To accompany images of cherry blossom against a radiant blue sky, a voice reads an autobiographical account of a relationship. The text is excerpted from the Warren Commission testimony of the wife of Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Titled by the maiden names of their widows, the film parallels the lives of both women.

Marya Alford, USA, 2005, 16mm, colour, sound, 25 minutes

Screening to coincide with the 70th birthday of Marina Oswald Porter.

Marya Alford (born 1979) studied at Otis College and USC, Los Angeles. She works primarily in photography and installation. Bouvier and Prusakova is her only film to date.

Special PLENTY screening at:

X Marks the Bökship
210/3 Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9NQ

The screening series PLENTY proposes a new way of looking at artists’ films by showing only a single work, regardless of its duration. Each film is given the freedom to unfold on its own terms, and the viewer is given the time and space to consider it.

PLENTY is a free monthly screening series selected by Mark Webber. It forms part of the “Brief Habits” programme curated by Shama Khanna, supported by Arts Council England.


FREE Admission
Doors 7pm, screening 7.30pm
Small space. Arrive early.