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Creative ethnography exploring gender, identity, and agency during my first year of graduate school at Wilson College 2021. For educational purposes only.
“Moving Pictures”
Introduction:
I spent the better part of my childhood and adolescence struggling to find a place among my peers; I was uninterested in the activities and conversations that held their attention, and turned instead to finding myself in the characters I was enamored with on screen and stage. These larger-than-life representations provided a layered, complicated, authentic development, which resonated with me deeply.
My idea to explore the Los Angeles film community was born out of a lecture in Praxis––Movement Arts exploring narrative and ritual; specifically how the interplay between ritual and performance creates a support structure that captures an audience. As we watched the work of Martha Graham’s, Appalachian Spring (1944), I was intrigue with how precise she was in introducing clear characters and conflict in her story development. For my creative ethnography, I decided to examine the commonalities which exist within a small, likeminded, but incredibly diverse group of Los Angeles film connoisseurs. My question, does our gender and socioeconomic background impact the way we perceive movies?
While reading Victor Turner’s, "The Anthropology of Performance", my interest was peaked when he suggested, “One may perhaps distinguish between secret and public liminality, between performative genres that are secluded from the gaze of the mass and those that involve their participation not only as audience but also as actors––taking place, moreover, in the squares of the city, the heart of the village, not away in the bush, hidden in a cave, or secreted in a catacomb or cellar. (1987; p. 26). Here I am in Los Angeles, CA. A city that largely hides in cars, sitting in traffic, slowly dancing down freeways that lead us to offices, appointments, and social engagements. Turner’s concept sparked a curiosity; most of the people that share my love of obscure 35mm film––the kind that play at The New Beverly Cinema–-have a colorful personality and curated style they share publicly; but we all arrive from different directions of a diversified and vast region.
During a lecture on place and narrative, multi-media artist, Mariam Ghani shares, “Narratives exist in places where there are conflicts; shifting public and private narratives mirror the things that contest truth; versions of the same stories; how does the public respond, how do families respond in private?”
These two ideas, encouraged me to begin my field work at The New Beverly Cinema.
I committed to attending two films a week, on Tuesday and Friday evenings, and discovered quickly that the group of attendees was usually a cluster of the same people.
I arrived early to watch as movie lovers from different directions would pull up, some in luxury vehicles, many in economy hybrid vehicles; most dressed in, what I would soon discover, was a “costume” of sorts. I learned that people liked dressing for the part of the movie goer. Some wore themed content that might tie into the film that we were going to watch.
The first three weeks, I watched, took notes, and eventually decided on several people who always stood out from the crowd. Once I established who I was going to study, I arrived at how I might approach the work. Because we were in a theater, and would spend the majority of our time in the dark watching a screen, I decided to use my smartphone to capture the exchanges and interactions with like mind film aficionados. From there, I thought it would be interesting to incorporate a backstory using the intricate web of freeways we have in Los Angeles, to represent the far reaching impact that the film has on people, and the lengths that they will go to feel one with that community.
References
Bogart, A. (2014). What’s the story: Essays about art, theater and storytelling. p. 139; Routledge
Turner, V. (1987). The anthropology of performance. p. 26; PAJ Publications
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Shannon Elizabeth (1973) Syrian, Lebanese / English, Irish, German.
Dina Azar (1973) Lebanese.
Hilda Khalife (1973) Lebanese Maronite.
Traci Dinwiddie (1973) Syrian / Cherokee.
Joumana Mourad (1973) Syrian.
Viviane Ndour (1973) Lebanese / Mauritanian, Malian.
Suzan Najm Aldeen (1973) Syrian.
Dania Khatib (1973) Lebanese.
Sabine Nahas (1973) Lebanese.
Senta Moses (1973) Lebanese / Italian.
Razan Moughrabi (1973) Lebanese.
Bassima / Paula Al Turk (1973) Lebanese.
Jillian Michaels (1974) ½ Syrian, Lebanese, ¼ Italian, 1/8 Russian Jewish, 1/8 Austrian Jewish.
Maysoon Zayid (1974) Palestinian.
Suheir Hammad (1974) Palestinian.
Aline Khalaf (1974) Lebanese.
Alissar Caracalla (1974) Lebanese.
Clauda Chemaly (1974) Lebanese.
