Wednesday, September 25 at 7pm MURAL ARTS
An Evening with Jane, Jon, El & Dre
Join Mural Arts Executive Director Jane Golden, filmmakers Jon Kaufman and El Sawyer, and Philly Painting artist Dre Urhahn for an exploration of the challenges and hopes of a North Philadelphia neighborhood, and the way that Mural Arts weaves in and out of our collective desire for a better future.
The story will be told through two documentaries filmed simultaneously in the same neighborhood with overlapping characters and stories. The first is a short documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes of Philly Painting, an urban revitalization project of major scale along Germantown Avenue. The second is a special advanced screening of Pull of Gravity, an intimate portrait of three men in different stages of reentry from prison to society.
The screenings will be followed by a short panel discussion.
Philly Painting dir. Jon Kaufman, US, 2011, video, 20 min.
Pull of Gravity dir. Jon Kaufman & El Sawyer, US, 2013, video, 66 min.
Thursday, September 26 at 7pm An American Hippie in Israel New restored 35mm print! dir. Amos Sefer, Israel, 1972, 35mm, English / Hebrew, 95 min.
Murderous mimes, bloodthirsty sharks, free-loving debauchery, robots and poignant anti-war monologues by raving mad hippies— far fucking out! All this and more is provided in writer / director / prophet Amos Sefer’ s previously lost early-’ 70s exploitationer— which, if you haven’ t already surmised, is an epic blast. Clad in his dirty jeans, beads and a crude, handmade rabbit-fur vest, Israeli actor Asher Tzarfati plays the American“ hippie” Mike, who, after thumbing a ride, connects with vivacious vixen Elizabeth. Fleeing from the aforementioned whacko mime patrol, the sun-baked duo gather a clutch of like-minded dropouts to set off together as a newly-minted“ family” in search of a desert island utopia— but, of course, inevitable human chaos lurks in the journey ahead. Vacillating between Lord of the Flies and a zonked, unpredictable brand of Dennis Hopper-ian burnout psychedelia, An American Hippie In Israel will set your ass aflame with its collision of jarring edits, loose-lipped dubbing and pervasive total madness.— Grindhouse Releasing
Friday, September 27- Sunday, September 29 Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival
The 8th Annual Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival™ is a celebration of independent shorts & features from all over the world, including entries into the 21-Day Filmmaking Competition, presented by Project Twenty1. Festival also includes industry workshops, after-parties in the University City area and Sunday’ s Awards Ceremony. Discounted tickets & passes will be available for IHP residents and members. Schedule and more info will be available beginning on September 1st.