Film Series 2005
minicine?
824 Texas Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71101
Wal Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE is a feature length documentary that uncovers a retail giant's assault on families and American values.
The film dives into the deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to fight a goliath. A working mother is forced to turn to public assistance to provide healthcare for her two small children. A Missouri family loses its business after Wal-Mart is given over $2 million to open its doors down the road. A mayor struggles to equip his first responders after Wal-Mart pulls out and relocates just outside the city limits. A community in California unites, takes on the giant, and wins!
Producer/Director Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films take you on an extraordinary journey that will change the way you think, feel -- and shop.
Running time: 98 Minutes
Tuesday NOVEMBER 15 / minicine? / 846 Texas Avenue / 8:00PM / FREE
The 4th Gadabout Traveling Film Festival
Returning to Shreveport in a fossil-fuel-free bio-diesel ambulance, the Gadabout Traveling Film Festival, is just in time to administer a needed fix of their brand of a Do-It-Yourself film experience… On the road for The 4th Annual Gadabout Traveling Film Festival they will travel for 5 months and visit over 50 cities.
The Gadabout is a nationally touring film festival that screens a program of 15+ international short films. Independent in every sense, these films share the same willingness to challenge the conventions set for filmmaking. The Gadabout is a distribution avenue for truly indie filmmakers that distrust Hollywood and the commercial film festival circuit. They are NOT a competition, but rather a celebration of what is possible in independent film and video.
This is filmmaking as art, entertainment, and fun.
Growing and changing every year, the tour will feature live acoustic music by NY based Halo Fauna (www.halofauna.com), along with a zine and book distro, an art show, a craft sale, and the opportunity for a D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) crash filmmaking course and discussion. They not only want to show great films, but how to make them. The Gadabout also grows more environmentally friendly with their new diesel ambulance that runs on Vegetable Oil! (www.fossilfreefuel.com) They can't wait to show you how it works.
Tuesday NOVEMBER 8 / minicine? / 846 Texas Avenue / 7:30PM / Free
Nosferatu - Devil Music Ensemble
minicine? host Devil Music Ensemble, Boston, to perform an original soundtrack to the 1922, F. W. Murnau classic, Nosferatu. Performers include: Tim Nylander (drums, percussion), Jonah Rapino (electric violin, vibraphone, synthesizer) and Brendon Wood (guitar, lap steel, synthesizer).
About Nosferatu:
"Nosferatu, like The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari and Metropolis, descended from the same artistic wave of German cinema in the 1920's, is the definition itself of artistic film, where painting, architecture, literature, psychology, and politics meet in a work that gratifies both the eyes and the spirit. Thus the film develops over several dimensions, from its artistic claim of Romantic-Expressionism, the advent of Nazism, to homosexuality, desire, globalization, and a reflection on cinema itself. Murnau draws from a history that links Vampires to unexplained deaths. The term, Nosferatu, is of modern origin and derives from the Slavic "nosufur-atu" which is a derivation of the Greek "nosophoros" or "plague carrier." The understanding that rat-borne illnesses were the cause of many plagues dominated scientific thinking in recent centuries. While in earlier times many unexplained deaths fueled a developing culture of Vampirism and the concept of the "un-dead" in Europe. While drawing on popular Vampire lore Murnau and Albin Grau also relied heavily and without permission on Stoker's novel. They apparently had no intention of paying any royalties for their use of the novel as the basis for their screenplay. They attempted to disguise the characters by changing their names and geographical setting. The film premiered in 1922 but eventually, Florence Stoker with the aid of the British Incorporated Society of Authors succeeded in destroying the original negatives and most of the prints of Nosferatu." Devil Music Ensemble
Wednesday OCTOBER 5 / Tipitina's Music Co-Op / 700 Texas Street / 8PM / Free
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Hurricane Rita
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Four More Years 2001-2005
minicine? host Roger Warren Beebe, Professor of Film & Media Studies at the University of Florida , to screen a selection of his short experimental films. Beebe, working with 8mm, Super 8 and 16mm, is a keen observer of the "new" American landscape, capturing the beauty, irony, and post-modern quirkiness that overfloweth befrom it. A master of in-camera editing, this is DIY filmmaking "superb" where "Kodachrome is King".... Mr. Beebe, from Gainesville Florida, will be present to screen and discuss his work.
