The films presented in this annual collaboration are part of the touring film exhibition Global Lens, a project conceived by the Global Film Initiative (GFI) to encourage filmmaking in countries with developing film communities. The selection of ten programs, which include films developed with seed money from GFI, represents a concise survey of contemporary filmmaking from areas where local economic realities make such expensive and technology-driven endeavors a challenge. Accomplished, entertaining, and thought-provoking, the films are also deeply rooted in the social and political realities of the countries where their talented and resourceful makers live and set their stories. One film in the exhibition, Dam Street (2005), will have a weeklong run, allowing it to build an audience and attract critical attention. Several of the films are part of an educational project between GFI and MoMA’s Department of Education and will be screened for participating educational institutions and schools from the New York area.
Organized by Jytte Jensen, Curator, Department of Film. Global Lens, 2007 is a collaboration between the Global Film Initiative and the Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art.
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