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San Francisco Cinematheque EXILES AND STRANGERS HERE NOW WOMEN'S STORIES Massoud Abolfathi, M. Trinh Nguyen, and Sean O'Gara LISETTE FLANARY, YURIKO GAMO, MIDORI IKEMATSU, AND LAWAN JIRASURADEJ IN PERSON Co-presented by the National Asian American Telecommunications Association as part of the Asian American Film Festival Tuesday, March 12, 1996— AMC Kabuki EXILES AND STRANGERS Eiga Zuke II: Tsukemono Sound Edition (1994); by Sean Morijiro Sunada O'Gara, USA, 35rmn, 2 minutes Eiga Zuke is a literal "pickling of 35mm film" that is a whimsical commentary on the "true" nature of Asian representation on film. Death and Peanuts (7995); by Donna A. Tsufura, USA, 16mm, 4 minutes Donna Tsufura captures the quiet rituals of a woman and a mound of dirt. Dariche (1995); by Massoud Abolfathi, Iran, 16mm, 14 minutes Dariche is a Persian word for window and shows a lone man at a window, pulling up the blinds. It is an illusive film of love in exile, the memory of a woman - her smile, her eyes - of trying to catch the time of memory when the memory stays perpetually in the realm of the untouchable. Xich-lo (1995); by M. Trinh Nguyen, USA, 16mm, 20 minutes Xich-16 captures a young Vietnamese American woman in preparation for a significant and emotional reunion with her relatives who have remained in Vietnam after her own move as a child to the U.S. World premiere. Stranger Baby (1995); by Lana Lin, USA, 16nmi, 14 minutes Disembodied voices, flying saucers, strange messages on an answering machine are just your generic supermarket tabloid brand of "alien" sightings in Stranger Baby: aliens considered a threat because they speak a language you don't understand; aliens always being asked, "What are you?" Sounds familiar? Perhaps all aliens don't come from outer space. IQBAL: Two or Three Things I Know About Himi\994y, by Nasser Aslam, England, 35nmi, 25 minutes A portrait of Mohammad Iqbal, poet/philosopher and spiritual founder of Pakistan. It shuns dates and family histories. Instead, it's infused with the rich seductiveness of Urdu poetry and luminous black and white images reminiscent of the great Indian classics of the fifties. U.S. premiere. HERE Now Women's Stories Kimono (1995); by Midori Dcematsu, Japan, video, 2 mdnutes In a short time, captures a complex female subjectivity. Reflection (1994); by Yuriko Gamo, USA, 16mm, 5 minutes Yuriko Gamo presents the conflicts between cultures and expectations of cultures through the simple ritual of dressing. 20