2009 Big Sky Film Series
Presented by The Big Sky Film Institute & Art House Films
| Herb & Dorothy
Wilma Theater/Missoula, Montana
June 5, 2009 - Screening at 7:30pm
(Megumi Sasaki, 2008, USA, 87 min.)
HERB & DOROTHY tells the extraordinary story of Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means.
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Beautiful Losers
Wilma Theater/Missoula, Montana
July 3, 2009 - Screening at 7:30pm
(Aaron Rose & Joshua Leonard, 2007, USA, 90 min)
BEAUTIFUL LOSERS celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural moments of a generation. In the early 1990s a loose-knit group of like-minded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery.
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Art & Copy
Wilma Theater/Missoula, Montana
August 8, 2009 Screening at 7:30 pm
(Doug Pray, 2009, USA, 88 min.)
ART & COPY reveals the stories behind and the personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of our time and their campaigns, including Lee Clow (Apple Computer 1984, and today's iPod); Dan Wieden ("Just Do It"); Phyllis K. Robinson (who invented the "me generation" with Clairol); Hal Riney (who helped President Reagan get re-elected); and George Lois (who saved MTV and launched Tommy Hilfiger overnight).
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William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe
Wilma Theater/Missoula, Montana
September 4, 2009 - Screening at 7:30
(Emily Kunstler & Sarah Kunstler, USA, 2008, 87 min.)
The late civil rights attorney William Kunstler was one of the most famous and controversial lawyers of the 20th century. He represented civil rights and anti-war activists, as well as accused terrorists and murders. In WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE, filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler explore their father's life, from middle-class family man, to movement lawyer, to the most hated lawyer in America.
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Visual Acoustics:
The Modernism Of Julius Shulman
Wilma Theater/Missoula, Montana
October 2, 2009 - Screening at 7:30 pm
(Eric Bricker, 2009, USA, 83 min.)
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS explores the monumental career of 98-year-old architectural photographer Julius Shulman. Populating his photos with human models and striking landscapes, Shulman combined the organic with the synthetic, melding nature with revolutionary urban design.
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The Big Sky Film Series is a periodic monthly screening series highlighting traditional and innovative non-fiction film and video. Screenings take place the first Friday of the month as part of downtown Missoula, Montana's "Art Walk." All screenings are held at the Historic Wilma Theater and are free and open to the public.
Selections for the Big Sky Film Series are by invitation only. If you would like us to consider a film or video for the series, email a brief synopsis, release date, and primary contact information.
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