The Smell of Burning Ants :: Jay Rosenblatt Films

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	The Smell of Burning Ants a film about gender, male socialization and boyhood cruelty Written and directed by Jay Rosenblatt 21 minutes • 16mm • color/B&W • 1994 Winner of 23 Awards “…a profoundly disturbing and imaginative work.” –Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times The Smell of Burning Ants is a haunting documentary on the pains of growing up male. It explores the inner and outer cruelties that boys perpetrate and endure. The film provokes the viewer to reflect on how our society can deprive boys of wholeness. Through formative events of a boy’s life, we come to understand the ways in which men can become emotionally disconnected and alienated from their feminine side. The common dismissal that “boys will be boys” evolves into the chilling realization that boys frequently become angry, destructive and emotionally disabled men. The Smell of Burning Ants illustrates how boys are socialized by fear, power and shame. The film is a catalyst for discussion and an opportunity to begin the process of healing the wounds of childhood. View study guide REVIEWS “Powerfully and poetically evokes the emotional strains of modern masculinity. A provocative catalyst for classroom discussion.” – Dr. Ed Cohen, Associate Professor, Gender & Cultural Studies, Rutgers University “A visually compelling and thought provoking portrait of the cultural and psychological transmission of male identity in young boys. With vivid and penetrating images, this film tells the story of child-hood innocence lost and of wounded masculinity found in its wake.” – Harvey L. Schwartz, PhD., Clinical Psychologist “…a profoundly disturbing and imaginative work.” – Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times “This film is an invaluable catalyst for discussion and reflection for men’s groups, therapy groups, seminars and workshops. The film goes deep under the surface of masculinity to the roots of male violence and despair.” – Franklin Abbot, LCSW, author of New Men, New Minds: Men and Intimacy and Boyhood: Growing Up Male AWARDS Grand Prize, Hamburg Film Festival Best of Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival Best of Festival, Humboldt Film Festival First Prize, Short Films, Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland First Place, Film, Athens International Film and Video Festival Best of the Best, Charlotte Film Festival First Prize, Film, VIPER Experimental Media Festival, Switzerland Best Experimental Film, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia Best Experimental Film, Sinking Creek Film Festival Best Experimental Film, Big Muddy Film Festival Best Documentary, Tampere Short Film Festival, Finland First Prize, Independent Film, Marin County Fair Silver Medal, Carolina Film & Video Festival Artistic Courage Award, Florida Film Festival Second Prize, Copenhagen Film + Video Workshop Festival, Denmark Audience Choice Award, Onion City Film Festival Doug Haynes Memorial Award, Onion City Film Festival Second Place, Experimental Film, Central Florida Film Festival Bronze Award, New York Film Expo Honorable Mention, Vila do Conde Shorts Film Festival, Portugal Honorable Mention, San Francisco International Film Festival Honorable Mention, Atlanta Film and Video Festival Special Mention, Nyon Visions du Reel Film Festival, Switzerland SCREENINGS Sundance Film Festival London Film Festival Hong Kong Film Festival Cracow International Short Film Festival, Poland Montreal Festival International du Nouveau Cinema FilmVideo 95, Montecatini, Italy Wellington Film Festival, New Zealand Pacific Film Archive San Francisco Cinematheque Denver International Film Festival Seattle International Film Festival Cleveland International Film Festival Film Arts Festival, San Francisco Outfest, Los Angeles International Golden Calf Awards Film Festival, Sacramento Artists Television Access, San Francisco Film Forum, Los Angeles The Arsenal, Berlin The Pleasure Dome, Toronto Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris Onion City Film Festival, Chicago Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago Zeitgeist Theatre, New Orleans Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil Hamburg Filmfest, Germany Auckland Film Festival, New Zealand European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, Germany V'IENNALE Film Festival, Austria Boston Film Festival Mill Valley Film Festival, California Umea Film Festival, Sweden Vancouver International Film Festival Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid, Spain Cork International Film Festival, Ireland Hamburg Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Germany Olympia Film Festival, Washington International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam, The Netherlands Stuttgart Filmwinter Festival, Germany McGill University, Montreal, Canada University of Colorado, Boulder Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney, Australia De Filmplaneet Festival, Gent, Belgium L'Alternativa '96, Barcelona, Spain 11 Days of Film, Augsburg, Germany Fringe Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland IMPAKT Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands Boston Jewish Film Festival Scratch Cinema, Paris CinemaTexas, Austin Film Forum, New York (one-week run) Roxie Cinema, SF (one-week run) Fine Arts Theatre, Berkeley (one-week run) Rafael Film Center, San Rafael (one-week run) Varsity Theater, Seattle (one-week run) Facets Theatre, Chicago (one-week run) CREDITS Written, directed, edited and rephotographed by Jay Rosenblatt Original music: Erik Ian Walker (wackoworldmusic.com) Creative consultant & sound editing: Jennifer Frame Voice-over narration: Richard J. Silberg

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