2006 Black Maria Selected Films
A Time to Die by Joe Gibbons
Among first person video diarists, iconoclast Joe Gibbons has no equal. In this new work, he examines his microcosm of the pecking order within the natural world of flowers mapping on his own psychological manifestations of value, weakness, and fears.
The Mantis Parable by Josh Staub
This exquisite 3-D animation is the tale of a humble caterpillar trapped in a bug collector’s jar. The story unfolds when a praying mantis with some lessons to learn in humility stumbles upon him.
Tribe by Tiffany Shlain
The Tribe takes the audience on an electric ride through the complex history of both the Barbie doll and the Jewish woman who created the pre-teen icon of the ideal female (exaggerated) body. Using archival footage, graphics, animation, Barbie dioramas, and slam poetry, “The Tribe” sheds light on what it means to be an American Jew in the 21st Century.
I Am (Not) van Gogh by David Russo
A tour de force of cinematic acrobatics “I Am (Not) van Gogh” teases and delights the eye. The filmmaker exercises his prowess with the medium through stunning pixillated photography which employs playfully inventive effects that picture a man with a placard which declares that he is not van Gogh.
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