Cinematheque hosting Zoom Q&A with director Lynne Sachs regarding ‘Film About a Father Who’
CLEVELAND, Ohio Digging into family secrets can be a tricky affair.
That’s what veteran filmmaker Lynne Sachs learned with her latest documentary “Film About a Father Who,” which tells the story of her pioneering Utah businessman father, Ira.
While the new documentary touches upon themes of fatherhood and masculinity, the director along the way discovers some surprising hidden truths about her dad, who fathered numerous children after divorcing her mother.
Using family videos and digital images of her father dating back decades, Sachs created an autobiographical essay movie in an attempt to understand the web that connects a child to her parent and a sister to her siblings.
‘Cowboys’ and ‘Identifying Features’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque John Benson, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio Veteran film actor Steve Zahn showcases his leading man talents as a well-intentioned father in director-writer Anna Kerrigan’s new movie “Cowboys.”
The Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee, the Capitol and Chagrin Cinemas) will be streaming the movie online Jan. 22. The modern western is about a father who runs off with his trans son into the Montana wilderness after his ex-wife refuses to let their child live as his authentic self.
Also on Jan. 22, The Cleveland Institute of Art’s Cinematheque begins screening director Fernanda Valadez’s impressive film debut, “Identifying Features,” which won an Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
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In her new documentary, Lynne Sachs assesses her relationship with her father, Ira Sachs Sr., who fathered children with multiple women.
Ira Sachs Sr., as seen in Lynne Sachs’s documentary “Film About a Father Who.”Credit.Cinema Guild
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Lynne Sachs shot the footage that became âFilm About a Father Whoâ from 1984 to 2019, and her ideas about what form the movie might take â along with her impressions of her father â must have changed during that time. (Even movies themselves evolved. âFilm About a Father Whoâ mixes 8- and 16-millimeter film, home videotapes and, from the near present, digital material.)
‘Rock Camp: The Movie’ and ‘My Little Sister’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque
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CLEVELAND, Ohio For all of those weekend warrior musicians, the new film “Rock Camp: The Movie” provides a summer camp-meets-”Spinal Tap” experience.
The documentary feature wannabe rock stars from around the world meeting and learning from their heroes and camp counselors such as Roger Daltrey, Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons, Jeff Beck and Slash. It premiers online Jan. 15, via virtual screening rooms at both The Cleveland Institute of Art’s Cinematheque and Cleveland Cinemas.