Admission is free 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Screening: Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story A documentary that delves into the life of experimental film curator Sally Dixon. Her story began in the 1960’s when she received a small hand-held movie camera from her father-in-law and started making films, that she later called “Film Poems.” Sally is known as a trailblazer in the “film as art”...
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AMIA 2021 Closing Night Double Feature Friday | 5:00 pm (Pacific) New York Ninja John is just an average man working as a sound technician for a New York City news station, until one day his pregnant wife is brutally murdered after witnessing the kidnapping of a young woman in broad daylight. Turning to the police for help, John soon learns that the city is overrun with crime and the police are too busy to help. Dressing as a...
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April 16 | 5:00 pm (Pacific) Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song Mario van Peebles introduces his father Melvin’s remarkable film, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, recently named to the National Film Registry. MoMA restored the film photochemically from the camera negative and track negative with Melvin’s approval in 2006. The film was funded with support from The Film Foundation. The work was done by Cinetech. In 2017,...
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April 15 | 5:00pm (Pacific) Star Wars: A New Hope Translated into Navajo Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire’s world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader. RobertEbert.com reviewed the translation: The nicest surprise is how C-3PO, voiced this time by a woman, becomes a soulful and...
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