Synopsis

Director: Mary Harron & John C. Walsh

Holding Fast is a visual poem about a Tibetan refugee camp in Darjeeling, India. In early 2007 composer Randall Woolf approached John C. Walsh and Mary Harron about doing a short film together. Walsh and Harron suggested as a subject this Tibetan Refugee Camp which they had visited and found captivating. The filmmakers spent about a week filming in the camp. The income of the Tibetan people there comes mostly from the carpets they make, which take two women over three weeks to weave by hand. These are then sold to tourists along with other crafts. The filmmakers were extended unlimited access including an invitation to film a private community prayer session. The music is composed of natural sounds from the videotapes, which are manipulated and combined with other electronics created by Woolf. To this, he added another an acoustic violin. Woolf then handed the completed music track over to the filmmakers. And the filmmakers edited their footage to this music. The result is Holding Fast.

About The Director

Mary Harron’s most recent film is THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE for Picturehouse/ HBO Films. She also directed the internationally successful AMERICAN PSYCHO, which she adapted from Brett Easton Ellis’ notorious bestseller. Harron made her debut as a feature-film writer/director in 1996 with I SHOT ANDY WARHOL. John C. Walsh made his debut as a writer/director with his micro budget comedy ED’S NEXT MOVE which screened to critical praise at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival and later released by Orion Classics. His second feature Pipe Dream, dubbed “neo-screwball" by the New York Times, was released in 2002 and starred Mary-Louise Parker and Martin Donovan.

Cast

Ticket Information

Presented By: Adhikaar for Human Rights

Shows included: TUM YEH KEHTAY HO AB KOEE CHARAH NAHIN, TIBET: BEYOND FEAR, HOLDING FAST

Venue: Rubin Museum of Art
(17th Street @ 7th Ave)

Show Time: 7:00 PM-8:00 PM

Duration: 11 mins.

General Admission:

$15.00