Dawson City: Frozen Time (2017), NR
Louise Lovely in THE SOCIAL BUCCANEER from Dawson City, courtesy of Kino Lorber
- DATE:
- TIME:
- 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Director:
- Bill Morrison
This meditation on cinema’s past pieces together the bizarre history of a long-lost collection of 533 nitrate film prints from the early 1900s, discovered buried under the permafrost in a former Canadian gold rush town. Their story conjures the forgotten ties between the fledgling film industry and Manifest Destiny in North America. Dawson City: Frozen Time depicts the history of this Canadian gold rush town by chronicling the life cycle of a singular film collection through its exile, burial, rediscovery and salvation.
Film Series: All that Glitters
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Gold: Enduring Power, Sacred Craft, this series organized by Brian Jacobson, Professor of Visual Culture at Caltech, explores gold’s enduring power to attract, enchant, bewitch and beguile. From Charlie Chaplin’s droll send-up of the Klondike gold rush to medieval Japan and the legend of El Dorado, these films illustrate how gold’s broad cultural significance has made it an appealing subject for filmmakers the world over. Each film begins with an introduction by Jacobson.
EVENT DETAILS
- Fee:
- Free with museum admission.
- Details:
- No reservations needed. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the screening.
- Location:
- Theater