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Tue, Jul 12, 2022 9:00 PM

LYNNE SACHS & PAOLO JAVIER ON 'SWERVE" (A FILM)

FILMMAKER LYNNE SACHS AND POET PAOLO JAVIER ON THEIR NEW FILM “SWERVE”

On tonight’s show, we’ll be joined by filmmaker Lynne Sachs and poet Paolo Javier to discuss their collaboration on Lynne’s docu-film Swerve, set in the Hong Kong Food Court and a near-by playground in Elmhurst, Queens and inspired by and scripted with lines from Javier’s poetry collection O.B.B., aka The Original Brown Boy.

Lynne Sachs makes films that embrace hybrid forms and cross-disciplinary collaborations incorporating the essay, collage, performance, documentary and poetry. With each project, she investigates the connection between the body, the camera and the materiality of film itself. She has appeared here a number of times to discuss a number of her previous films, including Your Day is My Night, The Washing Society, and Film About A Father Who.

Paolo Javier describes his latest book O.B.B. – the inspiration for Swerve -- as a “weird post-colonial techno dream-pop comics poem.” It was published in 2021 by Nightbook Press. He has since produced three albums of sound poetry with Listening Center and was the recipient of a 2021 Rauschenberg Foundation Artist grant. From 2010-2014 he was Poet Laureate of Queens.

Hong Kong Food Court in Elmhurst is a gathering spot for immigrant and working class people from the neighborhood.

After premiering at the 2022 BAM Cinema Fest, Swerve will screen July 15&17th at the Museum of the Moving Image as part of the Queens on Screen series.

Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer