Our film screenings highlight underground, avant-garde and independent cinema. When we can, we host the filmmaker for an introduction and post screening Q&A. We have shown thousands of films ranging from structural classics like Tony Conrad's "The Flicker" on 16mm, to music films such as Bjork's "Biophilia Live" and Sigur Ros' "Heima". We strive to bring classic films to be screened on 16mm but also new films by emerging independent filmmakers.
Date:
04.12.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
UNSEEN SHORTS!
a collected program of rare 16mm short educational, art, and narrative films. 8pm. LIKE THIS RARE WILLIAM SHATNER educational film:
plus "SOLE MANI" "A STORY OF CINDERELLA" "FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC" and MORE.
8PM, $5 suggested donation, at MOVIATE
Date:
03.22.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
THURSDAY MARCH 22nd, 2012. 8pm, at moviate. "THE OREGONIAN"
"There is a place. A place where the skies are wide and the forests are thick—and strange. You can lose yourself forever in these woods. You’ll meet truckers with problems and old women with strange powers. You may even make a furry friend. Just be sure to stay quiet. Spend some time with a woman from Oregon who is lost on the road and running away from her past. Now she has a chance to experience everything the grotesque Northwest has to offer, whether she likes it or not"
$5 suggested donation.
Date:
03.15.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
MARCH 15th: MEET OTHER FILMMAKERS and share or watch local films!
7:30 sign in (super-8, 16mm, DVD, VHS formats)
8PM SHARE your short film or video!
THESE CAN BE:
a) works in progress (to get feedback, connections)
b) recent pieces
c) old work not seen for a while or that needs new light!
FREE FREE FREE
Date:
03.11.2012 7:30pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
"BROTHER OUTSIDER: The Life of Bayard Rustin" by Nancy Kates, documentary screening in celebration of Bayard Rustin.
MORE INFORMATION ON THE FILM:
Plus, a special screening of "FROM MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS", a short documentary on Martin Luther King Jr. will be shown before the feature (and will be shown on 16mm film)
FREE WILL DONATION ACCEPTED and benefits the LGBT Community Center Coalition and moviate.
more info on the events of the day:
When: 5:00p.m. Sunday 3.11
Where: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 N 3rd., Harrisburg
Cost: Free
Info: 717-236-1680 or www.midtownscholar.com
Midtown Scholar Bookstore and Moviate Film Studio will host an evening celebrating Bayard Rustin on Sunday, March 11. The event, sponsored by the LGBT Community Center Coalition, will feature a book lecture, audience questions and response, and a film screening. At 5pm, Michael Long will present San Francisco's City Lights' recently published /I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin's Life In Letters/. The book, edited by Long and featuring a foreword by Julian Bond, is published on the centennial of Rustin's birth and in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington. Following the lecture at 7:30pm, Moviate will host a screening of Nancy Kates' film on Rustin: /Brother Outsider. /Wine and refreshments will be provided, and donations will be accepted for the LGBT Center Coalition.
Bayard Rustin has been called the "lost prophet" of the civil rights movement. A master strategist and tireless activist, he is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the U.S. He brought Gandhi's protest techniques to the American civil rights movement and played a deeply influential role in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to mold him into an international symbol of nonviolence. Despite these achievements, Rustin often remained in the background. He was silenced, threatened, arrested, beaten, imprisoned and fired from important leadership positions, largely because he was an openly gay man in a fiercely homophobic era. Here we have Rustin in his own words in a collection of over 150 of his letters; his correspondents include the major progressives of his day. Bayard Rustin's eloquent, impassioned voice, his ability to chart the path "from protest to politics," is both timely and deeply informative. As the Occupy movement ushers America into a pivotal election y the strategic thinking and tactical planning that led to the successes of one of America's most transformative and historic social movements. Michael Long's previous books include /Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall/ and /First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson/. He has appeared on C-Span and NPR, and his speaking engagements have taken him from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., to the Houston Public Library in Texas, to the City Club of San Diego. He has spoken most recently at a New York Historical Society event held at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.
Date:
03.08.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
"ROADRACERS" from 1959, shown on 16mm film!
