FILM
Lunch and a Movie with Joan Prowse
Joan Prowse has been writing, producing, directing, and editing video for 15 years. She co-founded the Toronto-based independent production company, CineFocus Canada. She has produced and directed more than 20 hours of prime-time arts, biography, and social issue programs. She has a number of award-winning documentaries under her belt. And she has just released a documentary about Aboriginal artist Buffy Sainte-Marie‘s ascent through New York’s Greenwich Village folk music scene in the ’60s. This afternoon, you have a rare opportunity to sit down and have lunch with her as she discusses her latest work at the IFP Director’s Roundtable. Then, join her this evening for a sceening of Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life as part of Augsburg College’s Native American Voices Festival.
Lunch at Noon, IFP MN, 2446 University Avenue West, Suite 100, St. Paul; 651-644-1912; free, but you are encouraged to bring your own lunch. Reception at 5:30 p.m. and screening at 7 p.m., Ausberg College, Century Room, Christensen Center lower level, 2211 Riverside Ave. S., Minneapolis.
FILM
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
For another great documentary experience, check out tonight’s Labor and Community Film Series feature: Who Killed Vincent Chin? The 1987 crime documentary chronicles the murder of Vincent Chin, "an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job." Directors Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Pena map out the facts that enabled the murderer to escape justice in the court system.
7 p.m., UAW Local 879 hall, 2191 Ford Parkway, St. Paul.
ART & PERFORMANCE
Looming in the Shadows
And for a step away from film — maybe a live film of sorts — head over to the Walker for a one-of-a-kind experience with William Yang. Tonight and tomorrow night, Yang brings you Shadows, a multimedia performance using a combination of original photographs and found images to weave together stories of South Australia’s German community across generations, scopes, and continents. Yang’s emotional monologue is set to original vocal and instrumental music by Colin Offord.
"Through intimate details, Yang uncovers universal themes of suffering under ignorance and fear and the need for understanding and healing."
8 p.m. (tonight and tomorrow night), William and Nadine McGuire Theater, Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; 612-375-7600; $20, members $16.
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