New TFC Titles
Born to Fly • Song from the Forest
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Dear Programmers,
The Film Collaborative is proud to announce two new films, both of which had their U.S. premieres at the fabulous SXSW.
BORN TO FLY is a spectacular action/dance documentary about pioneering artist Elizabeth Streb that is of particular interest to both major international fests as well as niches such as Doc Fests, LGBT Fests, and Arts-themed Festivals.
SONG FROM THE FOREST world premiered at IDFA 2013 where it won the top prize! It is also particularly of interest to environmental festivals and music-themed events. And it also stars indie film icon Jim Jarmusch so don't miss this one!
Read below and hit us up here for screeners.
All best,
Jeffrey Winter
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2014 | USA | 82 min. Director Catherine Gund
Producers Catherine Gund, Tanya Selvaratnam
Editor Alex Meillier
Cinematographers Kirsten Johnson, Albert Maysles, Ian McAlpin
Music Adam Crystal
Cast Elizabeth Streb, Fabio Tavares, Sarah Callan, Jaclyn Carlson, Leonardo Giron, Felix Hess, Samantha Jakus, Cassandre Joseph, John Kasten, Daniel Rysak
| | ABOUT THE FILM: Elizabeth Streb is not just a choreographer; she is an extreme action architect who for 40 years has been challenging the noting that female dancers must be soft and feminine. BORN TO FLY traces the evolution of Streb’s movement philosophy — she pushes herself and her company from the ground, to the wall, to the sky. With the support of her wife Laura Flanders and esteemed friends like Tony Award Winner Bill T. Jones she sets off to take the Olympics and the world by storm. The film asks: Why is one person’s circus another person’s dance? One dancer’s gorgeous flight another dancer’s stunt work? Why call it art? Why choreograph it? Why have a role in performing it?FESTIVALS
2014: SXSW (World Premiere), Cleveland International, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, HDCAM, Blu-Ray, DVD Click here for more information about this film.WEBSITE: borntoflymovie.com Email us for screeners or streaming links. | | |     | |
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ABOUT THE FILM: As a young man, U.S.-born Louis Sarno heard a song on the radio that never let him out of its grasp. He followed the mysterious sounds back to the Central African rainforest, found his music with the Bayaka pygmies—and never came back. Today, 25 years later, Louis is a full member of this community of hunters and gatherers. Louis has a son with a Bayaka woman, 13-year-old Samedi. As a baby, Samedi became seriously sick. As he lay dying, Louis held him the whole night and promised him: “If you survive, one day I will show you the world from which I came.”
Now it is time to keep his promise, and so Louis travels with his son from the African rainforest to a different jungle made of concrete, glass and asphalt—to New York City, where he stays with his best friend, indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. Soon after their arrival, there is a first surprise: Samedi, who had never left the rainforest and does not speak a word of English is far more comfortable with the US than Louis. The rapprochement with the world that his father wanted to forget and that his son now wants to conquer is slow, quiet and not free from setbacks. Joined by the contrast between the rainforest and the urban US, the unequal couple grows ever closer on the road. SONG FROM THE FOREST narrates their victories, but also their defeats in a modern epic in which the shared journey of father and son steers towards a surprising reversal of roles and gives the viewer an intimation that the African rainforest and urban America, these apparently separated worlds, are not all that separate after all.FESTIVALS
2013: IDFA (World Premiere); 2014: SXSW, Thessaloniki AWARDS
Best Feature-Length Documentary (IDFA) EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, HDCAM, Blu-Ray, DVD Click here for more information about this film.WEBSITE: songfromtheforest.com Email us for screeners or streaming links. | | | | |
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