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Jessica Oreck
January 13, 2015 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Jessica Oreck
Event Type: Screening and Discussion
Date: 01/13/2015
Time: 4:00pm
Location: University of Florida Smathers Library (East) Room 100
Filmmaker Jessica Oreck will be visiting UF for a screening and discussion of her latest work, The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga. The film, set in Eastern Europe, tells a story that mixes fairy tales and personal memories to uncover the secrets and bloody histories that shape our understandings of man’s place in nature. A follow-up to her documentary Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo, Ms. Oreck’s newest film combines narrative and documentary elements including an animated tableaux. For more information and a trailer for the film, click here.
This event is sponsored by the Center for Children’s Literature and Culture and The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature.