SPOTLIGHT EVENTS
Spotlight Workshop
A Propos Theatre | Bergen, Norway
ACTION LEARNING WITH THE ARTS
Theatre workshop with Bamboo sticks
Sunday March 18, 10:30 am - CRS - New York
Workshop Conducted by:
Jan-Kåre Breivik - Presentation of the film
The Fall of the Bamboo - and the rise of a Community
Solvei Stoutland - Bamboo Session - Physical Ensemble Work
Finale: Dialogue in Circle with Freshly Baked Bread and Wine
Physical ensemble work, dumpster diving, community music/drumming, photovoice, Facebook-activism, ritual sharing, baking bread, creative community writing, and the art of making socially relevant parades are the themes that recur in the film, The Fall of the Bamboos, a short documentary around action learning and the creation of a laboratory for social change based on two experimental University workshops (2014 and 2016) for master students from diverse fields (social science, community work, theatre/music) in Bergen, Norway.
In this workshop by A Propos Theatre, participants are introduced to ways of doing community relevant actions that enhance togetherness and critical awareness. The workshop invites a dialogue around these themes.
Spotlight Panel
WOMEN | GENDER EQUALITY | HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Screening of short films followed by a panel discussion
Monday, March 19, 6:00 pm - Cinema Village
Panelists:
Ambassador Swanee Hunt - Founding Director of the Women and Public Policy Program - Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Ruchira Gupta - Founder and Executive Director of Apne Aap
Simone Monasebian - Director New York UNODC Office
Felicia Greenfield - Actress - Activist (Homeland, House of Cards)
Jessica Vale - Filmmaker - Activist (Small Small Thing)
The short films to be screened include:
Excerpts from Ruchira Gupta's Emmy Award Winning documentary The Selling of Innocents, India: Girls for sale - 2016 - 13’, Lebanon: Women Carve Their Destinies - 2016 - 8', Canada: A History of Violence - 2016 - 10’, Saving Women's Rights in Iraq - 2017 - 9’
Program presented with Apne Aap and UN Media Partnership in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Swanee Hunt
Ruchira Gupta
Simone Monasebian
Jessica Vale
Felicia Greenfield
Spotlight Performance
TIME IN LIVE SOUND & SILENT MOTION PICTURES: POWER DYNAMICS IN WEIMAR CINEMA
Wednesday, March 21, 5:30 pm - Cinema Village
WORLD PREMIERE
Electro-acoustic Film Score and Excerpts from Weimar Films collage:
Composed, edited and performed by Yael Acher 'KAT' Modiano
A “real-time” response to a time-based artifact of cinema from the Weimar era, Modiano transforms the tradition of live music accompaniment of silent films to a contemporary level of experimentation. The film collage features individual and social power dynamics through motion picture motifs that intensify social relevance.
Screening duration: 30 minutes
