Friday 1/23 – Thursday 1/29
In 1991 filmmaker Julie Murray read a newspaper article about a woman who fell to her death from an elevated highway. She says the experience of reading that article, laid out in narrow columns, was like “following this woman’s descent meter by pentameter.” In her short film, Mantilla, Murray retold this story using “broken and caged text” to duplicate her original experience. Murray’s work combines photographs, found footage, and a delicate use of sound to create what she calls “emotional landscapes.” She’ll be present at tonight’s program, Shattered Realities: Films by Julie Murray, which will include screenings of Mantilla and other works. It’s at 8 at the Kino-Eye Cinema at Xoinx Tea Room, 2933 N. Lincoln. Tickets are $6. Call 773-384-5533.
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28 WEDNESDAY For some lawyers, their job means more than just showing up in court on time. South African constitutional court justice Albert Louis Sachs began focusing on civil rights straight out of law school in 1957 and was detained without trial twice for his efforts. He went into exile in England in 1966; after his return to South Africa he became one of the architects of that country’s constitution, which he now interprets as a judge. Along the way he lost an arm to a car-bomb attack, which he says “made me much more eager to preserve life and to try to solve problems by accommodation and consensus.” Today he’ll discuss legal ethics, public service, professional civility, pro bono representation, and standards of conduct in a free lecture entitled From Racist State to Constitutional Democracy: The South African Experience. It’s at 4 at the Northwestern University School of Law, 357 E. Chicago. Call 847-491-5001.
