Pluralities Nonfiction Film Conference

Pluralities Nonfiction Film Conference

Join us NOV 6th and 7th at San Francisco State University for an exciting line-up of filmmakers, researchers, VR, and discussion about all things nonfiction. We welcome keynote speakers Jules Rosskam (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) and Sharon Daniel (University of California, Santa Cruz).

At our 2018 conference we hope to address themes such as spaces, places and belonging, not limited to, public space, space of the real, access to spaces (literal and figurative), relationship of race and gender to space, exhibition spaces, virtual spaces, funding spaces, accessibility, space of social platforms, boundaries and borders, conflict over borders, expanding boundaries, globalism versus nationalism, are some spaces only for some people, safe spaces, patrolled spaces, surveillance, should all spaces be diversified, should we have communities that only allow certain people access?

Jules Rosskam will present the day one keynote, Borders, Boundaries, and Bodies, or How I Got To Be Here: Jules Rosskam, screen his newest film, Paternal Rites and give workshops during the conference, while interactive and participatory media artist Sharon Daniel will present the day two keynote, The Evolution of "Public Secrets." We are excited to also host artist, video maker and cinematographer Arthur Jafa in conversation with musician, producer and artist Greg Tate.

To close out the conference we will be screening the documentary, Survivors. Member from the Survivors team will be present for a Q&A following the film. "Through the eyes of Sierra Leonean filmmakers, Survivors presents a heart-connected portrait of their country during the Ebola outbreak, exposing the complexity of the epidemic and the socio-political turmoil that lies in its wake."

FULL SCHEDULE

Check out the full schedule here.  Attendance is FREE. Register for your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pluralities-nonfiction-film-conference-tickets-51156376098

Tuesday, November 6th, 2018

VR Arcade: Both days, all day

9:30am-10:45am, Who Can Occupy this Space?

• Jennifer Arin (SF State), The Marvel of Sevilla
• Heather Cassano (Emerson College), The Limits of My World
• Brian Favorite (SF State), Parish
• Meriam Salem, Unnatural Disasters

11:00am-12:15pm, Arthur Jafa & Greg Tate in Conversation

• Arthur Jafa - Artist, video maker, and cinematographer
• Greg Tate - Writer, musician, and producer

12:30pm-1:45pm, All is Not Lost: Claiming our Past, Present and Future 

• Brad Barber (Brigham Young University), States of America: Wisconsin
• Anita Chang (CSU East Bay), Tongues of Heaven, Root Tongue
• Elizabeth Ramirez-Soto (SF State) & José Miguel Palacios, Message from Chile: Letters in Exile Cinema
• Valerie Soe (SF State), Love Boat: Taiwan

2:00pm-3:15pm, Borders, Boundaries, and Bodies, or How I Got To Be Here: Jules Rosskam

• Keynote – Jules Rosskam

4:00pm -5:30pm, Screening, Paternal Rites

                  with filmmaker Jules Rosskam

Wednesday, November 7th, 2018

VR Arcade: Both days, all day

9:30am-10:30am, The Evolution of “Public Secrets”

• Keynote – Sharon Daniel

10:45am-12:30pm, Documenting Place: Collective Storytelling, Community Engagement and Documentary Practice

• Laura Chipley (SUNY College, Old Westbury), Collective Storytelling Through Experimental Documentary Practice
• Samara Smith (SUNY College, Old Westbury), Engaging Community and Audience in Public Through Documentary Practice
• Rachel Stevens, Place of the Big River: Entangled Stories from an Altered Landscape

1:00pm-2:15pm, Queer Sexuality

• Celine Shimizu (SF State), Introduction and moderator
• Kiera Abdur-Rahman (MFA Candidate, SF State School of Cinema)
• Anaiis Cisco (MFA Candidate, SF State School of Cinema)
• David Mai (MFA Candidate, SF State School of Cinema), ( )
• Mychal Shanks (MFA Candidate, SF State School of Cinema)

2:30pm-4:00pm, Beyond Inclusivity, New Trends in Documentary Funding and Representation

• Marc Smolowitz (13th Gen), Moderator
• Sabereh Kashi and Jennifer Crystal Chien, Re-Present Media
• Debbie Ng, SF Arts Commission
• Jenny Slattery, SF Film
• Lisa Burger, Independent Arts and Media

4:15pm-6:15pm, Case Study: Survivors

• Directed by Arthur Pratt, Lansana "Barmmy Boy" Mansaray, Banker White, Anna Fitch 

• Q&A moderated by Eric Talbert with Banker White and video comments by Arthur Pratt & Barmmy Boy

• "Through the eyes of Sierra Leonean filmmakers, Survivors presents a heart-connected portrait of their country during the Ebola outbreak, exposing the complexity of the epidemic and the socio-political turmoil that lies in its wake."