Northwest Film Forum

Northwest Film Forum: How to Make a Book with Steidl Premieres Tomorrow

Friday, March 9, 7 PM
Northwest Film Forum

How to Make a Book with Steidl is a timely celebration of a fading art form. Directors Wetzel and Adolph accompany German art-book publisher Gerhard Steidl on a trip to America to observe his close collaboration with artists such as Jeff Wall, Ed Ruscha, Joel Sternfeld and the usually reclusive Robert Frank. It’s a fascinating and privileged look behind the curtains of a rarely seen aspect of the art world.

The film runs until March 15th, but if you make it to the premiere, the Henry’s own graphic designer, Jayme Yen, will give the introduction! Buy your tickets HERE.

Harry Shearer’s The Big Uneasy premiering this Friday!

Recent Henry exhibitor and multi-talented Harry Shearer is continuing to show his work with the Northwest Film Forum. His recent film, The Big Uneasy, will premiere this Friday, July 8th, with the director himself in attendance!

Natural disasters have a way of repeating themselves. Such is the case with the recent tsunami in Japan, and it could be the case for New Orleans, which almost five years ago was struck by Hurricane Katrina. In his feature–length documentary, comedian and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer gets the inside story of a disaster that could have been prevented. Shearer speaks to investigators and whistle–blowers, revealing that some of the same flawed methods responsible for the levee failure during Katrina are being used to rebuild the system to protect from future peril.

Harry Shearer became acquainted with the Henry last winter with his show Harry Shearer: The Silent Echo Chamber. This exhibition brought together several “found” videos compiled by the unexpected artist.

Check out show times and purchase your tickets for his recent endeavor The Big Easy at NWFF’s website. 

Northwest Film Forum showing of !Women Art Revolution

Starting this Friday, June 17th, the Northwest Film Forum will be showing the documentary !Women Art Revolution, an exploration of the progression of the Feminist Art Movement in America.

In the 1960s, women artists formed the Women Artists in Revolution (WAR), a coalition to cope with exclusion from museum exhibitions, art journals, educational literature and historical documentation. The cost of this exclusion is still felt today. Deftly combining reportage and personal memoir, !Women Art Revolution is a seminal and groundbreaking documentary.

Regular showings will occur throughout the week until Thursday, June 23rd.

While watching the film, look out for artists Hannah Wilke and Adrian Piper whose works, The Intra-Venus Tapes and Context #7 respectively, are currently on display in the Henry’s The Talent Show exhibition. Also, prepare yourself for the works of Carolee Schneemann coming to the Henry this fall by looking out for her in !Women Art Revolution.

Ticket prices start at $6 and can be purchased at NFF’s website here.

NEW BROW: Contemporary Underground Art

Seattle Premiere: NEW BROW: Contemporary Underground Art
at Northwest Film Forum
Director in attendance opening night!
Jan 15 – Jan 17

New Brow presents interviews from artists, galleries and collectors who initiated and gave momentum to the New American Art Movement. The revealing footage captures the makeshift studios and gallery spaces where the movement began, and the intensity and passion required to birth a new genre. The film also sheds light on non-traditional influences that are often overlooked and under appreciated. These “low brow” references encompass everything from underground comix, Kustum Kulture, graffiti and tattoo to skate and surf culture, punk art and others amidst Californian sub-cultures.  Local superstars Marlow Harris and Jo David were interviewed for New Brow, as were their friends Kirsten Anderson, Larry Reid and Charles Krafft.

Henry Members get the NWFF Members Price — click here to purchase your tickets.

Animated Art @ Northwest Film Forum this Thursday

Thursday, Jan 07 at 07:00PM

Rethinking the boundaries of animation, visual art and experimental filmmaking, this program of films by mostly local talent brings together artists working in different disciplines that are rarely shown together.

Includes works by; Jon Behrens, Cathy McClure, Martha Colburn, Matthew Cox, Webster Crowell, Stefan Gruber, Salise Hughes, Britta Johnson, Sarah Jane Lapp, Davis Limbach, Tess Martin, Jeffry Mitchell, Amanda Moore, Clyde Peterson, Friese Undine, Drew Christie. Tommy Thompson and Brent Watanabe.

Yes Men Fix The World @ Northwest Film Forum

We’re showing the first Yes Men movie at the Henry Thursday, December 17.
See the new one this week at NWFF!

Yes Men Fix the World at NWFF — Nov 27 – Dec 03 (Tickets HERE)
(Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, 2008, USA, 35mm, 89 min)

Yes Man  Andy Bichlbaum in person opening weekend! Special benefit event with additional guests opening night.
Join the Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, as they battle the free market mentality with their politically charged hijinks. Their method: select a corporation they don’t like, set up a fake website and wait until they’re invited to speak at an event as a representative of said despised company.  This time around, Andy and Mike take on Dow Chemical, Exxon Mobil, Halliburton and the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina. Incorporating vintage cartoons and archival footage, Bichlbaum and Bonanno construct a fast-paced, highly entertaining look at their unique brand of activism. The absurdity of their actions may amuse, but the Yes Men have a serious point to make: business as usual is no longer acceptable.

Live at the Northwest Film Forum – Starting tonight!

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Bridging Wounds
Sep 17 – Sep 19

Thursday, Sep 17 at 08:00PM
Friday, Sep 18 at 08:00PM
Saturday, Sep 19 at 08:00PM

Paris Hurley (Degenerate Art Ensemble, Kultur Shock), Ezra Dickinson (Zoe Scofield, The Maureen Whiting Company), Jamie Iacoli (i&m), Tilla Kuenzli (The Maureen Whiting Company), Amanda Moore (filmmaker), and Paurl Walsh (Degenerate Art Ensemble, X-Ray Press) integrate original music, movement, and animation to explore the connection between words and perception. Explore the world of Post-Its, plastic and string, where shoes are adopted, then abandoned, imaginary kitchens are traversed and industrial and human sounds mix with violin and a cacophony of voices.

http://www.nwfilmforum.org/live/page/calendar/985

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Arid Lands at NWFF

Arid Lands presents a side of SW Washington state that I never even knew about. Hanford, WA was the site of a major plutonium production center in the 1940s. 50,000 workers moved to this rural town, population of approximately 500, to extract plutonium for atomic bombs – namely the bomb that the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima. The site flourished through the Cold War era, literally dumping tons of nuclear waste into holes in the ground and into the Columbia River. The environment, its people, and animals suffered from the results of this project. The government ordered a clean-up that is currently the largest in the nation. This morning NPR announced the results of a study that proves that Hanford workers are 11 times more likely to suffer from lung cancer and white blood cell cancer than the average American. Judging from the movie, the local population of the Tri-Cities seems unperturbed.

The film features interviews from locals, workers from the site, Native Americans, farmers, vineyard owners, and a construction site manager. Arid Lands pictures a region that was once scarred by the reaping of its resources, and the resilience of nature to carry on. The film’s quiet, portrait-like shots of the landscape resonate even after you leave the theater. NWFF will screen the film for the last time tonight at 7pm and 9pm. Don’t miss it.

4th Annual Seattle Bike-In @ Northwest Film Forum

Northwest Film Forum’s annual Seattle Bike-In is happening August 23rd in Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill. The event aims to bring together biking, transportation, art, environmental, and community advocates for a celebration of biking and environmental sustainability. This community blowout features live bands at 7 pm and the French Jacque Tati film Jour de Fete at dusk. 

 

 

 

 

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The event is free of charge and appropriate for all ages.