"The father of a race car driver blames him for a death on the track, disowns him, and sponsors a rival racer."
Starring Joel Lawrence, Marian Collier, Skip Ward,
Sally Fraser and Alan Dinehart III
Directed by Arthur Swerdloff
Print: black/white
Runtime: 73 min.
STILLS FROM THIS RARE FILM: HERE
Date:
03.01.2012 8:00pm
POLITICAL THRILLER "THE FRENCH CONSPIRACY" starring Jean Louis Trintingnant (RED, Z, A Man and A Woman) and JEAN SEBERG (Breathless). MUSIC BY ENNIO MORRICONE.
"Sadiel, rebel leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup. Aware of the threat posed by Sadiel, the ruthless Colonel Kassar contacts the French security services to help in capturing the political activist. A police informer, Darien, is forced to lure Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to make a television coverage about the Third World. Arriving in Paris, Sadiel is captured and delivered to his opponents. Disgusted by the way he has been manipulated, Darien tries to turn back the clock, unknowing who's dealing with. Written by Anonymous"
8PM, $5 suggested donation. at moviate.
Date:
02.16.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
directed by Celine Danhier
Starring Debbie Harry, Steve Buscemi, John Waters, John Lurie, Jim Jarmusch, Thurston Moore, Beth B, Ann Magnuson, Nick Zedd, Richard Kern, Lydia Lunch and many more!
"BLANK CITY" tells the long-overdue tale of a disparate crew of renegade filmmakers who emerged from an economically bankrupt and dangerous moment in New York history. In the late 1970's and mid 80's, when the city was still a wasteland of cheap rent and cheap drugs, these directors crafted daring works that would go on to profoundly influence the development of independent film as we know it today.
ROGER EBERT REVIEW:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110706/REVIEWS/110709987
IMDB INFO: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398949/
OFFICIAL SITE: http://blankcityfilm.com/
Documentary - 94min, special screening,
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16th, 8PM.
$5 suggested donation. Blu-Ray projection.
Date:
02.09.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
DYNAMO SHORT DOCS from the UNDERGROUND!
Amazing program of short documentaries curated for this screening only:
SMUT CAPITAL OF AMERICA (Michael Stabile, 2011)- 17 minutes
-In the late 1960s, as the Sexual Revolution was first gaining steam, San
Francisco was pushing the boundaries of what could be filmed and quickly
became, according to the NY Times, 'The Smut Capital of the United
States.' From shabby storefront theaters and live sex shows to the Erotic
Film Festival, the City became ground zero in the fight over obscenity, as
both local politicians and Federal law enforcement went to war with
filmmakers and free-speech advocates. 'Smut Capital' talks to the theater
owners, film producers and stars in an attempt to recreate a revolution
that wasn't televised, but screened. Featuring John Waters. Premiered at
The Tribeca Film Festival
A CALL OF CONSCIENCE: PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL & HOSPITAL (Heath Hofmeister, 2011)- 16 minutes
A short documentary about the Pennhurst State School & Hospital located
outside of Philadelphia, PA. Hidden in a remote river bend in Pennsylvania, 10,500 people were forced to call this place 'home'. Now neglected, decaying and hidden beneath decades of over-growth, one of America's most dramatic civil rights stories awaits discovery. A Call of Conscience: Pennhurst State School and Hospital uncovers the untold story of the birth place of the Civil Rights Movement of the Intellectually Disabled. Supported by their families and community, this group of residents united and overcame the label of 'retarded' to lead and win one of the greatest civil victories for the disabled in U.S History. The result of their struggle not only won their freedom but positively transformed the social landscape of America forever!
THE DEBRIS (SMALL SLIVERS OF CELLULOID) (Jeremy Moss, 2012) - 7 minutes
An experimental documentary exploring the Southern Utah desert and human remnants thereon; ideology intersects image and site. Shards from a Utah Mormon's mind.
DRUGS (Renny McCauley, 2008)- 16 minutes
Four addicts give candid testimonials offering insights into the
complicated nature of drug abuse.
Played at: Durango Independent Film Festival, San Francisco Independent
Film Festival, San Francisco Shorts Film Festival & Rumschpringe Film
Festival.
