Two Seconds After Laughter

Two Seconds After Laughter

February 14th, 6:00PM @ Campus Theatre (214 W. Hickory)

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An original intersection of documentary, dance-for-camera, and dream-like fantasy, Two Seconds After Laughter creates a border-jumping dialogue on a universal irony: The heart longs most for the one place to which it can never fully return… home. With a narrative inspired by choreographer Sri Susilowati's experience of leaving Java to become a dancer in America, Two Seconds… is a conversation on the nature of memory; a cry of longing caused by separation; and a fable-like tale of the joys and emotional dislocation experienced by contemporary immigrant peoples. Weaving stunning cinematography (shot in Java and edited by Cari Ann Shim Sham*), traditional Indonesian dance, postmodern Sundanese music, and an emotionally-potent narrative, the film resonates as a meditation on being alone in a fast-moving transnational world.

The main storyline follows Susilowati’s memories by way of a rapid-fire chronological narrative punctuated with explosions of dance, music, and sumptuous imagery. The film begins as she returns to Yogyakarta after 20 years, and recounts a joy-filled childhood, an adolescence of growing isolation, and an adulthood defined by dislocation as she moves to America.

This is the second film directed by renowned choreographer-director-writer David Roussève, known for his award-winning dance/theater. Roussève’s dance-films have screened internationally and he was twice Fellow in Sundance Feature Development’s Screenwriter’s Lab. This is his first collaboration with Shim Sham*, whose 'Sand' recently screened at Cannes. Roussève and Susilowati choreographed with a vocabulary uniquely combining Indonesia dance with a postmodern gestural vocabulary. Original music is by Yogyakarta-based Yohanes Subowo.

Film Details

Shorts Program #6
Duration: 16 mins
Director/Producer: David Rousseve
Producer: Cari Ann Shim Sham

Film Website: http://www.davidrousseve.com/twoseconds.html
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