Screening

Two by Mary Filippo: "The Trickle Down Theory of Sorrow" + "My Mis-education in 3 Graphics"

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Join us at the FMC Screening Room on Friday, February 7th, at 7pm, for a showcase of Mary Filippo's films THE TRICKLE DOWN THEORY OF SORROW and MY MIS-EDUCATION IN 3 GRAPHICS. In these works, Filippo explores economic and social injustice by looking inward at her own life while contending with these issues within our world on a larger scale with humor and irony.

TICKETS

The Trickle Down Theory of Sorrow (2002, 15 minutes) is a film that situates and incriminates the filmmaker in the web of economic and social injustices of her culture. It is an experimental, autobiographical documentary about being both the daughter of a working-class mother, and someone who has become (economically at least) middle-class and a mother herself. The Trickle Down Theory of Sorrow screened at the Ann Arbor and New York Film Festivals, as well as the National Gallery of Art and more recently, the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It was acclaimed by Yvonne Rainer as a "far-reaching and riveting work" that makes "connections between U.S. consumption and overseas labor, and ask[s] questions about the relation of money to happiness."

My Mis-Education in 3 Graphics (2020, 58 minutes) is a document of the filmmaker’s darkly humorous journey through the mind-boggling constructs of mainstream economics. Filmed introductory economics course lectures and interviews with mainstream economists reveal the enormous rift between the economics textbook models and the filmmaker’s and other critics’ understandings of economic reality. David M. Brennan, Professor at Franklin and Marshall College, writes: "Mary Filippo problematizes the concepts of efficiency, profits, and capital in crystal clear ways to her audience... The movie is a must for those exploring neoclassical fundamentals and especially for those that don't want their economic concerns dismissed by models of economic fantasy."

This 73-minute program will be followed by a filmed discussion and audience Q&A with Mary Filippo!