Silvia Turchin

El pequeño pianista

Silvia Turchin

The Little Pianist explores the life of a frog marionette that plays piano on the streets of Barcelona. What qualities does a marionette possess to make its audience forget – albeit fleetingly – this frenetic modern-day life? To take them back through their memories and recall their dreams? In this documentary, almost narrated by the frog’s creator, the presence of the marionette predominates, making the puppeteer virtually invisible.

Zoe Dunning: Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Zoe Dunning, Silvia Turchin

Zoe Dunning

Maria Zoe Dunning is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and gay rights activist. She is known for being the only openly gay person remaining on active duty following a series of lawsuits against the U.S. Military and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy during the 1990s. This is her story.

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Silvia Turchin

A poetic documentary that calls attention to beauty found in the details of the anachronistic and declining, and suggests that this particular variety of melancholy beauty is born of a withdrawal from the world's forward push. The protagonist of the film is a large 80-year-old food manufacturing/co-packing factory in San Francisco.