May 2005

 

FILM

 

40 years of super 8 film

Global Super 8 Day @ ATA

Sunday, May 8, 2005. 8PM $5

 

On the 8th of may 2005 Super 8 fans from all over the world will celebrate the 40th birthday of their beloved home movie film format. On all continents of the planet there will be Super-8-films running smooth through the projectors while on the screens the little colorful film beauties will flicker away through the night. Come and celebrate the Global Super 8 Day on May 8th. A variety of different pieces from Bay Area filmmakers will be screened to showcase the medium's different faces and its evolution.

 

 

 

"American Idle"

New work from the film department of City College

Monday, May 23, 2005. 7PM door/8PM screening

 

Cutting edge work from a new generation of filmmakers.

 

Works by:
Chris Beltran
Kendall Callas
Kristina Decker
Jeff Dotherrow
Davide Fabbian
Shani Heckman
Christa Irwin
Robert Kellett
Charlie Kuttner
Philipp Nacionales
Yolanda Soler
DeAnte Spencer
Sean VanSteen
Kora Vandervall
Christopher Villareal
Daniel Wyrick

 

Monday, May 23, 2005. 7PM door/8PM screening $3-$5

7-8 Reception and $1 raffle for really cool stuff
8-10 Screening

 

 

STRIP MALL GLASS @ATA

A music video for San Francisco's Veronica Lipgloss and the Evil Eyes.

 

 "Strip Mall Glass" follows a group of "urban creatures" on their quest to find an injured friend. On their way they meet Veronica Lipgloss, take over a city bus, terrorize downtown San Francisco, celebrate at a busy intersection then take revenge on the city folk responsible for harming their friend. This past January
Veronica Lipgloss, along with 15 people dressed as "urban creatures," filmed the video all over San Francisco, from the Mission district to downtown and even on the Muni, where a bus-dance scene got kinda out of control yet they totally got away with it. This screening to to celebrate the completion of the video as well as help promote their upcoming release on G.S.L. (Gold Standard Labs, www.goldstandardlabs.com, CD out this July). "Strip Mall Glass" was directed by SF based director Justin Kelly, also responsible for Hey Willpower's "Double Fantasy II"   (viewable online at www.heywillpower.com) and the Mutilated Mannequins "Sharecropping" (viewable online at  www.mutilatedmannequins.com/sounds.html  ). The screening will also feature an installation by local artist Heather Ciriza, responsible for designing and hand-stitching the wardrobe for the video as well as creating the sets.

Wednesday, May 11, 2005. 7PM $5 donation @ ATA

 

 

LEST WE FORGET

Amnesty International Screening

Director: Jason DaSilva
English and Urdu, subtitled, 57min

 

Through a critical lens, LEST WE FORGET explores a lesson that history has forgotten.  Filmmaker Jason DaSilva illustrates the parallels between the experiences of the Arab and Muslim population in post 9/11 America and those of the Japanese population living in the United States during the Second World War.  This documentary examines events following the tragedy of 9/11, investigating how extensive domestic security measures can cross the line into unjust treatment of innocent people.  The film presents a variety of voices from those who have felt the severity of wartime racism in America.

Sunday, May 22, 2005. 8PM $5 @ ATA

 

 

Film Schedule Sex Workers Film Fest (SWAF)
Friday, Movies!
Friday May 6th-Roxie Cinema, 3117 16th St., San Francisco
2 PM  - Movie and Film Opening Reception- Storyville Memory; Machiko Saito's Hard, Fast & Beautiful; Jamaican Reggae Dancehall Queen
4 PM Our health, Our Lives-Gag Rules by Danzine's T. Dulce; Our Life Saving Vinegar from Taiwan; i spy love by kevin@LOVEspace.org; Chellamma sex workers in India, community and tragedy.
6 PM The Sacred Prostitute- Kenneth Ray Stubbs, Ph.D., About the sexual healer, sacred whore, tantra teacher, sexual shaman
8 PM Condoms and Handcuffs: How the Bush Administration Spends Taxpayer Dollars Arresting Prostitutes Under the Guise of Fighting Terrorism; Hand Relief; Measure Q plus Live from New Orleans, Canal Street Madam, Robyn Few-From Keystone Cops to conspiracy theories, these stories and videos will reveal sordid corruption, bizarre misconduct and general waste of your taxpayer dollars! Janelle Fawkes, Australian Sex Worker Activist with Hand Relief
10 PM Carol Queen Live in Peep Show! Talk To A Live Nude Girl!
12 Midnight Local Queer/Fetish Porn, Sex Art, Sex Ed, Erotica & Smut- The Bay Area has one of the most sophisticated porn industries in the world, producing sometimes educational, sometimes transgressive and sometimes lucrative porn. This showcase features excerpts from the most exciting queer and fetish movies by our neighbors including clips from Lavendar Lounge, Raging Stallion, Titan, New School of Erotic Touch, Cleo Dubios, Sir Video, Libido, Good Vibrations and more!

Saturday Movies!
Saturday May 7th Roxie Cinema, 3117 16th St., San Francisco
12 Noon-Feminism Gone Wild!- Big Hard Meat Tina Butcher; Big Beautiful Women in the Adult Entertainment Industry; Naked Feminist.
2 Sex TV w/Scarlot Harlot; Ben McCoy My Hustler Boyfriend; Xaviera Hollander: Happy Hooker-new documentary;
4 Annie Sprinkle and Friends-We're Talking Vulva; Tit Printing with Annie Sprinkle;
Sheila Malone and Annie Sprinkle's Amazing World of Orgasm
6 Porn Genre-Fuck - Pornstar Pets by Margi Schnibbe; Be A Rockstar in Bed by Tess Sweet; Dick Ho: Asian Male Porn Star by Jeffrey Lei
8 Peep Box by Difficult Debbie from Australia "Barbie irons clothes just like she would give a 100 hand jobs to men that she services;" Would You Like Me To Stay by Gina Gold; Stripped by Jill Morley "A valuable addition to our open sexual discourse as feminists." Bust Magazine
10 Gangstresses- Director, Harry Davis in Person! Lil Kim, Mary J. Blige, Pam, Shaka Don- unflinching, and unsentimental look at women on the edge; Protection by Penelope Saunders- Smokers, persecuted in this city of the future, are helped by sex workers.
12 Other People's Mirrors and Indie Porn Shorts. Don't miss this very hot, beyond-blair-witch approach to indie features...a new direction in indie film, plus Don't You Like Yourself?; clips from FTM Erotics by Tobaron Waxman; i love jesus; Domestic Paranoia

 

Cecil Taylor All the Notes @ ROXIE

 

Cecil Taylor is one of the great liberators of contemporary music. Like Thelonius Monk and Ornette Coleman, Taylor follows in the tradition of Charlie Parker, creating a streaming liberty that is as powerful as any artistic expression in modern culture. Ageless and lionized, Taylor is the winner of a MacArthur genius award and his artistry appears to date in more than 200 recordings. Filmmaker Christopher Felver gets up close and personal with this master pianist, gaining unprecedented access to Taylor’s Brooklyn home/workplace, exploring his often stentorian pronouncements on life, art, music and memories, and a backstage meeting with his old friend Mal Waldron. The film is an intimate portrait of one of the greatest living jazz pianists. Directed by Christopher Felver. USA. Runningtime: 70 minutes. Showtimes: Nightly at 6:30, 8:00 & 9:30 with Sat & Sun. mats at (2:00), 3:30 & 5:00.