This series delves into the concepts of history and memory through films that honor painful pasts, transforming them into tools for healing and resistance.
Program
- We Are In Hell When We Hurt Each Other*†
(Jacolby Satterwhite, 2020, 24 min.) - Three Transitions*†
(Peter Campus, 1973, 5 min.) - The Incidental Insurgents: Unforgiving Years (Part 2)
(Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, 2012–2015, 6:20 min.) - The Unburied Sounds of a Troubled Horizon
(Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn, 2022, 60 min.)
Run time: One hour and 11 min.
* Looped in the Art Theater prior to screening
† Part of Carnegie Museum of Art’s collection
Notes from guest film programmer, Astria Suparak
Like a phoenix rising from ashes and a lotus blooming from mud, beauty can be born of anguish and destruction. Living after loss can feel like life hollowed out. History is never past, the repercussions of war are felt decades after the fight’s official end, and memories linger. These videos model ways to honor ourselves and our ancestors, and to transform weapons into nourishment. Utopia doesn’t have to be removed of sadness; we heal with scars, our past trauma informs our future decisions, and we can warn those behind us. We birth our new selves. To many happy returns.
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