Contact: Meagan Kopp, Carolina Theatre
336.333.2600 ext
4, meagan@carolinatheatre.com
Brazilian Artist
Directing Film to Celebrate 85th Anniversary
of Greensboro’s historic
Carolina Theatre
Greensboro,
NC – Halloween night will mark
the 85th anniversary of Greensboro’s Carolina Theatre. To celebrate its
history, Brazilian artist Paula Damasceno is producing a video documentary
called “Carolina 85,” which will be screened at the theatre’s anniversary
celebration on Monday, October 29, 2012. The film is a collaborative project
between the Carolina Theatre, Elsewhere and the International Civil Rights Center
& Museum. The screening will be free to the public.
Damasceno, an independent documentary filmmaker, discovered the theatre in May of this year, when she was in Greensboro for the first time as an artist in residence at Elsewhere, sponsored by a grant from the Brazilian government. Her original goal was to continue her research about historic movie theatres, but when she discovered the Carolina, she was inspired to make a complete film. “Carolina 85,” a 30-minute documentary, will reveal memories and stories about the Carolina Theatre from the point of view of people who were, and still are, connected to the building's life and history.
In her words, “Since opening in 1927, the theater has been a palace for dream and fantasy, a place where the Segregation Law was established and abolished, a building which survived the decline of the downtown in the 1960s and '70s and a fire in the '80s. The Carolina Theatre is a rare pearl which is now open more than 240 days a year with a diversity of programs for everyone”.
She has interviewed a spectrum of Greensboro citizens, including Betty Cone, Lolita Watkins, Tom Philion, Logie Meachum and Keith Holliday, among others. Through Elsewhere, Damasceno has built a local production team, including UNCG students Ben Boyles and Carolina Garcia, A&T masters candidate Christopher Martin and poet Graham Holt.
The project is partly sponsored by The North Carolina Humanities Council, and has fundraising campaigns in Brazil and United States for the remaining funds.
For more information, please go to: www.TheCarolina85doc.blogspot.com
Damasceno, an independent documentary filmmaker, discovered the theatre in May of this year, when she was in Greensboro for the first time as an artist in residence at Elsewhere, sponsored by a grant from the Brazilian government. Her original goal was to continue her research about historic movie theatres, but when she discovered the Carolina, she was inspired to make a complete film. “Carolina 85,” a 30-minute documentary, will reveal memories and stories about the Carolina Theatre from the point of view of people who were, and still are, connected to the building's life and history.
In her words, “Since opening in 1927, the theater has been a palace for dream and fantasy, a place where the Segregation Law was established and abolished, a building which survived the decline of the downtown in the 1960s and '70s and a fire in the '80s. The Carolina Theatre is a rare pearl which is now open more than 240 days a year with a diversity of programs for everyone”.
She has interviewed a spectrum of Greensboro citizens, including Betty Cone, Lolita Watkins, Tom Philion, Logie Meachum and Keith Holliday, among others. Through Elsewhere, Damasceno has built a local production team, including UNCG students Ben Boyles and Carolina Garcia, A&T masters candidate Christopher Martin and poet Graham Holt.
The project is partly sponsored by The North Carolina Humanities Council, and has fundraising campaigns in Brazil and United States for the remaining funds.
For more information, please go to: www.TheCarolina85doc.blogspot.com
“Carolina
85” Documentary Screening and
85th
Anniversary Celebration
Monday, October 29, 2012,
7:30pm; doors open 6:30pm
at the Historic
Carolina Theatre – 310 South Greene Street, Greensboro, NC 27401
Screening,
refreshments and celebration are free to the public.
About Paula Damasceno
Damasceno works with themes of
history, cultural memory and social change, and has undertaken projects in
Brazil, Vietnam, France, Germany, Mexico, Colombia and United States. She was
born in 1975, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More at: www.PaulaDamasceno.weebly.com
About the Carolina Theatre
The Carolina Theatre of Greensboro
proudly welcomes more than 90,000 people to Downtown Greensboro annually to
enjoy the rich atmosphere and ambiance of an earlier era, while enjoying some
of today’s top performers. Now in its 85th year, the Carolina Theatre became
its own non-profit entity in 2006, forging ahead with the mission of Presenting
Arts, Preserving History. The Carolina Theatre box office is open Mon-Fri,
12pm-5pm and one hour prior to show. More at: www.CarolinaTheatre.com
About Elsewhere
Elsewhere is a living museum, studio
and school set within a former thrift store in Greensboro, where the focus is
on creating new futures from old things through creative projects, educational
initiatives, and public works with global artists that enliven and inspire
downtown Greensboro and the world. Elsewhere is open Wed-Sat, 1pm-10pm,
and is located at 606 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC. More at: www.GoElsewhere.org
About the International Civil Rights CENTER & Museum
The International Civil
Rights Center & Museum is an archival center, collecting museum and
teaching facility devoted to the international struggles for civil and human
rights. The museum celebrates the nonviolent protests of the 1960 Greensboro
sit-ins that served as a catalyst in the civil rights movement. The ICRM is
open Tues-Thurs, 10am-6pm, Fri-Sat, 9am-7pm, and Sun, 1pm-6pm. More at: www.sitinmovement.org
Presenting Arts, Preserving
History. The Carolina Theatre is supported with an investment from
the United Arts Council of Greater
Greensboro and the North Carolina Arts Council.
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