ooooops I got the date wrong; *WEDNESDAY NOV 29 *is the correct date
Mark Street On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Mark Street <[email protected]> wrote: > *Spectacle Theater presents* .... > > LABOR LOST AND FOUND > > films by Mark Street, Lizzie Olesker, Lynne Sachs and George Franju > Tuesday, Nov 28, 2017 > Filmmakers present for screenings (Franju as ghost). > 7:30 PM - $5 > > Spectacle Theater > 124 South 3rd St > <https://maps.google.com/?q=124+South+3rd+St&entry=gmail&source=g>. (in > Williamsburg, near Bedford St.) > Brooklyn > > Link to site:http://www.spectacletheater.com/labor-lost-and-found/ > <http://www.spectacletheater.com/> > > *Looking at what we all do for some half of our waking adult life is > always revealing. Once this particular level of inquiry begins it can > address a myriad of issues including class disparity, existential questions > and whether dreams are deferred or denied. Through interviews, > observational vignettes, historical tracings these films investigate the > world of work in unexpected and invigorating ways. * > > "Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind > Bring me my boots and shoes > You can hang back or fight your best on the frontline > Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues" Bob Dylan > > > *Oiltowns* > 41 min. by Mark Street, 2017 > > [image: Inline image 2] > > Link to film trailer: > *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBgEJSUPdI&spfreload=10* > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBgEJSUPdI&spfreload=10> > > *Oiltowns* traces boom and bust cycles in and around the town of > Williston, North Dakota. Interviews with oil workers, longtime residents, > ranchers and the homeless focus on changes that have animated the small > town. Pump jacks dig rhythmically on desolate highways, trucks lumber on > small roads, gas flares in the distance, new homes are built at breakneck > speed, abandoned RVs seem to rust before our eyes. A Turtle Mountain Native > American talks about the rampant prostitution and drug use that has > burgeoned as a result of itinerant workers arriving with lots of money to > spend. Three drunk men banter in front of a trailer they share as the sun > goes down. A former Chicago policeman sells hot dogs from a stand from 10AM > to 10 PM every day alongside a highway teeming with oil trucks. > > *The Washing Society* > *7 min. excerpt* by Lizzie Olesker & Lynne Sachs, 2018 > > [image: Inline image 3] > > When you drop off a bag of dirty laundry, who’s doing the washing and > folding? This film brings you into New York City laundromats and the > experiences of the people who work there. With a title inspired by the 1881 > organization of African-American laundresses, *The Washing Society* > investigates the intersection of history, underpaid work, immigration, and > the sheer math of doing laundry. > Catch a sneak work-in-progress preview of part of our movie! > > > *Blood of the Beasts*20 minutes by Georges Franju, 1949 > > [image: Inline image 4] > > A shocking observational portrait of Paris *abbatoirs. *“George Franju’s > 1949 film Le Sang Des Bêtes is one of the most beautiful and horrifying > movies ever made. Filmed in the backstreets of Paris, Franju contrasts > bucolic scenes of fog-shrouded streets, canals, deserted junkyards and > children playing, with the nightmarish events taking place within two > slaughterhouses. Marcel Fradetal’s stunning black and white cinematography > turns the horrific into a brutal kind of poetry that if it had been shot in > color would be unbearable.” -Dangerous Minds > > Preview YouTube video oiltowns trailer > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBgEJSUPdI&authuser=0> >
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