
A luminous, unadorned portrait of the Lebanese-American poet and artist Etel Adnan. Renowned for her anti-war poetry before finding late acclaim as a painter in her eighties, Adnan remained curious, plainspoken, and quietly radical. Filming closely with her over the last five years of her life, Marie Valentine Regan captures Adnan painting, visiting friends, and turning her attention toward mountains, trees, and the vibration beneath words. A lesson in how to live life, as Adnan put it, "not as a point, but as a volume."
Doors at 2:00 pm. Screening at 2:30 pm. Q&A with filmmaker Marie Valentine Regan.
Presale Shell Passes only. Individual tickets will go on sale on Monday, August 10.
We are proud to be sponsored by Istic Illic Pictures, Stellar Bookkeepers and NYC Ferry. Rockaway Film Festival made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Rockaway Film Festival is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Support provided by FRANC and the Fund for the City of New York.