On February 15, the DGA's Documentary Series hosted a screening of Director Wim Wenders’ new film Pina in the Guild’s Los Angeles Theater Two.
Following the tagline “Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost,” Pina is a tribute to Wenders’ longtime friend, contemporary dance choreographer Pina Bausch who died on the eve of filming in 2009. Against the backdrop of her Tanztheater Wuppertal Dance Ensemble, the film captures the heart-stopping intensity of dance which explodes off the screen in exhilarating 3D. Pina is a 2012 nominee for the “Best Documentary, Features” Academy Award.
Attendees were welcomed to the screening at the Guild's Los Angeles Theater by Special Projects Committee Chair Jeremy Kagan. After the screening, Wenders joined Kagan onstage to discuss his career and the challenges of making a 3D documentary. Wenders’ other films include the dramatic features Wings of Desire and Paris, Texas, and the Academy Award-nominated documentary The Buena Vista Social Club.
Wenders has been a member of the DGA since 1996.