Ok. So DC is no New York. And yes. I should be going to lectures at Brookings or Capitol Hill hearings in my free time. That's what interns do during the summer, isn't it?
Not this week. Much to my surprise and glee, the Silverdocs Film Festival is invading Silver Spring and for the next 8 days, 122 of the most innovative and striking international documentaries will be ripe for the viewing. These are the films I'm wasting spending my pennies on...
This film explores a subject about which I'm especially curious. Directors Brittany Blockman and Josephine Decker explore the opinions of homosexuals, heterosexuals and other-sexuals regarding bisexuality. If 3 AM conversations with my friends are any indication, this documentary should be not only vulgar, innappropriate and shocking, but also revealing and liberating. For the record, I'm a firm believer in bi, pan, non, a, multi, and narcissistic sexuality. My only question is, "Why not?"
I took a class last year called "The New Europe" which focused on the political and economic changes that took place in Europe in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse. One of the most surprising facts I learned in that class was the fact that Belarus has the most authoritarian regime in all of Europe, Russia included, and is ranked somewhere between Kazakhstan and North Korea in the economists ranking of democracy indexes. This second film by political activist and director Yury Khashchavatski promises to be a rare and poignant look into the makings of a modern-day revolution in a former Soviet Republic. It's also a sobering reminder that no matter how much Republicans try to screw up this country, we have a lot to be thankful for.
This film examines the paradox that was the 60s. The little blurb on the silverdoc website says it a lot better than I can so here you are: "The music was fabulous, fashion was fun, sex was safe, and flower power blossomed. Meanwhile, American cities burned with race riots, Martin Luther King was assassinated two months before Robert F. Kennedy was killed, the flowers of a Prague spring were trampled by Soviet tanks, and a war raged on in Vietnam."
At first glance, it makes me respect my parents a little more. The 60s were really intense and I think that intensity is what director Simon Brook taps into in this documentary. All the advance passes have been sold, so get there early for standby. Or don't, as to improve my chances of getting in... Whatever.
Tickets are $10 bucks per show, but I'm pretty sure a student ID will knock off two bucks. Also, you must be over 21 to attend an event featuring alcoholic beverages.
Today's sartorialist. Near perfection. Check out the handkerchief!
...an interesting commentary on God's state of inebriation. Don't ask.
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