Dokukino KIC / Monday 15. 5. / 19.00

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

United States, 1968, 75 min
Director: William Greaves – Writers: William Greaves – Cinematography: Stevan Larner, Terence Macartney-Filgate – Editing: William Greaves – Producer: William Greaves, Manuel Melamed – Cast: Patricia Ree Gilbert, Don Fellows, Jonathan Gordon, Bob Rosen, William Greaves

In his one-of-a-kind fiction/documentary hybrid, director William Greaves presides over a beleaguered film crew in New York’s Central Park, leaving them to try to figure out what kind of movie they’re making.

* Greaves is both a pioneering documentarian and a shapeshifting experimenter who stepped out on a limb to produce this avantgarde pearl. For anyone looking to explore the politics of authorship, visions of collective practices, and meta-cinematic stylings, this film is a significant reference point. [GD]

Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with Greg de Cuir, Dina Pokrajac and Marija Ćaćić and a short presentation of the Up&/Underground dossier Crne pantere, crna moć i crne politike. (Black Panthers, Black Power and Black Politics).