------------------------------ From: [log in to unmask] Mon, 29 Mar 1993 13:22:44 CST To: Multiple recipients of list ACTIV-L <[log in to unmask]> Subject: From Womb to Tomb in Film and Video Date sent: 27-MAR-1993 In-Reply-To: Your message of 27-MAR-1993 Seventh Annual City Lore Festival of Film and Video Cosponsored with NYU's Metropolitan Studies THAT'S LIFE! WOMB TO TOMB ON FILM AND VIDEO Saturday April 17, 1993, 11 am to 11 pm Vanderbilt Hall, NYU School of Law, Tishman Auditorium and Greenberg Lounge Entrance 40 Washington Square South (between MacDougal and Sullivan Streets) For information and reservations: 212-529-1955 Thirty-two films and videos from the independent media community about ritual and the life course in contemporary society. Subjects include women's sexual discoveries, Navaho girls' basketball team, menstruation myths, midwivery in the South Bronx, adoption, gangs, gay youth, skateboarders, the elderly, the Beecher Funeral home, and La Ofrenda (Day of the Dead). Highlights include: * All My Babies--George Stoney's classic documentary, made for Georgia's Department of Health in 1951, on African American midwives * "Non, je ne regrette rien" (No Regret)--Marlon Riggs (Fear of Disclosure Project, 1992). Through stirring, life affirming performances of songs and poems, five HIV positive Black gay men address the struggle of AIDS in their community * The Family Album--Alan Berliner (1986). Portrait of family life and birth-to-death rituals drawing upon a vast collection of rare 16mm home movies from the 1920s through the '50s * The Story of Vinh--Keiko Tsuno (1991). A streetwise American-Vietnamese boy orphaned in Vietnam and victimized for his mixed parentage, Vinh was brought to the United States at age 18 by a foster care agency. The video follows him though a difficult passage from adolescence to manhood * Shayna Maidels: Orthodox Jewish Teenage Girls--Lisa Kors (1991). Adolescent rebelliousness as seen through the lives of three teenage girls who have adopted the strict life of Orthodox Judaism and their non-religious, but supportive parents, who fear losing them to the "discovery" of God. * Gypsy Wedding--Eric Metzger (1976). In Romani Gypsy culture in the United States, marriage at the onset of puberty was not only an economic exchange between two kin groups, but a symbol of stability for a community in transition * Because This Is About Love: A Portrait of Gay and Lesbian Marriage--Shulee Ong (1992). Five couples tell their stories of how they met, how their families and friends responded to their vows of marriage, and what marriage means to them * In Her Own Time: The Final Fieldwork of Barbara Myerhoff--Lynne Littman (1985). Anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff was making a film about the diverse Jewish neighborhood of Fairfax in Los Angeles when she learned she had cancer. Lynne Littman agreed to make the film on condition that Barbara become its central subject. The result is a moving portrayal of how the anthropologist is embraced by the community though its rituals of healing. * On Ice--Andrew Takeuchi and Grover Babcock (1989). For some, cryonics (freezing the dead for future revival) is an act of denial, for others it's an alternative of hope. On Ice playfully explores this futuristic freeze and offers testimony from such advocates as Timothy Leary. Tickets: Members of City Lore $7.00 Non-Members 10.00 City Lore Membership 25.00 (many benefits) Members may make advance reservations for 2 guests at members' rate. Membership benefits include: City Play, a 212 page hardcover book, plus mailings, newsletter, and discounts. Make checks payable to: City Lore 72 East First Street, New York, NY 10003 212-529-1955 - Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Department of Performance Studies New York University 721 Broadway, 6th floor New York, NY 10003 {@}--'--,---,--'---,--- Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 212-998-1628 Fax: 212-254-7885 ####################################################################### Join the Progressive Jewish Mailing List (PJML) for an open discussion. Send the following message to [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]: SUB PJML <your first name> <your last name> Join the Progressive Jewish Activism List (PJAL) for a moderated discussion. Send the following message to [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] to receive an application: SUB PJAL <your first name> <your last name> ####################################################################### Steve Carr [log in to unmask] Dept. of Radio-TV-Film 512/471-4071 20903 fax: 512/471-4077 University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712