Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film. 2017. Directed by Sam Wainwright Douglas

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Preceded by Smoke that Travels. 2016. Directed by Kayla Briët

Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film. 2017. USA. Directed by Sam Wainwright Douglas. Photo by Michael Lundgren, courtesy of Postcommodity

Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film. 2017. USA. Directed by Sam Wainwright Douglas. 74 min.

World premiere
What began as a documentary on the “land art” movement in the US soon evolved to focus on *Repellent Fence*—a temporary, two-mile-long art installation that intersected the US/Mexico border in October 2015, spearheaded by Postcommodity, an activist/art collective consisting of three Native American artists. The artists “put land art in a tribal context” in “a metaphorical suture stitching together cultures that have inhabited these lands long before borders were drawn.” The story of this timely work is intercut with scenes from major land art works like Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty and Nancy Holt’s The Sun Tunnels.

Smoke that Travels. 2016. USA. Directed by Kayla Briët. 13 min.

This autobiographical doc by a young, award-winning, self-taught filmmaker transmits Prairie Band Potawatomi teachings from her father—dance, music, history, and language—in hopes of preserving and inspiring a new appreciation of her culture.

This film accompanies Doc Fortnight 2017: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media.

Past events

Sun, Feb 19, 2017, 2:30 p.m.

Followed by a discussion with Douglas, Briët, and Postcommodity

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Sat, Feb 18, 2017, 4:30 p.m.

Followed by a discussion with Douglas, Briët, and Postcommodity

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

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