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SUMMARY:A/V Club Presents
DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy the work being made by the A/V Club! From documentary to music video to animation\, the variety of work created by this talented and prolific group will be on full display in this free screening. It’s also a great way to meet the artists and filmmakers that have been attending the meetings and to see if A/V Club is something you might want to be a part of yourself! \n  \nArtists included in the screening: \nRebecca Fasanello \nTony Nash \nLisa Czapla \nEli Jarra \nAmanda Besl \nMichael Chernoff \nLukia Costello \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/a-v-club-presents/
LOCATION:Journey’s End Refugee Services\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite #530\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings
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SUMMARY:FX6 Camera Orientation
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, 1:00 – 2:00 pm\nNovember 15 \nFree (Squeaky Wheel Members only. Not yet a member? Click here for details)\nopen to ages 16+\nRegister with the “tickets” button at the bottom of this page\n  \nRent the Sony FX6 and create beautiful\, professional looking productions. This workshop is required in order to reserve the camera and and any associated peripherals unless approved by our Tech Director. Squeaky Wheel membership is also required. \n  \nClass limited to 6 participants. \nContact Mark at mark@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Mark Longolucco \n  \nMARK LONGOLUCCO is Squeaky Wheel’s Tech Director. An artist and musician based out of Buffalo\, NY\, both his audio and visual works seep out into the world through traditionally uncharacteristic formats and venues\, often marrying older analog media tools with new digital technologies in an attempt to create forms that both familiar and nostalgic as well as unconventional and anomalous. \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/fx6-camera-orientation-2/
CATEGORIES:Equipment
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SUMMARY:VCV Rack and Roll: Audio Synthesis
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday and Thursday\, 6:00 – 8:00 pm\nNovember 18-20 (2 classes\, 4 hours of instruction)\n$95 (10% discount for members. Not yet a member? Click here for details)\nopen to ages 16+\nRegister with the “tickets” button at the bottom of this page\n  \nImagine\, create\, and explore. For sonic adventurers looking to delve into the world of modular synthesis without having to fork over the investment cash for physical hardware\, this generative workshop will investigate the plethora of sonic options in VCV Rack\, a free software for building virtual modular synthesizers. No experience is necessary\, just bring your curiosity and adventurism! \n  \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Mark Longolucco \n  \nMARK LONGOLUCCO is Squeaky Wheel’s Tech Director. An artist and musician based out of Buffalo\, NY\, both his audio and visual works seep out into the world through traditionally uncharacteristic formats and venues\, often marrying older analog media tools with new digital technologies in an attempt to create forms that both familiar and nostalgic as well as unconventional and anomalous. \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/vcv-rack-and-roll-audio-synthesis-2/
CATEGORIES:Media Art Workshop
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SUMMARY:VCV Rack and Roll: Audio Synthesis
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday and Thursday\, 6:00 – 8:00 pm\nNovember 18-20 (2 classes\, 4 hours of instruction)\n$95 (10% discount for members. Not yet a member? Click here for details)\nopen to ages 16+\nRegister with the “tickets” button at the bottom of this page\n  \nImagine\, create\, and explore. For sonic adventurers looking to delve into the world of modular synthesis without having to fork over the investment cash for physical hardware\, this generative workshop will investigate the plethora of sonic options in VCV Rack\, a free software for building virtual modular synthesizers. No experience is necessary\, just bring your curiosity and adventurism! \n  \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Mark Longolucco \n  \nMARK LONGOLUCCO is Squeaky Wheel’s Tech Director. An artist and musician based out of Buffalo\, NY\, both his audio and visual works seep out into the world through traditionally uncharacteristic formats and venues\, often marrying older analog media tools with new digital technologies in an attempt to create forms that both familiar and nostalgic as well as unconventional and anomalous. \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/vcv-rack-and-roll-audio-synthesis/
CATEGORIES:Media Art Workshop
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SUMMARY:Joan Nobile's Drop in the Ocean
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 22\, 3–5 pm\, artist talk at 4 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nSqueaky Wheel invites you for an afternoon to experience Joan Nobile’s visual novel video game Drop in the Ocean\, with an artist talk by the artist. The work provides audiences with a space to explore how women and marginalized communities resist hostile gaming environments dominated by white\, straight\, cisgender men while finding companionship\, community\, and solidarity. \nThe video game is about Emily\, a lonely gamer who struggles to find companionship. She finds an online community for her favorite video game\, finding friendship and community for the first time\, while simultaneously meeting a new potential love interest and catching up with an old offline friend. She struggles to balance these new social responsibilities when a new game comes out based on her favorite series. While online\, Emily and another female-identified player are harassed\, leading to the latter leaving the community and Emily becoming the target of continued harassment both on and offline. As Emily\, the player must choose how to respond to 1) social obligations\, 2) harassment\, and 3) finding ways to improve the situation\, if possible. The game will have multiple endings based on the player’s major choices along the way. \n“The project aims to immerse audiences in the experience of a woman who struggles to find community while simultaneously facing harassment in gaming spaces\, highlighting a sadly common occurrence in online spaces. For women and other marginalized people who might play\, I want to show them that they are not alone\, that this happens to other folks like them\, and to provide both solidarity and possibilities towards recovery and online/offline community reconnection. Choosing a visual novel format over more traditional action games ensures accessibility and intimacy for players of all skill levels\, utilizing text and simple imagery to explore themes of community\, connection\, resistance\, and cyberfeminism.” – Joan Nobile \nAttendees: Several computers will be available for audiences to experience the game. Squeaky Wheel is located in Suite 310 of Tri-Main Center. Take the elevator to the third floor\, and head left. Click here to see parking\, transportation\, and accessibility information. Light refreshments will be available. \nJoan Nobile’s Drop in the Ocean is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. \nBiography of the artist\nJoan Nobile (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist-scholar from Brooklyn\, NY. She holds a BA in Media Production from Buffalo State College and an MFA in Media Arts Production from the University at Buffalo. Her research and work broadly focus on media theory and critique\, gaming\, cyberfeminism\, and glitch aesthetics/feminism. Her practice involves work in film\, video\, zines\, and video games. When she’s not working or creating\, Joan enjoys visiting farmer’s markets\, reading & watching non-fiction\, and spending too much time playing video games. She currently lives in Buffalo\, NY with her partner. \nImage: A still from Drop in the Ocean. An illustration of an upset looking femme person in hoody in a woodsy area with autumn colors. On top of the illustration are selection boxes with the options “with caution”\, “with snark”\, “oh\, fuck this! I’m pissed” and a larger box with options and the text “I had to handle this…”
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/joan-nobiles-drop-in-the-ocean/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Video Games
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SUMMARY:Video Editing w/ DaVinci Resolve
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays and Thursdays\, 6:00 – 8:00 pm\nDecember 2-11 (4 classes\, 8 hours of instruction)\n$175 (10% discount for members. Not yet a member? Click here for details)\nopen to ages 16+\nRegister with the “tickets” button at the bottom of this page\n  \n  \nOne of the most important parts of any production is editing! Learn everything you need to know to get cutting with DaVinci Resolve\, the preeminent non linear editing system that’s fit for big and small productions alike. This workshop will guide you through the steps of organizing your assets\, cutting them together\, punching them up\, adding additional audio elements and ultimately\, exporting a final piece fit for your audience! \n  \nClass limited to 6 participants. \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Mark Longolucco \n  \nMARK LONGOLUCCO is Squeaky Wheel’s Tech Director. An artist and musician based out of Buffalo\, NY\, both his audio and visual works seep out into the world through traditionally uncharacteristic formats and venues\, often marrying older analog media tools with new digital technologies in an attempt to create forms that both familiar and nostalgic as well as unconventional and anomalous. \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/video-editing-w-davinci-resolve/
CATEGORIES:Media Art Workshop
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SUMMARY:Olivia Ong Evans' Kota Hujan (City of Rain)
