Unfiction
A series of documentary films that turn truth into something other than fact, using poetry and imagination, rather than transparency and objectivity. These filmmakers question the very notion of authenticity, and disobey the typical documentary filmmaking practices; instead they stage their own realities on location, employing techniques such as reenactment, personal voice-overs and special effects.
Unfiction: The Sounds of Science
Thursday September 17, 7:30 PM | Theater
The eight mesmerizing short films of Jean Painlevé in the Sounds of Science screening are at once a mix of surrealist-influenced shorts and serious science documentaries accompanied by a hypnotic and dreamy score by rock band Yo La Tengo.
Unfiction: White Sky
Thursday October 8, 7:30 PM | Theater
White Sky is a documentary film about the human ability to adapt to destruction and continue with everyday life in an ecologically devastated environment.
Unfiction: Examined Life
Thursday November 19, 7:30 PM | Studio 2
In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas.
Unfiction: Encounters at the End of the World
Thursday December 10, 7:30 PM | Studio 2
Werner Herzog's most recent documentary, Encouters at the End of the World is a study of Antarctica and the small community of scientists who have gravitated to its surreal landscape.
