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CUSPS
(Sara Zia Ibrahimi | 14:28 | Documentary)
By Rooftop Films on 07/22/2008
Filed under: Documentary, Home Movies, Personal Narrative, Watch Short Films
Paralleling changes in the city of Philadelphia with those in her own life, Iranian-American filmmaker Sara Zia Ebrahimi explores her experiences living as an urban nomad.
Cusps is a unique visual journal of an artist on the cusp, caught between the lure of stability and the freedom one needs for artistic expression. Sara Zia Ibrahimi uses the film medium as a confessional, as a diary, of her experiences being pushed from place to place as Philadelphia changes, and as she changes along with it in the time of the rise of the creative class. With the use of photography and animated line drawing, she evokes a nostalgic and dreamlike emotional landscape, where something is seen in the emptiness and the changing city is a character alongside the filmmaker's consciousness.
Cusps screened as part of our "INDUSTRIANCE: Eminent Domain" series on June 14th, 2008 at the Old American Can Factory in Gowanus, Brooklyn. It was accompanied by other shorts sharing the spirit of the changing landscape, as well as a panel discussion with the directors who could attend.
Sara Zia Ibrahimi is a 30 year old Iranian-American artist and activist, involved in community organizing, independent media production, and distribution. She has had a hand in numerous independent radio and video projects, and was recently in the MFA program in Film and Media Arts at Temple University. "Cusps" was her thesis film. Currently, she is on the board of the Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association, and on the Steering Committee and Submissions Coordinator for the Black Lily Film and Music Festival.
In 5-10 years, says Sara, she hopes to open an art venue in Philadelphia that screens independent films and offers light fare food, called the "Flickering Light".
Look out for it!
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