Because the Democratic & Republican National Conventions are coming up later this month:

Medium Cool

Directed by Haskell Wexler (1969)

John Cassellis is a tough TV-news reporter who covers violence and racial tension in the ghetto. When he discovers that his network has been giving his tapes to the FBI to look for suspects, he protests and is fired. He goes to cover the 1968 Democratic National Convention as an independent journalist, but instead of being an objective observer, he finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts…

Medium Cool is a critically acclaimed and obscure film from the 60’s about the unhealthy interaction between a corporate media in search of spectacle and violence and a restless and angry populace. It was notable for Wexler’s use of cinéma vérité-style documentary filmmaking techniques, as well as for combining fictional and non-fictional content. In 2003, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

Doors open at 7pm, film at 7:30. Please note that this screening will be held in the basement! $5 donation appreciated, but no one turned away. Free popcorn!

~ Liberated Lens ~