October 5, 2024 at 1:30 PM - Francesca Beale Theater
October 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM - Howard Gilman Theater
Film Title: re-engraved
Director: LEI Lei (ACC 2014)
Year: 2024
Duration: 25 minutes
Language: Chinese with English subtitles
World Premiere
The fragile materialities of Yangzhou wood engraving and analog film converge in Lei Lei’s fractal portrait of labor and craft. Exploring techniques of light and poetry, wood and celluloid, re-engraved montages demonstrations of expertise with a cacophonous electronic soundtrack and the personal histories of the women whose labor sustains these traditions.
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