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| Panasonic HVX200 Camera |
Sep 08, 2009 6:30 PM - Nov 10, 2009 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Training for the Film Forum's Panasonic digital camera with the 2p digital cards |
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| Beginning Editing with Final Cut Pro |
Sep 17, 2009 6:00 PM - Nov 05, 2009 6:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Learn the basics of non-linear editing with Final Cut Pro. Covers settings, basic principles, effects, titles, sound and printing to video with hands-on experience for each student. This class is for students who intend to work in digital video productions who want to know some of the basic skills of editing in a non-linear environment. Prior experience in non-linear editing is not required, but basic computer skills are necessary. Time is available in NWFFs edit suite for students to work between classes. |
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| LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM: Thursday Opening Nights Package |
Sep 17, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Northwest Film Forum is proud to launch LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM, a showcase of dynamic new work that expands cinema beyond the limits of the screen. |
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| LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM: Friday Nights Package |
Sep 18, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Northwest Film Forum is proud to launch LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM, a showcase of dynamic new work that expands cinema beyond the limits of the screen. |
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| LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM: Saturday Closing Nights Package |
Sep 19, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Northwest Film Forum is proud to launch LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM, a showcase of dynamic new work that expands cinema beyond the limits of the screen. |
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| Self-Serve Film Transfer |
Oct 20, 2009 6:30 PM - Nov 11, 2009 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Learn how to transfer your own 16mm and Super-8 movies to digital video using NWFFÂs SupÂd-Up-Bad-Ass-Optical-Printer-From-Hell. This certification class is required to use our low-cost, flicker-free, rock-solid-registration telecine. After being tau |
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| Panasonic DVX100 Camera |
Oct 27, 2009 6:30 PM - Nov 18, 2009 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Training for the Film Forum's Panasonic 24p digital camera. |
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| 35 Shots of Rum |
Nov 06, 2009 7:00 PM - Nov 12, 2009 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Claire Denis yet again proves her finesse with dramatic intimacy and expressive vibrancy. The elegantly sketched narrative delves into the evolving relationship between Jo, a Parisian university student, and her train engineer father, Lionel. |
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| Import Export |
Nov 06, 2009 7:00 PM - Nov 12, 2009 9:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Director Ulrich Seidl masterfully extracts heart-rending performances in this stark but profound depiction of modern day struggle. |
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| Cinematography - Scene Building and Montage |
Nov 07, 2009 10:00 AM |
Seattle, WA |
| Learn how to tell your story visually through creative camera placement. Explore the art of the montage and the science of forcing perspective. Learn the vocabulary used to describe lens selection, camera placement, and motion. In this class, we will begin with the preproduction tools and vocabulary necessary for effective previsualization. Analysis of scenes from notable films will give students a background in existing conventions, with subsequent hands-on exercises to practice the concepts learned in class. A culminating project will take us through a complete blocking and shooting of a short scripted scene. Prior experience in editing or camera operation, or prior attendance in a NWFF Video Production Basics class is recommended. |
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| Navigating the Festival Maze |
Nov 10, 2009 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Learn what it takes to safely and effectively navigate the worldwide film festival circuit and maximize your profile while minimizing your costs. In addition, you'll learn to rank your film as well as ranking film festivals; learn what a publicist do |
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| La Libertad |
Nov 11, 2009 7:00 PM - Nov 14, 2009 3:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| The first feature by celebrated Argentine director Lisandro Alonso, La Libertad is a thought-provoking piece of minimalist realism. |
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| Los Muertos |
Nov 12, 2009 7:00 PM - Nov 15, 2009 3:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| As poetically beautiful as it is effectively disconcerting, Lisandro Alonso's second film, Los Muertos, brims with the richly somber mood and unmatched visual attentiveness that defines the director's oeuvre. |
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| Araya |
Nov 13, 2009 7:00 PM - Nov 19, 2009 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| In 2006, a team of world-renowned film archivists and historians painstakingly restored the Venezuelan masterpiece Araya to its original, complete versiona version that had not been seen since its initial 1959 release. |
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| Liverpool |
Nov 13, 2009 7:00 PM - Nov 19, 2009 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Lisandro Alonsos singular voice shines yet again in Liverpool. A graceful ode to solitude and the existential need for meaning, the story follows a sailor named Farrel on a lonely journey in the southernmost region of Argentina. |
