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Man with a Movie Camera
Dziga Vertov
Alloy Orchestra on stage (Cine-concierto)
Saturday August 1/ 2009

At: the National Gallery of Art

Vertov’s legendary silent masterpiece, an avant-garde portrayal
of urban life, work, and leisure in Soviet cities that ultimately advanced
the arc of experimental filmmaking.
(Dziga Vertov, 1929, 35 mm, silent with
live music, 70 minutes)

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They Don’t Wear Black Tie
(Eles Não Usam Black-Tie)
Sunday July 12/2009

At: National Gallery of Art (Washington DC)

In a colorful working-class quarter in São Paulo, Tião and Maria, faithful lovers
and friends, find their respective families, caught in webs of poverty and
factory strikes, are at odds with their forthcoming marriage. Basing his film on
a 1960s play by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Leon Hirszman’s brilliant direction
earned him a special jury prize in Cannes and a Golden Lion in Venice.
(Leon Hirszman, 1981, 35 mm, Portuguese with live subtitles, 130 minutes)

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