ARRAY Alliance, Ava DuVernay’s nonprofit film collective, has been releasing films about and by women and people of color since 2010 — Heidi Saman’s “Namour,” Lisa France’s “Roll With Me,” and Merata Mita doc “Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen” among them. Now ARRAY will celebrate inclusive cinema via a new annual film series. The first edition of ARRAY 360 will take place over six weekends from September 27-November 2, 2019, a press release announced.
To be held at the all-new Amanda Theater on the ARRAY Creative Campus in Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown, ARRAY 360 will bring together established and rising filmmakers for “cinema, community, and conversation.”
The series’ opening weekend will host “A Woman’s Work,” a two-day program spotlighting influential women directors including Euzhan Palcy, Barbara Loden, and Kathleen Collins. Palcy herself will present her 1983 classic “Sugar Cane Alley,” while Nina Collins will introduce her late mother’s “Losing Ground.”
During closing weekend, Rosalie Varda will host screenings of her late mother Agnès Varda’s first and last films, 1956’s “La Pointe Courte” and this year’s “Varda by Agnès,” respectively.
Mati Diop’s Cannes award-winner “Atlantics,” Shirin Neshat’s “Land of Dreams,” and Diane Paragas’ “Yellow Rose” are also among the women-directed films on ARRAY 360’s inaugural slate.
“As a model, ARRAY does steep itself in inclusion models to correct long-held absences. We believe in balance from the beginning,” DuVernay said. “ARRAY 360 is a reflection of our mantra that everyone has a place in true cinema.”
“In addition to paying tribute to exquisite filmmakers, some of whose work has gone underappreciated, our ARRAY 360 series strives to connect with audiences that don’t always see themselves reflected on screen,” added series curator Mercedes Cooper. “Our mission is to amplify varied voices and visions, to prioritize them, and to center them.”
The full schedule for ARRAY 360’s first edition is below. Tickets are available at the film series’ website. Seating will be granted on a first come, first serve basis.
Programming Schedule
Friday, 9/27
Filmmaker Euzhan Palcy presents her seminal classic Sugar Cane Alley (1983) on opening night.
Saturday, 9/28
Nina Collins presents Losing Ground (1982) directed by her mother Kathleen Collins.
Moral (1982) by Marilou Diaz-Araya
Hour of the Star / A Hora de Estrela (1986, Brazil) by Suzana Amaral
Wanda (1970) by Barbara Loden
Saturday, 10/5
Filipinx film program featuring directors and community leaders in post-screening talkbacks:
Call Her Ganda (2018) by PJ Ravel
Does Your Heart Beat Faster? (1980) by Mike De Leon
Once a Moth (1976) by Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara
Yellow Rose (2019) by Diane Paragas
Saturday, 10/12
Centerpiece screening of Collateral (2004) including conversation with director Michael Mann moderated by Ava DuVernay.
Saturday, 10/19
Filmmakers Garrett Bradley and Sophia Nahli present their short nonfiction work, Alone and A Love Song for Latasha, related to the theme of reclaiming narratives.
The Broad @ ARRAY returns with artists Shirin Neshat and Garrett Bradley in conversation with screenings of their work, Land of Dreams and America respectively.
Saturday, 10/26, Sunday 10/27
“The Cinema of John Singleton”
Films screening: 2 Fast 2 Furious, Baby Boy, Boyz n the Hood, Four Brothers, Higher Learning, Poetic Justice, Rosewood, Shaft.
Friday, 11/1
Special guests to discuss the Diops’ generational family filmmaking legacy. Atlantique (2019, LA Premiere) by Mati Diop and Hyenas (1992, LA Premiere of digital restoration) by Djibril Diop Mambéty.
Saturday, 11/2
Filmmaker Rosalie Varda presents tribute screenings of the first and last feature films directed by her mother, auteur Agnès Varda, La Pointe Courte (1956) and Varda by Agnès (2019, LA Premiere).