ONE IN TEN ( Susan Hilvert, 2008) - 23 minutes
A personal documentary about a filmmaker coming out of the closet.
I KNOW YOU (Bruce Parsons, 2007) - 18 minutes
A personal documentary revealing how the search for a new relationship can actually reveal the foundation of an old one. Filmmaker Bruce Parsons,
along with his father, search his hometown to try and meet his grandfather
for the first time.
8PM, $5 suggested donation. at moviate, 1306 n. 3rd st, harrisburg, pa.
Date:
02.02.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
"ASHES AND DIAMONDS" by ANDRZEJ WAJDA, 1958.
-One of Martin Scorsese's favorite movies. He showed it to Leonardo DiCaprio while making The Departed, as main characters of these two movies have to deal with the same dilemmas.
synopsis: Maciek, a young Resistance fighter, is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader, on the last day of World War II. Though killing has been easy for him in the past, Szczuka was a fellow soldier, and Maciek must decide whether to follow his orders. Written by Kevin Dorner
In Polish with English Subtitles, 16mm, b/w.
8pm, $5 suggested donation.
info on film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052080/
Date:
01.26.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
"THE OUTER SPACE CONNECTION" 1975 documentary with ROD SERLING (Twilight Zone). 16mm film print.
info on film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163783/
8PM, $5 suggested donation, at Moviate. 1306 n. 3rd st.
Date:
01.19.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
"UFO: TARGET EARTH" screening at MOVIATE,
Thursday January 19th, 2012. $5 suggested donation, 8PM.
synopsis: An electronics expert searching for evidence of aliens picks up signals that he believes are from an alien spacecraft--and they are coming from a lake near town.
film info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131624/
Date:
01.13.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
FRIDAY THE 13th (of JANUARY)....
FILM SCREENING TO BENEFIT H.A.R.D. (HARRISBURG AREA ROLLER DERBY):
16mm film print of "KANSAS CITY BOMBER" (1972) starring Raquel Welch. INFO ON FILM
check out: H.A.R.D. and the Fallout Femmes
$5 donation benefits H.A.R.D.
8PM.
99 minutes, Color, Sound, 16mm film
Date:
01.05.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
"NANOOK OF THE NORTH" 16mm feature documentary by Robert Flaherty.
8PM, $5 donation at moviate, 1306 n. 3rd st. harrisburg
Date:
12.22.2011 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
PART TWO OF TWO PROGRAMS featuring
RARE 16mm and SUPER-8mm HOLIDAY FILMS!
Kitsch, Retro, Nostalgia, of another world.
including:"SANTA IN ANIMAL LAND" (sound, b/w), "CHRISTMAS CRAKER" by Grant Munro, Norman McLaren...
8PM, $5 donation, free warm cider and candycanes!
Date:
12.15.2011 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
"INTO ETERNITY" by Michael Madsen. A documentary on building a home NUCLEAR WASTE. -a chilling and powerful film, see the synopsis below the trailer.
INTO ETERNITY - SYNOPSIS
Documentary 2009, 75 min, HD 16:9
Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storages, which are vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world's first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock - a huge system of underground tunnels - that must last 100,000 years as this is how long the waste remains hazardous.
Once the waste has been deposited and the repository is full, the facility is to be sealed off and never opened again. Or so we hope, but can we ensure that? And how is it possible to warn our descendants of the deadly waste we left behind? How do we prevent them from thinking they have found the pyramids of our time, mystical burial grounds, hidden treasures? Which languages and signs will they understand? And if they understand, will they respect our instructions? While gigantic monster machines dig deeper and deeper into the dark, experts above ground strive to find solutions to this crucially important radioactive waste issue to secure mankind and all species on planet Earth now and in the near and very distant future.
Captivating, wondrous and extremely frightening, this feature documentary takes viewers on a journey never seen before into the underworld and into the future.