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| Places and People: A Discussion with Director Lisandro Alonso |
Nov 14, 2009 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| An emerging voice in cinema talks about the power of place and atmosphere. |
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| Fantasma |
Nov 14, 2009 5:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| A rewarding meta-commentary on his first two films, Lisandro Alonsos Fantasma functions as a meditation on the themes and characters in La Libertad and Los Muertos. |
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| The Passion of Anna |
Nov 20, 2009 7:00 PM - Nov 25, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| In Bergmans second foray into color film, his inventive application of the new technology resulted in added layers of emotional depth and visual beauty. |
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| Stingray Sam |
Nov 20, 2009 7:15 PM - Nov 20, 2009 9:15 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| STINGRAY SAM, a six-episode musical-western mini-series in outer space. A dangerous mission reunites Sam with his old accomplice, as they attempt the rescue of a girl held captive by the genetically designed figurehead of a very wealthy planet. |
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| Film Challenge Screening: Silence is Golden |
Nov 21, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| This fall the Northwest Film Forums quarterly film challenge asks local filmmakers to stretch their imaginations and create a silent film. |
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| Direct on Film Workshop with Stephanie Maxwell |
Nov 22, 2009 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Direct animation techniques -- learn to inscribe on film itself |
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| MONEY DRIVEN MEDICINE |
Nov 22, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Money-Driven Medicine provides the essential introduction Americans need to become knowledgeable participants in healthcare reform, now and in the years ahead. |
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| Stephanie Maxwell Visual Music |
Nov 23, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Stephanie Maxwell specializes in hand-painted experimental abstract animation. This screening will feature selections from Maxwells work, as well as a short documentary about Maxwells filmmaking process, with footage of the artist at work. |
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| The Yes Men Fix the World |
Nov 27, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 03, 2009 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Join the Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, as they battle the free market mentality with their politically charged hijinks. |
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| Indigenous Showcase II |
Nov 28, 2009 1:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Northwest Film Forum partners with Longhouse Media and National Geographic All Roads Film Project to present a monthly series showcasing emerging talents in indigenous communities. |
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| Wings of Desire |
Nov 30, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 01, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Shot in black and white and color, this film has a hypnotic, dream-like quality as it alternates between human and angelic points of view. |
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| Berlin-Schoenhauser Corner |
Nov 30, 2009 9:30 PM - Dec 01, 2009 9:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Set in a post-war but pre-Wall Berlin, rebellious teenagers deviate from the state's socialist ideals. |
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| La Danse: Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
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Dec 04, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 10, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| This documentary combines one of the worlds great ballet companies and one of the worlds greatest filmmakers. |
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| Optical Printing and Direct Animation |
Dec 05, 2009 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| In this very hands-on class, filmmakers will learn direct animation techniques like painting, bleaching, scratching and dying 16mm celluloid film stock and then learn how to create magic using NWFF's JK Optical Printer-an age old and nearly forgotten device used to re-photograph motion picture film with dazzling results by learning basic and not so basic optical printer skills. At the end of three weekends students will have contributed to the making of a short experimental film that will be very colorful and beautiful. |
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| Festival Trailer 2010! |
Dec 06, 2009 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Join forces with talented Seattle filmmakers Clyde Petersen and Forrest Baum to create, from start to finish, the film trailer for next year's Children's Film Festival Seattle. This intensive three-week workshop will take kids through all stages of f |
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| And Your Love Too (Und deine Liebe auch) |
Dec 07, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 08, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| A declaration of love to the city of Berlin and an argument for the building of the Berlin Wall. |
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| LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM: IN THE SHADOW OF THE SIXTIES |
Dec 10, 2009 8:00 PM - Dec 12, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| In this series of shows, the performance collective Invisible Seattle will work with a menagerie of contemporary artists. This is a trial as performance, or a performance as a trial, over three nights and three different performances. |
