Two Works by Chris Marker

Oct. 23 + 24 - 7:30 pm

$7 Suggested donation

Yale Union (YU)
800 SE 10th Ave

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About This Screening

Pioneer of the essay film, photographer, artist, and cat lover, Chris Marker will be missed. From 1967 to 1976, Marker was a member of the film cooperative SLON (Société pour le Lancement des Oeuvres Nouvelles / Society for the Production of New Works), which was dedicated to activist film production, based on the idea that cinema should not be thought of solely in terms of commerce. To inspire new activist filmmaking and to pay tribute to this prolific and influential figure, we bring two SLON produced works. A bientôt j’espère depicts workers at a textile factory on strike in pre-May 1968 France and The Sixth Side of the Pentagon chronicles the 1967 Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam protest march on the Pentagon.

Program Details

October 23

The Sixth Side of the Pentagon
by Chris Marker
1967, 16mm transferred to video, color, sound, 26 min.
A bientôt j’espère
by Chris Marker
1968, 16mm transferred to video, b&w, sound, 39 min.

October 24

The Sixth Side of the Pentagon
by Chris Marker
1967, 16mm transferred to video, color, sound, 26 min.
A bientôt j’espère
by Chris Marker
1968, 16mm transferred to video, b&w, sound, 39 min.