Adele Horne's The Tailenders

Sun, Apr 2
7:30pm
$8 general, $5 Cinematheque members, Seniors, Disabled, Students (w. ID)

Filmmaker Adele Horne in person

Shot in Los Angeles, the Solomon Islands, and Mexico, Los Angeles-
based Adele Horne's first feature-length documentary explores the
work of an evangelical missionary group known not only for their
numerous conversions but for their recordings and translations of
over 5,500 languages since their inception in 1939. Working in
regions where indigenous communities face crises caused by global
economic shifts, and using amazingly efficient low-tech audio
recording devices, the missionaries seek out displaced and
impoverished people, ostensibly in need of some kind of
enlightenment. Elegantly structured and photographed, The Tailenders
explores both the material and ideological means and meanings of
these linguistic translations and spiritual transformations.

San Francisco Cinematheque Presents in Association with UC Berkeley's
Visual Anthropology Group

Venue:

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street
San Francisco

Additional Info:

415-552-1990
www.sfcinematheque.org