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Coming to Light
23 March 2016 from
06:00 PM to
08:00 PM
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The Cairns Institute Lecture Theatre (Room D3.054),
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'Coming to Light' (2000, 84 mins) tells a story of Edward S. Curtis,
a complicated, passionate, self-educated pioneer and visionary
who set out in 1900 to document traditional Indian life before it was
gone. The film explores the often controversial nature of Curtis's
romantic images, and the meaning they have for Native Americans
today. In the documentary, descendants of Curtis's photographic
subjects, tell stories about the people in the pictures, and describe
way in which they are using the photographs to revive their own
traditions in the modern world.
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Coming to Light poster
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An Ecology of Mind
27 April 2016 from
06:00 PM to
09:00 PM
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The Cairns Institute Lecture Theatre (Room D3.054),
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'An Ecology of Mind' (2010, 60 mins) is a film portrait of Gregory
Bateson, celebrated anthropologist, philosopher and filmmaker,
produced and directed by his daughter, Nora Bateson. The film
inspires the audience to see our lives within a larger system –
glistening with symmetry, play, and metaphor. It is an invitation
to ask the kinds of questions that could help thread the world
back together from the inside.
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An Ecology of Mind poster
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Notebook on Cities and Clothes
25 May 2016 from
06:00 PM to
08:00 PM
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The Cairns Institute Lecture Theatre (Room D3.054),
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‘Notebook on Cities and Clothes’ (1989, 81 mins) is a film portrait
of Tokyo based fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto.
Wim Wenders was commissioned by the Centre Georges Pompidou
to make a film about fashion and its place in contemporary society.
Moving between Tokyo and Paris, from the creation of one
collection to its premiere at a fashion show, the film is an intimate
portrait of a consummate professional and an engaging exploration
of the visual medium.
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Notebook on Cities and Clothes poster
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The Intervention Trilogy
17 August 2016 from
06:00 PM to
08:00 PM
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The Cairns Institute Lecture Theatre (Room D3.054),
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'The Intervention Trilogy' consists of three short films
of the Karrabing Film Collective. Conceived, performed, and
by the third film, shot by the Collective, each film draws on
actual events even as it plays with the line between fiction
and nonfiction in order to convey the everyday truths of
contemporary Indigenous life. Karrabing Film Collective films
have shown nationally and internationally, and have received
the Cinema Nova Best Fiction Short Film at the 2015 Melbourne
International Film Festival and the 2015 Visible Award.
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The Intervention Trilogy poster
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Tanna
14 September 2016 from
06:00 PM to
09:00 PM
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The Cairns Institute Lecture Theatre (Room D3.054),
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'Tanna' (2015, 104 mins) is the first film shot entirely in Vanuatu.
Breathtaking in scope and naturalism, the film was developed
and performed by the people of Yakel, based on a true story.
This ‘Romeo and Juliet’ tale of forbidden love and adventure
captures youthful romance and the formidable pressures
of tribal life. The film won the audience award for best feature
film at the 72nd annual Venice film festival.
Wednesday 14 September at 6:00pm
The Cairns Institute Lecture Theatre (Room D3.054)
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Tanna poster
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Motorkite Dreaming
26 October 2016 from
06:30 PM to
10:00 PM
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Tanks Arts Centre, Tank 5,
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This time ALTAR funds the Q&A at the Tanks Round Cinema.
First 15 people who register through ALTAR
will have FREE admission.
Please RSVP to Martin.Potter@jcu.edu.au
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‘Motorkite Dreaming’ (2016, 90 mins) is a story of two
couples who get off the couch and undertake the adventure
of their lifetime. Director Charlie Hill-Smith said: “The idea is
to screen a rollicking cross-cultural adventure, that accesses
rarely seen Australia, by way of ludicrous flying machines.
In many ways it’s a Trojan horse narrative; a story that smells
like an adventure, but one that takes audiences to places
where they might open their eyes to a culture of mind-boggling
complexity, beauty and humour.”
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Motorkite Dreaming poster
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