Reflecting on 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday'
Lee Daniels’s Billie Holiday biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday was released on February 26th, 2021, and my immediate reaction to it was one of discomfort.
Fourteen variations on the intimate
In early 2020, MUTA - International Festival of Audiovisual Appropriation and Cine Íntimo rescued and digitised a Peruvian archive of orphaned 8mm and Super 8 home movies. With the aim of restoring these lost memories, we sent the images around the world. This omnibus film is the result of the intervention of this material, by 14 experimental filmmakers. Fourteen perspectives and ways of experiencing appropriation. Fourteen variations on the intimate.
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In early 2020, MUTA - International Festival of Audiovisual Appropriation and Cine Íntimo rescued and digitised a Peruvian archive of orphaned 8mm and Super 8 home movies. With the aim of restoring these lost memories, we sent the images around the world. This omnibus film is the result of the intervention of this material, by 14 experimental filmmakers. Fourteen perspectives and ways of experiencing appropriation. Fourteen variations on the intimate.
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Genre:Documentary
Directed By:Nicole Remy, Stephen Broomer, Courtney Stephens, Péter Lichter, Guli Silberstein, Coletivo Los Ingrávidos, Sebastian Weidemann, Antoni Pinent, Oriol Sánchez, Amy Cutler, Ivonne Sheen, Moira Lacowicz, Ajla Odobasic, Karissa Hahn
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Runtime:124 minutes
Studio:Cine Íntimo
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