And they’re all being introduced by a collection of all star guests:
This is the:
Illegal Art Film & Video Schedule
at Roxie Cinema (3117 16th St., at the corner of Valencia St.)
Tickets available at the door: general, $8; seniors and children, $4.
More info and movies for online viewing or downloading: http://www.illegal-art.org
PROGRAM A
Wednesday, July 23 * 2 pm, 10 pm
Thursday, July 24 10pm
With Introductions by Rick Prelinger, Members of Paul Harvey Oswald, and Brian Boyce (on wed)
and Rick Prelinger, and possibly Jino Choi or Dan Spalding (who did Fellowship of the Ring of Free Trade) on Thursday
Paul Harvey Oswald, Fair Use
Eric Fensler, GI Joe PSAs
Brian Boyce, State of the Union
Phil Patiris, Iraq Campaign 1991
Brian Springer, Spin
In Spin, documentary filmmaker Brian Springer captures the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of politicians and newscasters in the early 1990s. Pat Robertson banters about “homos,” Al Gore learns how to avoid abortion questions, George Bush talks to Larry King about halcyon-all presuming they’re off camera. Iraq Campaign 1991 transforms network news footage, clips from Star Trek, and sports coverage (all used without permission) into a devastating critique of the media/industrial complex.
PROGRAM B
Wednesday, July 23 * 4 pm
Thursday, July 24 * 6 pm
With introductions by Craig Baldwin and Don Joyce
Tim Maloney with Negativland, Gimme the Mermaid
Craig Baldwin, Sonic Outlaws
Sonic Outlaws is a gleefully anarchic documentary focused on the band Negativland and its travails with copyright and trademark infringment. The film also probes the world of recontexualizing corporate advertising through culture-jamming. Director Craig Baldwin and Don Joyce (of Negativland) will be on hand to introduce the films and answer your questions.
PROGRAM C
Wednesday, July 23 * 6 pm
With an Introduction and Q and A with Lawrence Lessig
Greg Hittelman and Jed Horovitz, Willful Infringement
A new documentary about copyright law featuring a Rolling Stones cover band, Public Enemy, copyright guru Lawrence Lessig, and a couple of clowns. Lessig will be on hand to introduce the film and answer questions afterward.
PROGRAM D
Wednesday, July 23 * 8 pm
Thursday, July 24 * 8 pm
With an introduction by Jean Hester on Thursday
Keith Sanborn, The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility
D. Jean Hester, Buy Me
Paul Harvey Oswald, Natural Thing
Eileen Maxson, Untitled
Brian Spinks, Bill Wasik, Eugene Mirman, Black Thunder
Michal Levy, Giant Steps
Jem Cohen, excerpt from Chain
Naomi Uman, Removed
Michael Colton, Puppy Love
Todd Haynes, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
(shown without permission)
A series of shorts that appropriate copyrighted works in one way or another: through the use of found footage (Black Thunder, Natural Thing, Removed), unauthorized music (Giant Steps), or corporate imagery (Chain). Plus Todd Haynes’ cult classic Superstar. With Barbie dolls as the principal actors, Superstar portrays the life of Karen Carpenter and her battle with anorexia. Haynes never secured the rights to the Carpenters’ music he used in the movie, and Richard Carpenter filed an injunction that kept Superstar from public release.
PROGRAM E
Thursday, July 24 * 10 pm
Brian Spinks, Bill Wasik, Eugene Mirman, Black Thunder
Brian Boyce, Special Report
Michael Colton, Puppy Love
Joe Gibbons, Barbie’s Audition
Jino Choi and Dan Spalding, Fellowship of the Ring of Free Trade
Greg Hittelman and Jed Horovitz, Willful Infringement
Another set of stellar shorts, headlined by Willful Infringement, a new documentary about copyright law featuring a Rolling Stones cover band, Public Enemy, copyright guru Lawrence Lessig, and a couple of clowns.
Most films and videos can also be downloaded for free at http://www.illegal-art.org.
And don’t miss the Illegal Art Exhibit, through July 25, at SF MOMA Artists Gallery (Fort Mason, Building A). Illegal Art is sponsored by Stay Free! Magazine.