Cinema
Upcoming Programs & Events
Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros
Bay Area Premiere!
Friday, June 16, 8pm - Film screening + Q&A with director Daniel Weintraub and IONE - Tickets
Saturday, June 17, 2pm - Film screening + Music Performance - Tickets
Admission: $15 (discount for members)
Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros tells the story of the iconic composer, performer, teacher, philosopher, technological innovator and humanitarian, Pauline Oliveros. She was one of the world’s original electronic musicians, one of the few women amongst notable post-war American composers, a master accordion player, a teacher and mentor to musicians, a gateway to music and sound for non- musicians and a technical innovator who helped develop everything from tools that allow musicians to play together while in different countries to software that enables those with physical limitations to create beautiful music. On the vanguard of contemporary American music for six decades, her story illuminates the pathway to how we got where we are and where the future will take us in the worlds of music, the philosophy of sound, and the art of listening. Made in collaboration with executive producer Ione, Oliveros’ partner in life and work, and the Ministry of Maåt, Inc., the film combines rare archival footage, live performances, and unreleased music with appearances by Terry Riley, Anna Halprin, Ione, Linda Montano, Laurie Anderson, Thurston Moore, Alvin Lucier, Claire Chase, Miya Masaoka, Morton Subotnick, Tony Martin, Ramon Sender and many more ground-breaking artists.
PLEASE NOTE: We will be hosting TWO SCREENINGS of the film. The Friday program will include a Q&A with director Daniel Weintraub and IONE after the film. The Saturday program will also include a live telematic performance of "Six For New Time" by Pauline Oliveros featuring IONE, Jennifer Wilsey, amy reed, Tom Bickley, Jacob Felix Heule & Matt Robidoux)
Cinema Ann Arbor Book Release + Film Screening with Frank Uhle
Friday, July 21, 2023
8pm
Admission: $10 (discount for members)
Cultural historian and author Frank Uhle will be joined in conversation with local filmmaker/educator/historian Danny Plotnick to talk about his new book Cinema Ann Arbor. The book offers a first-hand, in-depth look at the history of film-watching and film-making in the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan and uncovers unexpected and essential stories of the university’s film societies and the campus rebels who ran them. Uhle introduces readers to unforgettable people—nonconformists, artists and nerds, from the Weather Underground to the Velvet Underground—who composed the magnificence of Ann Arbor’s twentieth-century film scene.
Following the conversation, Uhle will present a 40-minute film program including work by Jay Cassidy (editor of American Hustle); George Manupelli (founder of the Ann Arbor Film Festival); Pat Oleszko (beloved festival performance artist); Mary Cybulski and John Tintori (she a script supervisor for Ang Lee; he the editor of Eight Men Out); Danny Plotnick (Skate Witches, and author of Super-8, an illustrated history); and Andrew Lugg (filmmaker/philosophy professor). The experimental shorts will be intercut with oddities and extras including snippets of film used to promote campus screenings, audience-created work from the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and pre-show informational reels. These works have been digitally transferred from original 16mm and 8mm prints, many for the first time, for Uhle's book tour film program.
About Our Cinema
Our intimate, 40-seat cinema is able to host a range of presentations by contemporary artists working in film, video, sound, music, multimedia and performance. Our focus is primarily on experimental and artist-made.
Tickets
Tickets for all events are available on-line pre-show as well as at the door (unless otherwise noted). Information and links are posted under each program event listing.
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