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Shorts From the Flaherty Seminar
(Various directors, 1925-2008, Various countries, DVD, 87 min) Named after Robert Flaherty (director of Nanook of the North), the Flaherty Seminar is an annual film event curated by one programmer around a single theme. Last year's program, curated by Dennis Lim of the New York Times, focused on films about work. This shorts program, a selection from the original lineup, consists of six films dating from 19252008, whose focus on its laborers spans the globe from Austria to Thailand. Films include: Haiku (Michael Glawogger, Austria, 1987, 3 min); Cheese (Mika Rottenberg, USA, 2008, 16 min); Me Broni Ba (Akosua Adoma Owusu, USA/Ghana, 2008, 22 min); The Pottery Maker, (Robert Flaherty, USA, 1925, 14 min); The Sixth Section (Alex Rivera, USA/Mexico, 2003, 26 min); The Way (Uruphong Raksasad, Thailand, 2006, 6 min).
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum
1515 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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