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dancedance/RE♦VOLUTION

Tue, 9 Oct 2018 15:11:00 GMT

dancedance/RE♦VOLUTION
Buy Now: $125.00

dancedance/RE♦VOLUTION is an introduction to the vibrant diversity of contemporary dance in South Africa. Rooted in both tradition and the idioms of modern movement, this half-hour documentary introduces new audiences to work ranging from site-specific solos to multi-media physical theater.

The struggle for freedom is ongoing in post-apartheid South Africa. Dancemakers are discovering new opportunities and new language to address issues of race and gender, utilizing fresh approaches grounded in history, memory and personal identity.

Featured Choreographers:

Gregory Maqoma — Headlined the American Dance Festival 2015 with his solo Exit/Exist
Jay Pather — Choreographer of Firebird, which was performed at the Hollywood BowlOscar Buthelezi — First African choreographer to win the prestigious Kurt Jooss Prize for Choreography
Lliane Loots — Founder of JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, Artistic Director Flatfoot Dance Company
Mzo Gasa — Founder and director of the Sibonelo Dance Project
Athena Mazarakis — Silver Standard Bank Ovation Award for "elev(i)ate2" at the NationalArts Festival, South Africa

“South Africans are a nation who dance ... and revolutions need beauty.”— Lliane Loots, Choreograper

SCREENINGS & AWARDS

The Big Muddy Film Festival, Southern IL University, 2018

LA Dance Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2018

InShadow - Lisbon ScreenDance Festival, 2017

Videodança São Carlos, Brazil, 2017

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Down To Earth

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 07:05:00 GMT

Down To Earth
Buy Now: $295.00

This fascinating multidisciplinary social history investigates the contributions of New Mexico's diverse cultures to the state's unique architectural heritage. Today adobe is often associated with wealth and the "Santa Fe Style." But adobe architecture also continues to play a vital role in Native American and Hispanic cultures in New Mexico. Adobe is not just a building material. Its formal and structural elements cannot be divorced from its social, cultural, and environmental functions. Down to Earth explores the increasing pressures of tourism and development and illustrates the relationship between the environment of New Mexico and the continuity of cultural tradition.

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Families and Flowers

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:52:00 GMT

Families and Flowers
Buy Now: $295.00

The flower-growing industry in northern San Diego County is in many ways a microcosm of our rapidly changing society. Encinitas, California – the once self-proclaimed "flower capital of the world" – is facing daunting challenges. Economic growth and increased population are putting more demands on land, water and energy resources. New subdivisions continue to replace former growing-fields and greenhouses. Environmental concerns and regulations are seen by some as a threat to profitability. International competition is fierce. And capital costs and public concern may limit the potential of a biotech revolution in the flower fields. Despite the challenges facing agriculture in an exploding suburban economy, third-generation, family-owned businesses continue to thrive in San Diego County, models of adaptability and perseverance.

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Weaving the Future

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:26:00 GMT

Weaving the Future
Buy Now: $320.00

Weaving the Future is a video portrait of a unique indigenous community living in the Andean highlands of northern Ecuador. The story of the Otavalo Indians is not a stereotypical tale of "isolated people struggling to survive." Just the opposite. The people of Otavalo have successfully adapted their traditions of weaving and crafts to the international marketplace. Selling their textiles in the U.S., Europe and even in Japan, the Otavalos are by any measure the most prosperous Native people in South America. Theirs is a fascinating story of economic success and social change.

Increased prosperity has brought new challenges, as well as new opportunities. Weaving the Future is a documentary about people who are dealing with the pressures of change as they make their way in an increasingly global economy.

Weaving the Future explores tensions between traditional indigenous values and customs and the allure of an emerging Home Use economy; considers the impact of tourism, and examines the realities of ethnic tensions between the Otavalos and their less affluent white and mestizo neighbors. The program is intended for use in Anthropology, Latin American Studies, History, Development, and Global Studies.

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