“Throwing Stones at the Sun” & Other Lonesome Stories
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Directed by Aaron Valdez, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring .

This retrospective screening of the Austin-based avant-garde film artist Aaron Valdez features his newest work, “Throwing Stones at the Sun,” which is a collection of personal films that document daily life, explore everyday abstractions, and reflect the American landscape. The film is comprised of 27 in-camera edited films shot between 1999 and 2001 in Austin, Houston, Galveston, Devil’s Tower National Monument, Badlands National Park, Portland, Oregon; and Vancouver, Canada. Also included are other selections of his award-winning work. For more information, see p.47 of this week’s Screens section or www.valdezfilm.com.

This article appears in July 5 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.