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4:30pm: Hollywood in the News: Fox Movietone Newsreels

Introduced by Daniela Currò, University of South Carolina

We pull back the curtain on the Golden Age of Hollywood with this program of rare vintage newsreels.

Before televisions became a fixture in homes, newsreels allowed movie audiences to “see” news stories—world events, sports, entertainment—on a weekly basis. The Fox Movietone News Collection at the University of South Carolina Libraries contains seven million feet of nitrate motion picture film and four million feet of safety motion picture film documenting the national and global politics and culture from 1919 through 1934 and from September 1942 through August 1944. For this program, we spotlight newsreels that document three decades of classic films, glamorous stars, and unforgettable events from Hollywood's Golden Age. (Program approx. 75 mins., DCP)

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7:00pm: High Art

(Lisa Cholodenko, 1998)

A milestone in American independent filmmaking and for lesbian representation in film.

The first feature by Lisa Cholodenko (Laurel Canyon, The Kids Are All Right), High Art follows Syd (Radha Mitchell), an ambitious junior editor trying to work her way up at a respected photography magazine. A leak in the roof of her apartment leads to a chance meeting with Lucy Berliner (Ally Sheedy), a renowned and reclusive photographer who has stopped making work, and her addict girlfriend Greta (Patricia Clarkson). The encounter represents a potential coup for Syd at her job, but it also opens the door to Lucy’s life lived at the edge. What begins as a close working relationship between the two women quickly becomes more intense. Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress for Ally Sheedy. A Q&A with the director follows the screening. (101 mins., 4K DCP)

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