Italian Film
and Food Festival

Combine classic and groundbreaking Italian films with classic and mouthwatering Italian food and you're sure to experience a feast for the all the senses.

The second annual Italian Food and Film Festival is sponsored by Mamma 'Zu and the Richmond Moving Image Co-op.

This all-day event takes place at Plant Zero, 0 East 4th Street, off Hull St. just south of the Mayo/14th Street Bridge. Show times at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Admission is $10 per ticket (available only at the door 30 minutes before each show) or $25 for an all-day pass. A limited number of all-day passes are available in advance at Chop Suey Books and Video Fan. Seating is limited to 150 people per show.

Italian fare from Mamma 'Zu is included with admission price (beverages extra).

The following 4 films will be screened:
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10 am "Open City" (Roma, citta aperta) (1945, 101 mins.) Director: Roberto Rossellini. Co-writers: Sergio Amidei and Federico Fellini, "Open City" became the prototype for a style that came to be known as Italian "neorealism", and was remarkable for its documentary-like texture. Sub-titled. Introduction by Trent Nicholas (VCU Film Studies, VMFA)
1 pm "The Gospel According to St. Matthew" (Il vangelo secondo Matteo) (1964, 142 mins.) Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini crafted this work to invite the audience into the mystery and beauty of both storytelling at its most imaginative and filmmaking at its most immediate. Sub-titled. Introduction by Robert Ellis (VCU, English)
4 pm "Swept Away, by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August" (Travolti da un insolito Destino nell'Azzuro Mare d'Agosto) (1974, 120 mins.) Director: Lina Wertmuller. An allegorical love story set on a deserted Mediterranean island -- a tongue-in-cheek reworking of the war between the sexes. Sub-titled. Introduction by Elizabeth Canfield (VCU, English)
	8 pm "8 1/2" (Otto e mezo) (1963, 138 mins.) Director: Federico Fellini. Fellini takes the natural dream logic of cinema and the chaotic flow of his own memories and reveries, joining art and life and culminating in the most honest, joyful processional ever designed for the lens. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1964; Sub-titled. Introduction by F. T. Rea (writer/artist)

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FLICKER
8 p.m., Plant Zero, 0 East 4th Street, Richmond
Plant Zero is located just south of the Mayo/14th Street Bridge. Admission $3
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12th Annual James River Film Festival Monday, April 4 through Sunday, April 10 With musical guests Pere Ubu, and film guests Nathaniel Dorsky, Diane Bonder, David Dursten, Lynn Lowry and others. Plus screenings of finalists in the short film juried competition.

3nd Annual International HOME MOVIE DAY Noon-2 pm - Bring your home movies for inspection, cleaning and repair. 2-4 pm - Screening of YOUR home movies/amateur films! Location: Richmond Public Library, Main Branch (101 E. Franklin Street) in the basement auditorium. Free admission. >> MORE

FLICKER Pays Tribute to the Brilliant Career of Kodachrome 40 super 8 movie film with this All-"K-40" evening of shorts
8 p.m., Plant Zero, 0 East 4th Street, Richmond. Admission $3

Kodak has announced plans to discontinue production of the venerable Kodachrome 40 Super 8 movie film. We're expressing our sentiments to the public and Kodak by dedicating this FLICKER program to short films shot on Kodachrome.
>> Here's how you can help us pay tribute by making and screening your own Kodachrome gem

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RMIC and the Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra present:
MAN, NATURE, TECHNOLOGY: FOUR DOCUMENTARIES
Featuring the Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra performing live with Nanook of the North
At Plant Zero Arts Center/Ticket desk opens at 3:30 pm

4 PM DOUBLE FEATURE
The Plow That Broke the Plains (Lorentz, 1936, 16mm, 27 mins.) and The Power and the Land (Ivens, 1940, 16mm, 35 mins.) Admission $5 at door

5:30 PM
Burden of Dreams (Blank, 1982, 16mm, color, 97 mins.) Admission $5 at door

7:30 PM
The Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra performing Live with Nanook of the North
(Flaherty, 1922, 16mm, 82 mins.) Admission $10, advance tickets available at Plan 9 and Video Fan

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FLICKER
8 p.m., Plant Zero, 0 East 4th Street, Richmond
Plant Zero is located just south of the Mayo/14th Street Bridge. Admission $3
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