Join us for a showing of Into the Hinterlands (dir. Julia Yezbick, 2018, 40 minutes) followed by a virtual Q&A with filmmaker Julia Yezbick.

The Hinterlands, a Detroit-based performance ensemble, practice a form of ecstatic training which they see as a provocation toward the unknown. The “hinterlands” evokes an unknown space both physical and imaginary whose mystery is its source of generation and from which their creativity emerges. Their practice is one of ecstatic play, of finding the edge of one’s balance, and the limits of one’s body. Continually looking for new ways to “see” with the camera, Yezbick’s embodied camera immerses the viewer in the collective ecstatic experience; merging the space of their ludic play with the liminal space of the cinema.