21st Annual Virginia Film Festival

Aliens! 30 Oct - 2 Nov 2008


A WALK INTO THE SEA: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007)

with director Esther Robinson

In 1965, promising young filmmaker Danny Williams dropped out of Harvard against his family’s wishes to move to Manhattan. There he edited two films for the brothers Maysles, met and fell in love with Andy Warhol, and became a fixture at the Warhol Factory. He made over twenty short films and designed the groundbreaking Velvet Underground/ Exploding Plastic Inevitable (EPI) light show. One year later, while visiting his family, he borrowed his mother’s car and was never heard from again. Decades later, his films resurfaced but Danny never did. Esther Robinson, Williams’ niece, explores the elusive life and mysterious disappearance of her uncle in this personal and probing documentary.

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