Experience the magic of 16mm film through curated screenings from the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Special Collections.
Vincent Nastasi, museum registrar at The Barnacle Historic State Park, will offer a guided tour of the library exhibit space and give unique insights into the collection, from 6 PM to 7 PM.
For this outdoor event, attendees are welcome to bring picnics, lawn seating or blankets.
This event is free and open to viewers age 14 and above.
Gearing up for the country’s 250th by looking back at a few films created for and around the 200th in ‘76, along with some classic crowd favorites.
We will watch:
LIBERTY, 1929
A Laurel and Hardy comic caper about a pair of escaped prisoners who quickly put on civilian clothes in a getaway car and end up in each other’s pants. The finale finds the two in peril at the top of building under construction. One of their last silents but one of the first with synchronized score and sound effects.
AMERICAN TIME CAPSULE, 1968
1300 photographs and paintings from the Declaration of Independence through 1968 are capsulized in rapidly moving images to a drumbeat. No narration.
LEGEND OF JOHN HENRY, 1974
Roberta Flack sings the Ballad of John Henry, while vivid and strong graphics are used in animation to tell the story of the greatest steel-driving man on a railroad crew during this nation’s expansion. He is a unique Black-American folk hero symbolizing strength, courage, perseverance and individuality in the face of greater mechanism, underscoring the working man’s shared excitement at success, the purging pain of death and the exaltation of human dignity beyond death.
FLORIDA ON MY MIND, 1975
Produced by the Florida Bicentennial Commission, the film tells what is being planned for the 1976 celebration. The three Bicentennial themes: Heritage ‘76, festival U.S.A., and Horizon ‘76 are highlighted as Leif Erickson narrates.
OPERATION TALL SHIPS, 1976
One of the highlights from the 1976 Bicentennial Celebration that the United States enjoyed was the coverage of the festivities in and around New York City. This newsreel footage captures the parades, fireworks, and the gathering and sail of the clipper ships from all over the world.
ALLURES, 1961
Jordan Belson’s abstract experimental film uses dots, shapes and colors as a metaphor for creation.