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Saturday Feb 24, 5:30 PM-7:35 PM – Midday Documentaries + QA
February 24, 2024 @ 5:30 pm
LOOK Cinemas Theater 5, 657 West 57th Street
New York,NY10019United States
New York,NY10019United States

| Start the night off right! 4:00 PM-5:30 PM – Stuntwomen’s Meetup Enjoy discounted drinks and networking before the film at the Mirabella Lounge @LOOK Cinemas. |
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 7:15 PM.
These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children.

'Never Fade Away' is the moving true story about a young Chinese immigrant who escapes his homeland in the 1940's during the Japanese Invasion, comes to America with nothing but his hopes and dreams, and how a radio and a waltz changes his life. Told through narration, music and dance, this short film shines a light on the healing power of music as well as the power of the immigrant experience. Featuring history-making dancer Chun Wai Chan and the exquisite ballerina Xiaoxiao Cao, their stunning pas de deux at the end will take your breath away. This story of heritage will bring you to tears and the music and dance will make your heart soar. Stories like this are the ties that bind, and should Never Fade Away.
Directed By:
Country:
United States / China
Genre:
Documentary
Minutes:
12
Showing:
25752, 25743

'I Cherish Women' is a pro-women short film, by Judith Lynn Stillman of Artists & Activists productions, that packs a powerful political punch in four minutes. Thirty artists and activists join forces to deliver a bold statement to "defend human rights and address human wrongs." 'I Cherish Women' puts Trump’s reverberating words into women’s voices, underscoring trauma induced.

Being thrown down a flight of stairs, hit by a car or beaten up is the everyday life for stuntwomen. We follow Virginie, Petra and Estelle during training sessions and on film sets in France and the US. What does all this pretend-violence do to their bodies and minds? There is always a trade-off between the desire to perform as realistically as possible and their own boundaries. Scenes with cars are spectacular, but the roles in which they are beaten up are much harder to watch. Few action movies have female heroes so they usually play the role of victims; stuntwomen are hired to endure violence, while the task of their male colleagues is to inflict it.
Directed By:
Elena Avdija
Country:
Switzerland / United States / France
Genre:
Documentary
Minutes:
84
Showing:
25752

