NOTE NEW LOCATION!
The Ultimate Wish (2012)
Director, Robert Richter
Presents moving, unforgettable living witnesses who survived two of the world's most momentous radiation crises: Nagasaki in 1945 and Fukushima in 2011. This film raises profound questions about war, American foreign policy, technological failure, the courage to survive and the importance of taking positive actions to prevent future nuclear disasters.
Date: Monday, August 10 Time: 7:00 – 8:45 pm
Place: Albany Public Library, Pine Hills Branch, 517 Western Ave, Albany, NY
Sponsored by Upper Hudson Peace Action Information: elaineklein@hotmail.com
Film is free and open to the public.
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Tuesday, August 04, 2015
Thursday, March 20, 2014
American Promise movie - free screening at Madison Theater, March 24
American Promise is an intimate and provocative account, recorded over 13 years, of the experiences of two middle-class African-American boys who entered a very prestigious—and historically white—private school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The Dalton School had made a commitment to recruit students of color, and five-year-old best friends Idris Brewster and Oluwaseun (Seun) Summers of Brooklyn were two of the gifted children who were admitted. The boys were placed in a demanding environment that provided new opportunities and challenges, if little reflection of their cultural identities.
For more information, contact WMHT here or HERE.
For more information, contact WMHT here or HERE.
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
SILENT FILMS AND LIVE MUSIC MAKE GREAT COMBINATION at Albany Public Library
Award-Winning Series Starts Oct. 9 and Continues Weekly Through Oct. 30
APL offers a truly unique film-going experience in October with the return of the Silent Film Spectacular. This annual series features screenings of classic silent movies, accompanied by original scores written and performed live by talented local musicians.
This season's films range from the dramatic to the macabre. The Silent Film Spectacular events take place in the large auditorium of the Main Library at 161 Washington Avenue on four consecutive Wednesday evenings (Oct. 9, 16, 23, 30) at 7 pm. The performances are free and open to the public. For more information, please call 427-4349.
This year's Silent Film Spectacular programs are:
Oct. 9-- "The Lodger" with live, original music by Ryan Slowey, Meg Duffy, Sean Fortune, Chris Jordan, and Tommy Krebs
"The Lodger" is Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 film about a landlady who is beginning to suspect that her tenant is a serial killer. Musicians from local bands Maggot Brain, Hand Habits, The Slaughterhouse Chorus, and Alta Mira come together as a silent film supergroup for one night only.
Oct. 16 -- "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" with live, original music by lastdayshining
This 1926 release is the oldest surviving animated feature film and uses paper and lead cutouts to illustrate the Arabian Nights story. Albany-based lastdayshining is a hard-hitting post-rock band with a sound characterized by expressive instrumental buildups that travel through a range of dynamic changes from quiet lows to bone-crushing highs.
Oct. 23 -- "The Wind" with live, original music by Blacklight Lighthouse
"The Wind" is a 1928 romantic drama featuring visual poetry of natural forces and their dramatic role in controlling human destiny. Blacklight Lighthouse is a musical duo that works in the collage mode to create cinematic soundscapes using experimental and improvisational analog and digital instrumentation.
Oct. 30 -- "Waxworks" with live, original music by Helicoprion
"Waxworks," a rarely seen film from 1924, showcases three horror stories centered on the wax figures in a carnival show. Helicoprion creates orchestrated and improvised sounds on guitar, bass, percussion, and horns to give the audience a chilling and multisensory experience.
APL offers a truly unique film-going experience in October with the return of the Silent Film Spectacular. This annual series features screenings of classic silent movies, accompanied by original scores written and performed live by talented local musicians.
This season's films range from the dramatic to the macabre. The Silent Film Spectacular events take place in the large auditorium of the Main Library at 161 Washington Avenue on four consecutive Wednesday evenings (Oct. 9, 16, 23, 30) at 7 pm. The performances are free and open to the public. For more information, please call 427-4349.
This year's Silent Film Spectacular programs are:
Oct. 9-- "The Lodger" with live, original music by Ryan Slowey, Meg Duffy, Sean Fortune, Chris Jordan, and Tommy Krebs
"The Lodger" is Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 film about a landlady who is beginning to suspect that her tenant is a serial killer. Musicians from local bands Maggot Brain, Hand Habits, The Slaughterhouse Chorus, and Alta Mira come together as a silent film supergroup for one night only.
