UCLA Festival of Preservation
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Word is Out
February 19
Stay tuned to www.mfah.org/film for announcements about future screenings of the influential documentary
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The UCLA Film and Television Archive is dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of film history and culture. Its annual Festival of Preservation showcases those efforts, and this year includes a tour that stops in Houston for the first time. This weekend screenings celebrate the 30th anniversary of a landmark documentary about being gay in America, a classic of Sri Lankan cinema, and a rarely-seen silent film reflecting the lives of native British Columbians.
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
Directed by Peter Adair, Nancy Adair, Veronica Selver, Andrew Brown, Robert Epstein, and Lucy Massie Phenix
(USA, 1977, 135 min.)
Friday, 7:00 p.m.
Cosponsored by Q-Fest (www.q-fest.org) and the Houston GLBT Community Center (www.houstonglbtcommunitycenter.org)
"An affectionate, stirring and witty film . . . A remarkably coherent chronicle of what it is like to grow up different in America."
— Newsweek
"Graceful, funny, and often very moving . . . The people have in common a kind of confidence and certainty" — New York Times
"A stunning documentary . . . unquestionably a landmark film" — Los Angeles Times
Gamperaliya
Directed by Lester James Peries
(Sri Lanka, 1964, 120 min., subtitled)
Saturday, 7:00 p.m.
Cosponsored by Voices Breaking Boundaries (www.vbbarts.org)
A girl is forced into a loveless marriage. Gamperaliya has been compared to Satyajit Ray´s Apu Trilogy, a classic of Indian film history.
In the Land of the Head Hunters
Directed by Edward S. Curtis
(USA, 1914, 70 min., silent)
Sunday, 5:00 p.m.
A reflection of contemporary life among the native people of British Columbia and a narrative combining melodramatic elements with tribal customs.
Click here for the entire series schedule.
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
February 22
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Robert Del Grande´s Favorite Film:
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
(USA/Italy/France/West Germany,
1978, 112 min.)
Monday, 7:00 p.m.
Introduced by RDG + Bar Annie´s Robert Del Grande
"Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is a happy combination of the macabre and the merry. It´s a fast-moving, witty film, beautifully cast with a large group of international professionals who give full justice to Peter Stone´s adaptation of Nan and Ivan Lyons´ novel, Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe." - Variety
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| Coming Attractions
6th Houston Jewish Film Festival
March 9-21
This year´s festival unspools next month with screenings at the MFAH, the Jewish Community Center of Houston, and Holocaust Museum Houston. A selection committee co-chaired by Susan Schneider and Irene Weingarten has chosen an outstanding selection of new features and documentaries from the international circuit for 2010´s edition. Be sure to vote for the Audience Choice Award!
Special ticket prices apply! Individual tickets are $10. MFAH members, senior adults, students with ID, JCC members, and members of Film Buffs receive a $2 discount on tickets and a $22 discount on passes. Ultimate Film Supporter level members of Film Buffs are admitted free.
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Marian Luntz,
MFAH Curator of Film
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Follow MFAH Curator of Film and Video, Marian Luntz, on the Houston Chronicle´s City brights page. "SmARTFilm" covers Houston´s indie film scene and introduces readers to some of the people who make that industry vibrant around town.
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