BICS Upcoming schedule

Every first Monday of the month Traveling cinema presents
the BROOKLYN INDEPENDENT CINEMA SERIES. Curated by Joe Pacheco.

SHORT BRAZILIANS. A Celebration of (mostly) short brazilian films.

A selection of films by some very talented Brazilian artists, all produced in the past five years. The works presented range from documentaries to fiction, animation and experimental films. A majority of the films come from the city of Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais. The city, which is experiencing a creative boom of sorts, is home to a large contingent of filmmakers all working outside the institutions of mainstream Brazilian cinema.

 

Friday 11/20 8:00pm

Wacky Meal
Lelé Luiza
5’, DV

Salt Kiss - (Beijo de Sal)
Fiction
Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
18’, 2007, Super 16

The True Story of Tião Coió - (A Verdadeira Estória de Tião Coió)
Documentary
DVCAM, 2003, 06min
A film by- André Amparo

The Miracle Of Mrs. Rita - (O Milagre de Dona Rita)
Documentary
05’, 2003, DV Stereo
A film by Cecília Torquato and André Amparo.

Landscape Theory - (A Teoria da Paisagem)
Roberto Bellini
4’16”, 2005, DV

MOV_03
Experimental
Alessandra Maria Soares e Cláudio Santos
2’50”, 2003

Souvenir
Experimental
Marcelo Braga
3’17”, 2002/2003, Experimental

The Painter Throws de Film in the Trash Can
Experimental
Cao Guimarães
5’, 2008, HDV

Rivadavia 2010
Experimental
Aline X e Gustavo Jardim
15’, 2007, DV

Tyger
animation
Andrezza Valetin e Guilherme Marcondes
4’, 2006

One
Fiction
HDCAM, 2008, 13’
A film by Ricardo Mehedff

Circular Capital
Fiction
A film by Ricardo Mehedff
35mm, 2004,10’



Followed by music at 10:00pm

GILMAR GOMES & FRIENDS. Percussion player, singer and all around multi-instrumentalist Gilmar Gomes grew up in Bahia but is now based in New York. He has toured extensively with Angelique Kidjo , Harry Belafonte, Meshell N'degeocello, Yerba Buena, Bebel Gilberto , Forro In The Dark, Carlinhos Brown and Gilberto Gil. Tonight, he leads his own band, backed by some of his friends.

Saturday 11/ 21


4:00pm

The Early Shot - (O Primeiro Tiro)
32’, 2007, DV,
A film by Gustavo Jardim

Rain On Long- Lost Roofs
A film by Rafael Conde
35mm, 15’, 2006

Córdis
Experimental
Roberto Bellini
15’, 2009, HD Video
Motel Hotel
Experimental
Marcos Bonisson
3’29”, 2008, DV

Near Home - (Perto de Casa)
Documentary
Sérgio Borges
9’, 2009, DV

Sat 11/21
8:00pm

The Road to Calvary - (Rua da Amargura)
Fiction
35mm, 2003, 14min
A film by Rafael Conde

Thick Salt - (Sal Grosso)
06’, 2006, DVCAM
Directed by André Amparo and Ana Cristina Murta

Ash Wednesday – (Quarta-Feira de Cinzas)
Experimental
6’, 2006, HDV
Rivane Neuenschwander e Cao Guimarães

Peiote
Experimental
Cao Guimarães
4’, 2007, Super 8

Moto Continuo
Experimental
Eduardo Zunza e Marcelo Braga
2’15”, 2009

Emptyness - Vazio
Experimental
Claudio Soares
2’58”, 2008

Following The Light
Experimental
Eduardo Zunza
3’3”, 2009

The Indispensable Ones – (Os Imprescindíveis)
Documentary
Carlos Magno
5’22”, 2003

Beam Drop
Documentary
Pablo Lobato
5’30”, 2009

Mistake - Engano
Fiction
Cavi Borges
11’, 35mm, 2008, fiction

Canosa One
Documentary
Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
17’, Mini DV, 2008
Passage - (Trecho)
Documentary
16’, 2006, 35mm
A film by - Clarissa Campolina e Helvécio Marins

 

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THE LAST OF TRAVELING CINEMA.
After four years and close to 200 films screened, Traveling Cinema is taking a break.

DREAMS THAT MONEY CAN BUYS. 1947. US. A film made up of seven dreams crafted by a who's who of the 40's avant garde: 1)"Desire" by Max Ernst; music Paul Bowles; 2)"The girl with the prefabricated heart" by Fernand Léger; 3) "Ruth, roses and revolvers" by Man Ray; music, Darius Milhaud; 4)"Discs" by Marcel Duchamp; music by John Cage; 5 & 6)"Circus" and "Ballets" by Alexander Calder; music by David Diamond; 7)"Narcissus" by Hans Richter; music by Louis Applebaum. Directed by HANS RICHTER

DAGUERREOTYPES (1974) France. 80mn. Varda is one of the few New Wave veterans still making personal and relevant films. Her "Gleaners and I," shot in DV, set the tone for a new generation of filmmakers. Daguerreoptype, shot in 16mm (the dv of its time) is a documentary about rue Daguerre where the director has lived for forty years. She interviews the shop-owners on her block - cafe, hair salon, accordion store, butcher etc.....most of whom have been in business since the 50's. She focuses on the rituals of everyday life, compares life stories and, without a hint of patronizing or pretension, manages somehow to articulate a silent commentary on social life that seems to spell universal truths. Humanism at its best - not to mention one of the best portrayal of the Paris of the 70's. Most of the stores have since vanished, except for the accordion store....and Varda's production company which is housed in one of the old storefronts. Directed by AGNES VARDA.

FOREST OF BLISS. (1986) US. 99 min. An extraordinary documentary by a master of the genre. Robert Gardner leads us through Benares, fascinated by the way death permeates both the mundane and the sacred. The film unfolds without voiceover or subtitles, letting images of daily life tell their own stories and using editing and juxtapositions to articulate his wordless commentary . Seamus Heaney said of the film " It is hard to distinguish the beauty of this film's technical means from the strength of its subject matter, which is always a sure sign of achieved artistic purpose. Robert Gardner transmits the sensation of the deep and literate gaze, and does so with an intensity that passes from the documentary into the visionary." Directed by ROBERT GARDNER.

SALT OF THE EARTH. US. 1954. (94 min). Produced at the height of the McCarthy hysteria by a team of blacklisted filmmakers, the film is the hardly fictionized story of a 15 months strike by Mexican American zinc miners in New Mexico. Produced with the help of the union using non-professional actors it was considered so controversial at the time that it only ended up being shown in 13 theaters across the country. Repeatedly portrayed as an evil communist propaganda vehicle, the film was hardly seen for years but has since become a classic based both on its content and its unique esthetic - it even got official recognition when it was included in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Directed by HERBERT J. BIBERNAN.