#  Archives 2018 

 



Sort   ## **Friday, February 23**

*Location:* Andover Hall *(now Swartz Hall), Braun Room*  
*(***All times Eastern)**



 

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#### **2:15 PM**

### **The Psalm of Howard Thurman**

###### (excerpt of film in progress)

Director Arleigh Prelow, MDiv ‘13   
[www.howardthurmanfilm.com](https://www.howardthurmanfilm.com/)

This is the first feature-length documentary film on the life and wisdom of one of the world's greatest spiritual treasures, Howard Thurman (1899-1981). The film introduces audiences to Thurman’s uplifting story, his transcendent yet grounded presence, and his important voice for our times.



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#### **3:30 PM**

### **Films: "The Trap" and "Yellow"**

Films directed by Lina Verchery, MDiv ‘10. "Yellow" feat. Sadada Jackson, MTS ‘19  
[www.nfb.ca/film/trap/](https://www.nfb.ca/film/trap/) [www.linaverchery.com](https://www.linaverchery.com/)

"Trap" examines the unlikely interactions between French-speaking fishermen and Buddhist monks and nuns in a Cape Breton village. Seemingly divided by language, culture and religion, these people share more than meets the eye.

###### (19 and 4 mins)



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#### **4:20 PM**

### **Making Up**

Director Finnian M. M. Gerety, PhD ‘15  
[vimeo.com/59770126](https://vimeo.com/59770126)

Excerpted from a larger film project on the revival of Sanskrit ritual drama (kudiyattam) in Kerala, India, “Making up” shows the laborious and intimate process of applying traditional make-up to dozens of teenaged performers in a single day as they prepare to compete in a regional arts competition.

###### (10 mins)NOON-1 PM

Lunch



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#### **4:45 PM**

### **Earthly Delights** 

Director Evan Dale Karg’s, MTS ‘16  
[vimeo.com/473247800](https://vimeo.com/473247800)

When a good samaritan accidentally witnesses two men together, she has her own religious experience.

###### (4 mins)



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#### **5 PM**

### **FarNear**

Director Kythe Heller, MDiv ‘12, ThD Candidate  
[vimeo.com/97484571](https://vimeo.com/97484571)

How do you see what cannot be seen? FarNear is a sensory exploration which combines documentary, experimental, personal, and performative approaches to the subjects of intimacy, the limits of visuality, the hospital, and radical otherness.

###### (9 mins)



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#### **5:30 PM**

### **Breakfast with Abu**

Director Angela Counts, Former HDS Director of Admissions  
[vimeo.com/330461334](https://vimeo.com/330461334) pw: Saudi coffee

###### (22 mins)