A Birds Eye View: Programmer Gali Gold introduces the 2011 line-up
Feb 25, 2011 | 1 Comment | ByBen
Kelly Reichardt's 'Meek's Cutoff'
Thinking about the films in this year’s programme, some outstanding images keep flickering through my mind: The naked woman wearing a Kafia in a cool NY hangar, welcoming her Iraqi relatives who have just fled the troubled region (The Imperialists Are Still Alive!); Hidelgaard von Bingen consumed by her visions, leading her fellow nuns into the second Millennia with ideas and determination that could easily be dubbed radical feminism, only they took place nearly 1,000 years before the term was coined (Vision); mothers standing next to their sons as they read their last statements before leaving on suicide missions (Women of Hamas); a boy running through Kibera slum in Nairobi in an attempt to save his father from evil spirits (Soul Boy); three pilgrims isolated and lost on the Portland-Oregon trail (Meek’s Cutoff); and oh, the one I really struggle to get out of my head – Daddy’s Girl engaged in a culinary extravaganza where Daddy is the main course (Horror Shorts)… Read the full story