Nicole Saba (1974) Lebanese / Armenian.
Isabel Bayrakdarian (1974) Lebanese, Armenian.
Ana María Orozco (1973) Colombian [Lebanese, Possibly Other].
Annie Parisse (1975) ½ Italian, ¼ Syrian, ¼ Slovak.
Dima Orsho (1975) Syrian.
Coraima Torres (1973) Venezuelan [Lebanese, Possibly Other].
Saba Mubarak (1976) Palestinian / Jordanian.
Rasha Rizk (1976) Syrian.
Soulafa Maamar (1976) Syrian.
Rania Kurdi (1976) Jordanian Arab, Syrian Kurdish, British.
Cherien Dabis (1976) Palestinian / Unknown, possibly Jordanian.
Najwa Nimri (1976) Jordanian / Navarrese.
Dima Al Jundi (1976) Syrian.
Saba Mubarak (1976) Jordanian / Palestinian.
Marwan Naji (1976) Lebanese.
Mireille Safa (1976) Lebanese.
Laura Khalil (1976) Lebanese.
Maya Nasry (1976) Lebanese.
Ana Roces (1976) Lebanese, Filipino.
Katia Kaady (1976) Lebanese.
Maya Nasri (1976) Lebanese.
Yasmine Hamdan (1976) Lebanese.
Diana Haddad (1976) Lebanese Arab / Lebanese Maronite.
Charla Baklayan Faddoul (1976) Syrian, Armenian.
Sulaf Fawakherji (1977) Syrian.
Raya Abirached (1977) Lebanese.
Cyrine Abdelnour (1977) Lebanese, Greek.
Amal Hijazi (1977) Lebanese.
Elissa / Elissar Zakaria Khoury (1977) Lebanese / Syrian.
Tania Khalill (1977) Brazilian [Syrian, Spanish].
Lilia al-Atrash (1977) Syrian.
Paula Sharim (1977) Chilean [Lebanese Jewish, Egyptian Jewish, possibly other].
Joelle Mardinian (1977) ¼ Lebanese, ¼ Syrian, ¼ Armenian, ¼ Italian.
Rima Maktabi (1977) Lebanese.
Bárbara Mori (1978) Uruguayan [Lebanese, Japanese, Basque, Spanish], some Mexican.
Zain Awad (1978) Jordanian.
Mariam Ghani (1978) Lebanese / Pashtun Afghan.
Amal Clooney (1978) Lebanese Druze.
Rola Saad (1978) Lebanese.
Eman Fustok (1978) Syrian, unspecified other.
Yasmine Al Massri (1978) Palestinian / Egyptian.
Natalie Saleeba (1978) Lebanese.
Clarice Assad (1978) Brazilian [¼ Lebanese, ¾ Unspecified Other].
Klára Issová (1979) Syrian / Czech.
Maguy Bou Ghosn (1979) Lebanese.
Maysoon Shaladi (1979) Syrian.
Nelly Makdessy (1979) Lebanese.
Re-Mi Bendali (1979) Lebanese.
Dana Hamdan (1979) Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian.
Rindala Kodeih (1979) Lebanese / Unspecified.
Hala Shiha (1979) Lebanese / Egyptian.
Dima Kandalaft (1979) Syrian.
Darine Hamze (1979) Lebanese.
Carole Ammoun (1979) Lebanese.
Nadine Al Rassi (1979) Lebanese.
Nadine Saab (1979) Lebanese.
Nadina Zarifeh (1979) Lebanese.
Tulip Joshi (1979) Lebanese / Gujarati Indian.
Joelle Behlok (1979) Lebanese.
Clemence Achkar (1979) Lebanese.
Verónica Orozco (1979) Colombian [Lebanese, Possibly Other].
Lena Chamamyan (1980) Syrian, Armenian.
Nadja Haddad (1980) Brazilian [Lebanese].
Nadine Salameh (1980) Palestinian.
Yasmine Hanani (1980) Iraqi.
Jenny Esber (1980) Syrian / Ukrainian.
Jaclyn Stapp (1980) Jordanian.
Jenna Dewan (1980) Lebanese, Polish / German, English.
Ayah Marar (1980) Jordanian / Czech, Bulgarian.
Naty Botero (1980) Colombian [Lebanese, Possibly Other].
