A program of work by Filmmaker Abraham Ravett, with introduction by Dr. Stephen Broomer. Free Ticketed Event Co-presented with AdHoc Supported by The Petman Foundation.

Program:

- 24 Cards ( 2020) 14:48
A tribute to film critic, writer and filmmaker, Donald Richie who from the early 1980's was a friend and mentor. Donald Richie was instrumental in introducing traditional Japanese film to  western readers and audiences.  The film is SILENT.

- Horse/ Kappa/ House ( 1995) 31 minutes, 16mm, sound.
Inspired by Yanagita Kunio's early 20th Century book of regional folktales called THE LEGENDS OF TONO. Filmed in 16mm , Iwate Prefecture, Japan

- Notes for a Polish Jew   (2012) 8 min, 16mm , silent. 
If his father had lived beyond the age of seventy four, the following may have been the cinematic response to the city where in 1944, he last saw his family. Filmed Lodz Poland on double 8 film in the mid- 1980 and constructed in 2012 in Florence, MA.  

- MOKUM ( 2025) 30 min. sound
Mokum is a film that explores the feeling of home experienced walking through the streets of Amsterdam during the filmmaker's multiple trips to Holland. Utilizing 16mm and digital footage filmed over the past thirty years plus recently acquired, early 20th century, silent, b/w archival footage of Amsterdam, Mokum is a tribute to ancestors fleeing the Spanish/Portuguese Inquisitions. Street sounds come up at 19:13.