Thurs, Mar 14 | 6:30–9 pm
Hosting the Very Best of Rural Route Film Festival
After the success of the 2016 series, VMFA and the James River Film Society are now presenting the latest edition of Rural Route Films covering 2017-2018. This is an international showcase that takes the road less travelled featuring films in narrative, experimental, and documentary forms–from UK, Austria, Hungary, Ethiopia, and the US. Curated by RRF Creative Director Alan Webber. 81 min. Unrated.
Films to be shown: www.ruralroutefilms.com
Sat, Mar 16 | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018; 79 min; Dir: Sara Driver)
Driver’s recent documentary of the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1970s formative years covers those heady days: pre-big art world, pre-Reagan and pre-AIDS. NYC was the scene of the burgeoning art and punk movement, and Driver lived it as well. Her film encompasses the work of a range of “downtown” figures with interviews of Jim Jarmusch, Vivienne Dick, Kenny Scharf, Fab 5 Freddy, and more!
