WOMEN IN ANIMATION PGM 1: ANIMATED ANIMALS
Ten shorts spotlighting women in animation, from a silent flower-fairy film to Mary Ellen Bute and Sally Cruikshank, many from 35mm and 16mm. Mindy Johnson and Rachael Guma introduce.
History in East Village
History · East Village — change
MULTI-MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER PGM 3: GAY LIBERATION ON 16MM
A set of short 16mm films from the 1970s on gay liberation, from a parade documentary to loose, unstructured conversations among gay men and lesbians, plus Jan Oxenberg's comedy.
THE PERSONAL AND THE POLITICAL: SEXUALITY, ROMANCE AND WOMEN’S LIB
Six short films from the 1970s feminist moment, from playful sendups of gender roles to Self-Health and an early Penelope Spheeris short, about 90 minutes in all.
EROTIC FANTASY: BEESON AND BEYOND
Three experimental Coni Beeson films for the National Sex Forum, layered in double exposure and pastoral imagery, framed by Rodriguez-Soltero's JEROVI and Chick Strand's FEVER DREAM, all on 16mm.
MULTI-MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER PGM 2: ACTIVE PARTNERS
Four 16mm shorts from the 1970s that speak frankly about sex and disability, two of them directed by Laird Sutton. It's a subject rarely tackled in erotic or educational film.
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
Eisenstein's silent landmark has no hero, only the masses, and builds its power from montage and parallel action. Shown at Anthology as part of its Essential Cinema program.
OCTOBER
Eisenstein's silent film staged as a cosmic newsreel and film poem, which J. Hoberman calls the Soviet equivalent of the Sistine Chapel. A chance to see it on a big screen.
OLD AND NEW
Eisenstein's silent feature, also known as The General Line, where he refined "mise-en-cadre" and "overtonal montage" to push silent film to its peak. A chance to see his theories on a big screen.