murdered while cruising in a London park, Chris is arrested for the crime. Winner of the Critics’ Prize at Cannes, Young Soul Rebels remains as touching, as tough, and as energetic as the day it first premiered. Programmed by K.J. Relth-Miller. DIRECTED BY: Isaac Julien. WRITTEN BY: Paul Hallam, Isaac Julien, Derrick Saldaan McClintock. WITH: Valentine Nonyela, Mo Sesay, Dorian Healy, Frances Barber. 1991. 105 min. UK/France/Germany/ Spain. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP.
LIMITED SERIES
JOHN WATERS:
POPE OF TRASH
SEP 17–OCT 28, 2023
Hairspray Thu, Oct 5 | 7:30pm | TMT Photo: Henny Garfunkel
Anointed the “Pope of Trash” by William S. Burroughs in 1986, DIY filmmaker, author, contemporary art collector, fashion icon, and self-proclaimed “filth elder” John Waters (b. 1946) is the very definition of a self-made American iconoclast. Inspired by showman William Castle, early exploitation producer Kroger Babb, and underground experimental filmmakers such as the Kuchar Brothers (George and Mike, featured in our Available Space series on Friday, September 22), Waters’s anti- establishment vision is crystal clear from his first 8mm short, Hag in a Black Leather Jacket (1964), to his most recent film, A Dirty Shame (2004). Serving as director and writer for each of his films—and as producer, cinematographer, and editor on his first eight—Waters never fails to push the boundaries of good taste and challenge traditional institutions with every artistic endeavor, including his much-anticipated annual Artforum top 10 lists and his one-man show, This Filthy World . The Academy Museum opens a first-of-its-kind exhibition, John Waters: Pope of Trash , on September 17, and presents this accompanying retrospective screening series, kicking off with an ultra-rare screening of Eat Your Makeup (1968) presented with live commentary from Waters, and Serial Mom (1994) on 35mm with John Waters in attendance.
SMOKE SIGNALS
Smoke Signals 25th Anniversary Thu, Nov 30 | 7:30pm | TMT In person: Chris Eyre.
Programmed by K.J. Relth-Miller.
Filmed on the Coeur d’Alene Reservation in northwestern Idaho, screenwriter Sherman Alexie’s screenplay, based on his own collection of stories The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven , has been lauded by Indigenous communities for its authenticity in casting and its sublime story, which follows Victor Joseph (Adam Beach as an adult, Cody Lightning as a youth) and Thomas Builds-the-Fire (Evan Adams, Simon Baker), two young men made into brothers by circumstance who reluctantly band together to retrieve their father’s ashes. Upon its initial release, Smoke Signals was promoted by distributor Miramax as the first feature film produced, directed, and written by Indigenous artists to reach a broad audience, first at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the Audience Award and eventually on an international scale. A coming-of-age story with a light, comedic heart, Smoke Signals was added to the National Film Registry in 2018 for its cultural significance to film history. To honor National Native American Heritage Month, the Academy Museum is celebrating the film’s 25th anniversary with a screening of a 35mm release print of the film with filmmaker Chris Eyre in conversation. Programmed and note by K.J. Relth-Miller. DIRECTED BY: Chris Eyre. WRITTEN BY: Sherman Alexie. WITH: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer. 1998. 88 min. USA/Canada. Color. English. Rated PG-13. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Sundance Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Notes by Sari Navarro and K.J. Relth-Miller adapted from JOHN WATERS: POPE OF TRASH exhibition texts written by Jenny He, Dara Jaffe, Esme Douglas, and Emily Rauber Rodriguez.
Eat Your Makeup (Silent) with Live Commentary by John Waters Sun, Sep 17 | 3pm | TMT
This rarely-screened short was shot on 16mm with a Bell & Howell camera, which is on view in our current exhibition John Waters: Pope of Trash . Newly restored by the Academy Film Archive, John Waters’s third film, about women who are forced to model to the point of death, first premiered in Baltimore’s Emmanuel Episcopal Church in 1968. To celebrate opening day of the exhibition, the Academy Museum will present an ultra-rare silent screening of Eat Your Makeup with simultaneous live commentary from Waters. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: John Waters. WITH: Lizzy Temple Black, David Lochary, Divine, Marina Melin. 1968. 45 min. USA. B&W. English. DCP.
EAT YOUR MAKEUP
Serial Mom Sun, Sep 17 | 7:30pm | DGT In person: John Waters, Peaches Christ. Though entirely fictional, John Waters’s dark comedy Serial Mom satirizes the true-crime genre. Beverly Sutphin
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