Unfiction
Unfiction is a film series presenting documentaries that exist beyond the boundaries between the genres of nonfiction and narrative film.
Unfiction: "Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse" ("The Gleaners and I")
Tuesday February 10, 8:00 PM | Theater
French filmmaker Agnes Varda's visual essay on the concept and lifestyle of "gleaning," or scavenging. By focusing on the marginalized, an open view emerges of our attitudes toward usefulness, aging, decay and the discarded.
Unfiction: "Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait"
Friday February 27, 8:00 PM | Theater
By training 17 cameras on legendary footballer Zinedine Zidane over the course of one match--and pairing the footage with a soundtrack by Mogwai--filmmaker Phillipe Parreno offers a poignant and immersive reflection on the human condition of athlete and the athlete's condition as performer.
Unfiction on Safari
Thursday March 19, 7:00 PM | Theater
A collection of three films--by Olaf Breuning, by Sascha Palidino with Bela Fleck, and a film created from Maya Deren's cinematography--that together present the complexities of intention and action surrounding present-day tourism, cultural interchange, appropriation and hybridity.
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Performance Dates/Times
Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse (The Gleaners and I) — Tuesday, February 10, 8:00 PM | Theater
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait — Friday February 27, 8:00 PM | Theater
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