by Jen Scoville
The Austin Museum of Art (AMOA) is on a roll of exhibiting film and video; this
week begins a presentation of works that haven’t had the opportunity to reach
wide audiences, previously appearing mostly in obscure film festivals or as
one-time programming on PBS. In conjunction with the I Dream a World exhibition
(portraits of black women who changed America) AMA has organized Image and
Identity, a four-part series of video shorts by and/or about African-American
women. On Tues., Nov. 19 at 7:30pm, the series will kick off with Book of
Love (1992), an experimental documentary by Tony Cokes in which the
artist’s mother recounts her life through interviews, stories, and songs; and
A Place of Rage (1991) by English filmmaker Pratibha Parmer, which
celebrates African-American women and their achievements in the civil rights,
black power, and feminist movements. A new program of videos will screen each
Tuesday following until December 10. Series co-curator and UT English professor
Dr. Mia Carter will introduce each program. Tickets are $4, $2 for museum
members, and go on sale at 7pm each evening at the door — 823 Congress Ave.
For a schedule of the entire series, call AMA at 458-8191…
The March SXSW
Film Festival may be months off, but festival producer Nancy Schafer is already
amassing an impressive lineup of panelists for the conference’s fourth year.
Now’s the time to submit films and videos for consideration (along with an
under 50-word synopsis and the $20 entry fee); deadline is December 13. Contact
SXSW at 467-7979 for an entry form and more information…
The Texas
Multimedia Directory, the Texas Film Commission-created publication of
organized business listings covering every aspect of the Lone Star State’s
expansive multimedia industry, has just gone online in the form of a searchable
database. Now, information on local tech services such as programming, software
development, animation, Web design, and stock photography can be accessed via
the Internet, at http://www. governor.state.tx.us/multimedia. Not wired up yet?
Call 463-5842 to obtain a copy of the realspace directory…
Since the Austin
Film Society’s Powell & Pressburger series wrapped last week, are the
faithful foragers of rarely screened films taking a much-deserved break? Of
course not! The next installment of their Fall Free Cinema Series will be
The Masterworks of Satyajit Ray. Ray’s first movie was a hit at Cannes
in 1956, and won the independent director the distinction of single-handedly
bringing Indian cinema to the West. That film, Pather Panchali, the story of a
poverty-stricken family living in a Bengal Village will begin the series on
Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 9pm in the Union Theatre…
NYU film school graduates
Marcello Zamarripa and Zoey Lyle shot their short The Devil — a film
questioning the morality of a group of young men as they attempt to rescue and
rehabilitate a prostitute against her will — right here in Austin. A free
screening of the finished project will be shown at the Dobie on Sat. Nov. 16,
11:30am, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers…
The female film
f�te Reel Women will meet next on Wed, Nov. 20, 7:30pm at WATER House
(109 W. Johanna). Dawn Cooper of Silence Film will discuss Under the
Flag, a controversial documentary on the CIA. Call Cyndy Kirkland at
280-8706 for more info.
This article appears in November 15 • 1996 and November 15 • 1996 (Cover).