Oct. 16 -- "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" with live, original music by lastdayshining
This 1926 release is the oldest surviving animated feature film and uses paper and lead cutouts to illustrate the Arabian Nights story. Albany-based lastdayshining is a hard-hitting post-rock band with a sound characterized by expressive instrumental buildups that travel through a range of dynamic changes from quiet lows to bone-crushing highs.
Oct. 23 -- "The Wind" with live, original music by Blacklight Lighthouse
"The Wind" is a 1928 romantic drama featuring visual poetry of natural forces and their dramatic role in controlling human destiny. Blacklight Lighthouse is a musical duo that works in the collage mode to create cinematic soundscapes using experimental and improvisational analog and digital instrumentation.
Oct. 30 -- "Waxworks" with live, original music by Helicoprion
"Waxworks," a rarely seen film from 1924, showcases three horror stories centered on the wax figures in a carnival show. Helicoprion creates orchestrated and improvised sounds on guitar, bass, percussion, and horns to give the audience a chilling and multisensory experience.
Friday, August 09, 2013
The Barber of Birmingham; Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement: short documentary shown at APL,
On Wednesday, August 14, 6 pm, come to the Washington Ave. Albany Public Library to watch a short documentary, The Barber of Birmingham; Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, about Mr. James Armstrong, one of the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. Armstrong ran a voter education program out of his barbershop for 50 years, was a flag bearer in the 1965 March from Selma to Montgomery and repeated that role annually until his death in 2009.
This FREE screening and forum on a brief history of laws on voting, boundaries and barriers that restrict registration and access to the polls, the Voting Rights Act, Voter ID laws, eligibility, deadlines, where to vote, who is on the ballot, absentee voting and more is for all ages and experience levels. Bring your questions and join in the conversation.
Sponsored by the Community Coalition for Safe Engagement, Graduate Student Employees Union/CWA 1104 and Filling in the Gaps in American History (FIGAH).For more information, contact ange.clarke11@gmail.com.
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” --Frederick Douglass
This FREE screening and forum on a brief history of laws on voting, boundaries and barriers that restrict registration and access to the polls, the Voting Rights Act, Voter ID laws, eligibility, deadlines, where to vote, who is on the ballot, absentee voting and more is for all ages and experience levels. Bring your questions and join in the conversation.
Sponsored by the Community Coalition for Safe Engagement, Graduate Student Employees Union/CWA 1104 and Filling in the Gaps in American History (FIGAH).For more information, contact ange.clarke11@gmail.com.
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” --Frederick Douglass
Monday, February 18, 2013
Copywrongist of All: Fair Use and Intimidation
Sanity is Razor Thin.
It seems we need to go over this copyright thing again. The movie studios seem to think that copyright only applies to them and they get to make the rules (when it favors them). This is wrong. Very wrong. How many of you are familiar with the term "Fair Use"? Fair Use means that we, all of us, have the right to use a copyrighted work without compensating the copyright holder in a specific and limited scope. You can use parts of a movie, a book, a song, a video game, a painting... anything for the purposes of satire, criticism or reporting.
It seems we need to go over this copyright thing again. The movie studios seem to think that copyright only applies to them and they get to make the rules (when it favors them). This is wrong. Very wrong. How many of you are familiar with the term "Fair Use"? Fair Use means that we, all of us, have the right to use a copyrighted work without compensating the copyright holder in a specific and limited scope. You can use parts of a movie, a book, a song, a video game, a painting... anything for the purposes of satire, criticism or reporting.
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
The movie Crash - free, with discussion to follow
ALBANY FRIENDS MEETING (Quaker), 727 Madison, invites YOU to the movies with
popcorn and drinks Friday, October 8 at 6:30 pm --all FREE
Crash(2005) R
Description: Tensions erupt when the tangled lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge over a 36-hour period in the diverse metropolis of post-9/11 Los Angeles.
A discussion will follow the movie.
A possible outcome:
Following an honest, not complimentary talk about Quaker history around racism, at Quaker meeting in February, a spirited discussion emerged on current racism experiences and news. This 'Friendly Discussion' group comprised of European and African Americans from the Quaker Meeting and the community, began meeting monthly. The success of this experience has led to the desire to form a second group.
A second 'Friendly Discussion' group will perhaps form following this movie to
continue meeting and sharing current racism issues.
For more information, contact Barbara Spring, Racism Concerns Comm, 518-772-2290 barbarakspring4@msn.com
popcorn and drinks Friday, October 8 at 6:30 pm --all FREE
Crash(2005) R
Description: Tensions erupt when the tangled lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge over a 36-hour period in the diverse metropolis of post-9/11 Los Angeles.
