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Irmi
Veronica Selver, Susan Fanshel
United States, 2020
Resolutely life-affirming and unexpectedly universal.
MICHAEL FOX, KQED ARTS
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Veronica Selver, Susan Fanshel, and Todd Boekelheide
Recorded Sunday, September 13, 2 PM PDT
Watch a live conversation with Irmi directors Veronica Selver and Susan Fanshel, and Todd Boekelheide, who composed the film’s score.
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Irmi Selver (1906–2004) had a long and fascinating life, one touched by love and tragedy, challenges and resilience. This documentary portrait, based on her memoirs and codirected by her daughter Veronica Selver and Susan Fanshel, traces Irmi’s personal story across the political and social history of the last century.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
A reflective personal portrait of the resilient Irmi Selver, co-directed by her daughter, a Bay Area filmmaker, and based on Selver’s memoir, relates a tale of profound upheaval, displacement and family tragedy, narrated by Hanna Schygulla, An intrepid survivor born into turbulent times, Selver grew up in an affluent Jewish family in Germany at the turn of the century, fled the Nazis with a husband and young children in tow and started over in New York.
Sura Wood
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As the visual arts center at one of the world’s leading public research universities, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) brings the rich artistic resources of the UC Berkeley campus to the broader public. BAMPFA’s mission is to inspire the imagination, ignite critical dialog, and activate community engagement through art, film, and other forms of creative expression.