March
28, Tuesday,
7:30PM, 2006
Local Premiere: "Lunch with Fela" by
Abraham Ravett
Balgan
welcomes Abraham Ravett (in person)
to present his new feature film "Lunch
with Fela".
Abraham
Ravett holds a B.F.A and M.F.A in filmmaking
and Photography and has been an independent filmmaker
for the past twenty eight years. Mr. Ravett received
grants for his work from the National Foundation
for Jewish Culture: Fund for Documentary Filmmaking,
National Endowment for the Arts, The Massachusetts
Council on the Arts and Humanities, The Japan
Foundation, The Hoso Bunka Foundation, The Marion
and Jasper Whiting Foundation, and a 1994, filmmaking
fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation. His films have been screened internationally
including the Museum of Modern Art, Anthology
Film Archives, The Collective for Living Cinema,
Pacific Film Archives, S.F. Cinematheque, LA..
Forum, Innis Film Society(Toronto), and Image
Forum, Tokyo, among others. His recent work has
won "Top Prize" at the Viennale 2000
, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Onion City Film/Video
Festival. In 1999, he collaborated with dancer/choreographer,
Bill T. Jones, on his solo performance, "The
Breathing Show." Mr. Ravett teaches filmmaking
and photography at Hampshire College, Amherst,
MA.
Lunch
With Fela 59 minutes, sound, DV and Beta, 2005
Produced, Directed, Filmed & Edited
by Abraham Ravett
Animation drawings by Emily Hubley
Digital consultants: Ian Cunningham,
Chris Perry
"Lunch With Fela" is the filmmaker's
response to the passing of his last parent,
Fela Ravett. Utilizing a combination of DV footage
shot during her stay at a nearby nursing facility,
excerpts from previously made 16mm films, animation
sequences, plus remaining family memorabilia,
the film renders the presence and absence of
a much loved parent. "Lunch With Fela"
is the eight film in a series that address the
complexities of family history and Jewish cultural
identity .
Screenings:
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival,
October, 2005
Private Cinema, Sienna , Italy, Nov. 2005
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