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Short Block 1: Salem Film Fest
March 24, 2023 @ 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Showing at the Peabody Essex Museum for Salem Film Fest
Enjoy a selection of short films curated from across the globe. Explore the Peabody Essex Museum while enjoying the Salem Film Fest.
THE BODY IS A HOUSE OF FAMILIAR ROOMS
An intimate magical-realist documentary combining paintings with live action footage opens a window to a man’s experience living with a painful chronic illness called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS
A collective introspection among the filmmaker’s high school friend group that explores the manifestation of unspoken sexual assault, following the rhythms of the seventeen year cicada emergence in Virginia.
REQUIEM FOR A WHALE
An encounter with a whale’s corpse evokes the witness’s thoughts about the dialogue between death and life.
NEIGHBOR ABDI
How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbour and filmmaker Douwe. Through playful reconstructions in a special effects studio, they embark on a candid and investigative journey through a painful history, focusing on the creative process throughout.
THE MUSEUM VISITS A THERAPIST
The Museum Visits a Therapist navigates the history of violence, religion and trade that shaped the Tropenmuseum collection, Amsterdam’s prominent museum of ethnography. With a focus on repair and restitution, the film asks: What if the museum visited a therapist?