CineMarfa 2017

This year’s line-up focused on looking at the current historical moment in politics and examining the phenomenon of art activism with programs by Ana Mendieta, Vic Berger, Justin Lowe and Jonah Freeman, whose San San Trilogy was live-scored by Matt Sweeney and Jesper Eklow. Also shown was Mark Flood's feature about the Art World, Josh Fox's documentary about Standing Rock, an experimental doc about R.D. Laing, and a film featuring local musician Rob Mazurek The Farnsworth Scores.

The entire program is listed below.

 
 
Featured
Art Fair Fever
May 7
Art Fair Fever

Mark Flood returns to CineMarfa to present his feature film about a group of art students touring the art fairs of Miami. They’re looking for creative inspiration, but instead...

The Films of Vic Berger
May 7
The Films of Vic Berger

Super Deluxe’s political satirist  has been called “a double miracle” by the New Yorker, a “demented comic genius” by the A.V. Club, and a “genius” by Wired. He specialize...

Awake: A Dream of Standing Rock
May 7
Awake: A Dream of Standing Rock

The film tells the dramatic story of the historic #NODAPL native-led peaceful resistance at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, which captured the...

Sonic Vision: Collectives, Temporary Utopia, and Music of the Avant Garde w/ Alyce Santoro
May 7
Sonic Vision: Collectives, Temporary Utopia, and Music of the Avant Garde w/ Alyce Santoro

Regionally based sound/conceptual artist Alyce Santoro will discuss the use of sound and music in visionary project of the past, present, and future, including Quanta...

THE SAN SAN TRILOGY w/ Justin Lowe and Jonah Freeman
May 6
THE SAN SAN TRILOGY w/ Justin Lowe and Jonah Freeman

The San San Metroplex is an urban corridor that exists along the coast of California. It is based on an idea put forth by futurist Herman Kahn in his 1967 book The Year...

9 Short Films by Ana Mendieta and Ana Mendieta, Nature Inside
May 6
9 Short Films by Ana Mendieta and Ana Mendieta, Nature Inside

Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) is a pioneer among artists dealing with identity politics and feminism. Her unique hybrid of form and documentation, works that she titled...

All Divided Selves w/ Thomas Beard
May 6
All Divided Selves w/ Thomas Beard

The social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s were spearheaded by the charismatic, guru-like figure of Glasgow born Psychiatrist R.D. Laing . In his now classic text...

Transpecos Environmental Activism Shorts and Panel Discussion
May 5
Transpecos Environmental Activism Shorts and Panel Discussion

Short films by Jessica Lutz, Vanessa Ramos, Garrett Graham, and Max Anderson documenting the construction of the Transpecos pipeline and the larger fight against regional...

From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers Warning
May 5
From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers Warning

The Kogi are the last surviving civilization from the days of the Inca and Aztec. They see themselves as the spiritual guardians of life on earth. For four centuries they lived in...

The Farnsworth Scores
May 5
The Farnsworth Scores

The Farnsworth Scores is an experimental film and musical composition collaboration between multidisciplinary artist Rob Mazurek and filmmaker...

CineKids: Technicolor Dreams, Black and White Nightmares
May 5
CineKids: Technicolor Dreams, Black and White Nightmares

A selection of rare, digitally restored cartoons from the Golden Era of animated shorts. Highlights include Ted Eshbaugh‘s surreal shorts The Snowman, Tea Pot Town...

MAÏDAN
May 4
MAÏDAN

The film follows the progress of the revolution: from peaceful rallies, half a million strong, in the Maidan square, to the bloody street battles between protestors and riot police...