These four films by women, all restored with the help of the Women’s Film Preservation Fund, shot in and around New York City, look at key locales that are central to the films’ subjects and stories.
Charlotte Moorman’s Avant Garde Festival #9 reflects Storm de Hirsch’s cinepoetry, or time in motion, on an anchored steamboat along the East River, while Windows in the Kitchen examines a sole dancer’s movement across paned windows of the Manhattan artists collective, The Kitchen.
Dreamlike Ellis Island set in the ruins of the now mythical location, imagines the immigration process as performed by the ghosts of firstgeneration Americans.
Yudie, which will be having its East Coast 4k restoration premiere here at the JBFC, sheds light on a singular American immigrant whose experiences in her lower east side neighborhood, reveal insights around aging, gender roles and identity through its lead character. A portrait of a feisty independent women in reflection while living life to its fullest.
Preserved with support from the Women’s Film Preservation Fund, these works utilize a variety of approaches including animation, dance and performance, and single, hand-held camera storytelling techniques, all of which expand on the documentary form.
