12th Annual Brainwash Movie Festival

The Brainwash Movie Festival takes place this Friday, July 7th and Saturday, July 8th in Oakland. Now in its 12th year, this year’s format is a drive-in, bike-in, walk-in movie festival, featuring two days of unique and creative short films.

From the Brainwash Movie Festival mailing list:

Don’t miss The Fabulous 12th Annual Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival!

You’ll eat up this year’s bumper crop of movies, featuring cabbages, pumpkins, several mothers, death by other devices, puppetry, horror, action, stop-action, and (of course) animation. Featuring the Rhythmic Revolution, live and in person.

When: Friday & Saturday, July 7th & 8th, 2006. shows at 9:00 p.m.

Where: Alliance for West Oakland Development Parking Lot, 1357 5th St. at Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA. Here’s a map.

How: Sit in your car, or on a chair (yours or ours), and watch movies “magically” projected onto a giant screen. Sound is broadcast into your car or boom box using the wonder of frequency modulation (“FM”) — in stereo!

Admission: $8 ea. nite. Discount tickets available on TicketWeb and through our coupon (w/map).