Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema (Venue Partner)
40 Arts Circle Drive
Northwestern University
847 491 4000
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Various directors, 1936-39, UK, B/W and color, 35mm, approx. 80 minutes
- When
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Saturday Feb 20, 2010 (2pm)
- Where
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Directions: On the south end of Northwestern University's campus, just off Sheridan Road. Free parking at NU after 4 pm weekdays and all day weekends. Near the CTA Purple Line Davis and Foster stops and the Metra Davis stop.
- Price
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$6-4
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Commissioned by Britain’s GPO (GPO) Film Unit in the 1930s and recently preserved by the British Film Institute, this collection of amusing and eclectic shorts all focus on the theme of communication (via post or phone) and feature works by well-known documentary and avant-garde filmmakers of the period. From Len Lye’s stunning animated Trade Tattoo (1937) to the poetic postal homage, Night Mail (1936), these eight short works are a delightful discovery.
