Described by the artist as a suite of midwestern parables that question the historical role that belief has played in ideology and national identity, the illinois parables proposes a critical and timely reflection on history and the landscape. Japanese musical film memories of matsuko tetsuya nakashima 2006 min 35mm from the japan foundation film library. An experimental documentary comprised of regional vignettes about faith, force, technology and exodus. The illinois parables, a documentary by the chicagobased filmmaker deborah stratman, begins with a brief series of shots from above the titular states landscape. Copresented by excinema an experimental documentary comprised of regional vignettes about faith, force, technology and exodus. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. A meditation on history and landscape, it has the power both to soothe complicated feelings. See more ideas about film, movies and documentaries. The illinois parables 2016 directed by deborah stratman. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism and resistance, all occurring somewhere in the state of illinois. In collaboration with visions, a monthly screening series focusing on the aesthetically and philosophically fertile intersection of experimental and documentary film, this years edition of ridm presented a miniretrospective of the work of deborah stratman.
A meditation on history and landscape, it has the power both to soothe complicated feelings about america and to inflame them. The tang teaching museums series whole grain explores classic and contemporary work in experimental film and video. The sony center, a shimmering filmimage in itself and avatar for the future. The illinois parables, deborah stratman s hourlong essay film, arrives at just the right moment. Whole grain is programmed by museum store and publications manager sean fuller and educator for college and public programs tom yoshikami. Utilizing reenactment, archival footage, observational shooting, intertitles and. The illinois parables 2016 page 1 of 3 previous next page. Parkers film flattens out a crucial episode in our national story into a simplistic revenge narrative and presents itself as definitive. The illinois parables deborah stratman 2016 60 min 16mm deborah stratman.
The illinois parables 2016 regional vignettes about faith, technology and exodus. Chicago independent film critics nominations 2016 the. Le bulbe tragique 2016 a metaphysical film examining cinema and its relationship to consciousness with a brilliant text by west coast provocateur al razutis. Release dates 10 also known as aka 3 release dates usa 21 january 2016 sundance film festival germany 12 february 2016 berlin international film festival usa 4 march 2016 truefalse film festival usa 18 march 2016 ann arbor film festival usa 18 june 2016. Stratman s latest featurefollowing such crucial works as oer the land 2009is an 11part historical compendium, comprised of discrete stories of power, struggle, landscape, technology, and ideology. The illinois parables is a haunting small film, just an hour long, that explores the historical events and anxieties that haunt the illinois prairie. The 2016 sundance film festival taking place january 21 to 31, 2016, celebrates the 10th anniversary of its new frontier program with an exhibition of new work, including immersive cinematic works, virtual reality installations, an extensive lineup of documentary and narrative mobile vr experiences and an inside look at the innovations being developed at some of worlds leading media. By the numbers, deborah stratmans new experimental documentary the illinois parables runs about 60 minutes, comprising a dozen vignettes from the history of the territory which comprises the presentday land of lincoln, who doesnt figure at all in the films idiosyncratic though chronologically organized timeline, stretching from. Deborah stratman appears in person to present the illinois parables 2016, a suite of midwestern parables relaying histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism and resistance, based on histories of the state of illinois. A film like the illinois parables, whose only agenda is inquiry and discovery, feels necessary right. Ascap announces its event lineup for the 2016 sundance film festival in park city, utah. The best film i saw at this years berlinale was deborah stratmans the illinois parables.
From the violent eviction of the cherokee to the establishment of a utopian community of french icarians, the invention of the nuclear reactor, and the murder of black panther leader fred hampton, the film relays histories of settlement, removal. The film society of lincoln center has announced the complete lineup for the projections section of the 54th new york film festival. By tyler prozeniuk published january 4th, 2017comments. The 18th annual sundance ascap music cafe runs during the daytime from january 22 29, with a fresh mix of rising and recognized talents curated by ascap. Deborah stratmans experimental documentary explores how physical landscapes and human politics can each reinterpret historical events.
She will be presenting a 16mm encore nyc screening of her last feature, the illinois parables, which relays the vast histories of settlement, removal, technological brekathrough, etc in the state of illinois, as well as her new short optimism, about the long history of desire and extraction in the far canadian north, fresh from its art of the. From dreamy aerial opening shots, we are sent on an expedition through the storied land of our fifth most populous state, illinois, often called a miniature version of america. The illinois parables 2016, 60 minutes, 16mm about whole grain. On february 2016, this critic headed into a harsh, premidnight air 1c after watching invention more alert than usual to the immensity of things. Linked together by a brilliant and haunting soundtrack, 11 parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism and resistance, all on territory that is now the state of illinois. The illinois parables is a universe full of uturns, roads untraveled, curious crevices worth further exploration.
Eleven parables recount events from the history of the state of illinois. Felton jennings ii, joshua frieman, anna toborg, jose oubrerie. The illinois parables, deborah stratmans hourlong essay film, arrives at just the right moment. Some days you dont have time to read an entire article. The illinois parables reflects historys chaos as well as its repetitions, sneakily exploring how periods of strife and uncertainty often get forcibly resolved by assertions of order from those in power, whether in andrew jacksons indian removal act or the chicago police departments coverup of a dissident minority. The illinois parables are not parables in the sense of moral tales, but in the sense that they reach beyond the merely local or temporal, demonstrating not only their implication in larger historical or more abstract, ideological processes, but also demonstrating a mode of viewing landscape that takes into account what is not seen but is nonetheless written, inscribed, marked upon them. Vimeo gives control freaks the power to tweak every aspect of their embedded videos. The film explains how different communities have a place in the history of illinois but at the same time have all experienced difficulties with the power of north american government institutions.
By nick pinkerton in the novemberdecember 2016 issue. The illinois parables 1h documentary, history 16 november 2016 usa an experimental documentary comprised of regional vignettes about faith, force, technology and exodus. Heading into its third year, the annual celebration will take. This elevenchapter 16mm work about the past fourteen centuries of illinoiss history is as complex and varied in its soundtrack choices as it is in its mixing of archival footage and clippings, reenactments, and presentday landscape scenes. Deborah stratmans the illinois parables examines centuries of american conflict. Which is a lot considering it is only 60 minutes long, mapping a history of illinois through the years 600 ce to 1985.
The type of film i need to rewatch a couple of times in order to fully consume and process all of the information being disseminated. Divided into 11 chapters during the course of almost one hour of film, the illinois parables is a synopsis of the history of this north american state from prehistoric times to the present day. I would like, without relying on language, to achieve an. Artist and filmmaker deborah stratman makes work that investigates issues of power, control and belief, exploring how places, ideas, and society are intertwined. If you are looking for the special issue of papers from the 2015 international religion and film conference in istanbul, please access issue 20. What links these disparate parts is both the illinois that has a long and turbulent history, in addition to stratmans laser focus on the unexpected that crops up all around us, every day, and how a sense of place strongly shapes our lives. The illinois parables soundtrack deborah stratmans great film succeeds as a soundscape. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological.
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