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SUMMARY:Back to School Documentary Week
DESCRIPTION:Even if your life is no longer punctuated by the academic year\, back-to-school energy creates a fitting reason to explore different ideas and discover new topics. From Friday\, Sept. 1\, through Thursday\, Sept. 14\, The Lindsay will offer documentaries bound to expand your thoughts and provoke stimulating conversations.  \n\n\n\nThese are no dry classroom films—they’re dynamic\, template-breaking works that explore fascinating and potentially controversial topics. Join us on this journey of exploration and learning on the big screen. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\, talkbacks with filmmakers and other activities will provide dimension to select showings. Stay tuned for these special opportunities in our Weekly Updates or by visiting our website. \n\n\n\nEach documentary will screen on different times and dates during the series. Tickets are on sale now!  \n\n\n\nFor audience members 21 and older\, BYOB is available. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets to Join or Die\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin or Die\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 39mDirectors: Pete Davis\, Rebecca DavisStars: Pete Buttigieg\, Hillary Clinton\, Glenn Loury\n\n\n\nThis compelling film explores the changing fabric of American democracy through the lens of social scientist Robert Putnam\, who sounded the alarm on the dire consequences of nationwide individualistic trends and growing isolation. Join or Die follows Putnam as he pulls together the threads that expose America’s civic unraveling\, as revealed in his groundbreaking book Bowling Alone\, which discusses America’s decades-long decline in community connections. \n\n\n\nCredited with creating the concept and terminology of “social capital\,” the Harvard professor was awarded a National Humanities Medal for his work. \n\n\n\n“With such a dense subject matter\, one would assume the film begins to feel heavy and tiresome\, but Join or Die never overextends its audience\, keeping each moment light—much of the infusion of energy and light-heartedness coming from its visual aids and its main subject\, Putnam\,” says Film Inquiry. \n\n\n\n“It’s easy to feel charged up about something after watching a movie with an audience at a film festival\,” Slashfilm says. “But can that feeling last beyond the walk to your car when real life starts creeping back into your brain? I can tell you this much: days later\, I am still thinking about Join or Die and its message about community…If that isn’t the mark of a good documentary\, what is?” \n\n\n\nCo-director Pete Davis will join us virtually for Q&A after the 1:30 p.m. screening on Tuesday\, Sept. 12. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets to King Coal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKing Coal\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 20mDirector: Elaine McMillion SheldonStars: Lanie Marsh\, Gabrielle Wilson\n\n\n\nThis New York Times Critics’ Pick explores how the coal industry permeates the culture of Appalachia\, and questions what happens now amidst that industry’s steady decline. Directed by coal-miner’s-daughter-turned-filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon\, King Coal “profiles a region’s relationship with fossil fuel and presents a eulogy for a way of life.” \n\n\n\nShot in West Virginia and Pennsylvania\, among other states\, King Coal captures traditional coal-focused community events such as the annual Bituminous Coal Queen pageant in Carmichaels\, Greene County\, PA.  \n\n\n\n“There are fewer than 12\,000 coal miners left in West Virginia\, but the combination of the value\, power and danger of the rock in question means the job retains a mythic quality\,” says the Wall Street Journal\, praising Sheldon’s “breathtakingly expressive job of capturing the strangeness\, the beauty and the devastation of her homeland in this poetic\, entrancing documentary.” \n\n\n\nNoting her family’s four generation of miners\, WSJ continues: “Though the film is too short on footage of actual mining\, the few minutes of images we do see clarify that on its best day\, the experience is an alarming one. The worst days are ones we’d rather not think about as we flip the light switch. \n\n\n\n“The post-coal era can’t come fast enough for some. For others\, coal is at the heart of who they are and where they came from. ‘Some think place matters less today\,’ the filmmaker notes\,” the WSJ concludes. “Her lovely\, lyrical film makes a profound statement against that notion.”  \n\n\n\nElaine McMillion Sheldon\, writer\, director and co-producer\, will join us virtually for Q&A after the 2:50 p.m. screening on Wednesday\, Sept. 6. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets to Rumble\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 20mDirector: Elaine McMillion SheldonStars: Lanie Marsh\, Gabrielle Wilson\n\n\n\nThe powerful Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World is “revelatory in every sense\,” raves The Hollywood Reporter. It exposes the role of Native Americans in contemporary music history\, a critical missing chapter “eloquently demonstrated in this engaging documentary.” \n\n\n\n“American popular music—and the history of rock and roll itself—wouldn’t be the same without the contributions of Native American performers\,” The Hollywood Reporter observes. They influenced blues and jazz\, punk and rock\, crooners and headbangers\, starting in 1958 with Link Wray\, the mastermind of Rumble\, the only instrumental song banned from U.S. radio. \n\n\n\nAmong the top-name artists profiled is The Band guitarist/composer Robbie Robertson\, who passed away earlier this month. Robertson recalls being told when he was young\, “Be proud you’re an Indian\, but be careful who you tell.” The part-Mohawk artist also composed soundtracks for Martin Scorsese films Gangs of New York and The Departed. Scorsese is among the big names interviewed in the film\, alongside multi-genre musicians Steven Van Zandt\, Wayne Kramer and Iggy Pop\, crooner Tony Bennett\, bluesman Taj Mahal\, folk’s Buffy Sainte-Marie and funk master George Clinton.  \n\n\n\n“The winning streak for music documentaries continues with Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World\, says the New York Times. “If you couldn’t name two Native American musicians at the beginning of the documentary\, you’ll remember at least a half-dozen after the end. And it’s a good bet you’ll be searching for their albums\, too.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets to Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 32mDirector: Andrea Blaugrund NevinsStars: Richard Dickson\, Kristina Duncan\, Michelle Chidoni\n\n\n\nDid this 2018 documentary successfully predict 2023’s blockbuster and global phenomenon? Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie looks back on the past 60 years of this foot-high icon\, featuring unprecedented access to the inner workings of the toy giant Mattel during Barbie’s most recent reinvention and examining her popularity and impact on women and culture. \n\n\n\n“What does a plastic doll have to say about feminism? Everything\, (the) documentary argues\,” The Atlantic says\, hailing Director Andrea Blaugrund Nevins’ film as “fascinating.”  \n\n\n\n“From her very conception\, Tiny Shoulders reveals\, Barbie was problematic. Prior to her creation\, the only toy dolls available for children came in the form of babies…” The Atlantic continues. \n\n\n\nIs Barbie “an empowering toy that encourages girls to dream big and\, in doing so\, helps them define their feminist identities? Or is she the embodiment of an unrealistic\, and thus harmful\, vapid sexist ideal\, making women of all ages feel bad about themselves and their bodies?” asks Variety. “Nevins’ documentary suggests that the answer to both questions is yes.” \n\n\n\nIf you can’t get enough of Barbie or have been waiting for a more intellectual take on the doll\, this one’s for you! \n\n\n\nProducer\, director and writer Andrea Blaugrund Nevins will join us virtually for Q&A after the 5:15 p.m. screening on Friday\, Sept. 1. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets to Behind the Stage Door\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBehind the Stage Door\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 21mDirector: Brian StorkStars: Rich Engler\, Doc McGhee\, Alex Lifeson\n\n\n\nHaving promoted concerts of Bob Marley\, Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney\, Sewickley resident Rich Engler has been the driving force behind vibrant concert scenes in Pittsburgh and across the nation. \n\n\n\n“Few figures in 20th-century rock music—and\, in all likelihood\, no one based in Pittsburgh—had more impact on modern music than Rich Engler\,” says Pittsburgh Magazine. “He had a profound impact on live music during the heyday of what we now call classic rock.”   \n\n\n\nThe son of a Creighton\, Pa.\, glassworker\, Engler began his professional life as a drummer for Grains of Sand\, which opened for the likes of David Bowie\, the Beach Boys\, the Yardbirds and Yes.  \n\n\n\nBehind the Stage Door\, “inspired by Engler’s 2012 book of the same title\, covers everything from the intricacies of the music industry to Engler’s insider stories of high-living rock-stars\,” reports WESA-FM. “The film features interviews with members of bands like Rush\, Kansas\, and Styx and local notables Donnie Iris and Joe Grushecky.” \n\n\n\n“Engler could fill a 10-hour documentary with the tales he has to tell\,” like juicy tidbits regarding Bob Dylan\, Eric Clapton and Axl Rose\, and the emotional story of a very ill Bob Marley’s final show in 1980\, notes the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. \n\n\n\nYou know the name; now learn the back story of this fascinating Pittsburgher and his many brushes with fame. \n\n\n\nRich Engler will be at the Theater after the 4 p.m. Monday\, Sept. 11\, screening for Q&A and a book signing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets to Live the Stream\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLive the Stream: The Story of Joe Humphreys\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 33m Directors: Lucas Bell\, Meigan BellStars: Joe Humphreys\, Johanna Humphreys\n\n\n\nBack by popular demand! This Pennsylvania-made charmer was a favorite in The Lindsay’s Summer Classic Series.  \n\n\n\nWhen you think of fly-fishing\, the crystal streams and towering mountains of the American West may come to mind\, but an internationally known fly fishing giant plies his trade in lovely central Pennsylvania. \n\n\n\nLive the Stream: The Story of Joe Humphreys is “a beautiful wade in the water” with “a 90-year-old rock star of the fly fishing world\,” according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Husband and wife filmmakers (Lucas and Meigan Bell\, originally from Cheswick and Sarver) spent a year following fishing legend Joe Humphreys\, of the State College area\, to his favorite fishing holes\, creating a documentary praised by audiences and critics on festival circuits from Breckenridge\, CO\, to Reading\, PA.  \n\n\n\n“Trout streams are fountains of youth for Joe Humphreys: a man who was born to fly fish\, lives to teach and strives to pass on a respect for our local waters\,” shares Fins and Feathers. “Far more than a fly fishing film\, this character story about the one-of-a-kind Joe Humphreys is an emotional and powerful narrative about aging\, family\, friendships and the power of positive influence.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets to Venice: Infinitely Avant-Garde\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenice: Infinitely Avant-Garde\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 30mDirector: Michele MallyStars: Hania Rani\, Carlo Cecchi\n\n\n\nThe gondolas\, the bridges\, the mysterious alleyways. Whether you’ve been there or not\, we invite you to the delightful Venice: Infinitely Avant Garde.  \n\n\n\n“Every corner in Venice\, every canal\, leads you toward a dreamlike dimension\,” says one of the lovers of this magical city interviewed for the film. \n\n\n\nFor 1\,600 years\, Venice has always been known for its openness to the world and to the future through its art as well as its narrow streets. The film showcases masterpieces by Tiepolo\, Canaletto\, Rosalba Carriera and the intellectuals who fell in love with Venice: Goethe\, Byron and Walter Scott\, down to the great Hollywood stars drawn to its unique\, yearly Film Festival. \n\n\n\nCombining decadence with cutting-edge excitement\, Venice has always been a cosmopolitan city of commercial and cultural exchange with the East. \n\n\n\nBring along your favorite travel companion and learn how this city has conserved its unique urban environment made of stone\, earth and water\, and its legendary history. