Shhh II: Silent Films Set to Live Music

Tue, Sep 27
6:30pm-11pm
$7-$20

16mm silent films set to live music performed by The Secrets of
Family Happiness, Julianna Bright and Seth Lorinczi of The Quails,
and Dear Nora. Featuring the World Premiere of Mary Beth Reeds
Bubonic Prairie an elegant hand-painted swath of color and texture.
The SF Premiere of Eve Heller's Behind This Soft Eclipse Ripples of
optically printed water reoccur in this elegiac experimental film.
Textured as if three-dimensional, Heller beseeches you to enter-but
it is "only" a movie. Electra in Document (Joan Nidzyn, West Coast
Premiere) A purse is the starting point for this experimental journey
into the life and loves of Electra, the filmmaker's elusive
grandmother. Opened 27 years after her death, the purse provides
glimpses of a life, only enhancing the mystery. Among other films.
Free BBQ at 6:30pm.

Venue:

El Rio
3158 Mission Street
San Francisco
4155 282-3325
http://www.elriosf.com

Bart to 24th Street. Or Mission bus to Precita
The venue is at Precita which is one small block past Cesar Chavez.

Additional Info:

415 436-9523
http://www.madcatfilmfestival.org