Re: [Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure--by women

2014-05-14 Thread Fred Truniger
if you speak german the films of jürgen boettcher are worth a good look at. they do deal with work and leisure. especially Wäscherinnen is worth looking at: boettcher portrays young workers in a industrial laundry in their working environment and interviews them about their dreams and everyday

Re: [Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure

2014-05-14 Thread Beth Capper
Ousmane Sembene's Black Girl? On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Andy Ditzler a...@andyditzler.com wrote: I hadn't thought about it before this query, but a dialectic between labor and leisure seems to be featured in all of Jacques Tati's features, most explicitly Playtime (beginning with the

Re: [Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure--by women

2014-05-13 Thread Chuck Kleinhans
If we could think about domestic labor, there’s a whole lot of other films, many by women, to consider: Chantal Akerman, Jeanne Dielman 23 quai de Commerce Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley, SCHMEERGUNTZ Carikee Schneenman, Kitch’s Last Meal Lizzie Borden, Working Girls Michelle Citron, Queer Fest

Re: [Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure

2014-05-12 Thread Gawthrop, Rob
The Free Cinema movement in the UK is important here. See http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/444789/ and Humphrey Jennings' Spare Time Rob On 11/05/2014 16:43, Chris G spy...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for films that portray situations of labor and leisure together. It

Re: [Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure

2014-05-12 Thread Francisco Torres
Phil Niblock has done some amazing stuff in Asia On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Gawthrop, Rob rob.gawth...@falmouth.ac.ukwrote: The Free Cinema movement in the UK is important here. See http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/444789/ and Humphrey Jennings' Spare Time Rob On

Re: [Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure

2014-05-12 Thread Beebe, Roger W.
I think Kelly mentioned A Propos de Nice, but I’m thinking that most of the city symphonies of that era presented both work and leisure as part of their portraits. Berlin, Symphony of a Great City is the one I know best, since I teach it often, but you might want to look at Rien que les

Re: [Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure

2014-05-11 Thread T. Siddle
Hi Chris, The film Maggots and Men by Cary Cronenwett comes to mind. On May 11, 2014 8:43 AM, Chris G spy...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for films that portray situations of labor and leisure together. It would be great if there were texts specific to those films, but I'm also

Re: [Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure

2014-05-11 Thread Marina Uzunova
I'm not sure if this comes close to what you're looking for but Terre Nash' *Who's counting? https://www.nfb.ca/film/whos_counting* is a great take on a part of life that currently gets filed under 'leisure' (in economic terms) but should more appropriately be re-valued as full-time employment.

Re: [Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure

2014-05-11 Thread Kelly Gallagher
Hey Chris- A propos de Nice came to mind. Jean Vigo. Lots of time spent on workers and lots of time spent on those enjoying the spaces made possible by the workers-- http://youtu.be/24Ti_8c6qjI On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Marina Uzunova projectioni...@caboosebooks.net wrote: I'm not

Re: [Frameworks] Films about labor and leisure

2014-05-11 Thread Warren Cockerham
Hi Christopher. I think this conversation come up back in January - a slightly different iteration. You should check the Frameworks digest for a thread entitled, Films/Videos looking at concepts of work. all the best, Warren On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Chris G spy...@gmail.com wrote: