The Great Flood - special screening

Silent Film Festival at 57. Krakow Film Festival
THE GREAT FLOOD (dir. Bill Morrison) - special screening
Saturday, June 3, 6 p.m.
Małopolski Ogród Sztuki

A special screening of the film The Great Flood will take place at Małopolski Ogród Sztuki during 57. Krakow Film Festival - one of the most important Polish and international events promoting documentaries. The Great Flood is a contemporary film using silent found footage of the Mississippi River flood that devastated the region in 1927. It is a result of a collaboration between an artist and filmmaker Bill Morrison (creator of the film Decasia presented at 8. Silent Film Festival) and guitarist Bill Frisell, who composed the soundtrack for the film.

MEDIA ABOUT THE FILM:

It’s a sublime, somewhat eerie touch in a striking experiment in music and moviemaking.
Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times

The screening of Morrison’s film will give the audience a taste of the upcoming 18. Silent Film Festival planned for December 7-10, the theme of which are going to be The Elements.

TICKETS:
20 PLN
For the holders of a 57. KFF entry pass/accreditation - 15 PLN

ABOUT THE FILM:

THE GREAT FLOOD | THE GREAT FLOOD
dir. Bill Morrison, USA 2013, 80’

Smithsonsian Ingenuity Award for Historical Scholarship 2014

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States. More than 200,000 African Americans were displaced from their homes along the Lower Mississippi River and had to live for lengthy periods in relief camps. As a result of this disruption, many joined the Great Migration from the South to northern and Midwestern industrial cities, like Chicago. Apart from the obvious social and economical consequenceS, this catastrophe also had its' part in the the history of blues and jazz music.

In the spring of 2011, when the artists were working on the music to this film, Missisipi River rose up once again almost reaching the level from 1927, reminding everyone about the inredible force of nature.

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