Directed by Yara Travieso • Documentary • With Rena Butler • 2017 • 74 minutes
Embracing a multiplicity of cultural lenses, LA MEDEA confronts the historically prevalent image of the hysterical, dangerous, foreign woman and offers a revolutionary female figure willing to destroy her world in the name of justice. Chaos reigns beneath the skin of a classic myth.
A unique theater to screen experience, LA MEDEA was originally directed, performed and broadcast in real time for thousands of viewers around the world. Performers and camera women played the characters, while in-studio audiences and home viewers—commenting via live chat—played the role of the "Greek Chorus". After its original live broadcast, LA MEDEA toured across the country, screening at various film festivals, as a celebrated genre bending feature film.
"As if Terrence Malick had directed a selfie." —Hyperallergic
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Rookies
Directed by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai • Documentary • 2023 • 115 minutes
In the heart of Paris, a prestigious high school takes a daring bet: the integration of a group of talented hip-hop dancers from working-class neighborhoods and diverse backgrounds. ROOKIES follows the new studen...
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Dance Camera West Showcase 2024
Documentary • 2024 • 100 minutes
Dance Camera West presents the 22nd edition of its internationally renowned Los Angeles-based film festival committed to exploring dance in the context of cinema. The films in this collection are- Offering - directed by Marlene Millar, Sany Silva; Canada. Creates...
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Phoenix Dance
Directed by Karina Epperlein • Documentary • 2006 • 22 minutes
A heroic journey of transformation and healing, Phoenix Dance challenges our expectations of what it means to be 'disabled.' In March, 2001, renowned dancer Homer Avila discovered that the pain in his hip was cancer. A month later, h...
