Elizabeth Povinelli
Filmmaker and academic Elizabeth POVINELLI (1962) received her PhD in Anthropology from Yale University and she is currently a professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies at Columbia University. As an academic she has several books and essays to her name. Povinelli is one of the founding members of Karrabing Film Collective, “an Indigenous media group based in Australia’s Northern Territories that uses filmmaking and installation as a form of grassroots resistance and self-organisation”. The short films that she made with this collective have been screened and received awards at numerous festivals. IFFR 2020 screens six short films in two combined programmes.
Filmografie
(all short) Karrabing! Low Tide Turning (2012, co-dir), When the Dogs Talked (2014), Windjarrameru, The Stealing C*nt$ (2015), Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams (2016), Night Time Go (2017), The Jealous One (2017), The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland (2018), Day in the Life (2020)
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Elizabeth Povinelli at IFFR
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When the Dogs Talked
Karrabing Film Collective | 34' | Australia | None
Unwanted obstacles encountered by a family as they search for one of their own are juxtaposed with questions about the Dog Dreaming. -
Night Time Go
Karrabing Film Collective | 32' | Australia | None
Documentary and fiction mix to tell the little-known true story of the Karrabing ancestors’ resistance and escape from an internment camp. -
Day in the Life
Karrabing Film Collective | 32' | Australia | World premiere
A richly textured panoply of trauma, daily obstacles and moments of joy is accompanied by an original hip-hop anthem of truth and resistance. -
Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams
Karrabing Film Collective | 29' | Australia | None
Using humour and experimental film techniques, three perspectives are offered on why the motor in an Indigenous family’s boat broke down. -
The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland
Karrabing Film Collective | 27' | Australia | None
This irreverent genre mash-up explores possible perspectives for young Aiden in a not-too-distant future destroyed by poison. -
Windjarrameru, The Stealing C*nt$
Karrabing Film Collective | 35' | Australia | None
Police wrongfully accuse young men of stealing beer, while miners intrude on the land and contamination spreads. -