マーガレット・ミードの提唱で1977に始まったMargaret Mead Film Festivalは、毎年ニューヨークのアメリカ自然史博物館において開催されます。ドキュメンタリー映画、人類学映画の傑作が世界中から集まることで名高い本映画祭より、さらに優れた作品を厳選し、下記の日程で上映いたします。皆様お誘いあわせの上、どうぞお気軽にご参加くださいませ。
13:00- Introduction 川瀬慈(京都大学ASAFAS) 13:15- Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan 14:15- Al Otro Lado 15:40- Children of the Decree 16:40- Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night Phantom Limb 17:40- Closing Remarks
Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan Petr Lom. 2004. 51 min. (Kyrgyzstan) Arranged marriages are a traditional custom in many societies. In rural Kyrgyzstan, bride kidnapping is a common practice that continues despite its illegal status. This film offers unprecedented access to four women's stories, documenting their abductions in harrowing detail-from their tearful protests to their physical restraint, to the tense negotiations between the respective families. While some of the marriages conclude happily or peacefully, others do not, and this sensitively crafted film portrays complicated notions about the nature of love and marriage.
Al Otro Lado Natalia Almada. 2005. 70 min. (Mexico/U.S) An aspiring corrido composer from the drug capital of Mexico faces two choices to better his life: to traffic drugs or to cross the border illegally into the United States. From Sinaloa, Mexico, to the streets of South Central and East L.A., Al Otro Lado explores the complex world of drug smuggling, illegal immigration, and the corrido music that chronicles it all.
Children of the Decree Florin Iepan. 2004. 52 min. (Romania) By the mid-60s, the feminist movement in the West was advancing women's reproductive rights, but in Romania under the Ceausescu regime, women's reproductive rights were being managed by the state. Decree 770 criminalized contraception and abortion for women under the age of 40 unless they were already raising at least four children. This film interweaves state propaganda, documentary, and feature films with the candid testimony of public figures, gynecologists, and back-street abortionists to highlight the devastating consequences for women and their families.
Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night Sonali Gulati. 2005. 26 min. (India/U.S.) This experimental documentary looks at the outsourcing of American jobs to India. Told from the perspective of an Indian immigrant living in the U.S., the film journeys into India's call centers, where telemarketers acquire American names and accents to service the telephone-support industry of the U.S. The film incorporates animation, live action, and archival footage to explore the complexities of globalization, capitalism, and identity.
Phantom Limb Jay Rosenblatt. 2005. 28 min. (U.S.) Experimental filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt uses the phenomenon of "phantom limb syndrome" as a metaphor to explore his feelings about the death of his younger brother forty years ago. The film transposes reflections on grief and loss into chapters that refer to various stages of mourning. Blending family photos with archival footage and interviews, the film merges the personal with the universal, and the emotional with the psychological, underscoring the impermanence that we all face.