PROXY SPRING SERIES 2023
PROXY’s 2023 Spring Series featured Nope, All The Beauty And The Bloodshed, Till, maɬni — towards the ocean, towards the shore, and Marcell The Shell With Shoes On.
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3.24 NOPE
NOPE
Directed by Jordan Peele, 2022
Running time: 2h 10m
In this American western turned science fiction horror film, siblings OJ and Emerald Haywood discover something sinister in the skies above their California horse ranch, while the owner of a nearby theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.
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3.31 ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
Directed by Laura Poitras, 2022
Running time: 2h 2m
An epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid epidemic’s unfathomable death toll.
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4.7 TILL
TILL
Directed by Chinonye Chukwu, 2022
Running time: 2h 10m
A profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
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4.14 malni – towards the ocean, towards the shore
malni – towards the ocean, towards the shore
Directed by Sky Hopinka, 2020
Running time: 1h 20m
English/Chinuk Wawa with English subtitles
A documentary circling the origin of the death myth from the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest. This film follows Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier's wanderings through each of their worlds as they wander through and contemplate the afterlife, rebirth, and the place in-between. Spoken mostly in Chinuk Wawa, their stories are departures from the Chinookan origin of death myth, with its distant beginning and circular shape.
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4.21 Marcel The Shell With Shoes on
Marcel The Shell With Shoes on
Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, 2022
Running time: 1h 30m
Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. When a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope of reuniting with his long-lost family.
