The Radical Helen Keller: Soundbath and Film
Fri, Nov 12
|Epsilon Spires
Blending activism, historical analysis, and poetry, HER SOCIALIST SMILE explores how Helen Keller’s undaunted activism for labor rights, pacifism, and women’s suffrage was philosophically inseparable from her battles for the rights of the disabled. Sensory Soundbath by Matt Samolis before the film!
Time & Location
Nov 12, 2021, 7:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
THE FILM:
Her Socialist Smile (Dir. John Gianvito, 2020). The radical views of author, lecturer, and crusader Helen Keller (who could neither see nor hear) have been largely suppressed or sanitized over the years. A pioneering leftist thinker who fervently and eloquently advocated for many progressive causes (from the rights of women and the disabled to international socialism and world peace), Keller is restored to her rightful place in American political discourse in this new film essay by John Gianvito, the director of Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind, a calm yet radical Howard Zinn–inspired reflection on the history of American progressivism. Applying conscious experimentation of silence and sound, darkness and image, Gianvito combines text taken from Keller's speeches with images of nature captured on the property she and her teacher Anne Sullivan once owned in Wrentham, MA. and voiceover by poet Carolyn Forché to create a unique blend of…
Tickets
The Radical Helen Keller
Admission for one to The Radical Helen Keller. Please choose your seating with respect for others and let us know if you require special arrangements. $2 from every ticket goes directly towards the historic preservation of the venue. Thank you for your support! Enjoy the program!
$18.00
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