BLOCK: THE THIN CELLULOID LINE - 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival

1996 San Marco Boulevard,Jacksonville FL 32207

07 February, 2021

Description

BLOCK: THE THIN CELLULOID LINE - 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival Films in Block: Charlotte Mansfield, a Woman Photographer Goes to War Affurmative Action Call Center Blues Dieorama By the River Films Summary's: Charlotte Mansfield, a Woman Photographer Goes to War US – Director: Brian Graves Drawing from an extraordinary archive of unpublished military photographs and personal correspondence, as well as expert and family interviews, "Charlotte Mansfield, a Woman Photographer Goes to War" tells the story of Sgt. Charlotte Dee Mansfield’s pioneering career as a Women’s Army Corps photographer during World War II. Affurmative Action US – Director: Travis Wood Call Center Blues US – Director: Geeta Gandbhir Call Center Blues is a lyrical portrait of an unlikely community of US deportees and their loved ones struggling to rebuild their lives in Tijuana, Mexico. Dieorama US – Director: Kevin Staake By day, she visits morgues, observes autopsies, and studies pictures of crime scenes. By night, she turns nightmarish imaginings into precise, red-splattered miniatures. By the River Australia – Director: Daniel Braga Ulvestadd Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India’s seven sacred cities, and a place where devout Hindus go to die in hopes of achieving moksha - becoming liberated from the cycle of rebirth. Several so-called ‘death hotels’ exist to accommodate believers who abandon their lives and come here in wait for death - some for as long as 40 years.