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The Juche IdeaBlack Box Shorts
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Showcase of films that push the envelope. Features: (Telemach Wiesinger), (Disinformation), (Nicolas Provost), (Jake Mahaffy), (Norbert Pfaffenbichler), (Jill Kennedy), (Nicolas Provost), (Michael Fortune), (Johann Lurf), (Bill Morrison).

(Country: France, Haiti; Director: Michelange Quay; Writer: Michelange Quay; Cast: Sylvie Testud, Catherine Samie, Jean Noël Pierre, Hans Dacost Saint-Val)
A dreamlike meditation on the evolution of racial conquest and liberation in Haiti. UK Premiere.

(Country: USA; Director: Jim Finn)
Juche Idea is the official state ideology of North Korea, incorporating religion, social regime and political systems. Director Jim Finn deconstructs the concept with irrepressible irreverence. UK Premiere.

(Country: USA; Director: Yang Fudong)
A rare screening of the artist's celebrated series, based on the history of seven intellectuals in the ancient Chinese Wei and Jin Dynasties. UK Premiere.

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