A personal reportage focusing on concrete actions by Israelis, Palestinians and Internationals working together in the face of, and against, current agendas to displace Palestinians and to limit their movements.

Reinke uses archival footage from the Prelinger Archives — films on the integration of psychiatric wards into general hospitals, dermatology, testosterone pellet implantation, various newsreels and home movies from the 30's & 40's — to construct seven discrete but interlocked "exercizes" which posit various relationships between author/audience and the subjects in the footage.

Examined Life takes philosophy out of the darkened corners of academia and into the hustle and bustle of the everyday, a visual reminder that great ideas are born through profound engagement with the world around us. Examined Life interweaves fascinating “walks” with philosophers (Cornel West, Avital Ronell, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek...) through places that hold special resonance for them and their ideas -crowded city streets, deserted alleyways, Central Park and even a garbage dump. “The unexamined life is not worth living.” -Socrates.

The confessions of a woman who took flight. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show

... 3 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1996.