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| Soul Nite! |
Dec 10, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| This installment of Soul Nite features vintage gems from The Staple Singers, Sly & The Family Stone, Ike & Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder up on the screen and cranked up. |
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| True Grit |
Dec 11, 2009 6:00 PM - Dec 17, 2009 6:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| A teenager hires Rooster Cogburn (Wayne) to track down her fathers killer. An unusually intimate character study for John Wayne, True Grit showcases John Wayne's ability to convey compassion and gruffness at the same time. |
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| Once Upon a Time in the West |
Dec 11, 2009 8:30 PM - Dec 17, 2009 8:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Only recently made available in the U.S., Leone's preferred version of his classic western is one of the finest examples both of the western genre and of the Italian directors impressive filmography. |
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| Holiday High Notes |
Dec 13, 2009 1:00 PM - Dec 13, 2009 2:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Join us as we welcome the renowned Northwest Boychoirs to our cinema to sing in joyful accompaniment to vintage holiday film footage. |
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| The Wall |
Dec 14, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 15, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| This unconventional documentary highlights the Berlin Wall, its last days and its highly anticipated destruction. |
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| Look at this City (Schaut auf diese Stadt) |
Dec 14, 2009 9:00 PM - Dec 15, 2009 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| From the perspective of the leaders of the GDR (German Democratic Republic), Look at this City chronicles the history of West Berlin from the end of WWII to the days following the building of the Wall. |
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| An American Journey |
Dec 18, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 24, 2009 8:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| An American Journey travels back to the small towns and rural communities the photographer Robert Frank immortalized, exploring the world as Frank saw it and as it survives today. |
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| They Came To Play |
Dec 18, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 23, 2009 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| A documentary about the International Amateur Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, many of whom have overcome extraordinary challenges like drug addiction, AIDS, heartbreak, even political asylum. |
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| 69 Series Summer/Fall Pass |
Dec 24, 2009 11:58 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| For a limited time, we're offering passes good for admission to the 30+ films shown in the series over the course of the summer and fall (through December). Get your pass today! |
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| The Vanished Empire |
Jan 02, 2010 7:00 PM - Jan 07, 2010 9:15 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| The collapse of the Soviet Union as an inevitable conflation of the younger generations natural impulse to reject the past for the seductive power of popular culture, with a surrealist touch. |
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| Animated Art |
Jan 07, 2010 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Rethinking the boundaries of animation, visual art and experimental filmmaking, this program of films by mostly local talent brings together artists working in different disciplines that are rarely shown together. |
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| Stongman |
Jan 08, 2010 7:00 PM - Jan 14, 2010 9:15 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Zachary Levy's documentary chronicles the life of a South Brunswick, NJ, idealist and philosopher who twists horseshoes with his bare hands and leg presses trucks. |
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| The Sun |
Jan 08, 2010 7:00 PM - Jan 14, 2010 9:15 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| The Sun offers a hypnotic and tragic account of the fall of Japans Emperor Hirohito following the end of World War II, wherein the Emperor renounced his status as divine ruler during the American occupation of his Japan in 1945. |
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| Documentary CameraThe Interview |
Jan 10, 2010 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Strengthen your documentary filming techniques with visiting filmmaker Zachary Levy (Strongman). Each day, Zach will show clips demonstrating different documentary styles, and then lead a hands-on workshop. With Zach's direction, students will arrang |
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| Screenwriting 101:The Eight Week Screenplay |
Jan 12, 2010 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Whether you want to pitch your film to Hollywood or make your independent feature, students will learn the substance of a good screenplay. With his decades of experience writing (as well as acting) for television and films, Walter will lead frank dis |
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| Introduction to Flash |
Jan 13, 2010 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Flash is the premiere software for animating different media formats-photography, line art, sound and video-for the web. Learn the basic skills of Flash's robust animation tools to incorporate in the interactive environment of a website. With hands-o |
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| New Brow |
