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DESCRIPTION:J.P. Sniadecki (Northwestern University) works between the US a
 nd China as a filmmaker and anthropologist. From Chengdu demolition sites 
 to New York City junkyards to the Sonoran Desert borderlands\, he employs 
 cinema and sensory ethnography to explore collective experience\, the aest
 hetics of place\, and the possibilities of film form. His films are in the
  permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the San Fra
 ncisco Museum of Modern Art\, and have been exhibited there and at the Whi
 tney Biennale\, the Shanghai Biennale\, the Shenzhen Biennale\, and the Gu
 ggenheim\, as well as at international film festivals such as Berlin\, BFI
  London\, Locarno\, New York\, AFI\, San Francisco\, Rotterdam\, Viennale\
 , IDFA\, Mar del Plata\, Taiwan International Documentary Festival\, and m
 ore. His films\, which receive praise from publications such as The New Yo
 rk Times\, The Guardian\, ArtForum\, and Filmmaker Magazine\, include Chai
 qian/Demolition (2010)\, winner of the Joris Ivens Award at Cinema du Reel
 \; Foreign Parts (2010)\, winner of two Leopards at Locarno and named Best
  Film at the Punto de Vista Film Festival and DocsBarcelona\; People’s P
 ark (2012)\, winner of Best Anthropological Film at Festival dei Popoli\; 
 Yumen (2013)\, named Best Experimental Film and Best Chinese Film at the T
 aiwan International Documentary Film Festival\; and The Iron Ministry (201
 4)\, which garnered the top prize at L'Alternativa Film Festival and jury 
 prizes at the Ann Arbor Film Festival\, Valdivia\, and Camden.  His latest
  feature\, El Mar La Mar (2017) won the Caligari Award during its premiere
  at the Berlin International Film Festival\, and earned “Best Film” aw
 ards at Olhar du Cinema\, Dokufest Kosovo\, and Lima Independent Film Fest
 ival\, along with a University Award at Indie Lisboa.  He cofounded the tr
 aveling screening series “Cinema on the Edge\,” which showcases indepe
 ndent Chinese film\, and has written articles for Cinema Scope\, Visual An
 thropology Review\, and the edited volume DV-Made China. A 2017 Guggenheim
  Fellowship recipient\, J.P. earned a PhD at Harvard and currently teaches
  film at Northwestern University.
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SUMMARY:Center for Visual Anthropology: Guest lecture with J.P. Sniadecki 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.usc.edu/event/cva-jp-sniadecki
CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
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