Saturday, May 15, 1:30 pm, at Seattle Art Museum: |
"I see naked people!" A special presentation of contemporary independent films
Analog Roam
A film by Kurt Wahlner, 11 min, 2002.
Presented in 35mm CinemaScope!
Co produced by nudieshorts.com and White Telephone
Ever wondered what it's like to be out in nature with nothing on? Analog Roam will take you about as close as you will ever get without doffing your duds. This wonderful new short film is a groundbreaker in many ways; from the unique presentation of all the action in split screen to its unusual vision of a world with no clothes.
More information about Analog Roam can be found at http://nudieshorts.com
Being Human
A film by Lisa Seidenberg, 31 minutes, 2003 Metro Video, MiniDV
Being Human is a new documentary about British human rights activists Vincent Bethell and Russell Shaw Higgs who wage a campaign for the right to be naked in public.
"I think it's a very modest thing to actually be naked," says Bethell in the film, who spent 6 months in prison totally naked, "to just be yourself, just to say this is just me, I'm a human being, I belong to the human race."
As the two are beseiged by media and onlookers, they struggle to get their message across about inhumanity and commodification of modern society. The peak event is a universal call for everyone to take their clothes off on July 1, 2001.
Footage from this film was actually used in court to win their release.
Premiered in New York at Anthology Film Archives on January 15, 2003. Future screenings: New England Film & Video Festival, Harvard Film Archive, March 26 Boston
Riverdogs
A film by Robb Moss (producer/director/camera/editor) 30 min, 1982, 16mm, color, USA, (will screen in MiniDV).
Synopsis
Dreamy 280 mile Colorado River trip signifying the end of the filmmaker’s greatly extended adolescence, shot in Northwest Arizona.
Festivals/Public Screenings/Broadcast:
Premiere: The Moab Film Festival
Photograph of Robb Moss by Jack Leuders-Booth
Robb Moss is an independent, non-fiction filmmaker whose work has shown at the Telluride Film Festival, the Cinéma du Réel in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He has shot films in Ethiopia, Liberia, Greece, Mexico, Hungary, Japan, Turkey, Nicaragua and the Gambia. Many of these films—on such subjects as famine, genocide and the large-scale structure of the universe—have been broadcast nationally. He is the past board chair and president of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF) and has taught filmmaking at Harvard University for the past 15 years.
Also recommended: The Same River Twice (2003), now playing in theaters. Explores the onset of adulthood for a group of former river guides featured in Riverdogs, filmed twenty years earlier (see above). First you’re naked and then you’re middle-aged. Producer/director/camera, non-fiction, 16mm and digital video, color, 78 min. World Premiere: Sundance Film Festival.
Nude Not
A film by Thomas Lundy, 6 min, 2000, 16mm, Canada, (will screen in MiniDV)
Synopsis
Jodie enters into a strange world when the house she moves into seems to be full of perpetually nude people. Is it a dream, a drug induced illusion, a prank or weird paradox?
Festivals/Public Screenings/Broadcast:
Molodist (Kiev, Ukraine), Dahlonega (USA), Anza Celluloid Social Club & Pacific Cinematheque (Vancouver), Salt Spring Island film festival, Hart House Film Board Screening Gala & Clinton's Comedy Cafe (Toronto), aired on Canal+ television in 2001 in France, Switzerland, Monaco and Mauritius; and on INSIDE ENTERTAINMENT (CTV, Canada.)
Credits:
Directed, produced and written by Thomas Lundy; Starring Jane Antoni, Alexis Lundy, Kelsey Brown and Thomas Lundy; Cinematography by Richard Fox; Edited by Michael Dorn; Music by Tony Vieira; Sound by Ken MacKay, Brian Newby and John Wojewoda; Camera Assistant Gary Mulcahey.
Premiere! Solstice
Produced by James W. Taylor/Circle Rock Productions, 2004, MiniDV
A look inside the record-breaking ensemble of painted naked cyclists during the 2003 Summer Solstice Parade in Seattle. Features exclusive interviews with several of the colorful personalities involved in this annual event within an event.
