Amnesia
A chilling cautionary tale, Amnesia is a stark and uncompromising portrayal of the escalation of xenophobic sentiment in a neo-conservative climate.
1'
USA
IFFR 2020
As illustrated in Beth B’s recent documentary portrait The War Is Never Over, controversial singer, musician, actress, writer and poet Lydia Lunch treats language as an instrument for self-empowerment. Will Work for Drugs; So Real It Hurts; The Gun Is Loaded and Paradoxia: A Predator’s Diary: the titles of her books alone set the tone for a special evening of provocative prose.
Best known for the intensity of her music, both solo and with a whole string of collaborative line-ups (from Teenage Jesus and the Jerks to Big Sexy Noise), the totemic figurehead of No Wave cinema and music brings a spoken word set that typically targets the patriarchy and institutions of power. While her archive has found a new home at the New York University, 60-year-old Lydia Lunch is as unapologetic and incendiary as ever.
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Lydia Lunch Live is preceded by a unique screening of the rediscovered Stiletto by Melvie Arslanian.
IFFR 2020
Programme IFFR 2020
Filmmaker Beth B personally provides context to her recent portrayal of provocative artist Lydia Lunch, from the vantage point of female identity, power and sexuality.
Read more about this programmeA chilling cautionary tale, Amnesia is a stark and uncompromising portrayal of the escalation of xenophobic sentiment in a neo-conservative climate.
1'
USA
IFFR 2020
Barbie returns from shopping. She takes her groceries out of the bag and takes out a little Barbie doll which she then fries and eats.
10'
USA
IFFR 2020
A number of somber talking heads frankly describe their most personal and perverse attitudes on sex, violence and other family matters.
13'
USA
IFFR 2020