Polar Film Club - The Journals of Knud Rasmussen at The Velaslavasay Panorama

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Canada, 2006, 112 min., digital projection 
Written and directed by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn
This screening is sponsored by The Dawg Squad
 

Los Angeles Premiere!

This is the second film in the Fast Runner trilogy, from the filmmakers of Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner. Unlike Atanarjuat, set in a mythic past, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen is set among Inuit in 1922-1923, as the shaman Avva and his children face the conversion of many Inuit from their home community to Christianity. We follow the Inuit view of the visitation by Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen, on his 5th Thule Expedition across the Canadian Arctic, accompanied by writer Peter Freuchen. With beauty and pacing to match Atanarjuat, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen allows us an alternate view of the encounters between Inuit and explorers from Europe.

 

Including the short film:

 

 

In the Best of All Possible Worlds 
2011, 5 minutes 52 seconds 
USA and Norway
English, 16:9, 1080p video with stereo sound 
Collection: The Long Now Foundation 
Directed by Steve Rowell 
Screening of this film is sponsored by Sunset Beer Company

Filmmaker Steve Rowell in attendance!
 

A short video from a larger research project "The Cold Coast Archive," in collaboration with artists Signe Lidén and Annesofie Norn. Both this video and the collaborative project use the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) as a starting point for investigations into and extrapolations from the broader meaning of a remote landscape of contingency and preparedness. Built to withstand catastrophe, the SGSV is the most robust food-crop seed vault on Earth, buried in a frozen mountainside, on the arctic island of Spitsbergen.

More info: 
coldcoastarchive.org 
steverowell.com

Also screening:

 

 

Break
2015, 2:15 loop
Paper, ink, gelatin, to digital
Directed by Kate Lain

Filmmaker Kate Lain in attendance!
 

"Homemade gelatin is a fragile material, and I had recently begun using it in my printmaking. I was fascinated by the ways the gelatin block was impacted by the making of each print and suspected that if I made enough successive prints, I would be left with some sort of beautiful record of something completely falling apart. I ended up making 136 prints from a single block. I scanned the set of prints, each a unique record of a particular moment in the process of disintegration. The scans are what you see here. The scans have come alive, the prints sit quietly in a box, the gelatin is gone. The sounds are recordings of ice breaking apart. I made this in a broader context of global warming, melting of the polar ice caps, great personal unrest and change, and the deterioration of the health of a few people close to me." -Kate Lain
 

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Our last remaining Mush! to the Movies! event:

Eskimo & Northern Lights Over Mount Halde
Saturday, August 15th, 2015 7:30PM
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All Mush! To the Movies! events $10 General Admission
at The Velaslavasay Panorama
1122 W. 24th St. LA, CA 90007

Mush! To The Movies! is a collaborative project between Los Angeles Filmforum's Director, Adam Hyman, and The Velaslavasay Panorama, presenting a retrospective of Polar Cinema to the city of LA. Popcorn and a Polar Passport is complimentary to all with free tickets offered to VPES Members and Members of Los Angeles Filmforum with advanced RSVP. Please contact the secretary at event@panoramaonview.org for member benefits.