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Onlookers

April 22 – April 23, 2025 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Pratt Film and Video FV*102 Screening Room, 550 Myrtle Ave, New York, NY 11205

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Event poster with event details, and the background image is a poster of the documentary titled 'Onlookers' with a few groups of people taking selfies on a cliff.

Named one of the Best Documentaries of 2024 by The New York Times, Kimi Takesue’s latest documentary, Onlookers, offers a thought-provoking and witty look at the interactions between locals and tourists in Laos. With visually striking imagery and meticulous sound design, the film documents moments of sightseeing and daily life, set against the backdrop of Buddhist temples, cultural attractions and sites of natural beauty. Onlookers transports viewers on a sensorial journey of deep looking and listening, inviting audiences to reflect on their own spectatorship and modes of tourism while asking the looming existential questions: Why do we travel? What do we seek?

This event is open to the public.