Dear Frameworkers,
To those of you in the New York City area, just a reminder that experimental and animated works preserved by the Women’s Film Preservation Fund will be screening in a mini-series this Friday and Saturday nights, June 21st and 22nd at Anthology Film Archives. I’m including a brief summary of the 3 varied programs below and I would especially like to point out Program 3 which includes rarely screened, unedited footage by two separate filmmakers, Marie Menken and Helen Hill. It is easy to overlook this program because it is later screening on Saturday night, but Menken’s views of the monastery set against the stark mountains in the village of Gaudix in Spain and excerpts from Hill’s “Home Movies” footage of New Orleans from an insider’s point of view, make this a screening not to be missed. Hope you can make one or more of the screenings, Ann SELECTED EXPERIMENTAL AND ANIMATED WORKS FROM THE WOMEN’S FILM PRESERVATION FUND Friday and Saturday, June 21-22 Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Avenune at 2nd Street New York City Since 1996 the Women’s Film Preservation Fund has preserved a number of significant experimental and animated works by American women, many of which reflect pioneering approaches and unique voices. These include works by Storm de Hirsch, Barbara Hammer, Peggy Ahwesh, Bette Gordon, and Helen Hill among others. The filmmakers approach their films from many directions and a range of sub-genres within experimental film and animation that include structuralist cinema, surreal films, experimental documentaries, improvised comedies, feminist films, and unedited footage. They utilize optical printing, stop action and hand-drawn animation, hand-altered negatives, as well as live action and documentary footage. A selection of these works is featured in three programs and includes a number of films preserved in collaboration with Anthology Film Archives. Sheila Paige and Lisa Crafts will be appearing in person. June 21st 7:30 pm Program 1: Expanding Notions of Time, Space, and Reality includes films by Storm de Hirsch, Barbara Hammer, Maya Deren, Anita Thacher, Jane Aaron, and Bette Gordon that have manipulated time, space, and/or motion to give us a broader view of reality. June 22nd 5:45pm Program 2: Refelections, Dreams, and Experiments focuses on changing views on womanhood and represents a diverse group of women makers with varied perspectives and filmmaking techniques: Faith Hubley, Peggy Ahwesh, Sheila Paige, Barbara Hammer, and Lisa Crafts. Sheila Paige and Lisa Crafts in person! 8:00pm Program 3: Marie Menken and Helen Hill: Camera Rolls. This program festures unedited footage by two distinctive filmmakers: Marie Menken’s THE GRAVEDIGGERS FROM GAUDIX, shows the lives and routines of monks in the monastery who bury the local dead in this town set against the striking, arid mountains of Gaudix in the south of Spain; and HELEN HILL’S HOME MOVIES shows a portion of the footage that the animator shot of scenes of unique New Orleans celebrations and of her flood damaged neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. The unedited footage by both of these filmmakers provides insight into the filmmakers’ processes and is rarely screened. Tickets: $12 general; $9 for students, seniors, & children (12 & under); $7 Anthology, NYWIFT, and NYFVC members For the complete programs please click here: http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/51020 <http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/51020> For more information on the Women’s Film Preservation Fund, please visit: https://www.nywift.org/womens-film-preservation-fund/ <https://www.nywift.org/womens-film-preservation-fund/> or email us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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