41st ANNUAL ROBERT FLAHERTY SEMINAR PROGRAM UPDATE International Film Seminars (IFS) is pleased to announce program details for the upcoming 1995 Robert Flaherty Seminar, to be held at Wells College in Aurora, New York, from August 5th to 10th, 1995. As previously described, this year's Seminar theme is "The Camera Reframed: Technology and Interpretation." Guest curators are Marlina Gonzalez-Tamrong and Bruce Jenkins of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Marlina and Bruce have designed a program unique in its thematic structure and scope of topics -- ranging from ethnography and home movies to the information superhighway. The program will explore the evolution of the camera from its first use as a novelty toy, to its use as a tourist/voyeuristic tool documenting other people's lives and cultures which has resulted in a history of imposed images of "the other", both real and imagined. By looking how histories get recorded, screenings of archival collections will reveal the influence that particular images have on a culture's collective memory. Program highlights include: a look at home movies made from inside Japanese internment camps during World War II, presented by DeSoto Brown from The Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii; and a revolutionary new technology international presentation on the World Wide Web by video artist Shu Lea Cheang (FRESH KILL). Also featured will be Robert Flaherty's MOANA (with sound), the version created fifty years after the silent original, produced and presented by his daughter, Monica Flaherty Frassetto; and a new experimental video which critically reflects on "the camera as voyeur", created by Flaherty's great grandson, Sami van Ingen (SWEEP) from Finland. International invited guests include Riyad Wadia (FEARLESS NADIA: The Hunterwali Story) from Bombay, India. Pending confirmation, the Flaherty will host the U.S. premiere of Nikita Mikhalkov's latest feature length documentary (ANNA: 6 -18) which received considerable notice at last year's Berlin Film Festival. Side bars will include the latest Miramax Films release "UNZIPPED", the documentary on fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, which includes a tongue in cheek view of Flaherty's Nanook of the North. Additional guest artists include Spencer Nakasako and Sokly Ny, (A.K.A. DON BONUS), Camille Billops, (THE KKK BOUTIQUE: AIN'T JUST REDNECKS); Fatimah Tobing Rony, (ON CANNIBALISM); Thomas Allen Harris, (VINTAGE ALL IN THE FAMILY); and Dee Dee Halleck (THE GRINGO IN MANANALAND: A MUSICAL). Registration for the full Seminar is still available for $650. as well as a Special 3 Day Weekend Package for $400, but attendance is limited, so reply soon. The weekend package includes 8 screenings and/or events at this reduced fee. If interested in further information, registration forms, or to send deposits, please contact Michelle Materre, Executive Director, or Shari Rothfarb, Seminar Coordinator at the IFS office, 305 West 21 Street, New York, NY 10011 (212) 727-7262 /FAX: (212) 727-7276. Richard Herskowitz Director of Programming Virginia Festival of American Film 104 Midmont Lane Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 phone: (804) 982-5277 fax: (804) 982-5297 email: [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]