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Series ECHOES OF THE PLANET
QUEEN OF THE SUN
(HD, 82 min., 2010, USA) by Taggart Siegel
+ JARDIN DU SOLEIL
(16mm, 2 min., silent, 2010, France) by Rose Lowder
Thursday, February 16th at 7:30pm
Sunday, February 19th at 6pm (repeat screening)
CinemaSpace is proud to present QUEEN OF THE SUN, an alternative and profound look at the global bee crisis by award-winning documentary filmmaker Taggart Siegel. JARDIN DU SOLEIL, a short visual poem that revolves around solar panels in Italy and France, will precede the film.
Bees have been disappearing in huge numbers with serious and potentially catastrophic consequences. QUEEN OF THE SUN explores this phenomenon, called Colony Collapse Disorder, by exposing the struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world, including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva, to understand and fight this crisis.
Drawing from Austrian scientist Rudolf Steiner's 1923 prediction that bees would disappear in 80 to 100 years, QUEEN OF THE SUN shows the bond between humans and bees, once a sacred partnership, has become a complicated, profit-driven, industrial enterprise. This ultimately positive and uplifting film presents both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
JARDIN DU SOLEIL by French painter, sculptor and experimental filmmaker Rose Lowder is a whimsical, dreamlike examination of light, from natural light to solar panels.
Queen of the Sun: image courtesy of the artistCinemaSpace presents these two films as part of the all-new Echoes of the Planet series, presenting work that explores environmental issues in alternative ways.
Tickets: Adults $10.00 | Students (full-time w/ ID) / Seniors (65+) $8.00
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ABOUT TAGGART SIEGEL
An independent filmmaker since the mid-1980's, Taggart Siegel is best known as the director of the 2006 grass-roots hit THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN. This critically acclaimed feature documentary about a maverick visionary farmer, won 31 international film festivals awards and was released theatrically around the world. Siegel is also known for his award-winning films THE SPLIT HORN: Life of a Hmong Shaman in America, BETWEEN TWO WORLDS and BLUE COLLAR AND BUDDHA which capture the struggle of refugees in America. He is the co-founder of Collective Eye, Inc., a non-profit media production and distribution organization based in Portland, Oregon and San Francisco.
Queen of the Sun: image courtesy of the artist
ABOUT ROSE LOWDER
Rose Lowder trained as a painter and sculptor before moving to film as an editor in the 1970s. Her work has since focused on the study of the visual aspect of the cinematographic process. Since 1977, Lowder has been active programming rarely shown films and has been an associate professor at the University de Paris I since 1996.
Les Tournesols colorés: image courtesy of the artist
2011-2012
