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21c Museum Foundation and the
Louisville Film Society's Monthly Film Series:
Shorts by Apparatus Productions
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008, 7pm
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008, 9pm
Atrium Gallery
The event is free and open to the public
Total running time: 92 minutes.
All films will be screened on 16mm prints.
Apparatus Productions
The now defunct, non-profit Apparatus Productions was co-founded by Todd
Haynes, Barry Ellsworth and Christine Vachon. Set-up to channel grants to emerging
film-makers who were not well served by the traditional funding sources, Apparatus
Shorts dealt with gay themes, women's issues, and African-American life.
As Haynes comments, "we wanted to preserve the form of short film-making & make
it something really exciting that wasn't just a stepping stone for feature film-making."
Under Apparatus, several films which directly question narrative & cinematic convention
were completed.
The Apparatus Productions players went on to have strong careers in independent
cinema. Christine Vachon is one of the most influential producers in independent
cinema, producing such controversial classics as Larry Clark's Kids, and
Todd Haynes' Poison and Velvet Goldmine, Boys Don't Cry and
Todd Solondz's Happiness. Suzan-Lori Parks is a Ft. Knox born army child
who grew up in Germany. Her writing credits include the Pulitzer Prize-winning play
Topdog/Underdog (recently shown at Actor’s Theatre), Girl 6 (directed
by Spike Lee) and Denzel Washington's current hit The Great Debaters.
Todd Haynes is the most famous of the Apparatus directors. He first came to light
with the infamous barbie animated Karen Carpenter Story. He went on to direct
the controversial film Poison, the glam rock odyssey Velvet Goldmine,
Academy Award-nominated films Far From Heaven and most recently I'm Not There,
the surreal bio-pic of Bob Dylan.
The following films will be screened:
- He Was Once by Mary Hestand (16 min)
- Anemone Me by Suzan-Lori Parks and Bruce Hainley (35 min)
- Cause and Effect by Susan Delson (11 min)
- Dottie Gets Spanked by Todd Haynes (30 min)
21c is proud to partner with the Louisville Film Society in the continuing Monthly
Film Series. LFS is a publicly supported non-profit organization; support comes
from memberships, event admission, advertisement, contributions, donated materials,
and services.