The Margaret Mead Film Festival, one of New York's finest documentary and visual anthropology showcases, returns for its 2015 edition, screening from October 22-25 at the American Museum of Natural History. This year's edition will screen 57 films from over 40 countries, and even more remarkably, 31 of those films, a majority, are directed by women. This includes the opening night film Circus Without Borders by Susan Gray, Linda Matchan, and Northern Light Productions, as well as the closing film, Daphne McWilliams' In a Perfect World... This is only one indication of the diverse perspectives that the festival unfailingly achieves each year.Each year has a named theme, and this year's is "Thresholds." Here's how the festival defines that theme. "This year's Mead Festival finds us on...
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- 10/23/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Read More: This Filmmaker Turned His Own Documentary Into a Powerful Narrative Film The Margaret Mead Film Festival has announced the full schedule for its 2015 program. The festival will screen 57 documentary films from more than 40 different countries. In addition, the festival will include several special events, including discussions, musical performances and virtual reality documentary, "Herders," which uses Oculus Rift to place viewers in the shoes of Mongolian yak herders. The festival opens with the documentary "Circus Without Borders," directed by Susan Gray and Linda Matchan, which focuses on two acrobats trying to change the world through their performance. The festival's closing night will feature "In a Perfect World...," directed by Daphne McWilliams, which tracks her changing relationship with her son as he enters high school. The Margaret Mead Film Festival will run October 22-October 25 at the American Museum of Natural History....
- 9/23/2015
- by Ryan Anielski
- Indiewire
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