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Theory for Troubled Times Film Series

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Zoom, Vimeo

Craig Baldwin, Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies under America (1992, USA, 49 min)

This is a science fiction collage film, directed by Craig Baldwin. It presents a chronicle and critique of U.S. involvement in Latin America through a pseudo-documentary about an alien invasion. The footage itself comes from a large collection of government and other archival films that had been discarded by institutions switching to VHS. Instead of  working from a  prepared script, Baldwin edited works from the archive to imply connections and a story. Playing with American paranoia and conspiracy theories, it is a remarkable and unsettling film. When we contacted Mr. Baldwin to arrange the screening, he told us, "tell your students I was right." 

 

The Theory for Troubled Times Film Series is free and open to the public.

Register to watch here: https://events.iu.edu/online/all/search/Moving%20Image%20Archive​

There is also a zoom link for film introductions: https://iu.zoom.us/j/84354154243

For more information, contact Joan Hawkins (jchawkin@indiana.edu)

Cultural Studies Program

Indiana University Bloomington
Franklin Hall M030D
Bloomington, IN 47405

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