Lizzie Borden: Born in Flames
Thursday, March 28, 8:30 p.m. “By turns humorous, satirical, and deadly earnest … a still-potent artifact of political commitment.” —LA Weekly “Deserves its legendary status and still has the power to challenge.” —Eric Monder, Film Journal International Lizzie Borden’s legendary second feature is a thrillingly provocative tale of female rebellion set in America 10 years […]
Lizzie Borden: Regrouping
Thursday, March 28, 6:00 p.m. “Combative, entropic, mesmerizing.” —Melissa Anderson, 4Columns Lizzie Borden’s daring first feature is a shapeshifting portrait of a women’s collective and the slippery relationship between a filmmaker and her subjects. When the collective breaks down, the film similarly fragments, with the introduction of fictional characters, disjunctive sounds and images, and multi-textual […]
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Conversations at the Edge is a weekly series of screenings, performances, and talks by groundbreaking media artists.
CATE is organized by SAIC's Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in collaboration with the Gene Siskel Film Center and SAIC's Video Data Bank.
Programs take place at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State / Chicago, IL / 312.846.2600), unless otherwise noted.
