Jenni Olson’s The Joy of Life
November 11–16, 2006

The Joy of Life. 2005. USA. Directed by Jenni Olson. The landscape is San Francisco. Light shifts across its hills and the Golden Gate Bridge. The voice-over, by Harriet “Harry” Dodge, tells two heart-wrenching stories: the history of the Bridge as a mecca for suicides, and the search for love by a young woman seeking another woman. Lawrence Ferlinghetti reads his ode to San Francisco, “The Changing Light,” and the opening and closing music is by poet and presumed Golden Gate suicide victim Weldon Kees. Courtesy Strand Releasing and Frameline. 65 min. New York premiere.
Saturday, November 11, 8:00; Thursday, November 16, 6:00. T2  

Organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film.

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