Author: Fara

ATA’s free community film/video show welcomes short format work or (15 min or less) from all genres. An open forum for independent filmmakers to show their work, we hold screenings the first Thursday of the month at 8:00 pm. Entries must be received by 7:00 pm on show night.

Submissions: To submit a digital file, email openscreening@atasite.org. For physical media, label all tapes with name, contact info, title, and length, and mail to: Open Screening, 992 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110. 1–2 weeks advance submissions recommended. If not, just walk in before the show.
Maximum length: 15 min.
Formats: Digital file (PC or Mac), DVD, miniDV/DV-cam, VHS, beta, 8 mm, and 16 mm. For 8 mm and 16 mm films give us advance notice.

Doors at 7:30 pm, show at 8:00 pm, FREE

FINLEY: A RADICAL THREAD + GREEN/BLACK +

Headlining our survey of regional subculture, here’s the SF debut of Jeanne Finley‘s A Radical Thread, with the esteemed educator/video-artist in person. She introduces her inspiring hour-plus group-portrait of a 50-year-strong Sierra Foothills sustainable community that saved the Yuba River, and managed to narrate their struggle–and others–in an expansive hand-woven tapestry. The evening’s opening half-hour is made up of a rather curious compilation of short docs that focus more particularly on San Francisco itself, including Ellie Vanderlip‘s (also in person) Muni study the one, Craig Baldwin‘s (here too) mid-Market memoir Stolen Movie, James Hong‘s refreshingly frank Folsom Street Fair, and Sam Green/Andy Black‘s much-loved Cinematic Study of Fog. PLUS precious glimpses of the Emeryville Mudflat sculptures, William Wiley and Michael McClure installing city-wide billboard art, and a super-rare early-60s 16mm clip of Mission Street‘s Original Gangstas. $12