MashUp Home Recent Entries Skating in a Winter Slaughterland Even in a Recession, People Want to Eat Out More Documentary Dorkiness A Mind Game That Bears Repeating “Don’t Be Too Stuck Up to Talk” Syndicate RSS 2.0 Monthly Archives January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 More Documentary Dorkiness Karen Newton December 10, 2008 1:09 PM Gallery 5 is doing this new documentary and potluck series on the second Tuesday of every month and I checked out the first installment last night. They were showing “The Fourth World War” about the effect of globalization on various indigenous cultures around the world. The film was powerful and informative and left the audience with a sense of wishing there were less violent ways to stabilize economies without major chains and companies destoying the fabric of local farms, businesses and communities. Next up for the series in January will be Chicago 10: Speak Your Peace, the rotoscoped film about the 1968 Democratic convention and aftermath. That’s a film I desperately wanted to see in the theater and didn’t. Depending on your age and American history knowledge, it could be a great lesson or reminder, not to mention a further well-done experiment in rotoscoping animation, a la A Scanner Darkly. In February they’ll show DJ Spooky’s Rebirth of a Nation, a film I paid to see last spring at UR and a silent classic infinitely worth seeing remixed, mashed up and with an awesome soundtrack. Potluck starts at 6 and the films start at 7. And not everyone in the audience is a documentary dork like me. Check it out and you’ll see. Comments (0) | Permalink Page 1 of 1 pages