MFA Candidates

NR, 67 min. Directed by Ken Galen York, Mireille Fornengo, Shu-Chun Lee..

REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Mon., Nov. 26, 2001

Three short documentaries filmed by University of Texas MFA candidates will screen: "Aliman and Lawuyn" (21 min.) by Shu-Chun Lee spotlights a displaced aboriginal family in Taiwan; "Concerto for Two Harpischoprds" (20 min.) by Mireille Fornengo looks at a renaissance man in southern France; and "The Illuminated Man" (26 min.) by Ken Galen York provides a portrait of master illuminator and abstract artist Bernard Maisner.

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