BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//http://www2.movingimage.us//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.23// X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260415T214843CEST-2577nJO4kj@http://www2.movingimage.us DTSTAMP:20260415T194843Z DESCRIPTION:\n Presented by NYU Tisch School of the Arts\, Department of Ci nema Studies\, Moving Image and Archiving Program. \n \n \n A special oppo rtunity for the public to see some of the rarest\, most exciting finds fro m this year's Oprhan Film Symposium. \;\n\n\n The Orphan Film Symposiu m\, founded in 1999 by Dan Streible\, is a unique scholarly event. Its \n \n combination of presentations and screenings has an intense\, loyal foll owing among archivists\, \n \n historians\, students\, and filmmakers. “Or phan film” refers to all manner of films outside of the \n \n mainstream: public-domain materials\, home movies\, industrial and educational movies\ , independent documentaries\, ethnographic films\, newsreels\, underground works\, and more. \n \n \n On Sunday\, April 15\, from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.\, there will be a public screening of highlights from the symposium. The April 15 screenings\, in the Museum’s main theater\, will be open to t he public and free with Museum admission. See full schedule below. \; \n \n \n Orphans Public Film Program Schedule \n\n\n 2:00 p.m. \n \n The A rmy Pictorial Center in Astoria \n \n Presentation by Barbara Miller\, the Museum's Collection Curator\, about the Army Pictorial Center in Astoria and screening of The Use of Training Films\, which is indeed a training fi lm about training films. \n \n \n Campaign Films and TV Spots \n \n The hi story of presidential campaign commercials\, in a presentation by David Sc hwartz\, the Museum's Chief Curator with screening of ads from The Living Room Candidate \n \n Also\, a revelatory look at three campaign films made in 1948\, 'The Dewey Story\,' 'The Truman Story\,' and \;'A People’s Convention.' Charles Musser (Yale) presents convincing evidence that Truma n's superior biographical film\, seen in movie theaters by 90 million peop le\, may have decided the outcome of Truman's famous upset victory. 'A Peo ple's Convention\,' made for the third-party campaign of Henry Wallace\, i s a remarkable record of the American progressive movement. \n\n\n Charles Wilp’s Afri-Cola Films \n \n Dazzling 35mm prints of the 'sexy-mini-super -flower-pop-op-Afri-Cola' commercial campaign by experimental filmmaker Ch arles Wilp\, preserved by Annette Groschke\, Deutsche Kinematek. \n\n\n Ma king Films at AT&\;T/Bell Labs \n\n\n Walter Forsberg (NYU) presents th e pioneering experimental and computer-animated films sponsored by AT&\ ;T and Bell Labs between 1967 and 1980. The films include \;Operator ( by Nell Cox)\, \;Touch Tone Phone Film (by Bill Brand)\, Dot Squared ( by Katy Martin)\, and a remarkable series of abstract computer-animated fi lms by Lillian Schwartz: \;Pixillation\, \;UFOs\, \;Olympiad\,  \;Enigma\, \;Papillon\, \;Galaxies) \n\n\n 5:00 p.m. \; \n\n\n From the Czech Army Film Studio \n\n\n Metrum An astonishing short black-and-white film study of life in the Prague subways\; one of the grea t cinematic finds of this year's Orphans. \n\n\n Community Youth Filmmakin g \n\n\n The Jungle \;(a 1967 film made in Philadelphia by the 12th an d Oxford Street Filmmakers) \n \n \n \n \n\n\n The L.A. Rebellion \n\n\n Daydream Therapy \;(Bernard Nicholas's short 1977 film\, part of the ambitious film series The L.A. Rebellion\, a survey of black independent f ilms made in Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1980s. \n \n \n National Memory Reconsidered \n \n Cine Movil \;(A short documentary about a traveling film van in Mexico). \n \n \n \n \n\n\n Popular Science \n\n\n The Flig ht to Thousands of Suns \;(An astonishing film by Russian director Ale ksei Yerin\, 1963) \n \n \n Behavior Modification \n \n How to Light a Cig ar \;(Silent film made in 1945 by Sam Fuller) \n \n AFA Pledge Drive&n bsp\;(Hilarious find by Andrew Lamper\, Anthology Film Archives) \n \n Lig ht Cavalry Girl \;(Delighftul 1980 film from the Central Newsreel and Doucmentary Film Studio) \n \n \n About the Orphan Film Symposium \n \n Th is year’s theme is “Made to Persuade.” What neglected productions have inf luenced thought\, opinion\, and perception (or tried to)? Among the forms under consideration are political campaign ads\, advertising films\, telev ision commercials\, newsreels\, religious pictures\, sponsored and sales f ilms\, military productions\, trailers\, documentaries\, essay films\, pub lic affairs and public access programs\, activist and advocacy pieces\, in telligence work\, censored footage\, indoctrination and training films\, t riggers\, guidance and educational films\, amateur samizdat\, and more. \n \n\nSee rediscovered work from archives in the Netherlands\, Ghana\, Mexi co\, Germany\, China\, Switzerland\, Ireland\, the Czech Republic\, and Ru ssia. Filmmakers in attendance will include Lillian Schwartz\, Nell Cox\, Bill Brand\, Issa Garcia Ascot\, Irene Lusztig\, and the symposium’s Helen Hill awardees\, Jeanne Liotta and Jo Dery. There will also be lesser-know n work by historical figures such as Sam Fuller\, Frank Tashlin\, Roman Vi shniac\, Hans Richter\, and Dave Fleischer\, and \n\nby accomplished filmm akers such as Jie Shen\, Valy Arnheim\, Bill Birch\, Sy Wexler\, Robbins \n\nBarstow\, Rolf Forsberg\, and Lee Dick. \n\n\nMore than 80 participant s will present rare\, rediscovered\, or recently preserved works. New \n\n productions and technical presentations on moving image archiving and pres ervation are \n\nalso part of the program. \n DTSTART:20120415T140000 DTEND:20120415T140000 LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image SUMMARY:Public Show of Orphan Film Symposium highlights END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR