Karen Pearlman on Breaking Plates

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Jan 23, 2025•29 min

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Episode description

Dr Karen Pearlman, director of the new film Breaking Plates, talks about the making of her latest film, the inventive ways she engages with Cinemas First Nasty women archive, her use of dance, song, visual collage, slapstick, splicing, intertextually , feminist theory, humour, her excellent actors, on working with her talented family team, and lots more.

More on Breaking Plates: http://physicaltv.com.au/breaking-plates/

Physical TV’s many projects http://physicaltv.com.au

Cinema’s First Nasty Women Archive https://wfpp.columbia.edu/cinemas-first-nasty-women/

Breaking Plates will have its Australian Premiere on Saturday February 8, 2025, 1pm, at Dendy Cinemas Newtown, on the shorts program of the Antenna Documentary Film Festival. Info/Tix: https://tinyurl.com/BP-Antenna

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