Oppositional Filmmaking:
In his own words filmmaker Marco Williams makes films “about the politics of our society, which is race relations.” Many of his films have very consciously made the effort to frame challenging questions such as how to reconcile the differences between black and white Americans. His most recent film Banished reveals the stories of three counties that forcefully banished African American families from their towns one hundred years ago, and the descendants that return to learn a shocking history and seek reparations. In this workshop Williams will show new work and talk about his approach to his subjects and how he navigates storylines where his main characters are often times in direct opposition with one another.
Saturday, January 26
Time: Noon - 3PM
Watch this interview with Williams talking about his film Banished at the Sundance Film Festival.
Following this workshop Williams will present Banished a free ITVS Community Cinema screening Saturday, January 26 at 4:00 PM at the Pearl Theater, 1600 N. Broad Street. Banished is coming to PBS on Independent Lens in February 2008 visit Independent Lens website for details.
Marco Williams is a filmmaker and a film educator. He teaches at New York University in the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television. He is the Co-director and Co-producer of the award winning documentary ,Two Towns of Jasper (2002) which earned a Peabody Award and aired nationally on PBS. His films -- I Sit Where I Want: The Legacy of Brown vs. Board of Education, MLK Boulevard: The Concrete Dream and In Search of Our Fathers to name a few -- have been recognized with top honors, aired on public television and shown internationally.
Presented in collaboration with ITVS Community Cinema