Sentences with phrase «american narrative feature films»

Sundance will premiere 16 American narrative feature films, and 26 films in the world cinema dramatic and documentary competitions.

Not exact matches

Presenting the world premieres of sixteen narrative feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film.

But as with her queerness, her pop inclinations are a feature, not a bug, and it is difficult to separate Dirty Computer from the larger narrative of resistance across the arts today; from A Wrinkle in Time, a film dedicated above all else to instilling wonder and empowering young viewers; from Gabby Rivera's (now sadly discontinued) America comic book series, one centering a young, queer Latina, America Chavez, who repeatedly declares she is America; from An American Marriage, Tayari Jones's latest novel that emphasizes to be black is to be American.

«Burning Sands» is one of 16 narrative feature films that has been chosen to play during the festival's Dramatic Competition, which offers audiences a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film.

Other works featured in LIVESupport include «Church State,» a two - part sculpture comprised of ink - covered church pews mounted on wheels; «Ambulascope,» a downward facing telescope supported by a seven - foot tower of walking canes, which are marked with ink and adorned with Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) of the spinal column; «Riot Gates,» a series of large - scale X-Ray images of the human skull mounted on security gates and surrounded by a border of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teenagers.

Compelling features of the Winter Show include two of Walker's 2009 films — which are based on narratives from archives of a bureau established in 1865 to assist African Americans with the transition from slavery to freedom — presenting the artist's signature black - silhouette cut - out figures, which almost impossibly convey the complexities of race, gender, sexuality and power in their stilted and provocative movements.

Compelling features of the Winter Show include one of artist, Kara Walker's 2009 films — which are based on narratives from the archives of a bureau established in 1865 to assist African Americans with the transition from slavery to freedom — featuring the artist's signature black - silhouette cut - out figures, which almost impossibly convey the complexities of race, gender, sexuality and power in their stilted and evocative movements.