Tune in to Peralta TV this month for a trio of compelling programs that explore sustainability, artistic legacy, and the nature of decay. Don’t miss these thought-provoking films that delve into environmental innovation, artistic heritage, and the cycle of life.
Peralta TV can be seen on
Channel 27: Alameda, Berkeley
Channel 28: Emeryville, Piedmont, Oakland
AT&T U-Verse Channel 99
WINDSHIPPED
8/05 (Mon) @ 4pm
8/14 (Wed) @ 6pm
8/24 (Sat) @ 8:30pm
Produced and Directed by Jon Bowermaster
A Northguild and Oceans 8 Films Production
For the past few years, filmmaker Jon Bowermaster (Louisiana Water Stories) has watched a singular sailing boat being renovated in various ports along the Hudson. The original purpose of the schooner Apollonia, a 64-foot, steel-hulled sailboat built in the 1940s was to carry and deliver up to 20,000 pounds of cargo by sail. A team of ambitious, young adventurers, led by Captain Sam Merrett, have been working steadily to restore the schooner and return it to the water. The Apollonia has been trawling ports from Hudson to Kingston, Beacon, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Piermont and Ossining, its hold stuffed with all kinds of upstate goods headed south—and products made in Brooklyn and Manhattan returning back north—using only sustainable energy: sail power and/or vegetable oil!
At a moment when global shipping is in the news every day for its pandemic-spawned slowdown, and as people consider the carbon footprint of those overnight Amazon orders, shipping by fossil-free sail freight makes more and more sense.
AUGUST PACE: 1989-2019
8/08 (Thur) @ 2pm & 7pm
8/20 (Tue) @ 5:30pm
8/30 (Fri) @ 9pm
Directed by Daniel Madoff
Produced by Patricia Lent and Kenneth Tabachnick
A Merce Cunningham Trust Production
Thirty years after the world premiere of legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham's August Pace, the original cast members gather in a New York City studio for the first time to teach their roles to a younger generation. Their reunion is a grand experiment in group transmission where the older dancers rediscover the work only to let it go and see it anew as observers.
In this fly-on-the-wall documentary, we witness the original cast both in archival footage and in the studio as, with touching poignancy and humor, they grapple with the movement they danced in their prime. The young artists, making the most of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, eagerly draw on their predecessor's knowledge to take on these same challenges with fresh energy and determination.
Along the way, new bonds are formed against a background of memories, stories, and laughter.
WROUGHT
8/16 (Fri) @ 1pm
8/22 (Thur) @ 6:30pm
8/25 (Sun) @ 7pm
8/30 (Fri) @ 8:30pm
Produced and Directed by Joel Penner and Anna Sigrithur
Biofilm Productions
This visual exploration of decay begs questions about our relationships with other species.
WROUGHT begins with that universal moment of disappointment: despite all our best efforts, our food has gone bad. But instead of turning away in disgust, WROUGHT zooms in with curiosity through time-lapse photography.
WROUGHT explores how we construct categories for the world. It examines the categories of spoil, ferment, compost, and rot, coaxing audiences to decompose the binary of human and non-human. We are forged from the relationships that transgress such binaries; we are all, indeed, wrought.