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, December 5\, 7 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nSqueaky Wheel is excited to present a behind the scenes look in Olivia Ong Evans’ upcoming film Kota Hujan (City of Rain). \nKota Hujan is a collection of nostalgic memories and playful tales that trace the shifting meanings of home through time and across diasporas. The film features my mother’s narration of stories from her childhood in Bogor\, Indonesia during the 1960s and ’70s. These recollections are interwoven with scenes of the city and its landscapes from our return visit to her hometown in 2024. The soundtrack for the film features recordings from a live performance by the Nusantara Arts Javanese Gamelan group in Buffalo\, NY. \nThe artist will present on the process of making the in-progress film\, including traveling to Bogor in 2024\, editing the footage filmed at that time\, subtitling and translation\, as well as the challenges and insights that have come up through the process. The talk will feature selected footage of the work in progress to show how the film is taking shape. \nThis is the first of two events celebrating Evans’ work; on Saturday\, December 20\, CAO Collective (Chinese Artists & Organizers Collective) will lead a virtual writing workshop offering participants the chance to dive deeper into the film’s themes through their own reflections and connections. Learn more and register here. \nThis project is supported by a Support for Artists grant from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. \nAttendees: Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main Center after 7:30 pm. Squeaky Wheel is located in Suite 310 of Tri-Main Center. Take the elevator to the third floor\, and head left. Click here to see parking\, transportation\, and accessibility information. \nBiography of the artist\nOlivia Ong Evans is an artist based in Buffalo\, NY. Her work often explores themes of diasporic identity and connection to nature. She was a 2021 Workspace Resident at Squeaky Wheel\, where she worked on the video art project Identity Karma. \nBanner image: A still from Olivia Ong Evans’ film Kota Hujan (City of Rain). A still of Bogor\, Indonesia at dusk or dawn\, with a pink and orange sky. Shorter buildings with flat roofs are on the bottom\, and skyscrapers and mountains are visible in the distance. A bird is flying through the frame.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/olivia-ong-evans-kota-hujan-city-of-rain/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Work-in-progress
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SUMMARY:Writing Diasporic Dreams and Futures with CAO Collective
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 20\, 3–5pm ET / 12–2 PT over Zoom\nFree; register here\nJoin us in the deep of December as we  welcome Chinese Artists & Organizers (CAO) Collective to lead a virtual writing workshop on dreams\, nostalgia\, and diasporic home-making. What alternative knowledges\, homes\, and futures can we access through dreaming and writing together? How do dreams and nostalgia open up a portal for future-making\, in connection with our own bodies and the bodies of land\, water\, and time? Join CAO Collective’s huiyin zhou and Laura Dudu for a virtual session on dreaming as a relational method and collective writing practice. Participants are invited to share bedtime stories\, dreams\, and reflect on their relationships to home/land\, rest and sleep. Through somatic practice\, guided writing activities and facilitated conversations\, participants are invited to weave a collective dreamscape for resistance and healing. \nPlease ensure stable access to the internet and writing tools such as journals\, pens\, and online collaborative documents. This event will be facilitated in English but participants are encouraged to write/doodle/create in whatever languages they feel called to. \nThe stories co-created in this workshop will be included in CAO Collective’s long-term social practice project\, “One Thousand and One Nights: A Queer Journey of Dreams & Diaspora”\, culminating in a collective dream archive. This event is presented as an invitation to deepen into Olivia Ong Evans’ upcoming film Kota Hujan (City of Rain) on December 5. This event is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and Teiger Foundation. \nAbout the artists\n \nhú-tu (Laura 嘟嘟 & huiyin zhou) is an artist duo with backgrounds in social practice and anthropology\, working across moving image\, photography\, performance\, and collaborative writing. Dedicated to multidisciplinary art and transnational organizing\, huiyin and Laura co-founded and co-direct the Chinese Artists and Organizers (CAO) Collective 离离草. \nAbout CAO Collective\n\n  \nFounded in 2022\, CAO Collective creates art to empower relational community healing. Their works investigate systems of discipline\, control\, censorship\, and capitalist extraction and reimagine memory/memorials\, rituals\, intimacy\, and queer/feminist kinship to (re)build sustainable community infrastructures. caocollective.com / @caocollective \nBanner image: Image courtesy of CAO Collective. Colorful handwriting in blue\, green\, orange\, and black in both Chinese and English. Someone with a red bracelet is seen writing on white rice paper.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/writing-diasporic-dreams-and-futures-with-cao-collective/
LOCATION:Virtual\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Virtual,Workshop
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SUMMARY:A/V Club
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, January 21\, 6:30-8:30pm\nFree\, sign up below\nWe’ve added preceding Saturdays as A/V Studio days where members are encouraged to convene and work on projects in our lab to present for the meetup. Future dates will be: \nSaturday\, January 17\, 2-4pm A/V Studio \nSaturday\, February 14\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, February 18\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, March 14\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, March 18\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nJoin us for the next round of Squeaky’s A/V Club\, a monthly meetup for digital artists\, media artists\, sound artists\, video artists\, filmmakers\, animators\, game designers\, etc etc.  Come share works in progress\, talk skills and experiences\, and embrace the challenges of making media work in an informal\, constructive and exploratory environment. New members are always welcome and appreciated- we want to see your work! \n  \nHave a skill you want to share with the group? We’re looking for ways to share the little tidbits of wisdom we’ve picked up along the way from the various working methods we’ve employed while toiling in the studio. If you’ve found an interesting art hack\, have a passion for technical skill\, or find yourself knowledgeable in a topic you think might be good to pass along to fellow artists\, fill out this form and let us know! We’d like to include informal skill sharing as part of the A/V Club structure in the future. \n  \nNote: This is an interdisciplinary group\, so if you’re only interested in talking about a single art form\, then this might not be the right group for you. If you’re interested in sharing\, learning\, exploring\, and experimenting across forms\, genres\, styles\, processes\, and mediums\, then you’ll be right at home! \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/a-v-club-12/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:FX6 Camera Orientation
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, 1:00 – 2:00 pm\nThis event has been rescheduled to January 24\nFree (Squeaky Wheel Members only. Not yet a member? Click here for details)\nopen to ages 16+\nRegister with the “tickets” button at the bottom of this page\n  \nRent the Sony FX6 and create beautiful\, professional looking productions. This workshop is required in order to reserve the camera and and any associated peripherals unless approved by our Tech Director. Squeaky Wheel membership is also required. \n  \nClass limited to 6 participants. \nContact Mark at mark@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Mark Longolucco \n  \nMARK LONGOLUCCO is Squeaky Wheel’s Tech Director. An artist and musician based out of Buffalo\, NY\, both his audio and visual works seep out into the world through traditionally uncharacteristic formats and venues\, often marrying older analog media tools with new digital technologies in an attempt to create forms that both familiar and nostalgic as well as unconventional and anomalous. \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/fx6-camera-orientation-3/
CATEGORIES:Equipment
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SUMMARY:Workspace Residency\, Summer 2026
DESCRIPTION:Application period: Opens January 26 2026. Deadline Friday\, February 27\, 2026.\nResidency dates: August 14–September 5\, 2026 (three-weeks)\nSupport provided: $1400 stipend\, $300 artist fees\, additional $500 artist fee for Silo City resident\, accommodations\, up to $400 in travel support for non-local residents\, up to $1400 optional financial assistance for childcare and/or disability support.\nNotification date: May 15\, 2026\nClick here to learn more and apply\nSqueaky Wheel is excited to share the open call for the Summer 2026 residency program. The short-term residency is open to applicants from Buffalo and across the United States who are seeking resources\, time\, and support for ongoing projects or the creation of new work. \nResidents have tailored access to facilities\, equipment\, technical consultation\, from Squeaky Wheel\, as well as our partners Buffalo Game Space\, The Foundry\, Mirabo Press\, and Silo City. Residents present on their work together in a public event\, present a workshop for the Squeaky Wheel community\, and participate in tailored activities\, such as field trips\, critiques\, among others. \nWe aim to support our residents’ careers and continue our relationships after the residency has concluded. Former residents have been invited to present exhibitions\, performances\, screenings\, among other activities. \nBanner image: A tour of Silo City with their Director of Ecology Joshua Smith\, and Squeaky Wheel residents Ahmed T. Ragheb\, Lily Ekimian Ragheb\, and Kathryn Ramey and her son. Behind them is a large grain silo\, Marine A.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/workspace-residency-summer-2026/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Call,Residencies
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SUMMARY:Info-session: Workspace Residency\, Summer 2026
