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Dates:Friday, October 12, 2018 - Friday, October 12, 2018
Hours:7 PM
Ages:Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:Indoor
Cost:$ see below
Category:Movies

By the late 70s, the raw naturalism of cinema vérité and observational cinema were a refreshing challenge to former expository documentary norms.

And the Marshall/Asch method, borrowed from anthropology, of spending long sojourns with the films’ subjects had, by this time, played out on broadcast television in the series An American Family (1973).

Filmmakers embedded themselves within families or societies to achieve an uncommon intimacy.

Although their subjects were aware of the camera, they let their guard down as if the camera were a friend in whom they could confide.

Audiences marveled at the commonalities and the differences revealed through new windows into others’ private lives.

The subjects of both the films in this program are cinematic rarities.

At the time, the values of both suburban, middle-to-upper-class families portrayed somewhat reflected those of the average American; however, war in their homelands forced them to undergo extended periods of transition and trauma—irreparably changing circumstances, family structure and individual goals and dreams.

American viewers—many biased by propaganda—were able to glance into a cinematic mirror slightly altered by culture and by circumstances their own government abetted.

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$9 - Regular Admission 
$7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens
Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID. 
$12 - Special Event Ticket Price for all patrons
Discounts apply for Harvard Film Archive MembersPlease note: no late seating. Cash or check only.

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hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2018sepnov/der.html#living

LOCATION↑ top

24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Phone: 6179260491

24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

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