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DASH! In The Street

June 14, 2008

DASH! is open­ing up for a rad avant-garde film screen­ing that’s hap­pen­ing tomor­row evening in asso­ci­a­tion with Portland Cinema Project’s “In The Street” series. The fol­low­ing are showing:

Under The Brooklyn Bridge by Rudy Burckhardt [1953, 16mm, b&w, 15 min]
In the Street by Helen Levitt [1952, 16mm, b&w, sound, 16 min]
Mirror Animation by Portland’s own Harry E. Smith [1979, 16mm, color, sound, 11 min]
(I’m really excited to see work from this amaz­ing man. Check out his “Early Abstractions” (1946–57), Pt. 1: )

The Riddle of Lumen by Stan Brakhage [1972, 16mm, color, silent, 17 min]
The Black Tower by John Smith [1987, 16mm, color, sound, 24 min]

I’m play­ing at 8:30 and the films start at dusk.

3125 NE Burnside (across from Music Millennium)
Portland, OR 97214
Free or very cheap!

DASH! 6/14/08