A discussion will follow the movie.
A possible outcome:
Following an honest, not complimentary talk about Quaker history around racism, at Quaker meeting in February, a spirited discussion emerged on current racism experiences and news. This 'Friendly Discussion' group comprised of European and African Americans from the Quaker Meeting and the community, began meeting monthly. The success of this experience has led to the desire to form a second group.
A second 'Friendly Discussion' group will perhaps form following this movie to
continue meeting and sharing current racism issues.
For more information, contact Barbara Spring, Racism Concerns Comm, 518-772-2290 barbarakspring4@msn.com
Monday, December 21, 2009
The Hollywood Librarian
Attention: All Librarians & Friends of Librarians
"The Hollywood Librarian" is now available on DVD! (In English with optional French and Spanish subtitles)
Order a copy here.
After showing The Hollywood Librarian, numerous audience members came up to me to ask how they could get their own copies to show at their libraries and library schools. The film struck such a chord with them that they strongly felt that it must be seen by others, not only by those in the field, but by lay people as well.
-Tracey Simon, Lynbrook (N.Y.) Public Library
This first full length documentary film to focus on the work and lives of librarians gathers hundreds of examples of librarians and libraries from Hollywood - from Sophie's Choice to the Desk Set and on to The Shawshank Redemption. As the website blurb says - "some [are] positive, some negative, some laughable and some dead wrong".
Interviews with dozens of real librarians are interwoven with these make-believe portrayals, opening up discussion on the things we, as a profession, care about - from the value of reading to intellectual freedom.
As the film unfolds, we will meet the dedicated children's librarian, the witty library director, the high-tech corporate librarian, the smart medical librarian, and the dedicated cataloger. We visit a prison literacy program, an elementary school library and a town faced with the most severe library crisis in decades. We will show the challenges created by shrinking financial support and increased
materials costs. We will encounter older librarians who have witnessed the explosion of technology and younger librarians, who were born into the information age. We will travel to large library systems with dozens of staff and visit small libraries with one librarian working alone.
For more information please visit www.hollywoodlibrarian.com.
"The Hollywood Librarian" is now available on DVD! (In English with optional French and Spanish subtitles)
Order a copy here.
After showing The Hollywood Librarian, numerous audience members came up to me to ask how they could get their own copies to show at their libraries and library schools. The film struck such a chord with them that they strongly felt that it must be seen by others, not only by those in the field, but by lay people as well.
-Tracey Simon, Lynbrook (N.Y.) Public Library
This first full length documentary film to focus on the work and lives of librarians gathers hundreds of examples of librarians and libraries from Hollywood - from Sophie's Choice to the Desk Set and on to The Shawshank Redemption. As the website blurb says - "some [are] positive, some negative, some laughable and some dead wrong".
Interviews with dozens of real librarians are interwoven with these make-believe portrayals, opening up discussion on the things we, as a profession, care about - from the value of reading to intellectual freedom.
As the film unfolds, we will meet the dedicated children's librarian, the witty library director, the high-tech corporate librarian, the smart medical librarian, and the dedicated cataloger. We visit a prison literacy program, an elementary school library and a town faced with the most severe library crisis in decades. We will show the challenges created by shrinking financial support and increased
materials costs. We will encounter older librarians who have witnessed the explosion of technology and younger librarians, who were born into the information age. We will travel to large library systems with dozens of staff and visit small libraries with one librarian working alone.
For more information please visit www.hollywoodlibrarian.com.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Movie filming to close Albany streets
Filming of "The Other Guys" will begin today in Albany, causing street closings and parking restrictions through Monday.
The majority of the film sequences will involve stunts and include simulated car crashes and simulated gunfire, according to Albany police. Two helicopters will be used on one day of the production.
Read more here.
The majority of the film sequences will involve stunts and include simulated car crashes and simulated gunfire, according to Albany police. Two helicopters will be used on one day of the production.
Read more here.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
The Other Guys
Purloined from SUNY:
Columbia Pictures, Inc. will be filming the movie, The Other Guys, in Albany over the next few weeks. It is anticipated that the filming will occur on the streets of Albany between September 23, 2009 and October 4, 2009, and some of the scenes will occur in the vicinity of State University Plaza.
On September 23, 24 and 30 and October 1, State Street from North Pearl east to Broadway and Broadway north to Clinton Avenue will be closed from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to film a car chase. At times, it might be noisy with low flying helicopters. The filming segments will be of 5-10 minute duration, during which all pedestrian traffic will be cleared and not allowed on the streets. After the segments are filmed, normal pedestrian traffic will be allowed to cross the streets affected.
