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Topic: Fundraiser for Projectionist Documentary!
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Gabriel Rhodes
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From: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 05-12-2003 10:04 PM
Greetings projectionists,
Forgive the mass posting, but I thought there might be a few New Yorkers out there who might be interested in attending the fundraiser for Behind the Glass, a 16mm documentary about motion picture projectionists.
BEHIND THE GLASS, a one hour 16mm documentary, will cast light for the first time on those invisible people who make moving images move: the projectionists. The film will profile four projectionists from drive-ins, porn theaters, movie palaces and microcinemas across the country. It will afford a glimpse at the history of image projection-from the traveling showmen who used limelight to bring films to places without electricity, to the men and women working in theatres today who struggle to resist the arrival of automated digital projection. For more information about the film, cast and crew, please visit: http://www.behindtheglass.com
Where: The Screening Room, 54 Varick Street (Just below Canal) in Tribeca. Take the 1/9 to Canal Street or the A/C/E to Canal Street. Also visit: http://www.thescreeningroom.com for more information.
When: May 15th, from 7:30pm to Midnight.
Food and Drink: Hors D'oeuvres will be served from 8pm-10pm, sponsored by Vitaquest. Guinness Beer will be served from the bar for free all night. We will also have limited quantities of Maker's Mark and Original Sin Cider available for free. The Screening Room has a full bar, however, so the sky's the limit!
Raffle: We will be holding a raffle throughout the evening with prizes that include: Lomo Cameras, DVD collections from HBO and The Sundance Channel, Tony and Tina gift bags, gift certificates to Bird, a year membership to The Film Forum, original art by Lisa Sanditz and Emily Sartor, new documentary DVD releases by Plexifilms, CD's and more!
Movies: In addition to screening the sample clip for Behind The Glass throughout the night, we will be showing various short 16mm films from the '60's and '70's. This eclectic mix of films will be screening in The I-Room, an interactive multimedia cinema in The Screening Room's Lounge.
Cost: Minimum donation is $25. All donations above $25 will be processed through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, and will be tax deductible. If you cannot make it to the event, you may still make a donation to the film. To do so, please contact Gabriel Rhodes at: 646-498-9036.
Please contact me if you'd like to know more about the film!
Gabriel Rhodes
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Gerard S. Cohen
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 05-16-2003 06:20 PM
I had a most happy evening last night and enjoyed meeting Gabriel Rhodes and his attractive and gracious cp-producer of BEHIND THE GLASS at the Screening Room fund-raiser.
The two film clips that appear on the website link in Gabriel's post above were shown repeatedly via video projection, and vintage documentary and other short films via film projection. The crowd of mostly young, enthusiastic and friendly guests included some projectionists such as Dan Gray, who projects at Telluride, and Katie Trainor (IATSE Local 306), Director of Operations at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY, a most vivacious member of the craft.
In addition to the two projectionists shown in the clips, the producers have seven more lined up (click the "Cast" button in their website linked in the first post) and are open to suggestions. I recommended Gabriel read through the "Who the Heck Are You?" thread to seek out others, but you may volunteer yourselves. I also seconded the recommendation that female projectionists be included, and suggested contacting the unions for input and support. [Click the History button for an interesting history of cinema on the Behind the Glass website.]
I wore my black T-shirt with the bright yellow IATSE logo and motto "We Put The PRO In PROJECTION." Coincidentally, in the raffles held amid the unlimited Guinness and hors d'ouvres, I won two T-shirts, two hats, a notebook, a silver paperweight, and waterproof courier's bag, all with the Sundance Channel logo, plus a VHS tape of Casablanca!
Gabriel had spread word of Film-tech among his crew, and I recommended it to many, some of whom made note in their address books.
All in all, a fine evening. Returning after midnight, I was surprised to see, every 50 feet in the deserted Canal Street subway station, a green-uniformed soldier armed with an automatic weapon. Thought for a minute they were suspicious of my black bag of loot, but I wasn't detained.
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