Jem Cohen
Occupy Wall St. Newsreels
Feb. 22–Mar. 23
Artist and filmmaker Jem Cohen documented the daily rhythms of Occupy Wall Street in and around Zuccotti Park in 2011. Referencing an archaic cinema-based form (the newsreel was killed by television news decades ago), Occupy Wall St. Newsreels seeks ambiguity and uncertainty in a form noted for slick journalism and agitprop dogma. The newsreels, often cut in one day, premiered at the IFC Center in New York and were shown there before feature films during the protest.
TIFF Bell Lightbox Atrium
10:00 AM–10:00 PM, FREE daily
Presented by TIFF, in association with Reel Artists Film Festival.