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Archive for July, 2003

“Realism & Lilacs” Film Fundraiser

In 1888 the controversial painter Thomas Eakins of Philadelphia met the poet Walt Whitman. He painted his portrait and when the poet died in 1892, made his death mask. Realism & Lilacs is a fictional melodrama musing on what may have happened in between. This Victorian melodrama merges fact with fiction and incorporates the staples… Read more »

“Realism & Lilacs”

» More images In 1888 the controversial painter Thomas Eakins of Philadelphia met the poet Walt Whitman. He painted his portrait and when the poet died in 1892, made his death mask. Realism & Lilacs is a fictional melodrama musing on what may have happened in between. This Victorian melodrama merges fact with fiction and… Read more »

OPEN SCREENING

» More images   ATA’s OpenScreening welcomes work or segments (20 min or less) from all genres. All entries MUST be received by 7PM on show night, cued and labeled, to be considered. Space is limited to the first 60min recieved!    7pm: door, bar7:30: preshow w/ Lee Bob LIVE!   artists; FREE bar; donation … Read more »

Cultural Revolution in Motion: “Les Diggers de San Francisco”

Planet Drum Foundation and ATA present anevent in celebration of urban sustainability and the New Green City Networking Calendar. Come join us in revisiting the birth of 21st Century volunteerism with the screening of  “Les Diggers de San Francisco “. This film documents the explosion of a cultural revolution whose themes still exist today.  The sixties like you’ve… Read more »

Cultural Revolution in Motion

» More images Planet Drum Foundation and ATA present anevent in celebration of urban sustainability and the New Green City Networking Calendar.   Come join us in revisiting the birth of 21st Century volunteerism with the screening of  “Les Diggers de San Francisco “. This film documents the explosion of a cultural revolution whose themes… Read more »

Since the Summer is Dark

» More images An evening of experimental film and video. There will be some sky, some water, some trimmed greens, some cosmic rays, some contemplation, some horizon lines, and some roller coasters.   Doors 8 Projector8:30pm drinks, too Featuring works by Bay Area artists: Elaine Buckholtz, Olivia Brown, Steve Polta, Kim Miskowicz, James Ackerley Porter,… Read more »

The Gadabout Traveling Film Festival

» More images Catch this 2nd annual national indie-film adventure. The Gadabout Traveling Film Festival circulates underground talent from around the world.  Gadabout was created as a new outlet for independent filmmakers to showcase their work. It gives filmmakers a whole new way of distributing and will appear in over 30 cities from coast to… Read more »

“SATAN’S SMELLY METAPHOR”

» More images Who are the Zag Men? They’re a group of freaky robot lovers, musicians and video expressionists who perform live music to Film and video.   Tonight’s program features choice compositions such as “Baby Music for Robot Children”,  a series of short films celebrating the developmental processes of artificially intelligent youth, a musical review of… Read more »

“The Salt of the Earth”

» More images ANSWER presents “Salt of the Earth”, a film based on a 1950 strike by zinc miners in Silver City, New Mexico. Against a backdrop of social injustice, a riveting family drama is played out by the characters of Ramon and Esperanza Quintero, a Mexican-American miner and his wife. In the course of… Read more »