Apr 7th 2024

James Benning: El Valley Centro (1999)

@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago

1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637

Opening Sunday, April 7th, at 8PM

El Valley Centro (1999)
James Benning · 90m · 16mm

The genesis of Benning’s California Trilogy (35 shots of 150 seconds), El Valley Centro offers a clipped view of the middle of the state, neither defined by North nor South. Oil rig fires, crop dusting planes, and grape pickings populate the desert landscape, obscured and laid to rest on film. Whether by sheer luck or precise planning, the film’s static shots shimmer under their celluloid surfaces.

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