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“She Creature” (2001) – American Mermaid Horror
Our month long celebration of all things mermaid, “Frolicking Under The Sea: Mermaid Fantasy Film Festival – August 2016” continues! This time out, a perhaps odd little choice, the 2012 Hindi Social Drama film, “Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid”. Not reeeeaaallly a “mermaid” movie per se… but still an excellent lil’ film that Yours Truly wanted to include.
The synopsis? But of course! “Two city-bred kids, fearless tomboy Shreya and her little brother Sam travel to their dusty Haryana village for a vacation with their parents. What happens there is an adventure, which comes packed with significant life lessons. It’s not the idyllic village of their dreams but a problem-ridden place with dried up ponds, unfriendly villagers, unspoken secrets, out-of-bounds spaces, a child-eating witch and no girls, a reason why wives are imported from other states. In the backdrop of this engrossing adventure the social issue of female foeticide is • John Zorn turns 60 this coming September, and Minneapolis’ Walker Art Center wanted to throw a Zorn Fest of sorts. Since Zorn doesn’t like to travel, he wanted to keep it to a minimum: not a 3+ day fest, but hey, let’s do it all on one day! And thus “Zorn @ 60” at Walker Art Center was born! Check out what 60 of Zorn’s contemporaries have said about him… Part 1 & Part 2. There have already been a few great reviews already posted (Jazz Police / Walker Art / City Pages); so I’ll keep my write-up to my own personal reflections, and not as in-depth, per se. Here’s who Zorn had with him for this fest, in different assemblies… Cyro Baptista, percussion; Joey Baron, drums; Greg Cohen, bass; Chris Cunningham, guitar; Marc Feldman, violin; Eric Friedlander, cello; Michelle Kinney, cello; John Medeski, piano, Hammond B3; Ikue Mori, electronics; Marc Ribot, guitar; Joey Schad, electric keybo • ALUMNX MAGAZINE inside this issue Faculty View: LUIS JACOB Life After the MFA: ANN DÁVILA CARDINAL, DAWN CLEMENT, ‘SEGUN OLUDE Residencies Reimagined The Next Generation of Changemakers Class News A moment from the summer 2021 Music Composition residency, the only on-campus residency of that summer. Students used chalk to create a collaborative music piece on a campus walkway. The chalk writing reads: “Please add a note, or a few, in honor of someone” and “Community Memorial Song Experiment.” editor Angela Paladino Jericho Parms Grace Safford design Sian Foulkes Foulkes Design contributing writers Cameron Finch Grace Safford Angela Paladino contributing photographers Ryan Dell’Amico Jay Ericson Photos contributed bygd Colorado College In Residence Volume 10, Number 1 © 2022 VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS 36 College Street Montpelier, VT 05602 alumnx@vcfa.edu www.vcfa.edu Features 4 Residencie in residence // 2022 Alumnx Magazine
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