'The annual Asian American Showcase returns to the big screen with several films from the past two years about Asian American characters and subjects.'
This spring the Gene Siskel Film Center presents two series of films exploring countries and cultures that are often neglected in popular media. The Ukrainian Cinema series is timely for obvious reasons; through five films, the Film Center endeavors to shed light on the Ukrainian experience, both past and present. Screening through April 7, the series illuminates the role of cinema not only in relating information but in appreciating the lives of others by way of art.
On April 7, the Chicago Film Society will co-present Mikhail Kaufman’s recently rediscovered silent film on 35-millimeter and with live piano accompaniment by David Drazin. Kaufman was Vertov’s brother and the cinematographer of; this later film was made after a disagreement between the two. Using spring as its grounding metaphor, Kaufman films life in Kyiv with an eye toward the cycle of sometimes elegiac, sometimes brutal regeneration.
, explore recent conflicts in Ukraine. Loznitsa’s staggering testimony bears witness to the Euromaidan protests of late 2013 and early 2014, which resulted in the ousting of then-president Viktor Yanukovych, whose reluctance to sign into an association with the European Union was viewed by dissidents as pro-Russian sentiment.
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