Alternative Visions

January 26, 2010 - February 23, 2010

The Lonely Chicken Dream, January 26

Zoe Beloff presents fascinating films from the Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society, and Nathaniel Dorsky screens four of his beautiful, meditative works.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
7:30 p.m. The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society Dream Films
(U.S., 1926–72). Illustrated lecture by Zoe Beloff. To mark the centennial of Sigmund Freud’s visit to Coney Island in 1909, media artist Beloff presents fascinating films from America’s first and only amateur psychoanalytic society. (90 mins)

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
7:30 p.m. Four by Nathaniel Dorsky
Nathaniel Dorsky (U.S., 2008–2009). Two premieres. Nathaniel Dorsky in person. “The films of Nathaniel Dorsky blend a beauteous celebration of the sensual world with a deep sense of introspection and solitude. . . . (They) reveal the mystery behind everyday existence, providing intimations of eternity.”—Steve Polta (67 mins)