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, January 26\, 2026\, 12 pm ET\nVirtual on Zoom; register here\nJoin us for a virtual info-session with Squeaky Wheel Curator Ekrem Serdar on how to apply to Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency. The curator will go over the program\, the application questions\, how panels rating criteria\, and answer questions from the audience. A recording of the info-session will be released on the residency page a week after the event. \nClick here to learn more and apply to the residency. \nSqueaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is made possible with support from Teiger Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. \nBanner image: A GIF of Jaehoon Choi working on a 3D mapped projection project in a dark room.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/info-session-workspace-residency-summer-2026/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residencies,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Info-session: Workspace Residency\, Summer 2026
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, February 3\, 2026\, 7 pm ET\nVirtual on Zoom; register here\nJoin us for a virtual info-session with Squeaky Wheel Curator Ekrem Serdar on how to apply to Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency. The curator will go over the program\, the application questions\, how panels rating criteria\, and answer questions from the audience. Click here to learn more and apply to the residency. \nBanner image: A GIF of Jaehoon Choi working on a 3D mapped projection project in a dark room.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/info-session-workspace-residency-summer-2026-2/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residencies,Virtual
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SUMMARY:FX6 Camera Orientation
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 14 1:00 – 2:00 pm\nFree (Squeaky Wheel Members only. Not yet a member? Click here for details)\nopen to ages 16+\nRegister with the “tickets” button at the bottom of this page\n  \nRent the Sony FX6 and create beautiful\, professional looking productions. This workshop is required in order to reserve the camera and and any associated peripherals unless approved by our Tech Director. Squeaky Wheel membership is also required. \n  \nClass limited to 6 participants. \nContact Mark at mark@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Mark Longolucco \n  \nMARK LONGOLUCCO is Squeaky Wheel’s Tech Director. An artist and musician based out of Buffalo\, NY\, both his audio and visual works seep out into the world through traditionally uncharacteristic formats and venues\, often marrying older analog media tools with new digital technologies in an attempt to create forms that both familiar and nostalgic as well as unconventional and anomalous. \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/fx6-camera-orientation-4/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Equipment
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SUMMARY:A/V Club
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 18\, 6:30-8:30pm\nFree\, sign up below\nWe’ve added preceding Saturdays as A/V Studio days where members are encouraged to convene and work on projects in our lab to present for the meetup. Future dates will be: \n  \nSaturday\, February 14\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, February 18\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, March 14\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, March 18\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \n  \nJoin us for the next round of Squeaky’s A/V Club\, a monthly meetup for digital artists\, media artists\, sound artists\, video artists\, filmmakers\, animators\, game designers\, etc etc.  Come share works in progress\, talk skills and experiences\, and embrace the challenges of making media work in an informal\, constructive and exploratory environment. New members are always welcome and appreciated- we want to see your work! \n  \nHave a skill you want to share with the group? We’re looking for ways to share the little tidbits of wisdom we’ve picked up along the way from the various working methods we’ve employed while toiling in the studio. If you’ve found an interesting art hack\, have a passion for technical skill\, or find yourself knowledgeable in a topic you think might be good to pass along to fellow artists\, fill out this form and let us know! We’d like to include informal skill sharing as part of the A/V Club structure in the future. \n  \nNote: This is an interdisciplinary group\, so if you’re only interested in talking about a single art form\, then this might not be the right group for you. If you’re interested in sharing\, learning\, exploring\, and experimenting across forms\, genres\, styles\, processes\, and mediums\, then you’ll be right at home! \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/a-v-club-14/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Dark City Beneath the Beat
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 28th at 4pm\nFree and open to the public\nthe University at Buffalo CAS Office for Diversity\, Equity\, and Belonging invite you to attend a screening of:\nDARK CITY BENEATH THE BEAT\n(followed by a virtual Q&A with TT the Artist)\nPart of the ANCESTRAL ECHOES celebration of Dance throughout the African Diaspora\nto celebrate Black History Month\n4:00-5:15pm—Screening\n5:15-5:45pm–Discussion\n\n  \n\nRhythmic and raw\, DARK CITY BENEATH THE BEAT (dir. TT the Artist\, 2020\, 65 min.) is a Baltimore club musical experience highlighting local Baltimore club artists\, DJs\, dancers and producers pioneering the sound while rising above social and economic turmoil. Inspired by an original Baltimore club music soundtrack\, Dark City Beneath the Beat showcases Baltimore club music as a positive subculture in a city overshadowed by trauma\, drugs and violence. \nFollowing the film is a virtual conversation with the film’s director\, TT the Artist. As she states\, “Dark City Beneath the Beat is a unique journey through Baltimore. Some of the themes woven into the film include identifying social injustices that inner city youth face\, street violence\, marginalized groups such as the LGBTQ community and Baltimore’s underground creative hubs. I want to use this film as a window to those hidden figures who have defied the odds of growing up in Baltimore where there is the impact of trauma\, high crime and drugs. In my practice\, I work very closely with dancers and producers from all over the world. I am invested in using my resources and platform. As a leading figure in the local music scene\, I will be bringing more awareness to the need for professional spaces that can house more non-traditional art making practices such as Baltimore club dance and music.” \n(courtesy of Film Freeway) \n\n \nThis screening will follow the  ANCESTRAL ECHOES: BLACK DANCE AROUND THE WORLD dance performance \n(Friday\, February 27th from 6:00-11:00pm at Pucho Olevencia Center\, 261 Swan St.\, FREE and open to the public) \n  \nFor more information\, contact Dr. Donte McFadden\, CAS Unit Diversity Officer at dontemcf@buffalo.edu. \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/dark-city-beneath-the-beat/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Infiltrators: Films on borders and resistance
DESCRIPTION:Begins March 4\, 2026\nScreenings take place at Burning Books. Artist talk with Alex Rivera and Khaled Jarrar online.\nSqueaky Wheel presents four films\, by Alex Rivera\, Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra\, and Khaled Jarrar\, that take on the human toll of borders and the organized and individual ways people evade and resist them. Featuring both cult classic works and acclaimed documentaries\, the films – with Rivera’s work focusing on the maintenance and violence of the US border\, and Jarrar’s focusing on power struggles\, in particular as they relate to Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora – showcases the logistical\, ethical\, and bureaucratic logics of border regimes\, and points to intertwined solidarities. \nAll screenings will take place at our friends at Burning Books. This event series is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Thank you to our co-presenters at Jewish Voice for Peace – Buffalo. Khaled Jarrar’s Infiltrators is courtesy of Third World Newsreel\, and his film Notes on Displacement is courtesy of Cinema Politica. Special thank you to Paige Sarlin and Leo Goldsmith. \nFor attendees\nThe screenings will take place at Burning Books located at 420 Connecticut Street\, Buffalo\, NY 14213. Street parking is available. For transportation by bus\, it is near stops for the 3\, 19\, 22\, and 101 bus lines. Seating is first-come\, first-serve. \nThe artist talk with Alex Rivera and Khaled Jarrar will take place online. The films and artist talk will be available online for a weekend on March 27–March 29. \nEvent dates\nWednesday\, March 4th\, 7pm\nKhaled Jarrar’s Notes on Displacement \nWednesday\, March 11th\, 7pm\nAlex Rivera & Cristina Ibarra’s The Infiltrators \nThursday\, March 19th\, 7pm\nAlex Rivera’s Sleep Dealer \nTuesday\, March 24th\, 7pm EST\nVirtual artist talk: Alex Rivera & Khaled Jarrar \nWednesday\, March 25th\, 7pm\nKhaled Jarrar’s Infiltrators \nFriday\, March 27–Sunday\, March 29\nOnline access | Infiltrators: Films on borders and resistance \nBiographies of the artists\nAlex Rivera is an award-winning filmmaker whose work explores themes of globalization\, migration\, and technology. Rivera’s first feature film\, Sleep Dealer\, a cyberpunk thriller set on the U.S./Mexico border\, won awards at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival\, was screened at the Museum of Modern Art\, and had a commercial theatrical release in the U.S\, France\, Japan\, and other countries. Rivera’s second feature\, The Infiltrators\, won the NEXT: Audience Award and the Innovator Award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The Infiltrators uses documentary and scripted forms to tell the true story of Dreamers who ‘infiltrate’ a detention center to get immigrants out. Rivera is currently developing a few new cyberpunk projects and\, with support from the Ford Foundation\, a feature documentary on the history of deportation titled Banishment. Alex Rivera is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow\, Sundance Fellow\, Creative Capital Grantee and was The Rothschild Lecturer at Harvard University. He studied at Hampshire College and lives in Los Angeles. He is an Associate Professor of Filmmaking Practice at ASU’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School. \nCristina Ibarra is a Sundance award-winning filmmaker with a 20-year practice rooted in her border crossing roots along the Texas-Mexico border. The Infiltrators is a