Sam Green, "WHAT WE NEED IS THE IMPOSSIBLE!"
Film Screening + Q&A
An evening of short films by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sam Green, followed by a 30 minute Q&A.
Sam Green (THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
has been making award-winning short documentaries since the late
1990s. This program gathers together for the first time an evening
length program of Green’s short films, ranging from a portrait of the
world’s largest shopping mall in Southern China, which is actually
completely empty (UTOPIA PT
3), to an elegy for Meredith Hunter, the young man who was killed by
Hells Angels at the notorious 1969 Altamont concert (lot 63, grave
c). Other films from the program include: THE FABULOUSSTAINS: BEHIND THE MOVIE, the remarkable story of the cult film directed by Lou Adler in 1982. And Green’s new film THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
is a portrait of Esperanto, an artificial language that was
created in the late 1800s with the hope of creating world peace, and
the worldwide movement of people who still speak it. Running through
Green’s films is a celebration of idealism and the search for
meaning along with the often humorous realities of human folly.
8-9:20PMUtopia Part 3: the World’s Largest Shopping Mall – 13:08, 2009
Pie Fight ’69 – 8:03, 2000
The Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie – 11:00, 1999
lot 63, grave c – 9:47, 2006
N-Judah 5:30 – 3:18, 2004
Clear Glasses – 4:13, 2008
The Universal Language – 30:00, 2011
Pie Fight ’69 – 8:03, 2000
The Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie – 11:00, 1999
lot 63, grave c – 9:47, 2006
N-Judah 5:30 – 3:18, 2004
Clear Glasses – 4:13, 2008
The Universal Language – 30:00, 2011
9:30-10PM Q&A