The Phantom of the Operator

Sun, Sep 25
7pm-8:30pm
$7

Phantom is Caroline Martel's hour-long documentary love affair with
telephone operators. She uses archival footage produced in North
America between 1903 and 1989 to trace the evolution of the telephone
and the history of the beloved telephone operator. Inventive and
witty, this labor history uncovers the century-long story of female
workers rarely given credit for their essential role in the
development of global communications. Martel's avant-garde found-
footage opus pushes the genre with subtle and delightfully funny
juxtapositions that shed new light on this little-known history.
FILMMAKER IN PERSON"...An enormously imaginative documentaryhellipan
hour of non-stop visual and intellectual stimulation." Variety

Venue:

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street
San Francisco
415 978-2700
http://www.ybca.org

This venue is at Mission and 3rd Street. Take Bart to Civic Center.
Or Mission bus to 3rd Street.

Additional Info:

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