docu-thriller about undocumented activists on a secret mission inside a detention center is currently being distributed by Oscilloscope. It won the Audience and the Innovator Award in the NEXT section at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019\, among other notable festival awards. The New York Times calls her previous award-winning documentary\, Las Marthas\, about wealthy South Texas border debutantes who honor George Washington in Laredo\, Texas “a striking alternative portrait of border life”. It premiered on PBS’s Independent Lens in 2014 and is distributed by Women Make Movies. The Last Conquistador\, a documentary about the racially conflicted construction of a monument to a conquistador in El Paso\, Texas\, was broadcast on POV in 2008. USA Today describes it as “Heroic”. Her award-winning directorial debut\, Dirty Laundry: A Homemade Telenovela\, was broadcast on PBS in 2001. She is the recipient of fellowships from Soros\, Rauschenberg\, Rockefeller\, NYFA\, CPB/PBS\, NALIP\, Firelight\, the Sundance Women’s Initiative and Creative Capital\, among others. \nKhaled Jarrar was born in Jenin\, Occupied Palestine in 1976. He lives and works in Ramallah. Jarrar completed his studies in interior design at Palestine Polytechnic University in 1996. Upon graduating he smuggled himself to work as a carpenter in Nazareth\, living as an underground “illegal” worker. In 1998 Jarrar enlisted in an intensive military training which resulted in working for Arafat as a personal body guard until Arafat’s death in 2004. Attempting to create a life between the military and an artistic practice\, Jarrar entered the field of photography in 2005. Jarrar graduated from the International Academy of Art – Palestine\, Ramallah in 2011 and completed an MFA in fine art from the University of Arizona in 2019. \nJarrar\, a multidisciplinary artist\, explores modern power struggles and their sociocultural impact on ordinary citizens through highly symbolic photographs\, videos\, film\, and performative interventions. His State of Palestine project was featured in the 7th Berlin Biennale. Where We Lost Our Shadows\, his filmic collaboration with Pulitzer prize winning composer Du Yun\, was shown at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Jarrar’s work has been featured at Maraya Art Centre\, Sharjah; the New Museum\, New York City; the University of Applied Arts\, Vienna; the 15th Jakarta Biennale; 52nd October Salon\, Belgrade; Al-Ma’mal Foundation\, Jerusalem; and the London Film Festival. Infiltrators\, Jarrar’s first feature length film\, was a documentary about the business of Palestinian’s “illegally” crossing and won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Documentary\, Jury Special Award and the Muhr Arab Documentary Special Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2012. Notes on Displacement\, his second feature length\, about a Palestinian refugee’s flight from Syria to Germany\, received a world premiere at the IDFA Envision Competition in November 2022. \nBanner image: A bright orange background with a jagged white line and white text. The text states “Screenings series | Starts March 4\, 2026 at Burning Books. INFILTRATORS. Films on borders and resistance”
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SUMMARY:Khaled Jarrar's Notes on Displacement
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 4\, 2026\, 7 pm at Burning Books (420 Connecticut St\, Buffalo\, NY 14213)\nFree or $10 suggested donation. Limited seating\, first-come\, first-serve\nThe news is full of disturbing images of overcrowded boats and vast tent camps. But how much do we really know about what refugees are going through? Khaled Jarrar’s Notes on Displacement (74 minutes\, Palestine / Germany / Qatar\, 2022) takes a deep dive by following a single family on a grueling journey: destination Germany. Their fear\, disorientation\, and solidarity is palpable. \nNadira\, an elderly Palestinian\, has been a refugee since the age of 12. Now she has to evacuate Damascus\, too. She and her daughter Mona feared for their lives there\, but the idea of a safe existence elsewhere is a distant dream. Filmmaker Khaled Jarrar receives unsettling videos and voice messages as they cross to the Greek island of Lesbos. He joins them there\, on the long road to a new life. \nJarrar has personal reasons for going through this experience in order to eliminate\, through his own images\, the distance so dominant in Western media coverage. He worms his way through the thronging crowds\, gets lost in the night with his group\, discovers how dangerous language barriers can be\, and wanders around in the dehumanizing camps. And in a sense he—along with the viewer— becomes a true member of this family. \nMy grandmother Shafiqa was forced to leave her home in Haifa\, her Jasmine tree\, her cup of tea on her balcony and her view of the sea. I inherited this pain print of hers through haunted memories both beautiful and painful at the same time. They chased me in my dreams like ghosts that never intended to leave. I tried to escape through geography\, through emotion\, through psychology\, but leaving the past behind proved impossible\, something always forced me back in time. Nadira’s plea brought me to the front lines; creating new memories by walking this new exodus together. We were real time inside the frame capturing the present to battle the past – creating a communication between the two. As the director from behind the camera I was driven to offer images of our own making\, outside the never-ending western paparazzi image onslaught of displaced refugees. This film is for us\, our values\, our knowledge\, our experiences. – Khaled Jarrar\, November 2022 \nFor attendees: The screening will take place at Burning Books located at 420 Connecticut Street\, Buffalo\, NY 14213. Street parking is available. For transportation by bus\, it is near stops for the 3\, 19\, 22\, and 101 bus lines. Seating is first-come\, first-serve. \nThis screening is presented as part of the series\, Infiltrators: Films on borders and resistance. Support for this program is provided by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Film courtesy of Cinema Politica. \n \nAbout the filmmaker\nKhaled Jarrar was born in Jenin\, Occupied Palestine in 1976. He lives and works in Ramallah. Jarrar completed his studies in interior design at Palestine Polytechnic University in 1996. Upon graduating he smuggled himself to work as a carpenter in Nazareth\, living as an underground “illegal” worker. In 1998 Jarrar enlisted in an intensive military training which resulted in working for Arafat as a personal body guard until Arafat’s death in 2004. Attempting to create a life between the military and an artistic practice\, Jarrar entered the field of photography in 2005. Jarrar graduated from the International Academy of Art – Palestine\, Ramallah in 2011 and completed an MFA in fine art from the University of Arizona in 2019. \nJarrar\, a multidisciplinary artist\, explores modern power struggles and their sociocultural impact on ordinary citizens through highly symbolic photographs\, videos\, film\, and performative interventions. His State of Palestine project was featured in the 7th Berlin Biennale. Where We Lost Our Shadows\, his filmic collaboration with Pulitzer prize winning composer Du Yun\, was shown at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Jarrar’s work has been featured at Maraya Art Centre\, Sharjah; the New Museum\, New York City; the University of Applied Arts\, Vienna; the 15th Jakarta Biennale; 52nd October Salon\, Belgrade; Al-Ma’mal Foundation\, Jerusalem; and the London Film Festival. Infiltrators\, Jarrar’s first feature length film\, was a documentary about the business of Palestinian’s “illegally” crossing and won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Documentary\, Jury Special Award and the Muhr Arab Documentary Special Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2012. Notes on Displacement\, his second feature length\, about a Palestinian refugee’s flight from Syria to Germany\, received a world premiere at the IDFA Envision Competition in November 2022. \nBanner image: A still from Khaled Jarrar’s film\, Notes on Displacement. A man and two women are walking along train tracks on a cloudy day. The man is carrying an umbrella. One of the women has multiple bags hanging from her shoulder.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/khaled-jarrars-notes-on-displacement/
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SUMMARY:Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra's The Infiltrators
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 11\, 2026\, 7 pm at Burning Books (420 Connecticut St\, Buffalo\, NY 14213)\nFree or $10 suggested donation. Limited seating\, first-come\, first-serve\nThe Infiltrators (95 minutes\, 2019) is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young undocumented immigrants who get arrested by Border Patrol\, and put in a shadowy for-profit detention center – on purpose. \nThe protagonists are members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance\, a group of radical Dreamers who are on a mission to stop deportations. And the best place to stop deportations\, they believe\, is in detention. However\, when the activists try to pull off their heist – a kind of ‘prison break’ in reverse – things don’t go according to plan. \nBy weaving together documentary footage of the real infiltrators with scripted re-enactments of the events inside the detention center\, The Infiltrators tells this incredible true story in a boundary-crossing new cinematic language. \nTaking place during the Obama years\, the award winning film (including Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Blackstar Film Festival)\, The Infiltrators is an in turn chilling reminder of long-standing immigrant rights activists and the history of the nation’s exclusionary migration policies. \nFor attendees: The screening will take place at Burning Books located at 420 Connecticut Street\, Buffalo\, NY 14213. Street parking is available. For transportation by bus\, it is near stops for the 3\, 19\, 22\, and 101 bus lines. Seating is first-come\, first-serve. \nThis screening is presented as part of the series\, Infiltrators: Films on borders and resistance. Support for this program is provided by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thank you to Leo Goldsmith and Paige Sarlin. \n \nAbout the filmmakers\nAlex Rivera is an award-winning filmmaker whose work explores themes