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Spirited City

Directed by Ang Siew Ching

A provocative look at Singapore’s Bukit Brown cemetery as it is continually reshaped, recataloged, and redescribed as a nexus of literal traffic and trafficking — from the proposed removal of 4,000 bodies to make way for highways, to congestion from bereaved families, to the mysterious proliferation of flora and fauna and the religious beliefs of cemetery workers.

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SHORTS: TERRA UNFIRMA

Like a hangry, mighty-morphin Mother Nature, these shorts put the wild in wilderness, and consider the mysteries of the land we inhabit — from two cities’ uncanny ties to sand, the snarly and gnarly vibes of tropical apocalypse, a mother desperate to delay sunrise, and a Singaporean cemetery bursting with life and traffic jams.

Dates & Times

Edwards Mira Mesa

Thursday, November 14, 2024
4:00 pm