Douglas Rosenberg, director of the 60-minute black and white film "The Sea," will give a reading in the Kenyon College Bookstore prior to a screening of the film at 7 p.m. in the Community Foundation Theater.
"The Sea" was filmed completely on location at the edge of the Baltic Sea, and it was shot in the footsteps of Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman in a landscape that inspired the project. The island of Fårö is an extraordinary place that was Bergman’s home and the location for some of his most important and compelling films.
Rosenberg's film explores the nature of aging and the relationship of men to the landscape, to solitude and to community, with a cast of largely untrained performers who come from the areas surrounding the island of Fårö. The film explores male intimacy, camaraderie and aging via men in their third age. The cast includes American choreographer and dancer David Dorfman.
Rosenberg's visit to campus is sponsored by the Department of Dance, Drama and Film, the Office for Community Partnerships and the Kenyon College Bookstore.