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# From Georges Méliès to Contemporary Sci-Fi, Short Films About the Information Age
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/flaherty-nyc-spring-2021/
- Published: 2021-03-30T20:59:56.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:51:16.000Z
- Description: Flaherty NYC's spring streaming program brings together a series of shorts on how humans navigate digital environments.
- Author: Dan Schindel
- Tags: Film, Documentary, Events, New York, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:11 (2021, 2022, part 1)

Each year, the venerable documentary film organization [the Flaherty](https://theflaherty.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) presents a special screening program in New York. As with many cultural events, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted Flaherty's plans last year. The 2020 programmers in residence — Alia Ayman, Suneil Sanzgiri, and Devon Narine-Singh — had to work with new, unprecedented constraints to curate engaging remote events for the organization. Their final series for Flaherty, [*To Feel, To Feel More, To Feel More Than*](https://theflaherty.org/2020-2021-flaherty-nyc?ref=hyperallergic.com), streams this weekend.

The two-night program consists of a series of short films that collectively look at "how media ecosystems, digital detritus, and cultural memory are navigated across boundaries, identities, and history." Titles range from Georges Méliès's *Long Distance Wireless Photography*, a 1908 comedy about technical problems with a revolutionary "remote viewing" machine, to 2019's *Kink Retrograde*, Bassem Saad's sci-fi-flavored look at how a decade of war in Syria has affected both the environment and people's lifespans.

The events will be streamed live, beginning April 2 at 8pm EST and April 3 at 4pm EST. Both programs will be followed by conversations between Narine-Singh, Sanzgiri, Ayman, and some of the filmmakers featured. Tickets for each night can be [purchased individually for $15, or together in a $25 bundle](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flaherty-nyc-to-feel-to-feel-more-to-feel-more-than-tickets-142928291367?ref=hyperallergic.com).

**When**: April 2-3  
**Where**: Online via Flaherty

More info available at [Flaherty](https://theflaherty.org/2020-2021-flaherty-nyc?ref=hyperallergic.com).