Bring back the BMA film series!
Published January 19, 2009
Sign this petition to help bring back the BMA's First Thursday Film Series!
ABOUT THE FILM SERIES
The BMA's Free First Thursdays Film Series, which ran from 2006 to late 2008, was dedicated to showcasing a mixture of truly adventurous films previously unscreened or underscreened in Baltimore, focusing particularly on the visionary film explosion of the 1960s and '70s and the most exciting voices from today's international film-festival scene. An emphasis was placed on films unavailable or hard-to-find on home video. All screenings were be free, and took place on the first Thursday of the month, screened from film prints (rather than digital-video projection).
ACT NOW!
Despite fantastic films and great turnouts (averaging 150 people per screening), the film series was canceled in September 2008, proving a shocking blow to fans and patrons of the arts in Baltimore. With your help, we can show the BMA how many people this effected, and how many people would continue to support the BMA and the Free Film series if revived. Show your support by signing the petition and spreading the word! If you'd like to contact the BMA directly about this: programs@artbma.org
Let's do it! Let's bring back the BMA Film Series!
SOME OF THE FILMS FROM THE BMA FILM SERIES
Wattstax (Mel Stuart, 1973)
*Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, 1980)
*Asparagus (Suzan Pitt, 1979)
*Four Films in Five Minutes: A Trilogy (Skizz Cyzyk, 1992)
*The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)
Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)
*Hamilton (Matthew Porterfield, 2006)
Color of Pomegranate (Sergei Parajanov, 1968)
Story of a 3-Day Pass (Melvin van Peebles, 1968 )
*Basic Training (Frederick Wiseman, 1971)
*Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, 2006)
Seventh Continent (Michael Haneke, 1989)
*Secret Ceremony (Joseph Losey, 1968)
*White Dog (Samuel Fuller, 1982)
Woman Is the Future of Man (Hong Sang-soo, 2005)
Lemming (Domink Moll, 2005)
*Nenette et Boni (Claire Denis, 1996)
*Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
*Je T'aime, Je T'aime (Alain Resnais, 1968)
Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966)
Xala (Ousmane Sembene, 1975)
*The Revolution Will Not be Televised (Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain, 2003)
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Bunuel, 1972)
Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982)
*The Landlord (Hal Ashby, 1970)
*Denotes films n/a on DVD as of the date they were screened in this series
ABOUT THE FILM SERIES
The BMA's Free First Thursdays Film Series, which ran from 2006 to late 2008, was dedicated to showcasing a mixture of truly adventurous films previously unscreened or underscreened in Baltimore, focusing particularly on the visionary film explosion of the 1960s and '70s and the most exciting voices from today's international film-festival scene. An emphasis was placed on films unavailable or hard-to-find on home video. All screenings were be free, and took place on the first Thursday of the month, screened from film prints (rather than digital-video projection).
ACT NOW!
Despite fantastic films and great turnouts (averaging 150 people per screening), the film series was canceled in September 2008, proving a shocking blow to fans and patrons of the arts in Baltimore. With your help, we can show the BMA how many people this effected, and how many people would continue to support the BMA and the Free Film series if revived. Show your support by signing the petition and spreading the word! If you'd like to contact the BMA directly about this: programs@artbma.org
Let's do it! Let's bring back the BMA Film Series!
SOME OF THE FILMS FROM THE BMA FILM SERIES
Wattstax (Mel Stuart, 1973)
*Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, 1980)
*Asparagus (Suzan Pitt, 1979)
*Four Films in Five Minutes: A Trilogy (Skizz Cyzyk, 1992)
*The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)
Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)
*Hamilton (Matthew Porterfield, 2006)
Color of Pomegranate (Sergei Parajanov, 1968)
Story of a 3-Day Pass (Melvin van Peebles, 1968 )
*Basic Training (Frederick Wiseman, 1971)
*Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, 2006)
Seventh Continent (Michael Haneke, 1989)
*Secret Ceremony (Joseph Losey, 1968)
*White Dog (Samuel Fuller, 1982)
Woman Is the Future of Man (Hong Sang-soo, 2005)
Lemming (Domink Moll, 2005)
*Nenette et Boni (Claire Denis, 1996)
*Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
*Je T'aime, Je T'aime (Alain Resnais, 1968)
Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966)
Xala (Ousmane Sembene, 1975)
*The Revolution Will Not be Televised (Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain, 2003)
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Bunuel, 1972)
Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982)
*The Landlord (Hal Ashby, 1970)
*Denotes films n/a on DVD as of the date they were screened in this series
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