Art Videos

A Japanese girl dressed in a kimono performs a a dreamlike Japanese buyo-dance in the middle of Osakas busiest street, with cars and buses driving by in close distance. This video expresses the dilemma of contemporary Japan. Its ancient traditions have become like sinking islands in a recent flood of modernization. Video work by Roger Walch (www.rowmuse.com).

Admist the predestrian traffic of a Tuesday afternoon, I stand and begin to scream with the intention of stopping when my voice gives out or someone attempts to stop me.

Dir. Slava Ross / Russia / 2002 Times are hard for single mothers. But there are things young boys don't want to know. A tremendously touching drama about growing up in 20th century Russia.

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