52nd City

Cine 16: This Week's Sked

After a nice, long run at Mad Art Gallery, the AFANA-affiliated Cine16 moved to the History Museum last month, with many familiar faces on-hand; though the presentations were show in the basement multi-purpose room, rather than the Des Lee Auditorium, the ability to handle drinks and snax overcomes the cushiness of the Des Lee seats, in this voter's book. And a hearty "cheers" to the booker of "Barges," an odd clip about, well, barges that had a high amount of unintentionally humorous dialgoue and some STL settings.

Here's the info for this month's event.

The Academic Film Archive of St. Louis and The Missouri Historical Society present:

CINE 16- Vintage School Films
at the MISSOURI HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Two very special films for this month's theme: " What Beats a Heart?"

"Hemo the Magnificent" (1957) by director Frank Capra (of "It's a Wonderful Life" fame)

"The Red Balloon" (1956) Winner of the Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1956

7PM (south entrance will remain open after museum hours)
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Southwestern Bell Education Center (lower level)
Missouri Historical Museum, corner of Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park, St. Louis.
Free
The 2nd level snack bar will be open before the show and during intermission. Enjoy your food and drink during the show.

Directions and museum information:
314-746-4599
http://www.mohistory.org/content/HomePage/GettingHere.aspx

The Academic Film Archive of St. Louis is a satellite program of the Academic Film Archive of North America, based in San Jose, California. The series is co-curated in St. Louis by Claire Nowak-Boyd and Michael Allen. Bud Stanfield is the series projectionist. Evalyn Williams is the St. Louis archive manager. The Missouri Historical Society generously provides the screening venue.

What is "academic film"? From the early 1900s to about 1985, many of the best art, history, social science, literature and science films made were produced for academic settings on 16 millimeter film. AFA is dedicated to preserving these films and to educating the public about films of this era through free screenings and lectures.

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