Search & Rescue July 23, 2007

NWFF's quixotic enthusiasm for 16mm film -- a medium that, let's face it, is about as au currant as cuneiform -- continues! This program provides a rare opportunity to examine the present by watching how it was perceived in the past. Each film -- newsreels, scientific demonstrations, civics lessons, history tutorials, and instructions for living is a naked testament to the ideas they attempted to grasp, and the eras and circumstances in which they were produced. This quarter's program is predicated on the philosophy that this cinematic flotsam is the raw stuff of American history. It is with this in mind that we present a new selection of great 16mm artifacts abandoned at the dumpster, but lovingly rescued by Northwest Film Forum.

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