September
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Micropolitan Film Festival is back at the Marion Train Depot on Saturday, September 6th from 2pm to 8pm! At 2:00 pm the festival will kick-off with a free screening of Stranger with a Camera, a 2000 documentary by Elizabeth Barret, that explores the 1967 killing of filmmaker Hugh O'Connor in Jeremiah, Kentucky. O'Connor was in the region filming rural Appalachian communities as part of the “War on Poverty” initiatives. O’Connor was shot and killed by local landowner Hobart Ison. Elizabeth Barret, herself an Appalachian filmmaker, revisits this tragedy to delve into questions of media representation, responsibility, and the potential for exploitation when documenting unfamiliar communities. What power does a camera have? What violence can representation and misrepresentation create? How do these issues persist today? A conversation gauged towards filmmakers and creatives will be facilitated by Jordan Laney, Phd., following the screening. This screening is presented as part of the Beyond 1842 Project, a McDowell County oral history initiative dedicated to telling our own stories, in our own words, and on our own terms (www.beyond1842.org). After taking a break for dinner, the doors at the Marion Depot (45 Depot St) will open for box office at 5:00 pm. Promptly at 5:30 pm the short film screenings will begin. Tickets for the evening portion of the festival are available at mcdowellarts.org/mff
