The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater（June 14 Fri）

The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater（June 14 Fri）

Screenings at the Yamagata Documentary Film Library present documentaries and movies rarely shown on television or in theaters, including works from the Film Library vaults.

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business　14:00-、19:00-（screens twice）

YIDFF ’95 International Competition

Dir: Helena Solberg / BRAZIL, USA / 1994 / 35mm / 92 min

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A filmmaker’s journey into the cross-cultural life and career of the most successful Latin American performer of all time, Carmen Miranda. For her, along with enormous wealth and fame as a Latin American icon, fabricated in the image factories of Hollywood, came professional distortion and personal damage. The film seeks to reveal the person behind the elaborate mask.

 

 

Memories and Dreams　15:50-（single screening）

YIDFF ’95 International Competition

Dir: Lynn-Maree Milburn / AUSTRALIA / 1993 / 35mm / 58 min

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Memories and Dreams chronicles the moving and poetic life of “Jo,” from the freedom and fantasy of childhood to the unexpected horrors of war up until her eventual escape from Czechoslovakia to Australia. Using a combination of film styles from classical documentary, animation, and experimental film, Memories and Dreams is a celebration and an exploration of the nature of personal memory.

 

 

[Venue]The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library (Yamagata Big Wing 3F)
[Admission]Free admission for members (Member’s fee: free)
[Presented by]YIDFF (NPO)
[Contact]e-mail：info@yidff.jp (YIDFF Yamagata office)