Film/Video DIG.IT THREE FILMMAKERS/THREE VISIONS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2001, 8 PM $6 ($4 WALKER MEMBERS) AUDITORIUM DIG.IT OCTOBER: 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 (FORUM) | 27 IN PUBLIC DIRECTED BY JAI ZHANG KE One of today's leading Chinese directors takes a harsh look at the everyday lives of people gathering in a "public place" --a bus station--in an abandoned mining town. In this reflection on the wave of capitalism in China, Zhang Ke juxtaposes the exponents of newly acquired wealth with an appalling reality. 2001, China, color, video, in Chinese with English subtitles, 32 minutes. DIGITOPIA DIRECTED BY JOHN AKOMFRAH Digitopia, a film in search of the emotional undercurrents of the digital realm, is about a man who seeks his pleasure and searches for love in the digital world, but works and wants relationships in the analog world. 2001, U.K., color, video, 32 minutes. A CONVERSATION WITH GOD DIRECTED BY TSAI MING LIANG Tsai Ming Liang was determined to ask God, face to face (via his DV camera), whether he could film her. While driving his 50cc motorbike, he gets caught in a traffic jam caused by an impromptu banquet in the middle of the road. He doesn't capture God on camera, but discovers something else instead. 2001, Taiwan, color, video, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 33 minutes. THIS SERIES IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM BEST BUY CO. AND NORTHWEST AIRLINES.