Event

Policy Wonks

Doors open 4pm, program starts promptly at 4:30pm

Join Sean after the screening for a Q&A with Manuel Shvartzberg Carrió, who plays Professor in the film, and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of California San Diego
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Accessibility notice:
Regrettably, Eastwood Performing Arts Center is not wheelchair accessible. The theater is on the 2nd floor and there is no elevator. Please contact me directly if you are interested in watching my work but are unable to attend the screening.

Parental advisory:
"Policy Wonks" contains content that may be unsuitable for minors: brief (non-graphic) nudity; gun violence; strong language
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New Zealand born Los Angeles based artist Sean Grattan screens his debut feature film, "Policy Wonks".

12 years in the making, "Policy Wonks" continues Sean's development of "cinematic video art", long form moving image works built on scripts that are analytical hybrids of theoretical discourse and conventional dramatic dialogue; quasi-scholarly arguments set within a movie-like framework. The actors become vessels for an amalgam of concepts, delivering socio-political exposition via distanciating gestures and vocal intonation, creating an awkward and sometimes humorous relationship between form and content.

"Policy Wonks" synopsis
The entanglements of political liberalism and economic liberalism are explored through the ideological declarations of the Bureau of Advancement, a political action group that loves money, guns and yoga. The Bureau encounters the Workers who are on an endless routine of educational exercises that includes inquiries into the nature of injury and psychological shadow integration.