of globalization\, migration\, and technology. Rivera’s first feature film\, Sleep Dealer\, a cyberpunk thriller set on the U.S./Mexico border\, won awards at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival\, was screened at the Museum of Modern Art\, and had a commercial theatrical release in the U.S\, France\, Japan\, and other countries. Rivera’s second feature\, The Infiltrators\, won the NEXT: Audience Award and the Innovator Award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The Infiltrators uses documentary and scripted forms to tell the true story of Dreamers who ‘infiltrate’ a detention center to get immigrants out. Rivera is currently developing a few new cyberpunk projects and\, with support from the Ford Foundation\, a feature documentary on the history of deportation titled Banishment. Alex Rivera is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow\, Sundance Fellow\, Creative Capital Grantee and was The Rothschild Lecturer at Harvard University. He studied at Hampshire College and lives in Los Angeles. He is an Associate Professor of Filmmaking Practice at ASU’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School. \nCristina Ibarra is a Sundance award-winning filmmaker with a 20-year practice rooted in her border crossing roots along the Texas-Mexico border. The Infiltrators is a docu-thriller about undocumented activists on a secret mission inside a detention center is currently being distributed by Oscilloscope. It won the Audience and the Innovator Award in the NEXT section at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019\, among other notable festival awards. The New York Times calls her previous award-winning documentary\, Las Marthas\, about wealthy South Texas border debutantes who honor George Washington in Laredo\, Texas “a striking alternative portrait of border life”. It premiered on PBS’s Independent Lens in 2014 and is distributed by Women Make Movies. The Last Conquistador\, a documentary about the racially conflicted construction of a monument to a conquistador in El Paso\, Texas\, was broadcast on POV in 2008. USA Today describes it as “Heroic”. Her award-winning directorial debut\, Dirty Laundry: A Homemade Telenovela\, was broadcast on PBS in 2001. She is the recipient of fellowships from Soros\, Rauschenberg\, Rockefeller\, NYFA\, CPB/PBS\, NALIP\, Firelight\, the Sundance Women’s Initiative and Creative Capital\, among others. \nBanner image: A still from the 2019 film The Infiltrators. A row of detainees in orange jumpsuits. Two people are clearly in focus. Image courtesy of Alex Rivera.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/alex-rivera-and-cristina-ibarras-the-infiltrators/
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SUMMARY:A/V Club March
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 18\, 6:30-8:30pm\nFree\, sign up below\nWe’ve added preceding Saturdays as A/V Studio days where members are encouraged to convene and work on projects in our lab to present for the meetup. Future dates will be: \n  \nWednesday\, March 18\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, April 18\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, April 22\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, May 16\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, May 20\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \n  \n  \nJoin us for the next round of Squeaky’s A/V Club\, a monthly meetup for digital artists\, media artists\, sound artists\, video artists\, filmmakers\, animators\, game designers\, etc etc.  Come share works in progress\, talk skills and experiences\, and embrace the challenges of making media work in an informal\, constructive and exploratory environment. New members are always welcome and appreciated- we want to see your work! \n  \nHave a skill you want to share with the group? We’re looking for ways to share the little tidbits of wisdom we’ve picked up along the way from the various working methods we’ve employed while toiling in the studio. If you’ve found an interesting art hack\, have a passion for technical skill\, or find yourself knowledgeable in a topic you think might be good to pass along to fellow artists\, fill out this form and let us know! We’d like to include informal skill sharing as part of the A/V Club structure in the future. \n  \nNote: This is an interdisciplinary group\, so if you’re only interested in talking about a single art form\, then this might not be the right group for you. If you’re interested in sharing\, learning\, exploring\, and experimenting across forms\, genres\, styles\, processes\, and mediums\, then you’ll be right at home! \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/a-v-club-march/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 19\, 2026\, 7 pm at Burning Books (420 Connecticut St\, Buffalo\, NY 14213)\nFree or $10 suggested donation. Limited seating\, first-come\, first-serve\nSleep Dealer (90 minutes\, 2008) is a science-fiction film set on the U.S. / Mexico border that tells the story of Memo Cruz (Luis Fernando Peña)\, a young man from Mexico who dreams of coming to the United States. However\, in this brave new borderland\, crossing is impossible\, and Memo ‘migrates’ in a new way — over the net. By connecting his body to the net Memo controls a machine that performs his labor in America\, sending his pure work without the body of the worker. \nA film that has gained a cult following since its release (when it was awarded awards at Sundance\, the Gotham Awards\, and the Berlin Film Festival)\, the films ideas on remote labor\, unmanned war\, and border maintenance remains terrifyingly prescient 18 years later. \nSleep Dealer is my first feature film. I made it\, in part\, because I love science fiction. I grew up watching Star Wars\, Brazil and Blade Runner. However\, at a certain point\, I realized that despite the genre’s wild stories and countless special effects\, there were some things that were unimaginable – and that maybe there was an opportunity to do something radically new with sci-fi… The paradox of a world connected by technology\, but divided by borders\, is the central concept of Sleep Dealer. Other present-day realities inspired my futuristic fantasy: violent reality shows like COPS\, private military contractors like Blackwater\, remote control drones like the Predator Drone\, the trend of outsourcing jobs over the web\, the impending global water crisis\, and the ubiquity of video sharing sites YouTube to name a few. This is a science-fiction with many anchors in today’s reality. Sleep Dealer is my first film. It’s not anything like a Star Wars or a Blade Runner. In many ways it’s a humble film. But it’s also an honest attempt to use science- fiction film to say something new\, and something true\, about our world today. – Alex Rivera\, 2008 \nFor attendees: The screening will take place at Burning Books located at 420 Connecticut Street\, Buffalo\, NY 14213. Street parking is available. For transportation by bus\, it is near stops for the 3\, 19\, 22\, and 101 bus lines. Seating is first-come\, first-serve. \nThis screening is presented as part of the series\, Infiltrators: Films on borders and resistance. Support for this program is provided by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thank you to Leo Goldsmith and Paige Sarlin. \n \nAbout the filmmakers\nAlex Rivera is an award-winning filmmaker whose work explores themes of globalization\, migration\, and technology. Rivera’s first feature film\, Sleep Dealer\, a cyberpunk thriller set on the U.S./Mexico border\, won awards at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival\, was screened at the Museum of Modern Art\, and had a commercial theatrical release in the U.S\, France\, Japan\, and other countries. Rivera’s second feature\, The Infiltrators\, won the NEXT: Audience Award and the Innovator Award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The Infiltrators uses documentary and scripted forms to tell the true story of Dreamers who ‘infiltrate’ a detention center to get immigrants out. Rivera is currently developing a few new cyberpunk projects and\, with support from the Ford Foundation\, a feature documentary on the history of deportation titled Banishment. Alex Rivera is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow\, Sundance Fellow\, Creative Capital Grantee and was The Rothschild Lecturer at Harvard University. He studied at Hampshire College and lives in Los Angeles. He is an Associate Professor of Filmmaking Practice at ASU’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School. \nBanner image: A still from Alex Rivera’s film Sleep Dealer. A man with his mouth obstructed by some strange technology is connected to a larger machine by a mess of blue wires. He is looking intently ahead as if looking somewhere else.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/alex-riveras-sleep-dealer/
LOCATION:Burning Books\, 420 Connecticut Street\, Buffalo\, 14213\, United States
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SUMMARY:Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer's EMPTY METAL
