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Blue Island
A film by Tze Woon Chan
| Blue Island documents three people who engaged in rebellions when they were young. Through reconstructing these events, the film dramatizes their scarred memories and experiences by using four young people who participated in the 2019 Anti-extradition Law Amendment Movement in Hong Kong. These real protagonists are separated by time and history, yet their lives parallel and overlap because they have similarly defiant backgrounds and find themselves in the same chaotic predicaments. Images flow between documentary and drama, blending archival materials, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage. How do young people envision their future? What do they think about this seemingly unwinnable revolution? |
| Billy the Kid A film by Jennifer Venditti A provocative coming-of-age story, Jennifer Venditti’s debut film, Billy the Kid is an acclaimed odyssey into the soul of an American teenager. Venditti follows Billy as he navigates small-town Maine, grappling with isolation and first-time love, and traversing the frustrating gap between imagination and reality. Exhilarating and heartfelt, the film grants an intimate, empathetic view of an expressive and seemingly fearless outsider and provides an unvarnished and unique snapshot into what it’s like to grow up in America. |
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The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
A film by Pirjo Honkasalo
| An award-winning, stunningly beautiful documentary, The 3 Rooms of Melancholia looks at how Russia’s war in Chechnya twenty years ago psychologically affected children both in Chechnya and in Russia. Divided into three episodes or ‘rooms,’ the film is characterized by an elegantly paced, observational style and a spare but evocative musical score. The 3 Rooms of Melancholia illuminates the emotional devastation wrought on youngsters who have little or no understanding of the reasons for the bitter conflict. In an even more troubling sense, the film also makes clear how seeds of hatred are instilled in young minds that will likely fuel the conflict into the next generation. |
| World Mental Health Day October 10th is World Mental Health Day. Now available on OVID is a collection of films exploring a complicated subject. Included are films reflecting historical perspectives like A Captive Feast and The Yellow Wallpaper, films exploring more modern approaches as seen in 12 Days, and documentaries like Orchestrating Change and Latest News from the Cosmos, which allow their subjects to speak for themselves and share their experiences, in all their beauty and complexity. |
