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    Northwest Film Forum
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 7:30 PM — 9:30 PM

    SCREENING ONLINE - In Plain Sight Film Series: Hidden (Escondido) & Space Needle: A Hidden History

    *Co-presented with the Northwest Film Forum in partnership with the ByDesign Festival*
    ByDesign Festival 2020 is screening online! Northwest Film Forum’s physical space is temporarily closed in light of public health concerns around COVID-19, but community, dialogue, and education through media arts will persist. Learn more about joining the March 18th screening here.
    Hidden (Escondido):
    Inspired by abuses in Argentina’s dictatorial past but maintaining a global perspective, Hidden highlights the art of suppressed personal ideologies, experiences, and memories. Director Miguel Baratta dissects the morphology of design and the potential to resurrect hidden stories through physical objects—from the bones of victims of the Mapuche genocide to the remnants of songs written by Holocaust prisoners. Hidden opens windows into the past while considering the possibilities of art to transcend oppression in the future.

    Space Needle: A Hidden History
    Space Needle: A Hidden History unfolds like a mystery to create a new origin story of this icon of the region, tracing the creative inspiration for the Needle’s shape back to a wooden sculpture called “The Feminine One.” The film connects dance, art, and architecture, and explores the creative legacies of architect Victor Steinbrueck and Seattle-born African-American dancer, Syvilla Fort.
    Director BJ Bullert will be in attendance. Bullert grew up in Seattle, the youngest of four, the daughter of a civil engineer and a stay-at-home mom. She never imagined being a filmmaker – her mom wanted her to be a flight attendant or a bank teller, but it wasn’t to be. Instead, she studied at The Evergreen State College, and then Boston University where she studied with historian Howard Zinn and philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre.


    Presented in partnership with ByDesign Festival, Cadence: Video Poetry Festival, and the UW Bothell Black Cinema Collective, The Henry Art Gallery and Northwest Film Forum co-present the In Plain Sight Film Series on the occasion of the Henry's exhibition, In Plain Sight.
    This series invites engagement with hidden histories and contexts unearthed with the aid of moving image media. Programs explore the myriad shades of nuance in disciplinary synthesis and delight in the discovery of new relationships between poetry, artifactology, and cinema.
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    The entrance, cinemas, and restrooms of Northwest Film Forum are fully wheelchair accessible. The workshop space is not fully accessible, but with two weeks written notice, workshops can be moved to accommodate students.
     

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    November 23, 2019 – August 30, 2020