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 21\, 2026\, 7 pm ET\nat Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center\n$8 general\, $6 students/seniors\, $5 members of Squeaky Wheel and Hallwalls\n“Filled with energy\, rage\, and the smallest measure of hope\, Empty Metal is a new kind of political film for these extraordinary times” -Film Society Lincoln Center \nAn unsettling and cutting political thriller\, EMPTY METAL features an apathetic punk band who are ensnared to commit a series of assassinations by an Indigenous family whose mother communicates telepathically with her meditation companions\, a Rastafarian hacker\, and a Buddhist whose son is a member of a secret militia. These disparate actors are united by rage\, boiled in the history of the United States\, and finding itself at a point of no return in our contemporary moment. Inspired by Lizzie Borden’s classic Born in Flames (1983)\, Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer’s film has been widely acclaimed since its debut in 2018. It is an essential portrait of current day American violence and politics\, and posits its inevitable consequences. \nSqueaky Wheel and Hallwalls is excited to screen this modern day classic\, and to welcome co-director Bayley Sweitzer who will be in person for a post screening Q&A. Special thank you to Tammy McGovern and Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. \n\nAdam Khalil & Bayley Sweitzer\, EMPTY METAL\, 83 minutes\, 2018. \nBiographies of the artists\nBAYLEY SWEITZER (b. 1989) is a filmmaker living and working in Brooklyn. His practice revolves around repurposing narrative film form in order to convey radical political possibilities. His work has been shown at Film Society Lincoln Center (New York City)\, International Film Festival Rotterdam\, Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)\, Museum of Modern Art (New York City)\, Tate Modern (London)\, Berlinale\, Centro de Cultura Digital (Mexico City)\, the Sharjah Biennial\, and numerous other galleries\, museums\, and film festivals. Sweitzer is the recipient of a 2021 Creative Capital Award\, a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship\, and has received moving image commissions from the Park Avenue Armory (New York City)\, Gasworks (London)\, and Spike Island (Bristol). \nSweitzer also works professionally as a focuspuller and is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild\, IATSE Local 600. \nADAM KHALIL (Ojibway) is a filmmaker and artist whose practice attempts to subvert traditional forms of image-making through humor\, relation\, and transgression. Khalil is a core contributor to New Red Order and a co-founder of COUSINS Collective as well as a frequent collaborator with Zack Khalil\, Bayley Sweitzer and more. Khalil’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art\, Sundance Film Festival\, Walker Arts Center\, Lincoln Center\, Tate Modern\, HKW\, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit\, Toronto Biennial 2019 and Whitney Biennial 2019\, among other institutions. Khalil is the recipient of various fellowships and grants\, including but not limited to a Herb Alpert Award in the Arts 2021\, Creative Capital Award\, Sundance Art of Nonfiction\, Jerome Artist Fellowship\, Cinereach and the Gates Millennium Scholarship. Adam Khalil is a core contributor to the public secret society New Red Order. \nThis event is presented with support from Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. \nBanner image: A still from EMPTY METAL. A person with gritted teeth\, singing into a microphone.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/adam-khalil-and-bayley-sweitzers-empty-metal/
LOCATION:Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center\, 341 Delaware Avenue\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14202\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alex Rivera & Khaled Jarrar
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, February 24\, 7 pm ET\nOnline on Zoom. Click here to register.\nSqueaky Wheel presents a virtual artist talk with artists Alex Rivera and Khaled Jarrar to discuss their films that are screening as part of Infiltrators: Films on borders and resistance\, and answer questions from the audience. The screening series take on the human toll of borders and the organized and individual ways people evade and resist them. Featuring both cult classic works and acclaimed documentaries\, the films – with Rivera’s work focusing on the maintenance and violence of the US border\, and Jarrar’s focusing on power struggles\, in particular as they relate to Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora – showcases the logistical\, ethical\, and bureaucratic logics of border regimes\, and points to intertwined solidarities. \nInfiltrators: Films on borders and resistance is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Thank you to our co-presenters at Jewish Voice for Peace – Buffalo. Khaled Jarrar’s Infiltrators is courtesy of Third World Newsreel\, and his film Notes on Displacement is courtesy of Cinema Politica. Special thank you to Paige Sarlin and Leo Goldsmith. \nBiographies of the artists\nAlex Rivera is an award-winning filmmaker whose work explores themes of globalization\, migration\, and technology. Rivera’s first feature film\, Sleep Dealer\, a cyberpunk thriller set on the U.S./Mexico border\, won awards at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival\, was screened at the Museum of Modern Art\, and had a commercial theatrical release in the U.S\, France\, Japan\, and other countries. Rivera’s second feature\, The Infiltrators\, won the NEXT: Audience Award and the Innovator Award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The Infiltrators uses documentary and scripted forms to tell the true story of Dreamers who ‘infiltrate’ a detention center to get immigrants out. Rivera is currently developing a few new cyberpunk projects and\, with support from the Ford Foundation\, a feature documentary on the history of deportation titled Banishment. Alex Rivera is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow\, Sundance Fellow\, Creative Capital Grantee and was The Rothschild Lecturer at Harvard University. He studied at Hampshire College and lives in Los Angeles. He is an Associate Professor of Filmmaking Practice at ASU’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School. \nKhaled Jarrar was born in Jenin\, Occupied Palestine in 1976. He lives and works in Ramallah. Jarrar completed his studies in interior design at Palestine Polytechnic University in 1996. Upon graduating he smuggled himself to work as a carpenter in Nazareth\, living as an underground “illegal” worker. In 1998 Jarrar enlisted in an intensive military training which resulted in working for Arafat as a personal body guard until Arafat’s death in 2004. Attempting to create a life between the military and an artistic practice\, Jarrar entered the field of photography in 2005. Jarrar graduated from the International Academy of Art – Palestine\, Ramallah in 2011 and completed an MFA in fine art from the University of Arizona in 2019. \nJarrar\, a multidisciplinary artist\, explores modern power struggles and their sociocultural impact on ordinary citizens through highly symbolic photographs\, videos\, film\, and performative interventions. His State of Palestine project was featured in the 7th Berlin Biennale. Where We Lost Our Shadows\, his filmic collaboration with Pulitzer prize winning composer Du Yun\, was shown at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Jarrar’s work has been featured at Maraya Art Centre\, Sharjah; the New Museum\, New York City; the University of Applied Arts\, Vienna; the 15th Jakarta Biennale; 52nd October Salon\, Belgrade; Al-Ma’mal Foundation\, Jerusalem; and the London Film Festival. Infiltrators\, Jarrar’s first feature length film\, was a documentary about the business of Palestinian’s “illegally” crossing and won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Documentary\, Jury Special Award and the Muhr Arab Documentary Special Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2012. Notes on Displacement\, his second feature length\, about a Palestinian refugee’s flight from Syria to Germany\, received a world premiere at the IDFA Envision Competition in November 2022. \nPhotographs of Alex Rivera courtesy of the artist. Photograph of Khaled Jarrar courtesy of Cinema Politica.
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LOCATION:Virtual\, NY\, United States
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SUMMARY:Khaled Jarrar's Infiltrators
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026\, 7 pm at Burning Books (420 Connecticut St\, Buffalo\, NY 14213)\nFree or $10 suggested donation. Limited seating\, first-come\, first-serve\nKhaled Jarrar’s stunning Infiltrators (70 minutes\, Palestine / United Arab Emirates\, 2012) is a visceral road movie that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians of all backgrounds as they seek routes through\, under\, around\, and over a bewildering matrix of barriers and border walls in the highly militarized West Bank. Alternating between cigarette breaks\, detours\, waiting\, and moving\, Infiltrators depicts the cunning\, unnerving\, and constant struggle to defy captivity and occupation. \nFor attendees: The screening will take place at Burning Books located at 420 Connecticut Street\, Buffalo\, NY 14213. Street parking is available. For transportation by bus\, it is near stops for the 3\, 19\, 22\, and 101 bus lines. Seating is first-come\, first-serve. \nThis screening is presented as part of the series\, Infiltrators: Films on borders and resistance. Support for this program is provided by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Film courtesy of Third World Newsreel. \n \nAbout the filmmaker\nKhaled Jarrar was born in Jenin\, Occupied Palestine in 1976. He lives and works in Ramallah. Jarrar completed his studies in interior design at Palestine Polytechnic University in 1996. Upon graduating he smuggled himself to work as a carpenter in Nazareth\, living as an underground “illegal” worker. In 1998 Jarrar enlisted in an intensive military training which resulted in working for Arafat as a personal body guard until Arafat’s death in 2004. Attempting to create a life between the military and an artistic practice\, Jarrar entered the field of photography in 2005. Jarrar graduated from the International Academy of Art – Palestine\, Ramallah in 2011 and completed an MFA in fine art from the University of Arizona in 2019. \nJarrar\, a multidisciplinary artist\, explores modern power struggles and their sociocultural impact on ordinary citizens through highly symbolic photographs\, videos\, film\, and performative interventions. His State of Palestine project was featured in the 7th Berlin Biennale. Where We Lost Our Shadows\, his filmic collaboration with Pulitzer prize winning composer Du Yun\, was shown at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Jarrar’s work has been featured at Maraya Art Centre\, Sharjah; the New Museum\, New York City; the University of Applied Arts\, Vienna; the 15th Jakarta Biennale; 52nd October Salon\, Belgrade; Al-Ma’mal Foundation\, Jerusalem; and the London Film Festival. Infiltrators\, Jarrar’s first feature length film\, was a documentary about the business of Palestinian’s “illegally” crossing and won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Documentary\, Jury Special Award and the Muhr Arab Documentary Special Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2012. Notes on Displacement\, his second feature length\, about a Palestinian refugee’s flight from Syria to Germany\, received a world premiere at the IDFA Envision Competition in November 2022. \nBanner image: A still from Khaled Jarrar’s film\, Infiltrators. The frames of several people can be discerned against a city backdrop at night time. Clouds are lit in orange from the city lights.
