Irish Screen America in partnership with Anthology Film Archives is honored to present Irish feminist experimental filmmaker VIVIENNE DICK, whose work helped define the No Wave film scene that emerged in NYC in the late 1970s – for a special screening of her most recent film, in association with the Consulate General of Ireland in New York.
NEW YORK OUR TIME, filmed during the hot summer of 2019 and combining never-before-seen Super 8 footage, is an intimate and reflective documentary that contrasts the concerns of present day living in New York with the bohemian wildness of the city in the late 1970s, reflected through the lives of artists, musicians, and friends of the filmmaker.
Beautifully filmed by renowned cinematographer Declan Quinn, and edited by Connie Farrell, NEW YORK OUR TIME is an ethnographic look from the inside at a particular community and period in the history of a great city, and a meditation on the passing of time. Interviewees include photographers Nan Goldin and Alexis Adler, performer Lydia Lunch, Bush Tetras musical artists Cynthia Sley and Pat Place, musician Felice Rosser, and former B.C. Studio Manager, Victoria Galves, as well as representatives of a new generation, the children of that 1970s era of free expression, now finding their own way through a city increasingly in thrall to market forces.
NEW YORK OUR TIME, the first feature film from Vivienne Dick, premiered at the Dublin International Film Festival where it was awarded best documentary by the Dublin Film Critics Circle. It was also awarded Best Documentary at the Irish Film Festival London in 2021. Film Ireland described the documentary as ‘insightful’, ‘revelatory’ and ‘a celebration of community’. Dick’s work has been screened widely in independent cinemas and at the Center Pompidou and Jeu du Paume, Paris, Tate Britain, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Biennale and is in the permanent collections of MoMA, Anthology Film Archives and the Irish Film Institute.
Irish Screen America showcases, promotes, and supports the work of Irish film and media makers in the U.S. through networking events, festivals, and screenings. Irish Screen America is supported by the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Emigrant Support Programme. The presentation of this screening is supported by funding from Screen Ireland and Culture Ireland. The production of NEW YORK OUR TIME was made possible by a Reel Art creative arts documentary grant from the Arts Council of Ireland.
Director, Vivienne Dick will be in attendance for the New York screening of NEW YORK OUR TIME on Tuesday April 5th at 7pm at Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.). The screening will be followed by Panel Q&A with the filmmaker and some of the participants, moderated by artist and curator, Sherry Milner.