| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
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 2009_MD_MMoore_090928 | 137 | AFI -- DC LaborFest (2009) -- Film: "Capitalism: A Love Story" (w/Michael Moore)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Chris Garlock
-- Michael Moore
-- Mark Dudzic (National Organizer and Chairman of the United States Labor Party)
-- Jos Williams (Metropolitan Washington Council President) (who spoke and presented the Tony Mazzacchi Labor Arts Award to Michael Moore)
-- Michael Moore... |
| 2009_MD_Office_Space_091017 | 130 | AFI -- DC LaborFest (2009) -- Film: "Office Space" (w/Stephen Root and Gary Cole)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Gary Cole and Stephen Root
-- Chris Garlock (Director, DC Labor FilmFest),
-- Presentation with Adam Wright (DC Labor FilmFest Assistant Director), Gary Cole, Stephen Root, Darryl Moch (Labor Heritage Foundation), and Chris Garlock
-- Panel with Chris Garlock, Stephen... |
| 2009_MD_Mammoth_091105 | 174 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2009) -- "Mammoth" (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Angelos Pangratis, Acting Head of Delegation of the European Commission,
-- Karin Olofsdotter, Deputy Chief of Mission for the Embassy of Sweden
AFI Silver Theatre celebrates the Opening of the 22nd AFI European Union Film Showcase. The evening... |
| 2009_MD_YVictoria_091121 | 142 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2009) -- "Young Victoria" (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Ray Barry (AFI)
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
Closing Night! The Young Victoria.
Reception to follow screening, including champagne tasting and Belgian beer tasting!
Working from a sharp script by Julian Fellowes (GOSFORD PARK), director Jean-Marc Vallee (C.R.A.Z.Y.)... |
| 2009_MD_Hirsch_091024 | 8 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2009) -- Foster Hirsch preparing for Film Noir series
Foster Hirsch, author of over a dozen movies on subjects related to theatre and movies, was in town preparing for an upcoming Film Noir festival. |
| 2009_MD_NAFF_090319 | 165 | AFI -- New African Films Festival (2009) -- Opening Reception
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Kishere Mbuya (Afrikafé founder)
-- Mwiza Munthali (Transafrica’s Public Outreach Director)
2009 NEW AFRICAN FILMS FESTIVAL:
AFI Silver is proud to host the fifth annual New African Films Festival, co-presented by AFI, TransAfrica Forum, and... |
| 2009_MD_AFI_Inaug_090120 | 210 | AFI -- Presidential Inauguration Simulcast
Speaker:
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director)
Avoid the cold and the crowds in downtown DC--watch the historic inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, broadcast LIVE on the big AFI Silver screen!
... |
| 2009_MD_Nosferatu_091030 | 46 | AFI -- Silent Cinema -- "Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror" (w/Silent Orchestra and James White)
Speakers in sequence:
-- James White
-- Lori Donnelly (AFI)
-- Carlos Garza and Rich O'Meara
NOSFERATU, A SYMPHONY OF HORROR: The Halloween Classic
Casting a long and terrifying shadow over the genre, German silent-film master F.W. Murnau's uncredited appropriation of Bram Stoker's Dracula set... |
| 2009_MD_Zombie_091024 | 135 | AFI -- Silver Spring Zombie Walk (2009) descends on "Shaun of the Dead"
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Eric Robbins (with the shovel, blogger for http://www.thayeravenue.com)
-- Karl Ericson (with the bat, blogger for http://www.silverspringsingular.com)
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
WARNING: Zombies from the Silver Spring Zombie Walk have threatened to... |
| 2009_MD_Serious_091001 | 64 | AFI -- "A Serious Man" (w/Michael Stuhlbarg)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Tiffany Graham-Golden (AFI)
-- Dan Raviv interviewing Michael Stuhlbarg
A SERIOUS MAN Advance Screening:
A new film written and directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen with actor Michael Stuhlbarg in person!
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Tony Award-nominee Michael... |
| 2009_MD_Casino_091030 | 69 | AFI -- "American Casino" (w/Leslie and Andrew Cockburn)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Leslie and Andrew Cockburn
-- Panel with Leslie and Andrew Cockburn, Mark Pittman, and Michael Greenberger
AMERICAN CASINO
When you are in Wall Street's casino, you play by their rules.
Official Selection, 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Official Selection, IDFA
Filmed... |
| 2009_MD_Boogaloo_090711 | 53 | AFI -- "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" After-film Event
Speaker:
-- Tal Levitas (AFI)
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo: 25th Anniversary!
You know the title--now see the movie! This time, Kelly is torn between Paris, Princeton and the streets, while Ozone and Turbo have their own problems: their community center has been threatened with demolition, their... |
| 2009_MD_Collapse_091211 | 50 | AFI -- "Collapse" (w/Michael C. Ruppert)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Adrian Spencer (AFI)
-- Michael C. Ruppert
COLLAPSE: In Person: Michael C. Ruppert, the subject of the film.
"Not just sobering; it's a full-on assault." - The New York Times
"There are many layers to the man and the movie, and it's hard not to leave the theater... |
| 2009_MD_Halloween_090627 | 217 | AFI -- "Every Other Day is Halloween" (w/Count Gore De Vol and C.W. Prather)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- C.W. Prather
-- Count Gore De Vol
-- Jeff Krulik
MARS and Midsummer Night's Scream II Present:"Every Other Day is Halloween" -- World Premiere!