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LOCATION:Burning Books\, 420 Connecticut Street\, Buffalo\, 14213\, United States
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SUMMARY:Online access | Infiltrators: Films on borders and resistance
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, March 27–Sunday\, March 29 online\n$10 General / Free for Squeaky Wheel members\nFor one weekend only\, you can watch all four films as part of Infiltrators: Films on borders and resistance in the comfort of your own home! The four films\, by Alex Rivera\, Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra\, and Khaled Jarrar\, take on the human toll of borders and the organized and individual ways people evade and resist them. Featuring both cult classic works and acclaimed documentaries\, the films – with Rivera’s work focusing on the maintenance and violence of the US border\, and Jarrar’s focusing on power struggles\, in particular as they relate to Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora – showcases the logistical\, ethical\, and bureaucratic logics of border regimes\, and points to intertwined solidarities. Along with the films\, you will also receive a recording of the artist talk with Alex Rivera and Khaled Jarrar that took place on March 24th. \nThe films include: \n\nKhaled Jarrar’s Notes on Displacement\nAlex Rivera & Cristina Ibarra’s The Infiltrators\nAlex Rivera’s Sleep Dealer\nKhaled Jarrar’s Infiltrators (US viewers only)\n\nOnline access to the screenings are free for members of Squeaky Wheel. Not a member yet? Memberships start at $30/year (that’s $2.50/mo). Click here to sign up. \nFor online attendees: Private links will be sent to you; the event will be available at the link at the start date and time. You will have access to the films through Sunday\, March 29. Please note that Khaled Jarrar’s Infiltrators is only available for US viewers. \nAccessibility: Spanish subtitles are available for Alex Rivera & Christina Ibarra’s The Infiltrators\, and closed captions are available for both The Infiltrators and Rivera’s Sleep Dealer. Khaled Jarrar’s films are in Arabic with English subtitles. \nThis event series is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Thank you to our co-presenters at Jewish Voice for Peace – Buffalo. Khaled Jarrar’s Infiltrators is courtesy of Third World Newsreel\, and his film Notes on Displacement is courtesy of Cinema Politica. Special thank you to Paige Sarlin\, Jason Livingston\, and Leo Goldsmith. \nBiographies of the filmmakers\nAlex Rivera is an award-winning filmmaker whose work explores themes of globalization\, migration\, and technology. Rivera’s first feature film\, Sleep Dealer\, a cyberpunk thriller set on the U.S./Mexico border\, won awards at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival\, was screened at the Museum of Modern Art\, and had a commercial theatrical release in the U.S\, France\, Japan\, and other countries. Rivera’s second feature\, The Infiltrators\, won the NEXT: Audience Award and the Innovator Award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The Infiltrators uses documentary and scripted forms to tell the true story of Dreamers who ‘infiltrate’ a detention center to get immigrants out. Rivera is currently developing a few new cyberpunk projects and\, with support from the Ford Foundation\, a feature documentary on the history of deportation titled Banishment. Alex Rivera is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow\, Sundance Fellow\, Creative Capital Grantee and was The Rothschild Lecturer at Harvard University. He studied at Hampshire College and lives in Los Angeles. He is an Associate Professor of Filmmaking Practice at ASU’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School. \nCristina Ibarra is a Sundance award-winning filmmaker with a 20-year practice rooted in her border crossing roots along the Texas-Mexico border. The Infiltrators is a docu-thriller about undocumented activists on a secret mission inside a detention center is currently being distributed by Oscilloscope. It won the Audience and the Innovator Award in the NEXT section at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019\, among other notable festival awards. The New York Times calls her previous award-winning documentary\, Las Marthas\, about wealthy South Texas border debutantes who honor George Washington in Laredo\, Texas “a striking alternative portrait of border life”. It premiered on PBS’s Independent Lens in 2014 and is distributed by Women Make Movies. The Last Conquistador\, a documentary about the racially conflicted construction of a monument to a conquistador in El Paso\, Texas\, was broadcast on POV in 2008. USA Today describes it as “Heroic”. Her award-winning directorial debut\, Dirty Laundry: A Homemade Telenovela\, was broadcast on PBS in 2001. She is the recipient of fellowships from Soros\, Rauschenberg\, Rockefeller\, NYFA\, CPB/PBS\, NALIP\, Firelight\, the Sundance Women’s Initiative and Creative Capital\, among others. \nKhaled Jarrar was born in Jenin\, Occupied Palestine in 1976. He lives and works in Ramallah. Jarrar completed his studies in interior design at Palestine Polytechnic University in 1996. Upon graduating he smuggled himself to work as a carpenter in Nazareth\, living as an underground “illegal” worker. In 1998 Jarrar enlisted in an intensive military training which resulted in working for Arafat as a personal body guard until Arafat’s death in 2004. Attempting to create a life between the military and an artistic practice\, Jarrar entered the field of photography in 2005. Jarrar graduated from the International Academy of Art – Palestine\, Ramallah in 2011 and completed an MFA in fine art from the University of Arizona in 2019. \nJarrar\, a multidisciplinary artist\, explores modern power struggles and their sociocultural impact on ordinary citizens through highly symbolic photographs\, videos\, film\, and performative interventions. His State of Palestine project was featured in the 7th Berlin Biennale. Where We Lost Our Shadows\, his filmic collaboration with Pulitzer prize winning composer Du Yun\, was shown at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Jarrar’s work has been featured at Maraya Art Centre\, Sharjah; the New Museum\, New York City; the University of Applied Arts\, Vienna; the 15th Jakarta Biennale; 52nd October Salon\, Belgrade; Al-Ma’mal Foundation\, Jerusalem; and the London Film Festival. Infiltrators\, Jarrar’s first feature length film\, was a documentary about the business of Palestinian’s “illegally” crossing and won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Documentary\, Jury Special Award and the Muhr Arab Documentary Special Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2012. Notes on Displacement\, his second feature length\, about a Palestinian refugee’s flight from Syria to Germany\, received a world premiere at the IDFA Envision Competition in November 2022. \nBanner image: An orange gradient overlaid with the text “INFILTRATORS: Films on borders and resistance. Online this weekend! Free for members of Squeaky Wheel.”
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/online-access-infiltrators-films-on-borders-and-resistance/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sound in the Margins: Drawing audio on 16mm film with Ajunie Virk
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 14\, 6:30–8:30 pm\nFree or $10 suggested donation; open to ages 16+.\nLimited seats available; register below\nJoin artist resident Ajunie Virk for a workshop that teaches participants how to create experimental audio by drawing directly onto the optical soundtrack of 16mm film\, a technique the artists uses herself to personalize sound and generate abstract audio layers within her own video works. \nThis hands-on workshop methods in mark-making\, sound reading\, and editing to craft unique sonic textures. Participants will be introduced to historical and artistic antecedents\, including the work of Daphne Oram and Arseny Avraamov\, and learn analog and digital tools – including 16mm projectors\, the Photosounder software\, among others. \nAttendees: Participants are welcome to bring their own laptops\, but can also request one in the registration form. You can install the Photosounder software here. Additional materials will be provided. We’ll be ordering a pizza for everyone. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main center after 7:30 pm. \nFunding for this session of Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is provided by the Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Thank you to our friends at Rust Belt Books\, Buffalo’s largest used bookstore\, for sponsoring this session of the residency. Special thank you to the panelists of this session of the residency\, Alicia Hawkins\, Donte McFadden\, and Joan Nobile. Learn more about the program here. \nBiography of the artist\nAjunie Virk is an Indian-American writer-director and animator whose work investigates the relationship between surveillance\, identity\, and paranoia in a diasporic middle-America\, conjuring up narratives that force viewers to face uncomfortable truths only apparent after objects of nostalgia are stripped of their familiar contexts. An alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University\, Virk was an artist-in-residence at Bunker Projects\, Brew House Arts\, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, and the Yale Norfolk School of Art. A recipient of the Anne Dowden and Samuel Rosenberg awards\, she has recently screened works at the Coaxial Art Foundation\, Roski Mateo Gallery\, and Light Matters Festival\, among others. \nBanner image: A still from an animation by Ajunie Virk of a group of people crawling along the strings\, dampers\, and hammers of the inside of a piano.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/sound-in-the-margins-drawing-audio-on-16mm-film-with-ajunie-virk/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residencies,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Autotheory and the Poetics of the Self: Storying the Personal with Arielle Knight
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 16\, 6:30–8:30 pm\nFree or $10 suggested donation; open to ages 16+.\nLimited seats available; register below\nJoin Squeaky Wheel and visiting artist resident Arielle Knight for a short form writing workshop! This skill share invites participants to experiment with autobiographical storytelling and the practice of autotheory—the blending of lived experience and critical thought—to create new forms of narrative that collapse the boundaries between personal and intellectual inquiry. Drawing from practices in experimental film\, performance\, and essay-making\, this session will guide participants in transforming fragments of memory\, personal archives\, and embodied experiences into generative creative material. \nParticipants will engage in short writing and reflection exercises that explore how personal narrative can serve as both evidence and theory\, as well as how storytelling becomes a method for survival\, healing\, and critique. Examples of artists and thinkers who employ autotheory to reframe vulnerability as a tool for intervention will be presented\, including excerpts from texts by bell hooks\, Audre Lorde\, and Maggie Nelson. \nThrough group discussion and individual exercises\, participants will learn strategies for translating autobiographical material into multiple media forms—moving image\, sound\, installation\, and text—and discuss the ethics of working with one’s own story and the stories of others. By the end of the workshop\, each participant will have developed a short creative concept or fragment that reflects their own approach to merging self-experience and theory in creative practice. \nThe filmmakers presents this skill-share as an offering; centering on creating a supportive and exploratory environment\, where storytelling becomes a form of research and resistance\, allowing each participant to reimagine how the personal can illuminate the collective and the political. \nAttendees: Notebooks and pens for the workshop will be provided\, though participants are welcome to bring their own. We’ll be ordering a pizza for everyone. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main center after 7:30 pm. \nFunding for this session of Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is provided by the Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Thank you to our friends at Rust Belt Books\, Buffalo’s largest used bookstore\, for sponsoring this session of the residency. Special thank you to the panelists of this session of the residency\, Alicia Hawkins\, Donte McFadden\, and Joan Nobile. Learn more about the program here. \nBiography of the artist\n \nDirector and producer Arielle Knight is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of GoodKnight Films Inc.\, acclaimed for her innovative storytelling that illuminates untold narratives across the Black diaspora. Working at the intersection of documentary and hybrid forms\, her films and collaborations examine how communities navigate social\, economic\, and embodied precarity. She draws on surreal interpretations of political\, social\, and domestic realities\, blurring boundaries between nonfiction and fantasy to create cinematic spaces of escape and freedom. Her work has been supported by the Sundance Institute\, Southern Documentary Fund\, Catapult Film Fund\, and the Ford Foundation\, among others. Through intimate\, personal narratives\, Knight continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary cinema with a vision rooted in Black futurity\, imagination\, and experimentation. \nImage: A still from And Counting\, a film by Arielle Knight. Two Black people laying on a wooden floor\, their heads next to each other. One of them is smiling while gesturing and talking\, the other has their eyes closed\, their head resting on their hands. The sun beams on them from a window.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/autotheory-and-the-poetics-of-the-self-storying-the-personal-with-arielle-knight/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residencies,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Building Trust On and Off Camera: Ethical Practices with Film Participants with Jason Rhee
