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THE EYE BEGINS IN THE HAND

    THE EYE BEGINS IN THE HAND

    When

    07/07/2023    
    17:00

    Where

    Arena Cinema
    Bulgaria Blvd 8, Smolyan

    Event Type

    El Ojo Comienza En La Mano is a tribute to campesino histories in rural CA through the artwork of an artist largely absent from critical conversations on Chicanx art, Ruben A. Sanchez, as well as an unsentimental reckoning with the fate of many cultural workers that struggle between paying rent and/or creative endeavors.

     

    USA, 2022, 16 min., English and Spanish with English and Bulgarian subtitles

     

    Script: Lorena Alvarado

    Director: Yehuhda Sharim

    Cinematography:  Yehuda Sharim

    Music: Federico Llach

    Production: Sharim Studio

     

    Director’s Biography:

    Oscillating between fiction, improvisation, and real-life events, Yehuda Sharim’s work offers an intimate portrayal of those who refuse to surrender amidst daily devastation and culminating strife, offering a vision for equality and a renewed solidarity in a divisive world.  Sharim’s films incorporate an ongoing exploration of new forms of storytelling, performative acts, dreams, and the lyrical potential of liberation with a clear aim: social and personal liberation.