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F11 AND BE THERE | | CRITIC'S PICK “Burk Uzzle, the subject of this unusually distinctive documentary, doesn’t have the name recognition of Bill Cunningham or Jay Maisel, two lensmen highlighted in recent features, but he should. The film is as beautifully composed as Uzzle’s pictures. The director Jethro Waters also shot the movie, a subtle feast of light and color." | For 65 years and counting, Burk Uzzle has created some of the most iconic photographs in American history. From Martin Luther King to Woodstock to America’s small towns and back roads, Uzzle’s photographs have provided a breathtaking commentary on American civil rights, race, social justice, and art. An electrifying fusion of music, image, and dialogue, F11 and Be There captures the life and artistry of this most unique American photographer. Director: Jethro Waters Stars: Burk Uzzle |
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| | “A sex-crazed creature feature." -Nathaniel Thompson, MONDO DIGITAL | A maxed-out mix of 1980s supernatural horror and slasher excess, MAUSOLEUM is a stylish, sleazy, and outrageously gory production, featuring a series of imaginative death scenes orchestrated by effects wizard John Carl Buechler (RE-ANIMATOR, GHOULIES). A woman (Bobbie Bresee, EVIL SPAWN) is infected with some no-good Satanic darkness upon visiting her mother’s grave, and she soon embarks on a logic-defying spree of telekinetic head-burstings, sexual mutilations, and high-octane unholy transformations. Restoration courtesy of All Channel Films and the American Genre Film Archive. Director: Michael Dugan Writers: Robert Barich, Robert Madero Stars: Marjoe Gortner, Bobbie Bresee, Norman Burton Presented in collaboration with Ithaca Fantastik |
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| | “The… film buzzes with the long-term historical power of the occasion, and notes the divisions that the organizers struggled to overcome." | NATIONTIME is the long-lost film that William Greaves made about the National Black Political Convention of 1972, when 10,000 black politicians, activists and artists went to Gary, Indiana, to forge a national unity platform in advance of the Republican and Democratic presidential conventions. Found in a Pittsburgh warehouse in 2018, the 48-year-old negative was painstakingly restored by IndieCollect under the supervision of Louise Greaves, the director’s widow and filmmaking partner. As we head into the presidential election of 2020, NATIONTIME is a must-see for all who care about ending racist attitudes and practices in this country, once and for all. Director: William Greaves Stars: Amiri Baraka, Charles C. Diggs Jr., Richard Hatcher |
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