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Use the past < symbol at the bottom of the page and you will be able to see the archives of prior years Filmmaker News as soon as I have posted them. -ed.
Max J. Alvarez publishes a quarterly film report Cinecismª, PO Box 40254, Washington, DC 20016-0254. The issue he sent had some of the best laughs and truths in film reviews I have seen anywhere recently.
A major piece of work! Albert Kilchesty edited the catalog Big as Life An American History of 8mm Films to go with the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC which starts up again weekly this fall after summer hiatus.
Martha Colburn did a lot of shows while on tour across the country. She's everywhere: a still from one of her Super 8 films was on the cover of The Independent and she's one of the new, young filmmakers whose work is cited when people suggest the MoMA show looks like an requiem for 8mm film.
Ruth Ozeki went from film to book My Year of Meats, published by Viking in June. She called while on a national promotional tour.
Michael Thompson and Collen Fitzgibbon's 1973 Super 8 film Darger's Room was shown at the Chicago Cultural Center's exhibit on Outsider artist Henry Darger, 25 years after his death.
Anie S8 Stanley curated a show Sacred Stiff at ATA gallery in SF, a strong exhibition site of new works.
Poli Marichal showed new retablos at a gallery in Hato Rey.
Jamie Harrar presented new work at Anthology in May.
John Baynard's Holding On: A Love Story from the Street aired on WGBH in November and on PBS in 1998.
You can find the broadcast schedule for Mark Lipman and Leah Mahan's Holding Ground the Rebirth of Dudley Street at www.newday.com/holdingground
Gary Adelstein's Cinesongs for Storm De Hirsch was programmed at MoMA alongside two films by Storm De Hirsch, Lee Krugman, Anne Robertson and Gordon Ball.
Laurel Chiten finished The Jew in the Lotus which premiered at the MFA Boston in March.
George Fifield and Dena Gwin were among the artists with works shown in Video MOS at Thayer Gallery Brairntree, MA.
There was new found old 8mm film in the Lennon Doc. Group's series for PBS The Irish in America, Long Journey Home.
Louise Bourque's Imprint has its Boston premier at the Mass Art Film Society, a showcase of experimental work showing films by Nina Fonoroff, Luther Price, Phil Soloman, Saul Levine, and other masters and classics and new works.
Lisa Lewenz's film diary A Letter without Words was shown at Sundance, Oslo, Jerusalem, and Berlin.
Tim Wright and Karen Ellzey are writing and filming a new documentary on America's love affair with credit.
Al Nigrin's likeness was Warholed across the magazine section of Insidebeat, the magazine section of The Daily Targum, in February, for a feature covering his film career at the time of his US Super 8 Film Festival.
Thatcher Drew and Steve Fairchild have produced and directed Magnifient Voyages a three hour series scheduled to premier on PBS in the next month.
David and Nancy Sutherland's The Farmer's Wife will air three consecutive nights on PBS, Sept. 21-22-23,1998. Their six and a half hour documentary, an intimate portrait of a farm family in Nebraska, offers a lot to chew on about love, work, family and the culture.
Diane Bonder's Dear Mom was screened at the NY Women's Film Festival. Her Physics of Love was on Reel NY on WNET this summer. Ken Paul Rosenthal's Near Windowswas chosen for the MoMA show and Splice This! in Toronto. He screened his 8mm work at the SF Cinemateque and writes that readers should "not give up on garage sales... I found a Brand new Elmo ST1200 HD Super 8 projector for $65.!!!"
Renee Tajima-Pena's My America won awards at Sundance and aired on PBS in May.
Chris Rowe ran a summer film program at Concord (MA) Academy for high school students.
Howard Guttenplan keeps sending the incredible programs for Millenium, the committed NYC film workshop and screening room that recently showcased the talents of silt and continues to support avant-garde film culture through the open screening.
Robert Haller and Amy Greenfield collaborated on a gallery showing of dancers at Anthology Film Archives in NYC. Photos by Robert; video installation by Amy.
Jeffrey Arsenault's Rome '98 is a series of vignettes shot on Super 8 sound film and inspired by 'no wave" films of the 70's.
Austin Cinemakers Coop has a Best of 97 reel on video, entitled Texas Super 8 Massacre. It is 19 films juried by Don Howard, Elizabeth Peters and Phil Marcon.To order tel: 512. 236.8877 or e-mail cinemaker@501studios.com or write 906 East 5th St. #106, Austin TX 78702.
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