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets to Every Body\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvery Body\n\n\n\nR | 1h 32mDirector: Julie CohenStars: Sean Saifa Wall\, Alicia Roth Weigel\, River Gallo\n\n\n\n“Every Body is a moving\, fascinating look at a too-often-ignored subset of the world’s population\, filled with empathy and understanding but also a cool\, analytical anger about what history has put them through\,” says Roger Ebert. “The subject is intersex people.” \n\n\n\nThe “I” in L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+\, intersex people are born with physical\, chromosomal or hormonal characteristics that are consistent with both males and females. Some are raised as a certain gender\, and some are surgically altered to make them look more like one gender. \n\n\n\nThe film focuses on three intersex people advocating for greater understanding of the intersex community: Sean Saifa Wall\, Alicia Roth Weigel and River Gallo\, who seek to end to unnecessary surgeries. \n\n\n\n“Director Julie Cohen and her editor Kelly Kendrick interweave the three main stories and troves of accompanying historical and medical facts with admirable economy and imagination\,” says Roger Ebert. “Stylistically this is one of the cleanest American documentaries of the year. A lot of information is packed into the movie’s brief running time\, but Every Body never feels cluttered.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets to 5 Seasons\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFive Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf\n\n\n\nNR | 75mDirector: Thomas PiperStar: Piet Oudolf\n\n\n\nPiet Oudolf\, the world’s most celebrated garden designer\, is known for his groundbreaking work on New York’s High Line\, Chicago’s Lurie Gardens and Philadelphia’s Calder Gardens\, “meticulously cultivating some of the urban world’s great outdoor spaces\,” says the Village Voice. \n\n\n\n“If there’s a rock star garden designer worthy of a biopic\, then Piet Oudolf is probably the one\,” says Gardenista.   \n\n\n\nFilmmaker Thomas Piper captures Oudolf ‘s creative process in Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf. “For gardeners everywhere\, the film is a tantalizing 75 minutes in which to lose yourself in one man’s vision and passion\,” raves Gardenista. \n\n\n\nIn the documentary “chock-full of spark and life…it’s enchanting to see Oudolf’s gentle joy at discovering swathes of Technicolor wildflowers in the Texan countryside—and it’s just as satisfying to watch his bemused reaction to barbecue\,” the Village Voice concludes. “Piper’s cinematography (whether through a sunny haze or a snowy blanket) and contemplative storytelling have done these gardens justice.” 
URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/back-to-school-documentary-week/
CATEGORIES:Documentaries
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SUMMARY:AbSolved: Season 1 Local Premiere
DESCRIPTION:Reserve Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs part of its ongoing Emerging Filmmakers Showcase\, The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center will host AbSolved\, a 120-minute episodic narrative created and written by local actor and writer David Ogrodowsk and produced by LaTasia Greene\, Thursday\, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. \n\n\n\nAbSolved\, a psychological thriller\, follows Father Demetrius\, a Catholic priest\, as he struggles with post-traumatic stress syndrome after witnessing a school shooting.   \n\n\n\nDemetrius\, played by Ogrodowski\, goes on an unexpected journey to understand his new circumstances and is bombarded with mysterious sounds\, haunting voices and ghostly visitors. His efforts to trace these strange occurrences takes him down a rabbit hole that pulls him further and further from the priesthood. \n\n\n\nFor Ogrodowski\, writing and acting are certainly a means of self-expression. “The more I create\, the more I live\,” he says. But he feels even more strongly about making a positive impact on others with his art. “We can take people away from the troubles in their lives\, and help them temporarily forget whatever is ailing them. So whenever I approach filmmaking\, I approach it with that in mind.” \n\n\n\nLeading the filmmaking crew are directors Kevin Hejna of Hazelwood and Jesse Hutchins of Moon Township; producers Greene of Pittsburgh and Edward Pfeifer of South Hills; editor James Harland Lockhart V of Bellevue and cinematographer Kevin Kukler of Belle Vernon. \n\n\n\nIn addition to Ogrodowski\, a Washington\, PA\, native who now lives on Pittsburgh’s North Side\, other actors involved in the production include Jason Burke of Munhall\, Ella Burke of Punxsutawney\, Phil Henderson of Canonsburg\, David Saint-Jacques of Sewickley and Curtis Caldwell of Pleasant Hills.  \n\n\n\nAbSolved\, shot mostly in the Pittsburgh area\, has earned over 30 nominations on the festival circuit and has won over a dozen awards including Best Suspense/Thriller and Best Actor (international) at the 2022 Seoul Webfest; Outstanding Thriller at the 2022 New Jersey Web Festival\, and Best Drama and Best Actor (Ogrodowski) at the 2022 Miami Web Fest.  \n\n\n\n“Pittsburgh is very well endowed with an army of dedicated independent filmmakers\,” Ogrodowski says. “Also\, If you can’t find a setting to shoot a narrative in in Pittsburgh\, you aren’t looking. Pittsburgh can be old Europe\, untouched woods\, modern cities\, country roads\, apocalyptic societies\, rich\, poor\, rivers and mountains—all sorts of amazing things for a camera to look at.” \n\n\n\nThe first season of AbSolved will be screened in its entirety\, along with the first episode of the second season\, for a total running time of two hours.  \n\n\n\nThe screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers. Big Spring Spirits\, a community-centric craft distillery that is based in Bellefonte\, Pa. and operates a store in Sewickley\, will also be on hand with “AbSolved-inspired” signature cocktails available for purchase. \n\n\n\nShowcase events\, a staple at The Lindsay\, are designed to encourage exchanges between local filmmakers and the public\, and are free to all.
URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/absolved-season-1-local-premiere/
CATEGORIES:Emerging Filmmakers,Free Events
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SUMMARY:Nicole Travolta: Doing Alright
DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNicole Travolta—actor\, comedian\, impressionist—brings her internationally touring comedy show to The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center on Thursday\, Sept. 14\, at 7:30 p.m.\, in an exclusive\, one-night engagement. \n\n\n\n“We are fortunate that some of Nicole’s friends in Western PA convinced her to select The Lindsay for her first performance in Pennsylvania\,” explains Carolina Pais-Barreto Thor\, chief executive officer of the nonprofit cultural center. “Nicole just performed her show\, Doing Alright\, at the world-renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe and promises to keep us entertained.” \n\n\n\nTravolta’s one-woman show is a searing account of life as a compulsive shopper who freed herself from spiraling debt\, shame\, a messy divorce and the weight of a famous last name by a bizarre\, real-life journey through the world of spray tanning. Surprisingly\, it was a job she loved\, and her impressions will introduce some of the eccentric characters she met to her audiences. (Travolta’s social media shares hilarious impressions of Sex and the City characters Carrie Bradshaw and Samantha Jones\, actors Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Coolidge\, and disgraced Theranos leader Elizabeth Holmes.) \n\n\n\nThrough humor\, Travolta lightens issues such as debt\, depression\, divorce\, addiction and female empowerment—all of which Travolta has experienced first-hand. And she shares how this journey helped her find herself once more. \n\n\n\n“I wanted to the audience to feel like they were going through the chaos of my life with me in real time\, and I believe we achieved this. Getting to do my show in Western PA will be my first East Coast stop and I’m so excited! Sewickley is one of my favorite towns\, and getting the opportunity to do this at The Lindsay Theater is a dream.” \n\n\n\nCo-written and directed by Lauren Burns\, well-known main company member of LA’s legendary comedy improv The Groundlings\, Doing Alright debuted with sell-outs at the Groundlings\, then moved to Las Vegas and Scotland\, with sights on New York and London. \n\n\n\nA Los Angeles Times review of Doing Alright notes Travolta “was incredibly honest and unafraid to talk about the aspects of money that are often considered taboo…. She coupled her best jokes with discussion about her lowest moments. Throughout the show\, Travolta admitted that she’s a work in progress\, and for now\, she’s doing all right.”
URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/nicole-travolta-doing-alright/
CATEGORIES:Live,Live Comedy
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SUMMARY:Animating Reality: An Evening with Filmmaker Kevin Schreck
DESCRIPTION:Reserve Tickets\n\n\n\n\nThe tale starts with a rabbit and pink panther\, involves a thief and a cobbler\, and the epilogue focuses on a rapper. These characters are central to the works that award-winning filmmaker Kevin Schreck\, Visiting Documentary Filmmaker at Robert Morris University\, will present on Thursday\, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnimating Reality: An Evening with Filmmaker Kevin Schreck\, is a special free event hosted by The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center. \n\n\n\nSchreck will share his film\, Persistence of Vision\, an acclaimed documentary about “the greatest animated film never made.” Described as a story of obsession and dreams\, Persistence of Vision centers on the would-be masterpiece of Richard Williams\, the Academy-Award winning animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and two of the Pink Panther movies\, among others. \n\n\n\nStriving to make the greatest animated film of all time\, Williams toiled for more than a quarter of a century on his masterpiece\, The Thief and the Cobbler––only to have it torn from his hands. Schreck’s Persistence of Vision weaves together mind-blowing animation\, rare archival footage\, and exclusive interviews with key animators and artists who worked with Williams on his ill-fated magnum opus.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“In animation circles\, it is a legendary story\,” says The Globe and Mail. “With an amazing cache of archival footage—including Mr. Williams’s original animation—Mr. Schreck’s documentary is gripping\, even though we know from the beginning that Mr. Williams’s project will fail.” \n\n\n\nBesides sharing this feature\, Schreck will also screen excerpts from his forthcoming project\, Enongo\, a documentary-animation hybrid and portrait of a young rapper/producer/Ph.D. candidate\, Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo\, better known by her stage persona\, Sammus. This documentary will be the first feature-length film with an animation team composed entirely of Black women animators\, Schreck says. \n\n\n\nAfter the screenings\, Schreck’s discussion of his career in bringing the worlds of animation and nonfiction cinema together will be followed by a Q&A session. Schreck’s latest film\, Antarctic Voyage (in post production) focuses on a scientific research expedition to the Antarctic Convergence and the remote island of South Georgia. Originally from Minneapolis\, Schreck is now based in Brooklyn. Schreck is the 12th Visiting Documentary Filmmaker at RMU (The Arts and Humanities Department and Center for Documentary Production & Study at the School of Informatics\, Humanities and Social Sciences)\, and as part of his semester-long resident will screen films and share his experienced as a filmmaker while teaching a documentary production class.
URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/animating-reality-an-evening-with-filmmaker-kevin-schreck/
CATEGORIES:Documentaries,Free Events,Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with Live Accompaniment by Pittsburgh Composers Quartet
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene\, 1920) + the luminous short film Symphonie diagonale (Viking Eggeling\, 1923) with live accompaniment by Pittsburgh Composers Quartet. \n\n\n\nIn 1920\, one brilliant movie jolted the postwar masses and catapulted the movement known as German Expressionism into film history. That movie was The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari\, a plunge into the mind of insanity that severs all ties with the rational world. Director Robert Wiene and a visionary team of designers crafted a nightmare realm in which light\, shadow and substance are abstracted\, a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community. \n\n\n\nThe Pittsburgh Composers Quartet (Patrick Breiner: tenor saxophone\, clarinets; Adam Kantz: drums\, electronics; Mark Micchelli: piano\, keyboards; Ben Opie: saxophones\, clarinets\, electronics) draws on a variety of sources and techniques\, ranging from traditional and free jazz to modern classical techniques. Performances are lively\, unpredictable and fun! \n\n\n\nThe culmination of over a decade of silent film exhibition in the area\, the Pittsburgh Silent Film Society’s 1st Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival will take place September 24 to October 1\, 2023. Nine films will screen at eight venues around the Pittsburgh area\, with half a dozen musicians providing live accompaniment. The festival will coincide with the 3rd annual Silent Movie Day\, a world-wide celebration of silent film occurring each year on September 29 – a project which was co-founded in 2021 by Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival director Chad Hunter. Film director Martin Scorsese remarked on the effort: “This is exactly the kind of activist spirit we need right now in the world of cinema.”
URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/pittsburgh-silent-film-festival-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari/
CATEGORIES:Classics
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