Viviane Mrad (1980) Lebanese.
Cynthya Karam (1980) Lebanese.
Cristina Abuhazi (1980) Venezuelan [Lebanese].
Lamitta Frangieh (1980) Lebanese.
Abeer Nehme (1980) Lebanese.
Dominique Hourani (1980) Lebanese.
Christina Sawaya (1980) Lebanese.
Maya Diab (1980) Lebanese.
Katia Khatchadourian (1980) Lebanese.
Viola Haqi (1981) Iraqi, Dutch.
Shiri Maimon (1981) Tunisian Jewish, Syrian Jewish, Moroccan Jewish, Algerian Jewish, Greek Jewish.
Majida Issa (1981) Colombian [Lebanese, Italian].
Darine Chahine (1981) Lebanese.
Aline Lahoud (1981) Lebanese.
Darine Hadchiti (1981) Lebanese.
Shatha Hassoun (1981) Iraqi / Moroccan.
Elsa Zgheib (1981) Lebanese.
Bethany Kehdy (1981) Lebanese / Unspecified.
Carla Haddad (1981) Lebanese.
Sabrina Sato (1981) Brazilian [Japanese / Lebanese, Swiss].
Valerie Domínguez (1981) Colombian [Lebanese / Unspecified].
Myriam Atallah (1981) Syrian.
Waad Al Bahri (1981) Syrian.
Martha Issová (1981) Syrian / Czech.
Mais Hamdan (1982) Palestinian, Jordanian, Lebanese.
Nadia Jebril (1982) Palestinian.
Tamara Jaber (1982) Lebanese / Unspecified.
Rouwaida Attieh (1982) Syrian, Lebanese.
Nadia Buari (1982) Lebanese / Ghanaian.
Haya Awad (1982) Jordanian.
Samia Longchambon (1982) Lebanese, French / English.
Layal Abboud (1982) Lebanese.
Dina Hayek (1982) Lebanese / Syrian.
Marcelle Bittar (1982) Brazilian [Lebanese, Portuguese].
Adriana Tarud (1982) Colombian [Lebanese / Unspecified].
Sandra Rizk (1982) Lebanese.
Kinda Alloush (1982) Syrian.
Nesreen Tafesh (1982) Palestinian, Algerian.
Melissa / Myriam Shehab (1982) Lebanese [Iraqi].
Mai Selim (1983) Palestinian, Jordanian, Lebanese.
Meytal Cohen (1983) Iraqi Jewish.
Tammin Sursok (1983) Lebanese, Unspecified Other.
Nancy Nasrallah (1983) Lebanese.
Yara / Carla Nazih al-Berkashi (1983) Lebanese.
Lolita Chammah (1983) Lebanese, Italian / Hungarian Jewish, Slovakian Jewish, German Jewish, Austrian Jewish, French Jewish, French.
Audrey Assad (1983) Syrian / Unspecified Other.
Vinessa Antoine (1983) Trinidadian [African, Syrian].
Nadia Manfoukh (1983) Syrian.
Dena Takruri (1983) Palestinian.
Nancy Ajram (1983) Palestinian Arab / Lebanese.
Diana Karazon (1983) Jordanian [Palestinian, Syrian].
Maha Yakoub (1983) Palestinian, Italian.
Domino Kirke (1983) Iraqi Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish / English, Scottish.
Susie Youssef (1984) Lebanese.
Kinda Hassan (1984) Lebanese.
Darine (1984) Lebanese / Romanian.
Valeska Saab (1984) Ecuadorian [Lebanese, Spanish].
Nadine Nassib Njeim (1984) Lebanese / Tunisian.
Lara Maria Kay (1984) Lebanese.
Daniella Sarahyba (1984) Brazilian [Lebanese / Spanish (including Galician), Portuguese, possibly other].
Fozi Mozi (1984) Palestinian.
Amelia Vega (1984) Dominican [Lebanese, Cuban, Spanish, English].
Rola Yammout (1984) Lebanese / Egyptian.
Nourhanne (1984) Lebanese, Armenian.
Kinda Hanna (1984) Syrian.
Nancy Afyouny (1984) Lebanese.
Mashael (1984) Lebanese.
Sulaf Jalil (1984) Iraqi.
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