Friday, 6 December 2013

Black Kites

Director: Jo Andres
Cinematographer: Lisa Rinzler
Cast: Mimi Goese, Steve Buscemi, Lucian Buscemi, Lillian Keisler, Maryette Charlton,
Original Music: Hahn Rowe
Alma's Voice: Mira Furlan

1996
A Before Your Eyes, Inc Production

Based on 1992 journals of Bosnian visual artist Alma Hajric who was forced into a basement shelter to survive the siege of Sarajevo, Black Kites is the outcome of a chance encounter between Hajric and filmmaker-choreographer Andres. Focusing on Hajric's inner landscape, it skillfully merges reality-based content with interpretive visual material to reveal the simple, sometimes beautiful, yet brutal truth of her existence. Non-linear, dreamlike and spectral, Black Kites is a testament to artistry, imagination and the resiliency of the human psyche. Features sensitive performances by Steve Buscemi, Mimi Goese and Mira Furlan, a prominent actress from the former Yugoslavia, as the narrator.