Thursday December 15th, 2011 8PM,
$5 donation. at Moviate, 1306 n. 3rd st. harrisburg
Date:
12.08.2011 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
THE FILMS OF BRYAN LEWIS SAUNDERS:
Thursday -12/8/2011 - 8pm
$5 admission benefits the artist
Come out for a program of Films and Videos created by Performance / Spoken Word / Visual Artist BRYAN LEWIS SAUNDERS. We will be doing a rare screening of his first film "Where is Mao now when you need him?", shot by Bryan in China. Plus his BED BUGS short videos, films made in collaboration with local filmmaker Jim Hollenbaugh, and a special Holiday Video that was made specifically by Bryan for this screening only! One night only! If you enjoyed Bryan when he performed at Moviate you won't want to miss this screening!
From Wikipedia:
Bryan Lewis Saunders (born 1969, in Washington, D.C.) is a performance artist, videographer, and performance poet widely known for his disturbing spoken word rants, tragic art performances and Stand up tragedy.[1] On March 30, 1995, Bryan began drawing at least one self-portrait every day for the rest of his life.[2] For 11 days in 2001, Bryan conducted an experiment in which he ingested or inhaled a different intoxicant everyday and created a self-portrait under the influence documenting the effects of his altered perception.[3] In January 2011, a selection of the drug induced self-portraits presented online went viral.[4] In 2003, Bryan began sleeping with a cassette recorder and documenting both his dreams and somniloquy which led to a wealth of source material for both audio releases and books. The transcriptions of his lengthy somniloquy led to what is known as the Stream of unconsciousness (narrative mode) method of writing.[5]
www.bryanlewissaunders.com
www.moviate.org
8PM, $5 donation (benefits filmmaker), at moviate, 1306 n. 3rd st. harrisburg.
Date:
12.10.2011 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
PART ONE OF TWO PROGRAMS featuring
RARE 16mm and SUPER-8mm HOLIDAY FILMS!
Kitsch, Retro, Nostalgia, of another world.
8PM, $5 donation, free warm cider and candycanes!
Date:
12.01.2011 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
AKIRA KUROSAWA's "YOJIMBO", 1961, 75 min. feature film, b/w, 16mm film print. Japanese with ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
"A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town"
STARRING TOSHIRO MIFUNE.
IMDB INFO: HERE
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL WINNER. ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE.
8pm.
$5 donation.
at moviate, 1306 n. 3rd st. harrisburg
Date:
11.19.2011 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
4 SHORT FILMS INCLUDING:
"WINTER DRIVING" (a 'how-to' on surviving those crazy winter roads!) 16mm film print.
"THE GIFT OF WINTER" (FEATURING THE VOICES OF GILDA RADNER AND DAN AYKROYD!) 16mm film print.
"SANTA WITCH" (claymation Gumby film), 16mm film print.
"MONSTERS CHRISTMAS" 16mm film print.
all on 16mm film,
$5 donation,
8PM.
ALL-AGES (appropriate for all ages too)
AS PART OF THE ANNUAL ODD ONES HOLIDAY BIZARRE held from 11-5 at the HHA building, 3rd and Verbeke St. FREE ADMISSION TO THE DAYTIME EVENTS, $5 donation to film screening in evening.
music at ODD ONES (FREE)
1PM DJ TRASHCAN (old soul/rock 45's)
2:15PM THESE SEEDS (ambient from York)
3PM TJ BOYER (acoustic from HBG)
4PM THE PONY LEAGUE (featuring members of the Carlsonics and Nethers)
Date:
11.15.2011 7:30pm
Venue/Location:
CINEMA CENTER
Sigur Ros' "INNI" a film by Vincent Morisset.
SCREENING on TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15th, 2011
at the CINEMA CENTER, Camp Hill. 7:30PM, $8.
"Sigur Rós fans are intensely devoted -- lore describes people passing out at shows in some sort of overwhelmed, ecstatic state -- and "Inni" finally gives some sense of why and how that might happen." -L.A. TIMES.
PRE-SALE TICKET SALES ARE DONE: TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
Proceeds benefit The Capital Area School for the Arts.
NPR PRESS: HERE
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/09/16/140471649/first-watch-sigur-r-s-inni
LOCATION: HERE
"Moviate is a volunteer operated, not for profit organization, dedicated to bringing independent, underground, and avant-garde Cinema and Sound events to the Harrisburg, PA area."