In person: Director C.W. Prather and Count Gore De Vol.
Post-screening Q&A moderated by Jeff... |
| 2009_MD_King_090119 | 10 | AFI -- "King: A Filmed Record" Screening for MLK Day
Speaker:
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director)
Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration: KING: A FILMED RECORD... MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS
A riveting compilation of documentary footage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the Montgomery bus boycott to the "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln... |
| 2009_MD_Landscapes_091013 | 57 | AFI -- "Manufactured Landscapes" (w/Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Jos Williams (AFL-CIO),
-- Presentation of shirts with Jos Williams, Jennifer Baichwal, Todd Hitchcock (AFI), Mark Dudzic (AFL-CIO), and Chris Garlock (AFL-CIO and Dir. Of Labor FilmFest DC)
-- Jennifer Baichwal
-- Panel with Chris Garlock, Edward Burtynsky, and... |
| 2009_MD_Pleasure_091211 | 44 | AFI -- "Pleasure At Her Majesty's" (w/Martin Lewis and Richard Harrington)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Martin Lewis
-- Richard Harrington
In Person: Q&A between films with "Secret Policeman's Ball" co-creator/producer Martin Lewis and music critic/cultural writer Richard Harrington:
PLEASURE AT HER MAJESTY'S:
The first Amnesty International... |
| 2009_MD_SPBall_091207 | 81 | AFI -- "Secret Policeman's Ball" Anniversary Reception and Screening
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Martin Lewis
-- Larry Cox |
| 2009_MD_Surgeon_090402 | 27 | AFI -- "The English Surgeon" (w/Geoffrey Smith)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Sky Sitney (AFI/Silverdocs)
-- Geoffrey Smith
The English Surgeon:
In Person: Director Geoffrey Smith (interviewed by Sky Sitney)
Winner, Best International Feature Documentary, SILVERDOCS 2008
British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh resides in South London and has a... |
| 2009_MD_Branching_091114 | 117 | AFI -- "The House of Branching Love" (w/Elina Knihtilä & Anna Easteden)
Speakers:
-- Elina Knihtilä & Anna Easteden interviewed by Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
The House of Branching Love [Haarautuvan Rakkauden Talo]:
In Person: Actresses Elina Knihtilä & Anna Easteden; post-screening reception courtesy of the Embassy of Finland.
A hit in Finland, Mika Kaurismaeki's latest... |
| 2009_MD_Trouble_090203 | 92 | AFI -- "Trouble the Water" (w/Carl Deal)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Matt Boratenski (AFI Education Program Coordinator)
-- Carl Deal
-- Panel with Amy King (formerly of AFI, now of the US Green Building Council), Mack McClendon (Lower 9th Ward Village), Pam Dashiell (Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development, now... |
| 2009_MD_Wounded_Knee_090202 | 35 | AFI -- "We Shall Remain" (w/Stanley Nelson)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Stanley Nelson
-- Sky Sitney (AFI/Silverdocs)
We Shall Remain: From the award-winning PBS series American Experience comes "We Shall Remain," a provocative, multimedia project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history. On February 27, 1973,... |
| 2009_MD_Maysles_090618 | 112 | AFI Silverdocs 2009 -- Guggenheim Symposium honoring Albert Maysles
Speakers in sequence:
-- Sky Sitney (AFI/Silverdocs)
-- Christo and Jeanne-Claude
-- Barbara Kopple
-- Albert Maysles interviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum
-- Grace Guggenheim presenting the award
Guggenheim Symposium honoring legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles. Artists Christo and... |
| 2009_DC_Stills_091107 | 170 | DC -- House of Sweden w/FotoWeek DC and AFI -- Stills and Flicks Reception
The Embassy of Sweden, FotoWeek DC, and AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center cordially invite you and a guest to an opening reception of: Stills and Flicks
Join us for a spectacular evening as we inaugurate the exhibition "What Lies Beneath: Nature & Urban Landscape in EU Photography" and celebrate the... |
| 2009_MD_Marcel_091209 | 81 | Washington Jewish Film Festival (2009) @ AFI -- "Marcel Reich-Ranicki -- Author of Himself" (w/Dror Zahavi and Katharina Trebitsch)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Susan Barocas (Director of WJFF),
-- Klaus Scharioth (German ambassador to the United States)
-- Marc Pachter interviewing Dror Zahavi and Katharina Trebitsch
North American Premiere! MARCEL REICH-RANICKI--AUTHOR OF HIMSELF [Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben]
In... |
| 2009_MD_MandM_091207 | 15 | Washington Jewish Film Festival (2009) @ AFI -- "Mary and Max"
Speakers in sequence:
-- Brandon Wall (Australian Embassy)
-- Josh Gardner (AFI)
DC Premiere! MARY AND MAX
Crystal Bear, Berlin International Film Festival 2009
Meet Mary Daisy Dinkle and Max Horowitz, two lonely souls reaching out for a friend in this quirky claymation tale. One day, Mary,a... |
| 2009_MD_Eisner_091206 | 34 | Washington Jewish Film Festival (2009) @ AFI -- "Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artrist" (w/Andrew D. Cooke)
Speakers is sequence:
-- Josh Gardner (Washington Jewish Film Festival)
-- Andrew Cooke
DC Premiere! WILL EISNER: PORTRAIT OF A SEQUENTIAL ARTIST: In person: Director Andrew D. Cooke
Will Eisner began drawing comics in the 1930s, just as the art form was exploding in popularity and cultural... |