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Observance

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  • 2002
  • 10m
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Sheryl Arenson and Ernie Charles in Observance (2002)
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Eighteen individuals forming a narrow row are asked to move in front of the camera to look at something they would rather not see, to say goodbye to someone who'd left them, sharing their ow... Read allEighteen individuals forming a narrow row are asked to move in front of the camera to look at something they would rather not see, to say goodbye to someone who'd left them, sharing their own ritual of grief with raw facial expressions.Eighteen individuals forming a narrow row are asked to move in front of the camera to look at something they would rather not see, to say goodbye to someone who'd left them, sharing their own ritual of grief with raw facial expressions.

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    • Bill Viola
  • Writer
    • Bill Viola
  • Stars
    • Alan Abelew
    • Sheryl Arenson
    • Frank Bruynbroek
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    • Director
      • Bill Viola
    • Writer
      • Bill Viola
    • Stars
      • Alan Abelew
      • Sheryl Arenson
      • Frank Bruynbroek
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    Alan Abelew
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    Sheryl Arenson
    Sheryl Arenson
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    Frank Bruynbroek
    Frank Bruynbroek
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    Carol Cetrone
    Carol Cetrone
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    Cathy Chang
    Cathy Chang
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    Ernie Charles
    Ernie Charles
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    Alan Clark
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    JD Cullum
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    Michael Irby
    Michael Irby
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    Tanya Little
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    Susan Elena Matus
    Susan Elena Matus
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    Kate Noonan
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    Paul O'Connor
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    Valerie Spencer
    Valerie Spencer
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    Lois Stark
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    Richard Stobie
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    Michael Eric Strickland
    Michael Eric Strickland
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    Ellis Williams
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      • Bill Viola
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      • Bill Viola
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      Video short based on German Renaissance painter and theorist Albrecht Dürer "Four Apostles" (1526).

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      • 2002 (United States)
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