Screening

Films by Jay Rosenblatt

Friday, June 5 15:30 / MOS /


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Films by Jay Rosenblatt

List of films

  • The Darkness of Day

    Jay Rosenblatt
    doc2009

    A compilation documentary composed of fragments of archival films dealing with suicide and the accompanying states of depression, loneliness and sadness. By combining excerpts from old educational films, newsreels and archival footage, Jay Rosenblatt creates a personal and unsettling essay about human fears and obsessions, and about how culture attempts to come to terms with the unimaginable.

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    film still The Darkness of Day
    Q&A:
    Jay Rosenblatt
  • When We Were Bullies

    Jay Rosenblatt
    doc2021

    An archival educational film and an accidental meeting with a friend from school bring back memories from the 1960s when the director was in the fifth year of elementary school. At that time he participated in a shameful incident. Together with other students, he tormented mentally and physically a class scape goat. What do they remember from those years?

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    film still When We Were Bullies
    Q&A:
    Jay Rosenblatt
  • How Do You Measure A Year?

    Jay Rosenblatt
    doc2021

    Ella is the daughter of Jay Rosenblatt, a director known for his documentary experiments. At the same time, Ella is the protagonist of the film, who answers a few simple questions every year from her second to her eighteenth birthday. How do her answers change over time?

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    film still How Do You Measure A Year?
    Q&A:
    Jay Rosenblatt