A procession of painted cyclists moves through the streets of Seattle toward the 2003 Summer Solstice Parade. Above photo courtesy Jacob Sayles.
More films for SAM announced soon. Stay tuned!
Saturday, May 15, 7:30pm, at 911 Media Arts Center: |
Cinema Au Naturel: Early nudist exploitation films to contemporary naturist films
Evening will include a lecture by Mark Storey, author of Cinema Au Naturel, followed by a screening of Max Nosseck's Garden of Eden (1954), the best known film of its genre. Chasing the Sun (2003), a recent naturist short, will also be shown.
Garden of Eden showing courtesy of Something Weird Video (somethingweird.com)
The following description of Garden of Eden appears courtesy of somethingweird.com:
Garden of Eden
A Film by Max Nosseck, 1954, Color. With Jamie O’Hara, Mickey Knox, R.G. Armstrong, Karen Sue Trent
Here's the Gone With the Wind of nudist movies! The Director and co-screenwriter is MAX NOSSECK, a respectable Hollywood "B" movie helmer with several respected film noirs to his credit, notably the Lawrence Tierney toughies, Dillinger and The Hoodlum ... but also family movies like Black Beauty and The Return of Rin Tin Tin!
It's downright strange seeing a nudist camp film starring familiar Hollywood faces - like Sam Peckipah regular R.G. Armstrong and movie/TV heavy ARCH JOHNSON. Far heavier with plot than virtually any other example in the genre, the film features a gorgeous leading lady (JAMIE O'HARA), a hunky hero (MICKEY KNOX), lush everglades photography, an elaborate romantic dream sequence ... and it's still every bit as dumb as you would expect any self-respecting nudist movie to be!
Jay Randolph Latimore (Armstrong) is a hardbitten old grouch (supposedly wealthy but the cheesiest set in the flick is his "mansion") who drives his lovely widowed daughter-in-law (O'Hara) and painfully cute moppet granddaughter out of the house, and into the open arms of the Garden of Eden nudist camp. Latimore tries to have his daughter-in-law found an unfit mother. Do you think he'll succeed?
Chasing the Sun
A Film by Edin Velez, 2003, 18 mins
The Naturist Education Foundation produced Chasing the Sun to introduce community leaders to naturists and their values. More and more people are requesting a clothing-optional beach close to home. Naturists thus need contemporary tools to help legislators and business leaders understand why naturist settings on public lands can serve local and regional interests.
Directed and filmed by acclaimed videographer and educator Edin Velez, Chasing the Sun: An Introduction to Naturism is an 18-minute video made with non-naturist community leaders in mind. Without trying to convince anyone to try naturism themselves, Chasing the Sun uses Velez's exquisite camerawork, national polls, interviews with naturists and non-naturist civic leaders, and simple, straightforward reasoning to make the case that a clothing-optional beach or park would be a valuable addition to most any community.
Sunday, May 16, 7:30pm, at 911 Media Arts Center: |
Public Nudity 101
This night's immersive lineup will feature films exploring society's response to non-sexualized, free-range nakedness, in urban and rural environments.
Premiere! Naked In-Sight
Documentary Director/Producer: Mark Storey. Editor & additional videography: Daniel Johnson. A BFC Production. Director/Producer of original Synetech video segments: Charles MacFarland. ~30 mins, MiniDV, 2004
Photos above and below from Mt. Warning segment on Naked Travels 1. Courtesy of Charles MacFarland / Synetech Video. More info below.
Australian videographer Charles MacFarland contends that laws against public nudity are obsolete. His films record women and men as they walk naked in public, usually to the amusement and applause of those who pass them by. Naked In-Sight explores MacFarland's vision of a naked society, where offense at mere nudity is a thing of the past.
Photo above from Naked Celebrations. Courtesy of Charles MacFarland / Synetech Video. More info below.
Publicity photo from Naked in Public 2 (2004) courtesy of Charles MacFarland / Synetech Video (synetechvideo.com). Address is Synetech Video Co, PO Box 1137, Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA. The toll free number is 1 (877)-NUDE-LIFE which is 1 (877) - 683-3543.
More films for 911 announced soon. Check back soon!