Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Perú
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In 1989, Alfredo Marquez used an image of Mao in an artwork. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. For every artist, the need to create and be heard is as basic as food and shelter. But what happens when you live in a country where the state clamps down on free thinkers, forcing artists to censor themselves? Four Peruvian visual artists, including Marquez, defy this tyranny through their work and ignite change, challenging ordinary people to speak out. Spanning two decades of corrupt governments and inept leaders, this film tells the story of these inspiring artists.
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Macarena Gómez-Barris, USC "...compulsory watching for all who are concerned with the intersection of art and politics." --Carolyn Dean, UC Santa Cruz
"...fast-moving, riveting..." --Ernest Hardy, LA Weekly
"A moving film that challenges our notions of art and expression...." --Aura Bogoda, KPFK Radio
Best Documentary, DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival
Emerging Director Award, Asian American Int’l Film Festival
Best of the Fest,San Francisco Latino Arts VideoFest
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
San Francisco International Latino Film Festival
New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival
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Ann Kaneko is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker, fluent in Japanese and Spanish. She is committed to sharing the stories of brave individuals fighting injustices in unusual circumstances. She was selected as Best Emerging Feature Documentary Director at the New York Asian American International Film Festival for her Fulbright-supported film, Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Perú. Her docs and shorts have been funded by the Japan Foundation, Hoso Bunka Foundation and Durfee Foundation and have been televised here and abroad. Kaneko has produced media installations and videos for the Skirball Cultural Center, Japanese American National Museum, Getty Center and SEIU-UHW. Currently, she has been shooting and cutting segments for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. She participated in the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and received an MFA in film directing from UCLA.
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34x25x36
Part 3) BODY TYPED: 34 x 25 x 36 is the third installment in a trilogy of films (including "The Guarantee" and the Sundance award-winning "Wet Dreams and False Images") examining issues of body image from quirky and revealing angles. This time, we are t
Subject: Women's Studies/Men's Studies