Columbia Pictures, Inc. will be filming the movie, The Other Guys, in Albany over the next few weeks. It is anticipated that the filming will occur on the streets of Albany between September 23, 2009 and October 4, 2009, and some of the scenes will occur in the vicinity of State University Plaza.
On September 23, 24 and 30 and October 1, State Street from North Pearl east to Broadway and Broadway north to Clinton Avenue will be closed from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to film a car chase. At times, it might be noisy with low flying helicopters. The filming segments will be of 5-10 minute duration, during which all pedestrian traffic will be cleared and not allowed on the streets. After the segments are filmed, normal pedestrian traffic will be allowed to cross the streets affected.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Home Across Lands documentary
The screening of the Albany premiere of Home Across Lands refugee documentary, hosted by USCRI Albany, will take place at SUNY's Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on Wednesday, April 29 at 7:00 PM.
Home Across Lands chronicles the story of Kunaman refugees as they move from a refugee camp in Ethiopia to their new home in the US; it was made by an Emmy award-winning team of documentary filmmakers.
More information about the film, including how to purchase tickets, is available at USCRI Albany's website.
"USCRI Albany has been helping refugees begin new lives in the Capital Region since 2005. Refugees arrive having fled war and persecution, and must quickly adjust to new way of life in the United States."
Home Across Lands chronicles the story of Kunaman refugees as they move from a refugee camp in Ethiopia to their new home in the US; it was made by an Emmy award-winning team of documentary filmmakers.
More information about the film, including how to purchase tickets, is available at USCRI Albany's website.
"USCRI Albany has been helping refugees begin new lives in the Capital Region since 2005. Refugees arrive having fled war and persecution, and must quickly adjust to new way of life in the United States."
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
BiblioTech and Program Guide Now Online
The April issue of BiblioTech is now online. This month's newsletter features updates on our Branch Improvement Plan, details about the upcoming board of trustees election, and information about a variety of library programs. Check out the April BiblioTech online here.
Book reviews. Movie screenings. Smart money workshops. Computer classes. Spring break activities. Game nights. Storytimes. Albany Public Library has a ton of great events scheduled in April. Our new program guide highlights many of these free events. You can pick up the guide at any of our locations. You can also read the program guide online here.
Please check out the latest BiblioTech and program guide, and make plans to join us at the library.
Book reviews. Movie screenings. Smart money workshops. Computer classes. Spring break activities. Game nights. Storytimes. Albany Public Library has a ton of great events scheduled in April. Our new program guide highlights many of these free events. You can pick up the guide at any of our locations. You can also read the program guide online here.
Please check out the latest BiblioTech and program guide, and make plans to join us at the library.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Sunday Cinema Presents
BOYS TOWN - Sunday, April 5, 2 p.m. at Main Library
Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award for his stern, compassionate performance as Father Flanagan, an idealistic priest hoping to give tough, young city boys a chance. Mickey Rooney is Father Flanagan's most incorrigible youth who gets into a bad scrape that threatens the future of Boys Town. The movie is not rated. (94 minutes; 1938)
Sunday Cinema is free and open to the public.
Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award for his stern, compassionate performance as Father Flanagan, an idealistic priest hoping to give tough, young city boys a chance. Mickey Rooney is Father Flanagan's most incorrigible youth who gets into a bad scrape that threatens the future of Boys Town. The movie is not rated. (94 minutes; 1938)
Sunday Cinema is free and open to the public.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Black History Month Films
Mark your calendar for the Tuesdays in February (17 and 24) at 6PM. During the month of February, the Nation celebrates Black History Month and APL will be celebrating with a movie series.
The February 17th film is Cornbread, Earl and Me which is about a high school basketball star who is mistaken for a murderer. On February 24th, the film is Cabin in the Sky, based on some of the finest entertainers Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Lena Horne.
Call the Main Library for additional information at 427-4300.
The February 17th film is Cornbread, Earl and Me which is about a high school basketball star who is mistaken for a murderer. On February 24th, the film is Cabin in the Sky, based on some of the finest entertainers Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Lena Horne.
Call the Main Library for additional information at 427-4300.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Eagle Eye: Two Thumbs Up!
Drop by the Main Library at 2PM on Sunday, January 25 for an afternoon movie featuring two strangers and a mystery.
A young slacker and a single mom become pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to know their every move. The two are framed by terrorists and forced to become part of a planned political assassination.
