Jim Finn

Jim Finn is the writer/director of what have been called "Utopian comedies." His Communist trilogy of short features is the permanent collection of the MoMA. The first Interkosmos (71 minutes, 2006) is about an East German space colonization mission. The second feature La Trinchera Luminosa del Presidente Gonzalo (60 minutes, 2007) is about a day in the life of a Shining Path women's prison cellblock. The third film in the trilogy The Juche Idea (62 minutes, 2008) is about an artist residency in North Korea. He has been making short films and videos since 1999. His work is available through VDB, Ovid TV, and DA Films. From 2013-2015 he premiered each of his Inner Trotsky Child films at the New York Film Festival. The first of these is Encounters with Your Inner Trotsky Child, then Zinoviev's Tube: Tape 2 of the Inner Trotsky Child Series, and Chums from Across the Void.

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