Archive for May, 2009

At 7:30 pm on Thursday, June 4th at the Brooks Museum of Art, Indie Memphis and The Brooks present HUNGER, the award-winning debut feature from Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen. HUNGER tells the 1981 story of two inmates in Belfast’s infamous Maze Prison who refuse to eat until the British government acknowledges the IRA as a legitimate political organization.

What: HUNGER
When: 7:30 pm, Thursday, June 4th
Where: Brooks Museum of Art
Admission: $7 / $5 for Indie Memphis members and members of The Brooks

At 7:30 pm on Thursday, June 25th at the Brooks Museum of Art, Indie Memphis and The Brooks present RIP: A REMIX MANIFESTO, the acclaimed documentary film about copyright and remix culture by web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor. Featuring mash-up musician Girl Talk and Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, the film explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.

What: RIP: A REMIX MANIFESTO
When: 7:30 pm, Thursday, June 25th
Where: Brooks Museum of Art
Admission: $5 / Free for Indie Memphis members and members of The Brooks

To learn about the new Indie Memphis membership program, please click here.

To purchase advance tickets, or for more about films at The Brooks, please visit www.brooksmuseum.org/films or call (901) 544-6208.

For the 52nd edition of its monthly Micro Cinema Club program, Indie Memphis will present Asbury Shorts New York’s “An Evening of the World’s Best Short Films.”

Now in their 29th year, Asbury Shorts New York is New York City’s longest-running annual short film exhibition, mixing classic shorts films with current festival award-winners. Since 2000, their program has toured thirteen U.S. and three European cities.

Free and open to the public, the screening will take place at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, June 10 at Power House Memphis (45 G.E. Patterson Avenue). Seating capacity is limited; attendees should plan to arrive early for seating. Please note: this program is not appropriate for younger audiences.

“An Evening of the World’s Best Short Films” features an eclectic program of comedy, drama and animation:

“Gulp” by Jason Reitman (director of “Juno” and “Thank You for Smoking”)
2001 / 8 min. / California / Sundance Film Festival – Jury Award Winner
The story of one man’s quest to save his fish.

“Milton is a Sh**bag” by Courtney Davis
2004 / 4 min. / Animation / Texas
Milton is a small orange kitty. He hates your guts.

“Carmichael & Shane” by Alex Weinress and Rob Carlton
2006 / 6 min. / Australia
A single father has a unique approach to raising his two-year-old twin boys: pick a favorite.

“Regarding Sarah” by Michelle Porter
2006 / 13 min. / Canada
An elderly woman desperately tries to record her life before she forgets it.

“The Bloody Olive” by Vincent Bal
1996 / 5 min. / Belgium
The classic Christmas short film noir with its inevitable twists and turns.

“While the Widow is Away” by Adam Reid
2005 / 20 min. / New York
A building superintendent makes himself at home in the posh Manhattan apartment of a bitter, lonely widow.

“Father & Daughter” by Michale Dudok deWit
2000 / 8 min. / Animation / Netherlands / Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
A young daughter longs for her absent father.

“Consent” by Jason Reitman
2004 / 6 min. / California
A couple of college kids discuss a sexual consent form back at the dorm room.

“The Quality of Mercy” by Stephen Marro
2002 / 12 min. / New York
A chance meeting in an espresso bar between a distinguished, older man and a beautiful, mysterious woman. Starring Mary-Louise Parker.