JOIN US FOR A SCREENING OF "KNIVES AND SKIN" WITH DIRECTOR JENNIFER
REEDER!
WHAT HAPPENED TO CAROLYN HARPER? PART SUBURBAN NIGHTMARE, PART
NEON-SOAKED TEENAGE FEVER DREAM, THIS TANTALIZING MYSTERY TRACES THE
WAVE OF FEAR AND DISTRUST THAT SPREADS ACROSS A SMALL MIDWESTERN TOWN
IN THE WAKE OF A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. AS THE
LONELINESS AND DARKNESS LURKING BENEATH THE VENEER OF EVERYDAY LIFE
GRADUALLY COMES TO LIGHT, A COLLECTIVE AWAKENING SEEMS TO OVERCOME THE
TOWN'S TEENAGE GIRLS—GATHERING IN FORCE UNTIL IT CAN NO LONGER BE
CONTAINED. UNFOLDING IN A HALLUCINATORY HAZE OF LUSHLY SURREAL IMAGES,
KNIVES AND SKIN IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND COMING-OF-AGE NOIR THAT HAUNTS LIKE
A HALF-REMEMBERED DREAM.
JENNIFER REEDER CONSTRUCTS PERSONAL FICTION FILMS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS,
TRAUMA AND COPING. HER AWARD-WINNING NARRATIVES ARE INNOVATIVE AND
BORROW FROM A RANGE OF FORMS INCLUDING AFTER SCHOOL SPECIALS, AMATEUR
MUSIC VIDEOS AND MAGICAL REALISM. THESE FILMS HAVE SHOWN CONSISTENTLY
AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, THE BERLIN
FILM FESTIVAL, THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, THE ROTTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL,
THE LONDON FILM FESTIVAL, SXSW, THE VENICE BIENNALE AND THE WHITNEY
BIENNIAL. HER AWARDS INCLUDE SEVERAL THAT HAVE QUALIFIED HER FILMS
FOR OSCAR NOMINATION. SHE WON A CREATIVE CAPITAL GRANT IN MOVING IMAGE
IN 2015, SHORT FILM FUNDING FROM ROOFTOP/ADRIENNE SHELLY FOUNDATION IN
2016 AND SHORT FILM FUNDING FROM THE HAMBURG FILM FUND IN 2016. SHE
WAS A USA ARTIST NOMINEE FOR 2008, 2015, 2016, AND 2017. SHE WAS A
HERB ALPERT FILM AWARD NOMINEE IN 2018. SHE IS THE 2019 RECIPIENT OF
THE ALPERT FILM AWARD RESIDENCY AT THE MACDOWELL COLONY. HER MOST
RECENT FILM, KNIVES AND SKIN WILL BE THEATRICALLY RELEASED IN FRANCE
IN NOVEMBER THROUGH UFO AND IN THE US IN DECEMBER THROUGH IFC
MIDNIGHT.
FRIDAY 3/6/20
247 S. STATE STREET, DALEY BUILDING
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5:30 PM SCREENING
7:30 ON-STAGE CONVERSATION WITH JENNIFER REEDER
ALL SCA SCREENINGS ARE OVERBOOKED TO ENSURE SEATING CAPACITY IN THE
THEATER, THEREFORE SEATING IS NOT GUARANTEED BASED ON RSVPS. DOORS
WILL OPEN A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE EVENT BEGINS AND THE RSVP LIST WILL
BE CHECKED IN ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS UNTIL THE THEATER IS
FULL. ONCE THE THEATER HAS REACHED CAPACITY, WE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE
TO ADMIT GUESTS, REGARDLESS OF RSVP STATUS. IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
SEATS, AND YOU HAVE NOT RSVPED, WE WILL ADMIT ON A FIRST-COME,
FIRST-SERVED BASIS AFTER ALL RSVPS HAVE BEEN SEATED.
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