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The closest farthest away = La entrañable lejanía /

"Project Por Amor's The Closest Farthest Away (directed by Chi-wang Yang) is a process-intensive collaboration between Cuban and US theatre artists, filmmakers and musicians. U.S. actors share the stage with video projections of Cuba, hyper-linking bodies and geography; behavior is explici...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lewis, Sage (Composer, Author, Producer), Lewis, Aleigh (Author, Producer)
Corporate Author: Project Por Amor (distribution company.)
Other Authors: González Arenas, Boris (Screenwriter), McClaine, Armando (Actor), Leblanc, Andréa (actress.), Torres Quevas, Yipsia (actress.), Socorro, Alejandro (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:In English and Spanish; subtitled in Spanish and English accordingly.
Published: [Miami?] : Project Por Amor, [2010?]
Subjects:
Isolation (Philosophy) > Drama.
Miscommunication > Drama.
Multimedia (Art)
Experimental theater.
Filmed plays.
Experimental films.
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Summary:"Project Por Amor's The Closest Farthest Away (directed by Chi-wang Yang) is a process-intensive collaboration between Cuban and US theatre artists, filmmakers and musicians. U.S. actors share the stage with video projections of Cuba, hyper-linking bodies and geography; behavior is explicitly occupied with absence and presence, with how individuals cultivate intimacy and courage that their own governments can't or won't"-- http://projectporamor.com/performance/
Item Description:Duration on disc surface: 120 min.
Special features include: trailer, a short documentary Havana Q & A on discussion, which took place in Teatro Mella, Havana, Cuba, Dec. 6, 2009; ) video clip of the song Changüí (Album: Por Amor)
Accompanying material, the journal Theatre Forum, number 38, contains the complete script of Project Por Amor's The closest farthest away.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (81 min.) : DVD, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 issue of serial (106 pages ; illustrated).
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Raul Perez Ureta; original music, Sage Lewis; video editor, Aleigh Lewis; live performance produced by Miranda Wright; art direction, Virginia Katrina Peña ; performance presented by Miami Light Project, Centro Cultural Español and FUNDarte.