FIGURES IN LANDSCAPES

Proving Up & Settling Down

Directed by Sue Arbuthnot & Richard Wilhelm

USA, 2006, 25 minutes, Documentary

www.hareinthegate.com/provingup.html

For more than 9,000 years, Hells Canyon of the Snake River, separating Oregon and Idaho, was home to several Native American Tribes. In the last 200 years, fur trappers, miners, and homesteaders also inhabited North America's deepest river gorge. Hells Canyon, majestic and nearly inaccessible, comes to life in this film through spectacular scenery, historical photographs, and an award-winning original score. Depicting the courage, stamina, and humor of some of its inhabitants, these stories offer a glimpse of what life was like in one of America's most remote locations.

Got Land

Directed by C. Thomas Lewis
(who will attend the screening)

USA, 2006, 26 minutes, Documentary

Cast: Thomas Lewis, Amalia Wiatr Lewis

www.charlietango.biz

A trip from Los Angeles to New Mexico is a springboard for a multi-faceted contemplation of space, time, and history in the American West. In 1971 my parents, living in New Jersey at the time, bought a plot of land sight unseen in the New Mexico desert, and never once visited it. My road trip and search for that land 35 years later forms the backbone of this film as I reflect on some of the mechanisms at play in the delineation and perception of space and time.

Lights

Directed by Mark Hitz
(who will attend the screening)

USA, 2007, 32 minutes, Experimental Narrative

Cast: Thomas Paul, Merin Tigert

www.myspace.com/lightsthefilm

A dead and lawless city with no power has been abandoned. But two young lovers refuse to leave, braving sickness and solitude in the belief that one day the city will be restored. And it will be.