Free to Love: The Cinema of the Sexual Revolution
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A still from Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, directed by Paul Mazursky, 1969, 35mm, 105 min.
The first film series on this scale dedicated to the sexual revolution, Free to Love will present more than 40 commercial and underground films, along with lectures and discussions, over a period of a month. Curated by Jesse Pires and funded by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, the series will revisit pioneering films by Valie Export, Barbara Hammer, Jack Smith, Andy Warhol, and many others who brought sex and sexuality to the foreground of public consciousness in the West, during an era associated with the expansion of gender equality and the assertion of personal power through sexual expression and liberation. Programs to accompany the film exhibition include an inter-generational panel discussion featuring pioneering filmmakers Hammer and MM Serra, with younger artists A.L. Steiner and A.K. Burns, as well as a talk by noted film critic J. Hoberman. A scholarly catalog will accompany the curated program, with essays by film historians, a DVD of short films shown during the series, and a transcript of the panel discussion.
For 30 years, International House has been the leading venue in Philadelphia for repertory film programming, independent premieres and cutting-edge, avant-garde cinema from around the world. Film @ International House fosters a greater appreciation for film and the moving image as both a powerful means of artistic expression and as an avenue for greater cultural, political and social understanding.
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