THIS WEEK’S FEATURED FILM PRESENTATION: "The Cedars” (Sept 1-7)

Written By Michael Workman

WATCH THE TRAILER (CLICK IMAGE ABOVE FOR THE FULL MOVIE)

A multi-media artist takes the viewer on a “tour” of Dallas’s marginal suburbs, seeking out hidden treasures amongst the city’s architectural ruins and "trash." Runtime: 14 minutes.

Credits
Boris Tsessarsky (Director)
Daniela Cruz (Writer)
Boris Tsessarsky (Producer)
Paula Neves (Producer)
Daniela Cruz (Producer)
Boris Tsessarsky (Editor)
Robert Acocella (Supervising Sound Editor)

Director Biography
The recipient of a 2022 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Boris Tsessarsky directed and co-produced with PaulA Neves the award-winning hip-hop documentary, “The Remedy” (2021). A Russian immigrant who grew up in NYC in the 80s and 90s, Boris was deeply immersed in underground hip-hop culture. In 2016, Boris wrote and directed his first film—the documentary “King’s Highway: The Story of Malcolm Fairfield.” In 2018 Boris co-founded—along with PaulA Neves—Parkway North Productions, directing and co-producing the short film “Every Alien Pen” (2019), which premiered at the New York City Independent Film Festival. Boris's most recent film, "The Cedars," was shot in Dallas and explores one artist's obsession with "trash." It premiered at the 2023 FICIMAD festival in Madrid where it was awarded Best Cinematography in a Short Documentary.

Michael Workman

Michael Workman is a choreographer, language, visual and movement artist, dance and performance artist, writer, reporter, and sociocultural critic. In addition to his work at the Chicago Tribune, Guardian US, Newcity magazine, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio and elsewhere, Workman is also Director of Bridge, an artistic collective and 501 (c) (3) publishing and programming organization (bridge-chicago.org). His choreographic writing has been included in Propositional Attitudes, an "anthology of recent performance scores, directions and instructions" published by Golden Spike Press, and his Perfect Worlds: Artistic Forms & Social Imaginaries Vol. 1, the first in a 3-volume series, was released by StepSister Press in October 2018 with a day-long program of performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Most recently, two of his scores were accepted for publication in a special edition of the Notre Dame Review focusing on the work of participants in the &NOW Festival of Innovative Writing.

https://michaelworkmanstudio.com
Previous

THIS WEEK’S FEATURED FILM PRESENTATION: "Routine Seasons” (Sept 8-14)
Next

THIS WEEK’S IMAGE UNION FEATURE: "Secret Horror” (Sept 1-7)