Dear Readers ,
We are thrilled to bring you some important news ! This July we are giving you a sneak peek at our forthcoming exhibition of films from the early 1960s to the late 1970s , titled Free to Love : The Cinema of the Sexual Revolution . This is the first time a film series , on this scale , has been organized around the concept of the sexual revolution , and it offers an opportunity for our audience to revisit the pioneering work that brought sex and sexuality to the foreground of public consciousness .
From depictions of group marriage , communal living , and other alternative relationships to challenging the notions of pornography and fighting censorship to giving rise to feminist and queer art , Free to Love examines the full spectrum of films from this era – and we are very excited to bring this major survey of both popular and underground cinema to Philadelphia ! Our sneak peek event will be on July 31st , and then you ’ ll have several months ahead until we begin the series on January 10th , 2014 – starting the New Year off right !
table of contents
3 IHP ’ S BENEFIT ART AUCTION A AND SEASON Kick-off
5 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : J Jessica Demcsak – Suspension of Time
6 Welcome week
7 featured programs : T Totally Terrible 80s ! / Family Matinees
9 programs 10 partner programs 11 july 17 august 25 September
By looking at works from around the world , we will learn how events and ideas from outside the US had a powerful influence on its film culture while at the very same time the American ‘ free love ’ movement was being exported to artists and audiences in a global arena . Free to Love includes more than 15 feature length films and 25 short films , many of which will be introduced by historians , scholars , as well as several of the filmmakers .
Don ’ t miss your chance to get in on the action before it all kicks off in January – head over to page 16 for more info on our July screening of Fight the Repression of Erotic Expression , a collection of shorts .
Last but not least , this program has been made possible by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage , and we are very grateful for their support .
Stay tuned !
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