From announcement:
Join us at the Main Library on Friday, April 13 from Noon to 3, for the 19th James River Film Festival
Free and open to the public!
Futuropolis (Phil Trumbo and Steve Segal, 1984, 40 min.) with star Tom (Cosmo) Campagnoli! This is the granddaddy of Richmond independent film, the third time we’ve screened Futuroplis since the festival began in 1994. Shot over nine years on sets constructed in the basement of the Broad Street Station (now the Science Museum of Virginia), using an animation process known as pixilation, Futuropolis has the feel of a 1930’s comic strip and the warm synthesis of atomic age nostalgia. With Futuroplis actor Tom (Cosmo) Campagnoli on hand for a Q&A
19th JRFF: Mark of the Damned
Mark of the Damned (Eric Miller, 2007, 90 min.) with director Eric Miller! Made by Richmonders over an 8-year span at a cost of $10,000, Mark of the Damned is a sci-fi/horror hybrid, full of ambience and shot in the stark chiaroscuro of the silent cinema years. A self-proclaimed “journey beyond truth into an amplified world,” Mark of the Damned’s cursed legacy includes a screening in Sicily where the power in the theatre inexplicably failed. Director Eric Miller will be on hand for a Q&A after the screening.
UNPACKING THE 2010 CENSUS: New Realities of Race, Class, and
Jurisdiction
Join us at the RPL Main Library on Wednesday, April 11, 6:30 – 8:30
for *Unpacking
the 2010 Census: New Realities of Race, Class, and Jurisdiction*. This
program will help us examine the dramatically changing landscape of human
needs and what we must do collectively to address the plight of our
neighborhoods and to build a just and inclusive community. The Unpacking
the 2010 Census program was conceived, researched and designed by Dr. John
V. Moeser, a renowned urban planning expert, Senior Fellow at the Bonner
Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond, and a member of
the Hope in the Cities Council.
In March of 2011, Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones launched his anti-poverty
commission to focus on employment, education, transportation, and health.
Heroic efforts are being made by countless volunteers to address the
consequences of our unequal systems, but as yet there has been no
deliberate attempt to educate people on the underlying causes and alter the
basic structures that would enable Richmond area residents to move out of
poverty.
The Census project is presented in partnership with the *Virginia Center
for Inclusive
Communities
* and is supported by a grant from*The Community
Foundation
*.
The project aims to:
-Provoke long-needed discussion about new policy options to address poverty
and structural inequity in the region. The disparities in public education,
access to transportation, healthcare, and affordable housing are rooted in
the structures of our economic and political systems, and their historical
context.
-Educate people on the underlying causes. This approach is unique in that
it highlights the role that history has played in the current situation,
and how we all have the power to make history ourselves, by taking action
now to alter the basic structures that would enable Richmond area residents
to move out of poverty.
-Create a grassroots domino effect where those who have taken part in a
facilitated discussion will be empowered to share what they have learned
with others in the community.
We want as many voices as possible in these discussions! Please call or
respond to this email to reserve a space for what promises to be a rigorous
and enlightening evening: 804-646-7223