"The Juniper Tree"

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Fleeing in the wake of their mother’s murder, burned for witchcraft, Margit (the singularly multitalented Björk in her first film performance) and her elder sister Katla seek refuge with a widower and his son.  Filmed in silvery black and white entirely on location in Iceland’s volcanic, otherworldly landscapes, Keene’s visionary interpretation of the Brothers Grimm fairytale portrays the lives and struggles of extraordinary women in a too often indifferent or unsympathetic world. 

Introduction by Jeremi Szaniawski (UMass)

Co-sponsored by the University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMass Amherst

 

The screening will begin at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, March 4th in the Isenberg Flavin Family Auditorium (SOM 137).

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             Introduced By

Jeremi Szaniawski's research and teaching interests include Polish and Russian cinema and literature, Belgian cinema, contemporary auteur film theory and philosophy, women filmmakers, the legacy of Stanley Kubrick (as well as the reception of Kubrick's films in Poland), Marxist theory, and screenwriting. At UMass Amherst, as the Amesbury chair, Jeremi—a native speaker of Polish and French—is also in charge of teaching Polish and promoting Polish culture across the five colleges. An author, editor, and translator, his current research includes a monograph on contemporary Polish cinema and a short book in French on the representations of mud in world cinema

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Trailer for Juniper Tree