Free and Open to the Public
Call 427-4303 for more information
A young slacker and a single mom become pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to know their every move. The two are framed by terrorists and forced to become part of a planned political assassination.
Free and Open to the Public
Call 427-4303 for more information
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Visit the Library for The Visitors
Thursday, January 15, 6PM, Main Library
Co-sponsored by the Albany Independent Film Forum and the Prison Action Network
The Visitors is a mini documentary following passengers of a charter bus that leaves New York City every weekend to visit prisoners in various prisons in Upstate New York.
The film reflects on the struggles of a unique group of people, mostly women who live at the intersection of confinement and the free world. The director, a former prison visitor herself, - follows the coordinator of the bus, Denise Robinson, whose husband is coming home soon after 17 years of imprisonment.
Co-sponsored by the Albany Independent Film Forum and the Prison Action Network
The Visitors is a mini documentary following passengers of a charter bus that leaves New York City every weekend to visit prisoners in various prisons in Upstate New York.
The film reflects on the struggles of a unique group of people, mostly women who live at the intersection of confinement and the free world. The director, a former prison visitor herself, - follows the coordinator of the bus, Denise Robinson, whose husband is coming home soon after 17 years of imprisonment.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
A Movie of Hitchcockian proportion
North by Northwest
Drop by the Main Library at 2PM on January 11th for a FREE movie.
North by Northwest, rated 8.6 on the IMDB scale!
A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
Drop by the Main Library at 2PM on January 11th for a FREE movie.
North by Northwest, rated 8.6 on the IMDB scale!
A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Sunday afternoon with WALL-E
What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? The year is 2700 and WALL-E is a robot still spending every day doing what he was made for. Soon he is visited by a sleek robot named EVE wholm he chases across the galaxy with a pet cockroach and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots. (Rated G and it's FREE. It's got an 8.7 on the IMDB scale and 96% at Rotten Tomatoes.)
Sunday, November 30, 2PM Large Auditorium at The Main Library
Thursday, October 09, 2008
October is Movie Month
Read here for information about GLBT History Month Film Festival (4 films on the 10th and 11th), the
Silent Film Spectacular on the 15th, 22nd, and 29th, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on the 19th.
Silent Film Spectacular on the 15th, 22nd, and 29th, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on the 19th.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Ol' Rust Bucket
Iron Man, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Gweneth Paltrow gets an 8.1 on the Richter Scale (IMDB). Spend your Sunday afternoon in APL's "climate controlled" large auditorium for a free newly released movie. Bring along your friends and family...the more the merrier.
Check out the trailer for Iron Man here.
See you at 2PM, Sunday afternoon, October 5 at the Main Library!
Check out the trailer for Iron Man here.
See you at 2PM, Sunday afternoon, October 5 at the Main Library!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Free films!
Classic Film Series, Friday evenings, 7:30 p.m. (Unless otherwise noted), Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., UAlbany’s Downtown Campus
MADRIGAL (Cuba, 2006)
September 26
NIGHT AND THE CITY (United Kingdom, 1950)
October 3
LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (France, 1961)
October 17
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (France, 1936)
October 24
M (Germany, 1931)
October 31
KWAIDAN (Japan, 1964)
November 7
FROZEN RIVER (United States, 2008)
November 14
NOTE 7:00 p.m. Start Time
MY MAN GODFREY (United States, 1936)
November 21
Friday nights Danes After Dark brings you the First Run Movie Series. All movies shown are out of the theater and not yet released to video. Best part? All the movies are absolutely FREE! Shown in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at 9PM these movies are not to be missed. This semester's movie schedule is below. L
9/26/2008 - Wanted
10/3/2008 - Get Smart
10/17/2008 - The Dark Knight
MADRIGAL (Cuba, 2006)
September 26
NIGHT AND THE CITY (United Kingdom, 1950)
October 3
LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (France, 1961)
October 17
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (France, 1936)
October 24
M (Germany, 1931)
October 31
KWAIDAN (Japan, 1964)
November 7
FROZEN RIVER (United States, 2008)
November 14
NOTE 7:00 p.m. Start Time
MY MAN GODFREY (United States, 1936)
November 21
Friday nights Danes After Dark brings you the First Run Movie Series. All movies shown are out of the theater and not yet released to video. Best part? All the movies are absolutely FREE! Shown in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at 9PM these movies are not to be missed. This semester's movie schedule is below. L
9/26/2008 - Wanted
10/3/2008 - Get Smart
10/17/2008 - The Dark Knight
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