Info:
Visningsformat: DCP (1.85:1)
Regissør: Isabel Sandoval
Manusforfatter: Isabel Sandoval
Skuespillere: Isabel Sandoval, Lynn Cohen, Eamon Farren, Lev Gorn, Ivory Aquino
Produksjonsland: United States of America
Språk: Engelsk, Tagalog, Russisk
Lengde: 1 time 29 minutter
Innvandring på film:
Immigration is a topic which appears in political rhetoric and news frequently. But the realities experienced by those who struggle for a better life in a new country are often ignored or pushed to the periphery. Our season ‘Immigration on film’ aims to bring these stories to the center of the discourse. Through a compilation of three films that deal with the broader subject of immigration from the global south to the ‘West’ we aim to highlight immigrant perspectives as well as the perspectives of non-immigrant filmmakers who express solidarity through their works.
We start off with Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s critically acclaimed Le Havre, which provides an insight into the complex refugee phenomenon through the tale of a shoeshiner who helps an undocumented immigrant child to reunite with his family. The second film in the season, Lingua Franca, is a personal one by Isabel Sandoval who is an immigrant in the United States herself. It deals with both internal and external challenges faced by a transgender care-worker from the Philippines. And last, but not least, Nationality: Immigrant, a 1976 docu-fiction by the Mauritanian director Sidney Sokhona explores themes which are unfortunately still relevant today, issues such as the economic exploitation of immigrant workers and blatant racism.
Nor:
Isabel Sandoval leverer en sensuell og fantastisk prestasjon som Olivia, en transkjønnet filipinsk immigrant som forsøker å overleve under streng innvandringspolitikk mens hun forsørger familien hjemme. Hun er en udokumentert omsorgsarbeider som bor sammen med den eldre ukrainsk-jødiske Olga (Cohen) i Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Etter at planene hennes om å få et ‘green card’ gjennom et betalt ekteskap mislykkes, øker Olivias frykt for å bli deportert. Samtidig ender hun opp i et nytt forhold med Olgas barnebarn, som ikke er klar over at hun er trans.
Denne intime filmen tar for seg innvandrerspørsmål som frykt for deportasjon, konstant angst, samt hvordan man navigerer dette som transperson. Lingua Franca er den første filmen regissert av en ikke-hvit transkvinne som har blitt vist på internasjonale filmfestivaler.
Eng:
Sensual, dignified and provocative, writer-director-editor Isabel Sandoval delivers a magnificent performance as Olivia, a transgender Filipina immigrant who is trying to survive under harsh immigration politics while supporting her family back home. The protagonist (Sandoval) is an undocumented care-worker, living with the elderly Ukrainian-Jewish Olga (Cohen) in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. After her plans to get a Green Card through a paid marriage fails, Olivia’s fears of getting deported by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) intensifies. At the same time, she finds herself in a new relationship with Olga’s ex-addict grandson, who is unaware of her being trans.
This intimate film tackles immigrant issues such as fear of deportation and constant anxiety as well as transgender experience and is the first film directed by a trans woman of colour to be shown in international film festivals such as Venice.
Vises i "Tivoli" på Det Akademiske Kvarter (Olav Kyrres Gate 49)