Jan 15, 2010 7:00 PM - Jan 17, 2010 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| New Brow presents interviews from artists, galleries and collectors who initiated and gave momentum to the New American Art Movement. The revealing footage captures the makeshift studios and gallery spaces where the movement began. |
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| Rebel Without A Cause |
Jan 15, 2010 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| James Dean achieved iconic status for his starring turn; all coiled tension and Method-inspired angst, the perfect embodiment of restless, troubled youth |
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| An Afternoon with Stewert Stern on Rebel Without a Cause |
Jan 16, 2010 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Join Seattle's most famous Hollywood-expatriate, Stewart Stern, for a live screenwriter's commentary of Rebel Without a Cause. In a casual setting, we'll watch Rebel Without a Cause and Stewart will share his stories about the film, its writing and i |
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| New Hollywood Cinema |
Jan 18, 2010 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| This course will explore the thematic, esthetic, sociopolitical, historical, and economic dimensions of the New Hollywood movement that lasted from approximately 1967 to approximately the late 1970s. Key fiction films will be screened, and these work |
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| Non-Stop: Gogol Bordello |
Jan 18, 2010 7:00 PM - Jan 21, 2010 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Non-Stop is a behind-the-scenes look at the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello and their charismatic front man Eugene Hutz. |
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| Documentary CameraVerite |
Jan 19, 2010 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Strengthen your documentary filming techniques with visiting filmmaker Zachary Levy (Strongman). Each day, Zach will show clips demonstrating different documentary styles, and then lead a hands-on workshop. With Zach's direction, students will arrang |
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| French Cinema in the 90s: From The Lovers on the Bridge to The Girl on the Bridge |
Jan 19, 2010 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| An introduction to cinematic artways of looking at films and talking about themwith a sprinkling of French culture thrown in. Films studied represent highlights from a decade significant because it produced works that represent an artistic and econ |
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| Basic Acting for Camera |
Jan 20, 2010 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| For actors and directors this is an on-your-feet workshop using video and playback. The demands that camera work has in order to achieve compelling realistic behavior is understood and experienced through a series of exercises. We begin with a "get a |
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| Visual Acoustics |
Jan 29, 2010 7:00 PM - Feb 04, 2010 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the worlds greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. |
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| RR |
Feb 03, 2010 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| James Bennings RR promises a unique kind of cinematic experience for audiences; it presents a visually stunning portrait of the role of railroads in American history and culture. |
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| Intermediate Final Cut: Editing |
Feb 08, 2010 6:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Participants will study clips and then go into the final cut room and walk through the many steps of making a scene or situation come alive. You'll cover pacing, crosscutting, defining the atmosphere, continuity, etc. and discuss how all these affec |
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| When It Was Blue |
Feb 10, 2010 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| When It Was Blue presents an experience of a world that is both visceral and fleeting; photographed in 16mm over many years in various waters and terrains, an elaborate montage connects diverse ecosystems. |
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| O'er The Land |
Feb 17, 2010 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| O'er the Land is Deborah Stratman's meditation on freedom and technological approaches to manifest destiny. |
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| Basic Videography |
Feb 27, 2010 10:00 AM |
Seattle, WA |
| Learn how composition, lighting, and depth of field interact to create memorable images. This class will cover basic videography skills and provide the opportunity to operate the Northwest Film Forum's Canon GL1, Panasonic AG-DVX100, and HVX200. We w |
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| Lighting for Film & Video |
Mar 06, 2010 10:00 AM |
Seattle, WA |
| Lighting sets the tone of every scene. Learn how to use creative lighting techniques to establish a mood and direct your viewer to the most important parts of your shot. With examples taken from the films of today and yesteryear, we will learn how t |
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| LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM: too |
Mar 25, 2010 8:00 PM - Mar 27, 2010 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Drawing inspiration from the rural/urban divide, karaoke, and Japanese love hotels, too ruminates on the increasing challenges of human contact in a fractured and complex technological age. |
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| LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM: CONDOMILLENNIUM |
May 13, 2010 8:00 PM - May 15, 2010 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| written and directed by Marya Sea Kaminski, this event brings performance, video, live music and absurd fantasy together to paint a picture of our evolving urban landscape and the places we call home. |
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