weekend

November 12, 13, 14
On the Road of Bones Film Festival

A film marathon for cineastes tied into our latest gallery exhibition
at Kris Waldherr Art and Words studio-gallery, located in Ditmas Park.
Films by Kurosawa, Paradjanov, Mikhalkov. Films are projected. Popcorn
provided. Suggested donation $5.

Friday, November 12, 8:00 pm

There Lived Kozyavin (7 min.), Andrei Khrjanovsky, 1966
A daring critique of Soviet bureaucracy, this animated short film was
shown throughout the USSR but was never seen abroad until after
perestroika.

The Legend of Suram Fortress (83 min.), Sergei Paradjanov, 1984
A visually dazzling surrealist masterpiece inspired by an old Russian
folk tale. In ancient times, a young man must be entombed alive inside
a fortress to fulfill a prophecy and save his people. In Georgian,
with English subtitles.
"Deliriously abstract"—Chicago Tribune

Saturday, November 13, 8:00 pm

My Green Crocodile (1 min.), Vadim Kurchevsky, 1966
A metaphorical tale of love and courage, told in stop-motion animation.

Dersu Uzala (140 min.), Akira Kurosawa, 1974
Kurosawa's gorgeous epic adaptation of V.K. Arseniev's classic memoir,
a sweeping Soviet-Japanese co-production, won the Academy Award for
Best Foreign Film. A Mongolian hunter, derided as foolish and
primitive by a crew of Russian surveyors, guides them through Siberian
wilderness where his bravery and wisdom teach them the meaning of
friendship and respect.

Sunday, November 14, 2:00 pm

Man in the Frame (10 min.), Fyodor Khitruk, 1966
This animated collage dramatizing the crushing of the individual in
mass society somehow eluded the hand of the Soviet censors without
resorting to coded symbolism or allegorical fable.

Burnt by the Sun (135 min.), Nikita Mikhalkov, 1994
The happy family of a hero of the revolution suddenly finds itself
targeted by Stalin's secret police. This hauntingly lyrical story
about love and loss was one of the most acclaimed films produced in
the early years of the post-Soviet cinema.

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Saturday, November 13, 7 pm
"Road of Bones" Curator Talk

Anthropologist and curator Tom Miller will discuss the history and
cultures of the Russian north, with rare photos and recordings from
his field research on Siberian shamans. Not to be missed. Suggested
donation $5.

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All events take place at:
Kris Waldherr Art and Words studio-gallery
1501 Newkirk Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11218
347-406-5811
http://www.artandwords.com/events.html