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A Close-up of Abbas Kiarostami
February 8 - 17, 2013
Kiarostami’s first video-shot feature is both self-reflective and keenly observant of the lively spirits of AIDS orphans in Uganda.
Invited by the U.N. shortly after the turn of the century to document the fate of Uganda’s nearly two million AIDS orphans, Kiarostami turns his first feature shot on video into a reflective work that considers his own position as a privileged filmmaker in impoverished circumstances—not unlike the central characters in several of his previous films, from Life and Nothing More to The Wind Will Carry Us. Made over 10 days, this journey uncovers an indomitable life force in the children, their joy conveyed by a nearly goofy looseness in front of the camera, and group performances that can’t help but transfix the viewer.
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