Posts Tagged ‘film’
DC’s LGBT Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years
‘105.’
courtesy of ‘Lauren PM’
Ready to party with one of the proudest crowds in town? Reel Affirmations, DC’s international LGBT film festival, celebrates its 20th anniversary this week with happenings around GWU’s campus and other local venues from October 13-22.
The festival began in 1991 and has grown into one of the largest LGBT events in the [...]
AU Hosts Human Rights Film Series
‘AU’
courtesy of ‘MichaelTRuhl’
On Thursday nights this October, American University is hosting their annual Human Rights Film Series.
Presented by AU’s Center for Social Media and Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, the films cover a variety of human rights issues, including euthanasia, immigration and a warlord-turned-evangelical-preacher.
The series takes place at AU’s Katzen Arts Center on [...]
June Happenings at SAAM
Looking for some great things to do over the summer while the tourists flood in? There are several great programs (free!) being hosted by the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in Penn Quarter this month. Take some time to check them out!
Opening Night of the IV BrazilDocs Documentary Film Week: Santiago
June 9, 7 p.m.
The Smithsonian [...]
Featured Photo
half-frame by patrickjoust
There are parts of me that will forever be trapped in the past. Even though I’m technically an adult, I’ll always feel like a kid in one way or another and rarely take life too seriously. As long as I can pay my bills and stay out of prison, I might as well [...]
Featured Photo
‘beetle’
courtesy of ‘dr_kim_veis [''o ]‘
The VW Beetle. An icon of design, a symbol of a generation, and captured here in all its glory on film.
Flickr pool contributor dr_kim_veis [''o ] uses film well, capturing the Beetle with tones that are hard to replicate using a digital camera. The square format and the smilie sticker just [...]
Screen on the Green Has a Rough Night
‘Cartoon <3′
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
The overbearing heat and swamp like humidity are expected when hanging out on the Mall in late July. It’s part of DC’s charm. The sudden downpours that send hundreds scrambling for partial cover are also par for the DC weather course. But when you wrangle up your good friends, pack up [...]
Wed. Screening: How Everyday Folks Bring Change
If you’ve ever thought of starting your own sustainably sourced salad shop or of plucking all the trash from the city streets, check out tomorrow night’s screening of Climate of Change, a film that shows how ordinarily people are making a difference for the planet, around the planet.
It shows how self-described “hillbillies” in Appalachia battle [...]
BuddhaFest
‘Screen with Wings’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
When it’s hot outside, all I want to do is go to the movies. Something about sitting in an incredibly dark and cold room with a diet coke (or perhaps one of those yummy cherry frosty things) in my hand just makes it all better. For about 2 hours at [...]
Architecture and Design on Film
‘AFI Seats’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
The Initiative for Architecture and Design on Film will be screening the latest documentary, Contemporary Days: Robin and Lucienne Day Design the UK. Robin and Lucienne Day transformed British design after World War II with modern furnishings and abstract textiles, yet, all the while remaining sensible in their approach. The film [...]
Environmental Film Fest on the Way
Break out the organic popcorn — the Environmental Film Festival is coming. From March 16-28, you can see up to 155 films from 31 countries. This year’s theme is the connection between food and the environment.
Going Green DC has a good wrapup of the festival’s global and local highlights. A Road Not Taken, which talks [...]
Catch the Green Screen
Had enough American Idol and The Bachelor drama this week? Let’s give reality movies a whirl instead.
The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital starts with a special event next Tuesday and runs through March 22. It stars 136 films, with oceans and sea life as this year’s theme.
Local faces and places on the big [...]
