This film screening series organized by Professor Christopher Harris features 16mm analog films by internationally celebrated experimental filmmakers working at the forefront of artists’ films in a variety of idiosyncratic forms, using handmade methods, and unconventional materials. This series also includes Learning to Be Human, a special program showcasing rare 16mm educational films from the late ‘60s and early ’70s on loan from the Harvard Film Archive. Presented in conjunction with Harris’ spring Film Seminar course. Each screening is followed by a conversation with the artist moderated by the students in the class.
Film Screening Schedule
Each screening event begins at 8 p.m. on the following dates:
- Feb. 3 — Jodie Mack
- Feb. 10 — Mary Helena Clark
- Feb. 17 — Melissa Friedling and Lana Lin
- Feb. 24 — Kathryn Ramey
- March 3 — Stephanie Barber
- March 17 — Jennifer Reeves
- March 31 — Rhayne Vermette
- April 7 — Sara Sowell
- April 14 —Brittany Gravely of the Harvard Film Archive presents Learning to Be Human
Admission & Details
All events are free and open to the public; no registration required.
Directions
Get directions to the James Stewart Film Theater, located on the first floor at 185 Nassau St. in Princeton, NJ.
Accessibility
The James Stewart Film Theater is an accessible venue. The theater has spaces for wheelchair and companion seating in the top row. A mechanized lift provides access to all levels in the theater for a wheelchair or a patron with a mobility disability. See an event staff member in the theater for assistance using the lift. Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes in advance of the event start time for this assistance and for best choice of seating locations. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.
About the John Sacret Young ’69 Lecture Series Fund
This film screening series is supported through the John Sacret Young ’69 Lecture Series fund. The late John Sacret Young was a 1969 graduate of Princeton and an author, producer, director, and screenwriter. He was nominated for seven Emmy Awards and seven Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards, winning two WGA Awards. He is perhaps best known for co-creating, along with William F. Broyles Jr., China Beach, the critically acclaimed ABC-TV drama series about medics and nurses during the Vietnam War, and for his work on the television drama The West Wing. Young also received a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award, and his original mini-series about the Gulf War, Thanks of a Grateful Nation, was honored with his fifth Humanitas Prize nomination. He was the author of REMAINS: Non-Viewable, a Los Angeles Times best seller. He had written extensively about American art, which led to his memoir Pieces of Glass – An Artoir about the effect art had on his writing, his screen work, and his life.