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Creativity Connects Community Film Series
Date/Time
Date(s) - August 1, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location
Ben May Main Library
Categories
Join the Mobile Public Library’s “Creativity Creates Community” Film Series this July on Tuesdays at 10 am. Screenings will be held in Bernheim Hall at the Ben May Main Library. This event is free to the public.
July 11th
Paper & Glue (2021) Graffiti artist and photographer JR brings community together
through large-format installations of immersive art. See the impact of creativity in
multiple communities around the world. 1hr 34min
July 18th
Loving Vincent (2017) This creation, the world’s first fully painted feature film, brought
together a community of 125 professional oil-painters to hand paint 65,000 frames which bring Vincent van Gogh’s paintings to life. The story follows a young man who ends up investigating the controversy of van Gogh’s final days. 1hr 34 min
July 25th
Art of the Game: Ukiyo-e Heroes (2017) The traditional art of Ukiyo-e is used to make
wood block prints of contemporary video game characters. Meet the community of artists and craftsmen it takes to create prints through the ancient Japanese art, including master carvers, Japanese handmade paper craftsmen, traditional tool makers, and the digital artist/designer. Witness how an ancient art is tethered to modern technolgy for a collaboration across the Pacific Ocean. 1hr 37min
August 1st
Charlotte (2021) This award-winning animated drama shares moments in the young life of German-Jewish artist, Charlotte Soloman. The film, inspired by her memoire “Life? or Theatre?” depicts her time in the south of France between 1941 and 1943, before she was sent to Auschwitz during World War II. 1hr 32 min