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 21\, 6:30–8:30 pm\nFree or $10 suggested donation; open to ages 16+.\nLimited seats available; register below.\nTrust is the foundation of ethical and effective documentary\, participatory\, and community-based filmmaking. This workshop by visiting filmmaker Jason Rhee equips filmmakers\, media artists\, and researchers with practical strategies to build\, negotiate\, and sustain trust with participants—especially those from marginalized or vulnerable communities. Drawing on the themes of informed consent\, accessibility\, privacy\, and reciprocity\, participants will explore how transparent communication and mutual accountability can transform the filmmaker-participant relationship. \nThe filmmaker will introduce topics and facilitate discussion on power dynamics\, long-term relationships\, and anonymized case studies where trust broke down\, and also provide participants with toolkits such as sample consent forms and checklists for informed consent. Optionally\, participants are also welcome to introduce specific trust challenges in their own projects and workshop them with their peers. \nAttendees: Notebooks and pens for the workshop will be provided\, though participants are welcome to bring their own. We’ll be ordering a pizza to share. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main center after 7:30 pm. \nFunding for this session of Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is provided by the Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Thank you to our friends at Rust Belt Books\, Buffalo’s largest used bookstore\, for sponsoring this session of the residency. Special thank you to the panelists of this session of the residency\, Alicia Hawkins\, Donte McFadden\, and Joan Nobile. Learn more about the program here. \nBiography of the artist\n \nJason Rhee (Director/Producer/Cinematographer) is a Korean American filmmaker with a passion for telling stories centered around his childhood and the AAPI community. Jason spent a decade in comedy prior to working on his feature film at institutions like The Onion and Conan. With a background in screenwriting and comedy\, he helped produce three one- woman shows with comedian Kellye Howard\, including directing a sold-out run at the Steppenwolf Theater as part of its 2022 LookOut series. Jason recently served as a cinematographer for PBS WTTW’s Firsthand webseries on migrants\, unhoused Chicagoans\, and peacekeepers. \nBanner image: A still from Jason Rhee’s in-progress The Untitled EJ Lee Documentary. Untitled A petit young Asian woman wearing a burgundy red jersey and dribbling a basketball in front of an opposing tall player in a white jersey\, all within the backdrop of a crowded arena.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/building-trust-on-and-off-camera-ethical-practices-with-film-participants-with-jason-rhee/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:A/V Club April
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 22\, 6:30-8:30pm\nFree\, sign up below\nWe’ve added preceding Saturdays as A/V Studio days where members are encouraged to convene and work on projects in our lab to present for the meetup. Future dates will be: \n  \nSaturday\, April 18\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, April 22\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, May 16\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, May 20\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, June 13\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, June 17\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \n  \n  \nJoin us for the next round of Squeaky’s A/V Club\, a monthly meetup for digital artists\, media artists\, sound artists\, video artists\, filmmakers\, animators\, game designers\, etc etc.  Come share works in progress\, talk skills and experiences\, and embrace the challenges of making media work in an informal\, constructive and exploratory environment. New members are always welcome and appreciated- we want to see your work! \n  \nHave a skill you want to share with the group? We’re looking for ways to share the little tidbits of wisdom we’ve picked up along the way from the various working methods we’ve employed while toiling in the studio. If you’ve found an interesting art hack\, have a passion for technical skill\, or find yourself knowledgeable in a topic you think might be good to pass along to fellow artists\, fill out this form and let us know! We’d like to include informal skill sharing as part of the A/V Club structure in the future. \n  \nNote: This is an interdisciplinary group\, so if you’re only interested in talking about a single art form\, then this might not be the right group for you. If you’re interested in sharing\, learning\, exploring\, and experimenting across forms\, genres\, styles\, processes\, and mediums\, then you’ll be right at home! \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/a-v-club-april/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Meet the Residents: Ajunie Virk\, Arielle Knight\, Jason Rhee
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed due to unforeseen reasons. The new date is Friday\, April 24\, 7 pm ET\nIn-person at Squeaky Wheel and online\nFree or suggested donation; get tickets below\nSqueaky Wheel is pleased to present this hybrid artist talk with our Spring 2026 Workspace Residents! Ajunie Virk\, Arielle Knight\, and Jason Rhee will be presenting on their previous and current projects\, along with a Q&A with the residents moderated by curator Ekrem Serdar. \nFor in-person attendees: The event will take place at Squeaky Wheel. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main Center after 7:30 pm. Catering from Ali Baba Kebab\, with vegetarian options\, will be provided. \nFor online attendees: A private link will be sent to you; the event will be available at the link at the start date and time. You will have access to the event for 24 hours; Squeaky Wheel members receive 72 hour access. Not a member yet? Sign up here. \nAccessibility: If you’d like to request ASL interpretation for either in-person or the online viewing\, please contact ekrem@squeaky.org by April 2. You can view additional information on Squeaky Wheel’s accessibility information here. \nAjunie Virk will be working on A Foot Off the Windowsill\, a feature length experimental film which follows a recovering addict whose fragile first relationship and year of sobriety collide as she scours her house to destroy a shadow she judges to be a cockroach. The roach—an insect often seen as toxic\, despite its essential role in ecosystems to break down remnants and waste—enters the character’s pristine home\, disrupting their curated world and forcing a reckoning with societal expectation\, relinquishment\, and authenticity. The film blends the use of  3D animation\, green screen performance\, and motion capture to highlight the inconsistencies in the personas we build to dodge the shame inherent in pursuing perfection. \nArielle Knight will be working on an installation version of And Counting… a hybrid documentary and fiction film that conveys the fractured experience of “carceral time”. The film follows a mother and her formerly incarcerated son’s journey home\, confronting their wounds and their hopes to rebuild their bond. Knight’s approach draws on the power of hybridity not as artifice\, but as a means of approaching reality more truthfully. During the residency\, the filmmaker will repurpose and recontextualize materials that did not make it into the short film—outtakes\, archival footage\, and experimental sound pieces—integrating them into an immersive multi-channel environment. \nFilmmaker Jason Rhee will be working on The Untitled EJ Lee Documentary\, an intimate feature-length film  that goes beyond basketball to unveil the untold story of Eun Jung “EJ” Lee\, a diminutive but powerful figure in the world of women’s basketball. The film tells a basketball story that’s never been told before: a female Asian immigrant in the southern U.S. who reached enormous heights on the biggest stages as a player and attempts to do the same as a coach. Following sports narratives  such as Last Chance U\, The Heart of The Game\, and Hoop Dreams\, the film showcases intimate verité footage of EJ and the players on and off the court\, the societal issues that they faced\, and the historical journey of EJ becoming one of the best basketball players in the world. In a society that tends to worship male sports icons\, The Untitled EJ Lee Documentary  seeks to inspire young women\, girls\, members of the AAPI community\, older adults\, and sports enthusiasts at large\, ushering a resilient and awe-inspiring woman into the pantheon of American sports heroes. \nFunding for this session of Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is provided by the Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Thank you to our friends at Rust Belt Books\, Buffalo’s largest used bookstore\, for sponsoring this session of the residency. Special thank you to the panelists of this session of the residency\, Alicia Hawkins\, Donte McFadden\, and Joan Nobile. Learn more about the program here. \nBiographies of the artists\n \nAjunie Virk is an Indian-American writer-director and animator whose work investigates the relationship between surveillance\, identity\, and paranoia in a diasporic middle-America\, conjuring up narratives that force viewers to face uncomfortable truths only apparent after objects of nostalgia are stripped of their familiar contexts. An alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University\, Virk was an artist-in-residence at Bunker Projects\, Brew House Arts\, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, and the Yale Norfolk School of Art. A recipient of the Anne Dowden and Samuel Rosenberg awards\, she has recently screened works at the Coaxial Art Foundation\, Roski Mateo Gallery\, and Light Matters Festival\, among others. \n \nDirector and producer Arielle Knight is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of GoodKnight Films Inc.\, acclaimed for her innovative storytelling that illuminates untold narratives across the Black diaspora. Working at the intersection of documentary and hybrid forms\, her films and collaborations examine how communities navigate social\, economic\, and embodied precarity. She draws on surreal interpretations of political\, social\, and domestic realities\, blurring boundaries between nonfiction and fantasy to create cinematic spaces of escape and freedom. Her work has been supported by the Sundance Institute\, Southern Documentary Fund\, Catapult Film Fund\, and the Ford Foundation\, among others. Through intimate\, personal narratives\, Knight continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary cinema with a vision rooted in Black futurity\, imagination\, and experimentation. \n \nJason Rhee (Director/Producer/Cinematographer) is a Korean American filmmaker with a passion for telling stories centered around his childhood and the AAPI community. Jason spent a decade in comedy prior to working on his feature film at institutions like The Onion and Conan. With a background in screenwriting and comedy\, he helped produce three one- woman shows with comedian Kellye Howard\, including directing a sold-out run at the Steppenwolf Theater as part of its 2022 LookOut series. Jason recently served as a cinematographer for PBS WTTW’s Firsthand webseries on migrants\, unhoused Chicagoans\, and peacekeepers.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/meet-the-residents-ajunie-virk-arielle-knight-jason-rhee/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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