Many things collide in Riar Rizaldi’s Monisme: magic, science, indigenous knowledge systems, violence, and a tenuous boundary between the past and the future, fact and fiction. These all collide around Mount Merapi, one of the most active stratovolcano in the world, located in Java, Indonesia. Monisme’s multiple collisions ultimately illuminate the various modalities of relation between humans and nature. 

The screening will be followed by a panel with Riar Rizaldi, Fern Silva, and Jasmine Nadua Trice and by a free dinner.

Curated by Jheanelle Brown.

At 2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90057
In person introduction by Jennifer Doyle, Professor of English at UC Riverside 
Tickets: $15 general, $8 students/seniors, free for Filmforum members
At https://link.dice.fm/jccd3e610c1d

Curated by Seok-Young Yang

Los Angeles to Seoul is 5973 miles, but the distance of a loved one lost is so much further. When my father was mentally and physically suffering while I was in California and he was across the ocean, I learned that the idea of “grief” is neither simple nor easily dismissed. The feelings of sadness, anger, and guilt – in the face of pressure to “move on,” – get imprinted in the body and in one’s interactions with the world.