Also present will be young Portland guitarist Adrian Orange with his solo band: THANKSGIVING..... Poetry by Tom Blood.... And on the Walls..... the photography of Shadow Angelina, New Orleans artist and evacuee...... DrowningWoman.com
Monday SEPT. 19 / minicine? / 848 Texas Avenue / 2nd Floor / 8PM / Free
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Artists for Katrina Relief
Matt Crowson, Carter Sutton and numerous local artists and musicians team up with The Shreveport Office of Tipitina's Music Co-Op and Soundstage 516 to host an emergency mega benefit for a range of relief efforts for evacuees of the Katrina Hurricane. Over fifteen bands will take the stage throughout the day beginning at 11AM and running until midnight. Upstairs a gallery of donated art from local talent will be available for purchase through Silent Auction. Also: Massage Therapists on Site, Prize Raffles, Art Gallery, & Movies for the Kids....
Admission is free, however a very large donation jar will be positioned at the door... to be directed to The Louisiana Care Foundation, specifically for displaced musicians and their families... Proceeds from other events on premises will go 100% to a range of non-profits, including the Red Cross and Christian Services, intended to aid local shelters for evacuees.
PLEASE BRING: clothes, canned goods, TOILETRIES, feminine products, TOILET PAPER, etc. etc. Listen to music, buy donated art, spend $$$ that will be 100% directed to Katrina Relief.... All ages, all welcome.....
Overview of Music Talent....
11 am - Heather Romero
12 pm - Artscool
1 pm - Kelcy Mae
2 pm - Amelia Blake
3 pm - the Conly's Irish Band
4 pm - Scary G
5 pm - the Infinite Division
6 pm - Jr. III
7 pm - Mars Vegas
8 pm - Chris Alexander / Jimmy Cousins
9 pm - Dirtfoot
10 pm - The Big Positive / Brown
11 pm - Ember Ember Fire
Sunday SEPT. 4 / SoundStage 516 / 516 Texas Street / 11 AM to 12PM / Donation
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T.I.E. - 5th Anniversary Tour
minicine? host the 5th Anniversary Tour of The International Experimental Cinema Exposition (TIE) at ArtSpace on August 20th, Shreveport. Christopher May, the Founder/Director of TIE and curator of this program, will be present to introduce and answer questions about the films. This program consist of a grouping of hand-made and personal esoteric film experiments from a selection of contemporary film artists from around the world, including, USA, Germany, India and Canada... works include, hand-processed, cameraless, photogram, pin hole, direct attack, ocean tossed and more...
TIE - The International Experimental Cinema Exposition is dedicated to preserving and exhibiting classic and contemporary experimental works made on celluloid......
Why Film?
"For over 100 years, film has been the standard that other mediums have striven to achieve. Unlike it's electronic contemporaries, the finer nuances of the format have remained unchanged. Film speaks a language all its own, and when combined with an artist's vision, images are given a life that only film can provide. In a world dominated by new moving image technologies, when we see film, we know we are taking a special voyage." -TIE
For info about films please see: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>TIE PROGRAM
Saturday AUGUST 20 / ArtSpace / 710 Texas Street / 2nd Floor / 8PM / Free
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Yo FishBoy (Denton) + Red Pony Clock (San Diego)
Sunday AUGUST 7 / Zebra Room / 824 Texas Avenue / 8PM / Free
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Le Flange du Mal + Ezeetiger
Monday JULY 11 / Tipitina's Music Co-Op / 700 Texas St. / 8PM / Free
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The Ice Capades
From Chicago, IL., minicine? host, The Ice Capades & Velvetron, traveling with an ice cold selection of the best film and video from their last winter's season, to quench our summer thirst. This program is comprised of a selection of Chicago-made shorts from this windy city collective. "The Ice Capades participate in the community by showcasing the familiar, quirky, and sometimes sentimental side of our beloved city and the artists living and working in it"..........
Live music by Velvetron.
Wednesday JUNE 22 / Tipitina's Music Co-Op / 700 Texas St. / 8PM / Free
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June 10,2005
Catastrophic Collapse & Demolition >>> 830 Texas Avenue (S'port)
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The Dirty Projectors: The Getty Address
minicine? host The Dirty Projectors to perform The Getty Address...
The Getty Address is an album-length narrative inspired by Aztec mythology, the Eagles, and the 9/11 aftermath. It is a sprawling, layered glitch opera about Don Henley, leader of the aforementioned country/soft-rock group, and it was recorded over the course of almost two years, in three different states, with more than twenty-five people. Dave Longstreth, the principal Dirty Projector, wrote and recorded arrangements for wind septet, women’s choir, and cello octet, digitally deconstructed them, and then sang over the reconstituted parts in order to make these songs. Many of the album's often-gibberish lyrics stem from Longstreth’s first album, "The Graceful Fallen Mango", and the Eagles’ "Greatest Hits Volume I". The result is a captivating American song cycle that recreates the marriage of African and European music in their pure, unbastardized forms... complete with annimated film by James Sumner...
Also performing will be Vuk, Nat Baldwin, and The Wind-Up Bird.... NOT TO BE MISSED....
