February 6 , 2008

Step Across the Border

With Fred Frith
Vinegar Hill Theatre, 7pm

Winner of "Best Documentary" at the European Film Awards in 1990, Step Across the Border is a collage of clips of musician Fred Frith with his collaborators, including René Lussier, Bob Ostertag and John Zorn. "Frith connects primal rock with everything from North African Pop to traditional Japanese percussion music to techno art-band stuff from New York in the late '80s" (Peter Goddard, New York Times).

Cosponsored with Arts Board and the Department of Music.

February 11, 2008

Special Preview from Cavalier Pictures

Post-film Q&A with producers, Marc Lieberman & Barry Sisson
Vinegar Hill Theatre, 7pm

We are delighted to present an exclusive sneak preview of the new film by Cavalier Films. We are not allowed to give away too many details, but the film is a dramatic comedy about family relationships and was shot last year mostly in nearby Staunton. The screening will be rounded off with a post-film Q&A with the producers, Marc Lieberman and Barry Sisson.

Please note that this special event will not be open to the general public, only Film Society members. However, half-year Film Society memberships will be on sale at Vinegar Hill on the evening of the screening.

March 10, 2008

Faubourg Tremé (Sneak Preview)

With Lolis Elie and Dawn Logsdon
Vinegar Hill Theatre, 7pm

In the Faubourg Tremé, the sit-ins began in the 1800s, the Harlem Renaissance started before the Civil War, and the roots of jazz music and Creole cuisine were being nurtured every Sunday in Congo Square. Faubourg Tremé is a historical documentary film about the enduring legacy of this incredible New Orleans neighborhood. With post-show discussion with writer/narrator Lolis Eric Elie and director Dawn Logsdon.

This screening has been supported by the Office for Diversity and Equity, the Creative Writing Program, the Carter Woodson Institute and the Office of African American Affairs.

March 24, 2008

Low and Behold

With writer/actor Barlow Jacobs
Vinegar Hill Theatre, 7pm

An uninspired young man takes a job doing insurance claims on hurricane damaged houses in New Orleans—his life is dramatically altered when he's forced to deal with the personal faces of the cataclysm. New Orleans evacuee Barlow Jacobs brought his own experience as a claims adjuster to bear when developing the script of this film. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007, and won Best Feature at the New Orleans and Rome International Film Festivals.

This screening has been supported by Brown College.

April 9 , 2008

Black Maria Film Festival

With festival director John Columbus
Vinegar Hill Theatre, 7pm

The Black Maria Film Festival is an international juried competition and award tour, with a mission to exhibit and reward cutting edge works from independent film and video makers. Each program is custom tailored for an accessible and meaningful experience for varied audiences from city to city. From animation to experimental, satire to documentary, the range of selection is wide-ranging.

April 24 , 2008

Thursday Evening in the Universe

The Bridge, 205 Monticello Rd, 8pm

Hymns to the void, the stars in their courses, the earth under your feet wobbles and drifts... a selection of made, found and borrowed volumes in various projection formats on the material subjects of landscape, Science, and Natural Philosophy, etc. Jeanne Liotta screens a celestial selection of her own works alongside inspirational works by others. Liotta's latest film, Observando el Cielo, was listed as one of the ten best films of 2007 by Chrissie Iles (Artforum) and Ed Halter (Village Voice).