McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans. 1968. 112 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. 4K DCP. Restored by The Walt Disney Studios featuring picture restoration by Roundabout Ent. and audio restoration by Audio Mechanics.
SOLOMON NORTHUP'S ODYSSEY
Solomon Northup’s Odyssey in 4K Fri, Dec 13 | 7:30pm | TMT Restoration World Premiere Gordon Parks’s 1984 film Solomon Northup’s Odyssey , based on Northup’s 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave , was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and aired on PBS as a television film. Northup was born a free Black man in New York. The talented violinist and carpenter took an offer to travel for a paid gig in Washington, DC, and was kidnapped and sold into the condition of slavery. Stripped of his freedom and family, Northup endured horrifying cruelties during his twelve years enslaved in Louisiana while holding onto his hope and strength within. Note by Hyesung ii. DIRECTED BY: Gordon Parks. WRITTEN BY: Lou Potter, Samm-Art Williams. WITH: Avery Brooks, Rhetta Greene, Mason Adams, Art Evans. 1984. 115 min. USA. Color. English. 4K DCP. New 4K restoration by IndieCollect, created in cooperation with the Library of Congress and supported in part by grants from the Ford Foundation and the Golden Globe Foundation. A Question of Color in 4K preceded by Hairstory in 4K Sat, Dec 14 | 2:30pm | TMT West Coast Restoration Premiere In person: LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Kathe Sandler Hairstory Best known as an actor and theater director, LaTanya Richardson Jackson made her directorial debut with the heart-warming short film Hairstory, released in 2000. In it, she portrays a mother whose concept of beauty, especially in regards to hair, impacts her relationship with her daughter. Hairstory surveys a journey of love, acceptance, and growth where differing perspectives are acknowledged and appreciated. Note by Hyesung ii. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: LaTanya Richardson Jackson. WITH: LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Reg E. Cathey, Marc John Jefferies, Anna Maria Horsford. 2000. 30 min. USA. Color. English. 4K DCP. New 4K restoration by IndieCollect, funded with support from the Golden Globe Foundation and donors to IndieCollect’s Jane Fonda Fund for Women Directors.
MATINEE
Matinee in 4K Sun, Dec 8 | 2:30pm | DGT Restoration World Premiere In person: Joe Dante
Joe Dante’s 1993 cult classic is a movie about a movie set during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman), an independent movie producer in Key West, Florida, debuts his latest science-fiction horror film, Mant! He hopes to exploit and profit off the audience’s fear of the nuclear threat with a multisensory, immersive theatrical experience. Ultimately, Woolsey’s stunts are a gift that helps the town overcome real fears by confronting them through the lens of big-screen horror. This love letter to cinema and its communal experience harkens back to William Castle and beloved B-horror movies of the 1950s.
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DIRECTED BY: Joe Dante. WRITTEN BY: Charles S. Haas. STORY BY: Jerico Stone, Charlie S. Haas. WITH: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz. 1993. 99 min. USA. Color. English. 4K DCP. 4K Remaster from the 35mm Original Negative and 35mm Master Stems. Restoration services conducted by NBCUniversal StudioPost and Duplitech.
Aloha Wanderwell’s With Car and Camera Around the World in 4K Mon, Dec 9 | 7:30pm | TMT Restoration World Premiere
With a live presentation by Courtney Stephens, accompanied on keyboard by Michael Mortilla. Later known as “the world’s most widely traveled girl,” Aloha Wanderwell left her French convent school as a teenager to answer an ad in the Paris Herald for a traveling secretary. Joining a global expedition in 1922 placed her in front of (and behind) the camera as she embarked on a journey that led her to become the first woman to traverse five continents by automobile. Wanderwell’s rarely screened 1929 travelogue documents a diverse array of cultures, stunning historical landmarks, and the occasional celebrity. The film is newly restored in 4K from the original 35mm nitrate production elements. Note by Cassie Blake, film preservationist, Academy Film Archive. DIRECTED BY: Aloha Wanderwell. 1929. 89 min. USA. B&W. English. 4K DCP. Restored in 2024 by the Academy Film Archive.
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