Saturday JUNE 4 / Tipitina's Music Co-Op / 700 Texas St. / 8PM / Free
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Lo-Fi Landscapes: Pictures From the New World
minicine? host, filmmakers Thomas Comerford and Bill Brown to present a program of 16mm films about the space of history and the history of spaces. These films explore how historical text becomes physical texture, and how filmmaking itself is memory recovered from landscape's amnesia.
"Mountain State" by Bill Brown
16mm sound, color, 22mins.
"Land Marked / Marquette" Series by Thomas Comerford
16mm sound, b&w / color, 23mins.
"Chicago Detroit Split", by Brown & Comerford
Unslit 8mm, approx. 8mins.
On site music provided by Chris Alexander
Thursday MAY 26 / Tipitina's Music Co-Op / 700 Texas St. / 8PM / Free
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The Monster Loteria Tour 2005
minicine? host Jim Finn and Arthur Jones to screen new film and video as part of their cross-country Monster Loteria Tour 2005. Jim will be screening his new series La Loteria as well as old favorites like his gerbil triopic wustenspringmaus.... Arthur Jones is touring with his newest animated series Monster Team, about a fraternity of dysfunctional suburban beasts living in an Enron-style corporate office park... Who would have thought...
Live music by Gunshy + Chris Alexander
Wednesday APRIL 6 / Lil' Joe's / Kings Highway / 8PM / Free
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BomB BlisS
minicine? host Oregon Department of Kick Ass filmmaker, Vanessa Renwick back to Shreveport... to screen a collection of films that will alternately rollercoaster you thru heaven and hellride. The program will include Vanessa's Britton, South Dakota 2005 Gus Van Sant Award Best Experimental Film, Ann Arbor Film Festival, as well as films by Bill Daniel, Gretchen Hlldebran, Miranda July, Matt McCormick, Nestor a.k.a. Dwayne Hedstrom, and Travis Wilkerson... On the walls, Folksonomy, artwork by Allison Dickson and News From Nowhere, things by Bill Daniel.... Vanessa will also be running her continuous video loop, Grain....
Saturday MARCH 26 / minicine? / 824 Texas Avenue / 9PM / Free
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Adelaide
minicine? host Adelaide on tour from Portland, OR. Adelaide is a live collaboration of film and music. Through the use of multiple projectors, 16mm film loops gathered from found and original sources are choreographed to interact sublimely with live instrumental rock songs. The result is a band that gives the same precedence to their films as they do to the bass, guitar, drums, and electronics. Adelaide is Michael Bauch, Adam Porterfield, Ethan Rose, Bob Muscarella, and Ryan Jeffery.
Sunday MARCH 6 / minicine? / 824 Texas Avenue / 8PM / Free
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Upcoming Dates 2005
March 6....Adelaide(Portland)... w/ Jason(S'Port)
March 17..DirtFoot(S'Port)... Sybris(Chicago)...
..................Parts&Labor, Breaker! Breaker!(Brooklyn)... @ Lil' Joe's
March 26..O.D.O.K.A. .... Vanessa Renwick(Portland)...
March 30..Bozo Texino: W.I.P.... Bill Daniel @ Centenary College
April 1.....Call Me Ishmael (Sacramento) w/ Mars Vegas (S'Port) @ Lil' Joe's
April 3.....SkipGo Art Collective... Opening @ Columbia Cafe
April 6.....Gunshy(Chicago)... Chris Alexander(S'Port)... @ Lil' Joe's
................Monster Loteria Film Tour... Jim Finn & Arthur Jones(Chicago)
May 26.....Lo Fi Landscapes: Pictures From the New World...
...................Bill Brown (Detroit) & Thomas Comerford(Chicago)
June 4......Dirty Projector's THE GETTY ADDRESS with...
...................Nat Baldwin, Vuk, The Wind-Up Bird (New Haven, CT)
June 10....Catastrophic Collapse & Demolition >>>> 830 Texas Avenue (S'port)
June 22....The Ice Capades w/ Velvetron (Chicago)
July 11....Le Flange du Mal & Ezeetiger (Oakland, CA)
August 4..Dakota Building (Austin) Pterodactyl (Brooklyn) @ Lil' Joe's
August 7..Red Pony Clock (San Diego), FishBoy (Denton)
August 20.TIE-The International Experimental Cinema Exposition (Colorado Springs)
Sept. 19...Films of Roger Beebe (Gainesville)
...........Adrian Orange / Thanksgiving (Portland)
October 5..Jimmy Cousins (S'Port), Devil Music Ensemble (Boston)
Nov. 8... The 4th Gadabout Traveling Film Festival w/ Halo Fauna (Upstate NY)
Nov. 15... Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
more info to follow...
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