Past Film/Video | Documentaries

Unorthodocs Shorts

A pair of images: on the left an identification card with a headshot of a woman with blond hair. On the right an image of an open pack of cigarettes next to an ashtray and some flowers.
Oct 28, 2022 5:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

$7 members and seniors
$9 general public
$5 students

ACCESSIBILITY

The short film Light Signal contains several sequences with flashing lights.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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This perennially popular program spotlights short films from up-and-coming filmmakers and established artists working in a dizzying range of forms and tones.

Among this year’s highlights is Midwaste, a searing portrait of the opioid epidemic. Former Columbus resident Liz Roberts combines personal video footage from the 1990s with present-day reflections to challenge ways addiction redemption stories are told. Also featured is Alexis McCrimmon’s heron 1954–2002, a spare cinematic memorial to a loved one who died of an accidental opioid overdose. Through texturally rich and layered 16mm images, McCrimmon (an editor in the Wex’s Film/Video Studio and the sound designer on Midwaste) finds the mythic in the mundane and a container for her grief. (program approx. 75 mins., DCP)

See the complete Unorthodocs 22 lineup.

IMAGE CAPTION
Left to right: Midwaste; heron 1954–2002, images courtesy of the filmmakers.

Program lineup

Irani Bag (Maryam Tafakory, 2021, 8 mins.)
No Archive Can Restore You (Onyeka Igwe, 2020, 6 mins.)
Light Signal (Emily Chao, 2022, 11 mins.)
Midwaste (Liz Roberts, 2021, 23 mins.)
heron 1954–2002 (Alexis McCrimmon, 2022, 4 mins.)
Nazarbazi (Maryam Tafakory, 2022, 19 mins.)

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Unorthodocs 2022 is organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and curated by Chris Stults, Associate Curator of Film/Video. 

SUPPORT FOR UNORTHODOCS 22 PROVIDED BY
FotoFocus

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Cardinal Health

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Arts Council
L Brands Foundation
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
CampusParc
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard
Nancy Kramer
Larry and Donna James
Lisa Barton
Johanna DeStefano
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate

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Past Film/Video

Unorthodocs Shorts

Oct 28, 2022 5:00 PM EST
Film/Video Theater

$7 members and seniors
$9 general public
$5 students

ACCESSIBILITY

The short film Light Signal contains several sequences with flashing lights.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Become a Member