This is the eighth edition of our popular program of films from the vibrant, creative community of filmmakers in D.C. and the immediate metro area.
Total running time: 63 minutes
Susan J. Goldman
USA, 2024, 26 mins, Documentary
Percy Martin and Michael Platt founded their respective printmaking workshops in the 70s and 80s, embracing a steady flow of emerging and established Black artists who had been denied access to the city's galleries, museums and universities. Percy and Michael offered places where Black artists created community, shared ideas, exhibited their work and made prints. This documentary reflects on their critical contribution to Washington DC's vibrant art scene over a 50-year period.
In Person: Susan J. Goldman, Producer and Director, Printmaking Legacy Project, Rockville, MD and Percy B. Martin, Founding Director, WD Workshop, Washington, DC
Christopher McGuinness
USA, 2024, 20 mins, Documentary, World premiere
After a stroke leaves the left half of his body paralyzed, concert pianist Haskell Small sets the goal to play the Diabelli Variations, one of the most challenging works from Beethoven.
In Person: Director Christopher McGuinness
Yev K'banchik, Elena Volkova
USA, 2024, 17 mins, Documentary, East Coast Premiere
Reviving the 19thcentury tintype, photographer Elena Volkova creates a unique participatory community arts project celebrating the people who make up the Anacostia region of the District of Columbia.
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