Seven years after his WITHOUT A FUTURE presentation (in conjunction with the New York Film Festival premiere of his debut feature 88:88), Spectacle is thrilled to invite multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker ISIAH MEDINA back for a retrospective of works made between 2010 and 2020, under the banner of Isiah’s production company Quantity Cinema (QTY). This series will include the New York City premiere of INVENTING THE FUTURE, Medina’s adaptation of the 2015 book by Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams. Isiah Medina will be in person at Spectacle on July 29 + 30; encore screenings of the films will continue in August.

88:88
dir. Isiah Medina, 2015
65 mins. Canada.
In English.

FRIDAY, JULY 29 – 7:30 PM with Isiah Medina in person for Q+A
(This event is $10.)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 – 10 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 – 5 PM
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 – 7:30 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16 – 7:30 PM

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You’re unable to pay your bills. Your light, heat, and water are cut. Once you’re able to pay again, the digital appliances flash 88:88, –:–, -.

INVENTING THE FUTURE
dir. Isiah Medina, 2020
98 mins. Canada/USA/UK/France.
In English.

SATURDAY, JULY 30 – 7:30 PM with Isiah Medina in person for Q+A
(This event is $10.)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 – 7:30 PM
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 – 10 PM
MONDAY, AUGUST 15 – 10 PM

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Take back control over our future and foster the ambition for a world more modern than capitalism. Demand full automation, demand a reduced work week, demand universal basic income, destroy the work ethic.

FROM PAINT TUBE TO YOUTUBE: SHORT FILMS BY ISIAH MEDINA
dir. Isiah Medina, 2010-2020
62 mins. Canada/Philippines/USA/France.

SATURDAY, JULY 30 – 5 PM with Isiah Medina in person for Q+A
(This event is $10.)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 – 7:30 PM
MONDAY, AUGUST 15 – 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 – 5 PM

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Directed between the ages of 18 and 28, the short films of Isiah Medina start in the West End of Winnipeg with SEMI-AUTO COLOURS (2010), then conclude in San Nicolas, Batangas in the Philippines with LOG 2 (2020). Over the course of a decade one witnesses the transition from childhood to adulthood, from curiosity to mastery, that takes place in the life of an artist.

ISIAH MEDINA (b. 1991) was born in Winnipeg, lives in Toronto and produces films through his company Quantity Cinema.