Part of Film Diary 4: smudge your saw-tooth edges

1991
Saif Alsaegh, USA / Iraq, 12 Min
An experimental documentary that revolves around a conversation between the filmmaker, an Iraqi asylum-seeker living in the US, and his mother, an Iraqi immigrant living in Turkey.

Who Gets to Fly
Hazel Katz, USA, 14 Min
A multichannel video meandering through a cultural history of birds.

Come Dance With Me
nwaọ, USA, 8 Min
A visual archive that documents and explores stories of dance in the Black Diaspora across history, centering gender and sexuality-marginalized folks.

We Want a Beautiful Life
Bianca Arnold, Italy, 11 Min
A cry of anger and joy that stands in continuity with a history of Resistance while questioning it.

WHAT YOU WILL HAVE SEEN
Katia Sophia Ditzler, Germany, 3 Min
A performative poetry film about what nobody will want to have seen.

Existence and Plurality
Prameswari Mrajabwana, USA, 10 Min
Existence and Plurality (Hayat dan Kebhinekaan) revisits the independence anthem Hari Merdeka and its haunting phrase, “Hayat masih dikandung badan”—“as long as my soul persists in my body.”

why some people be mad at me sometimes
Mahlet Cuff, Canada, 3 Min
A meditation on the misappropriation of Dancehall music, using Black Feminist Citational praxis.

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Chihiro ITO, Japan / USA, 2 Min
Forever and everything flashing by across Washington Square Park.

Eautopsie
Mahda Purmehdi, Canada / USA /
Iran / Turkey, 20 Min
An enigmatic glimpse of life through vignettes that sutures the filmmaker’s home movie footage and archival material—from Hollywood narrative films to political selfie videos.