ThisSideofHistory(2019)
導演：JohnHulsey
語言：英語
類型：紀錄片/短片
美國 28分钟
ThisSideofHistory(2019)的劇情介紹
ShmuelGonzalesisthelivingproofoftheresilienceoftheimmigrantcommunitiesthatforgedtheUnitedStates:didn’thisMexicanandJewishancestorsmakeittoLosAngeles?Inanycase,thisiswhatherepeatstohimselfinordertocopewiththetraumaofnowfeelingaforeignerinhisowncountry–duetotheremarksandplansofDonaldTrump,butalsotothetransformationsinhisneighbourhood.BoyleHeightswasformerlyarefugefornewarrivals;today,cranesarebusilysanitisingit.Followingthephotographer-historianintoacemeteryoraworksite,JohnHulseyseemstobeunrollingthebandagesofamummifiedcity.Inthereflectionsofhistoricbuildingsintoday’sshopwindows,hetriestouncovertracesofpassingtime,bothpastandfuture,whilearchiveimagesattesttothepresenceofhumansfromanotherageontheverysamespot.Butasiftoavoidanover-monolithicviewofhistory,thefilmmakerpresentsthesephotographsobliquely.Theyareincomplete,manipulated,projectedontosurfacesthatreshapethemandmakevisibletheirlayersoftime.Throughhisinterviewofawomanwhogrewupinpost-warCaliforniaandwhoexplainsthat,atthetime,itwasnaturaltogetridofanunseemly“Jewishnose”,thefilmmakerhighlightsthefiercedeterminationofcommunitiesthatmanagetoadapttoahostileenvironmentandthen,throughanironictwistofhistory,findthemselvespushedoutofwhathadbecomewelcomingrefuge.
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