THE TANK SPACE FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS

Donning swastikas and brown shirts, or long white robes and hoods, the attendees of a white supremacist rally are without a doubt a disquieting and memorable sight. Coated with heavy symbolism that pierces deep into the darkest shadows of America's racial history, Klan members, neo-Nazis, and other right wing extremists are easily passed off by most as simply members of a 'hate group.' But in order to combat the existence of these organizations, we must first understand them. How do members of these groups acquire their beliefs? How does the white supremacist movement exist now, in a country where it is considered by many to be a relic of the past? And what are its goals for the future?

On the other side of the coin, what is it like to be a victim of violence perpetrated by this movement? Or what is it like to attempt to infiltrate or monitor right wing extremism, despite the dangers?

The film Revealing Hate will attempt to answer some of these questions, through telling the stories of those who have prosecuted, photographed, protested, infiltrated, and even participated in these organizations. Each individual's story, told separately in a vignette style, will shed more light on these philosophies that continue to run deep within the fringes of our society.

John is an aspiring film director, working in obscurity at an upstate New York college. He struggles to find creativity within his working class family and the comfortable, somewhat complacent life he’s built with his wife. John seems to discover it when an interview with his WWII-vet grandfather inspires him to film a biopic about normal people — with himself, his friends and family as subjects. But when life goes off-script in the darkest of ways, John questions all his assumptions about art, relationships, and his ability to assume an adult mantle of responsibility. Is the kindness and bravery of those around him enough to show John the way through tragedy, or will his existential crisis destroy his family, his career, and ultimately end his life?

$12 Students/Presale
$15 @ The Door

Screening & Discussion with Jesse Epstein, Sundance-award winning Filmmaker

Presented by PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY, BODY TYPED is part of The Tank's "Liberal Arts Summer School" series

BODY TYPED is a series of short films about body image, media, and cultural identity The films use humor to raise serious concerns about the marketplaceof commercial illusion and unrealizable standards of physical perfection.

WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES
When Dee-Dee the barber learns about the art of photo-retouching, he may never look at his “wall of beauty” the same way again. *Short Subject Jury Award, 2004 Sundance Film Festival*

THE GUARANTEE
A dancer’s hilarious story about his prominent nose and the effect if has on his career. *Best Short Film, 2007 Newport International Film Festival*

34x25x36
A look at mannequins, religion, and perfection. *SXSW, Full Frame, True/False, National PBS Broadcast on POV*

ABOUT PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY:
http://www.ParadigmShiftNYC.com
Use the “F” word.
Change NYC. Change the World.

Paradigm Shift, the critically acclaimed and largest feminist event series/community group in the New York City metropolitan area, hosts monthly lectures and discussion groups to spotlight leaders in feminist thought, ranging from artists and academics to filmmakers and policy activists. TimeOut New York rated Paradigm Shift’s events
“Critics’ Pick” six times, an unprecedented honor among progressive organizations.

Buy tickets for PARADIGM SHIFT Presents: 'BODY TYPED: short films on perfection'