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 .