Thursday, January 25, 6:15 p.m. | MISSION DRIFT follows a nonprofit art gallery worker who tries to stay afloat when a horny, sadomasochistic philanthropist infiltrates the organization. An experimental essay film tinged with noir and fantasy, the work is driven by research into the sparse history of federal USA arts funding since the 1930s and more recent universal basic income trials. The film’s tragic narrative takes aim at how seductive philanthropy can be, and points toward the need to constantly reinvent strategies against mechanisms of capture. MISSION DRIFT’s formal strategies also intend to explore the relationships between accessibility, complicity, precarity, and cinema. Includes an interactive audience experience, with director Charles de Agustin in attendance.
Awards & Nominations
2023 Tour: Film-Makers’ Cooperative, Maysles Documentary Center, Millennium Film Workshop, cinemóvil, Spectacle Theater.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected with open captions and audio descriptions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu