Treasures from the Yale Film Archive invites you to join us for a year-long celebration of women filmmakers, beginning this fall with four feature films in 35mm and an evening of short films by Yale women. These screenings are presented as part of Yale's 50WomenAtYale150 commemorative activities:
Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)
2 p.m. Sunday, September 8
In early 2018, the Yale Film Archive (at that point known as the Yale Film Study Center) began working with Warner Bros. and YCM Laboratories to strike new 35mm prints of three films written and directed by Stanley Kubrick to add to Yale's collection. In the fall of 2019, these prints were shared with Yale and New Haven through free screenings in the series Three by Kubrick.
The Yale Film Study Center has received a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation to support preservation of James Baldwin: From Another Place, a documentary by Yale alumnus Sedat Pakay MFA '68. The 12-minute short was shot in Istanbul in 1970 during a time when Baldwin was living in exile in Turkey.
The Yale Film Study Center has completed preservation of The Beginnings of Bebop (1981), a film that documents a guided tour of significant locations in the history of bebop music, led by legendary trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. After completing work on a film with Gillespie about the songs and games of enslaved people in the Sea Islands of Georgia, filmmaker, musician, and Yale music professor Willie Ruff '53BM '54MM took advantage of his remaining time with Gillespie by asking him to lead him and his musical partner, pianist Dwike Mitchell, around New York for an afternoon.
As an architecture student at Yale in the late 1960s, Josh Morton lived in New Haven's Hill neighborhood, half a block from the local chapter headquarters of the Black Panther Party. Looking for a new way to support their cause, Morton volunteered to drive for the Panthers' "Breakfast for Children" program, picking up kids in his van, feeding them pancakes in a local church basement, and driving them to school. After gaining the Panthers' trust through his work, they handed him a 16mm camera and asked him to make films about their community to help them raise money.
Buckle up for a free 35mm screening of Speed Racer, starring Emile Hirsch in the title role.
Join us for Jane Austen's story of Emma Woodhouse, as adapted for the screen by writer and first-time director Douglas McGrath. "A fine cast, speedy pacing, and playful direction make this a solid contender for the Austen sweepstakes," writes critic Ken Eisner of Emma, which won an Oscar for its Rachel Portman score and earned an additional nomination for its costumes by Ruth Myers. Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Alan Cumming, Ewan McGregor, and Jeremy Northam star. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
Musical theater and mockumentary take center stage in Waiting for Guffman, the 1996 ensemble comedy from director Christopher Guest. This "madcap gem" (in the words of Owen Gleiberman) was described by Kenneth Turan as "a sly and gleeful comedy showcase that pokes clever fun at the American musical, amateur theatricals, and anything else that's not nailed down." The brilliant cast includes Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Parker Posey, and Bob Balaban. Introduction by Joe Fay. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
Join us for a free screening of Wrestle, a new documentary by Suzannah Herbert and Lauren Belfer, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers along with New Haven Wrestling head coach Marcello Catapano and Jaylin Houston, 2019 CIAC State Open heavyweight champion.
Join us as we welcome the Emmy-winning Yale graduate and New Haven native Nick Doob '69 for a screening and discussion of four of his newly-preserved films. In 2016, the Yale Film Study Center was awarded a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation to preserve three shorts Doob made while he was still a student at Yale: Plastic Saints (1967), Costumed Dancer (1968), and 42nd St Movie (1968).
