In FOCUS: SHORTS BY AGNès VARDA, PROGRAM 1: Play and POLITICS Film -
Documentary | January 22 | 3:10 p.m. | BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE Sponsor: BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM
ARCHIVE These short films made in the sixties are both political and
playful, in keeping with the times. A collection of photographs VARDA
TOOK ON HER VISIT TO CUBA IN THE WINTER OF 196263 FORMS THE BASIS OF
THE INNOVATIVE SALUT LES CUBAINS, narrated by VARDA AND ACTOR MICHEL
PICCOLI, which captures the revolutionary spirit and reveals
individuals alive with hope for the future. A snapshot of Bay Area
hippiedom in full flower, Uncle Yanco is a portrait of VARDAS UNCLE,
Sausalito artist Jean VARDA (to whom the filmmaker was introduced by
former Pacific Film Archive curator and film producer Tom Luddy). The
films images are as vibrant as Yancos paintings and the man himself.
An important document of a different facet of Bay Area culture, Black
Panthers depicts rallies in Oakland demanding Huey Newtons release
from prison, and features activists including Stokely Carmichael,
Kathleen Cleaver, and Newton. Event contact: CA,
bampfapress@berkeley.edu , 5106420808 Categories: Film | Politics &
Activism
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