This touring festival of digital videos stops for four days, October 6-9, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door; call 312-397-4010 or visit www.resfest.com for a complete schedule.
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Resfest can’t be accused of neglecting its sponsors: each work lists the digital software and hardware used, letting viewers see what Canon, Apple, and Panasonic products can do. Another sponsor, Nike, actually owns the copyright to Ginga: The Soul of Brasilian Football (63 min.), which displays virtuoso footwork by six Brazilian soccer players ranging from barefoot amateurs to celebrity pros (Sun 10/9, noon). Directed by Thibaut de Longeville and Lisa Leone, the French-American coproduction Just for Kicks (67 min.) includes Nike gear in a boosterish report on the $26 billion sneaker industry and its hip-hop enablers. “The sneaker is to hip-hop what the crucifix is to Christians,” claims French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz (Fri 10/7, 6 PM).
