[Frameworks] Lawrence Brose Fundraiser

[DOMINIC ANGERAME]

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Dominic


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: earlymonthlysegments at gmail.comor Scott Miller Berry @ 416 971 8405
 
PRESS SCREENING: THURSDAY 12 AUGUST 2010, 2:00 PM
JACKMAN HALL, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO (use main entrance on Dundas)
*PLEASE RSVP : earlymonthlysegments at gmail.com
 
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EARLY MONTHLY SEGMENTS #20 = Tuesday 9/21/10 = Lawrence Brose's De Profundis
 
A FUNDRAISER FOR THE LAWRENCE BROSE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
 
Buffalo-based filmmaker, curator and arts advocate Lawrence Brose's landmark De 
Profundis is a 65-minute meditation on gay desire based on Oscar Wilde's 
infamous prison letter presented via lush hand-processed imagery. The film 
utilizes vintage erotica, home movies, radical faerie gatherings, pagan rituals 
and drag shows alongside a piano score by Frederic Rzewski which incorporates 
Wilde's text as a means of exploring assimilation and sexuality through hand 
painted frames and manipulation. The result is an exploding utopia of colour and 
a layered but equally privileged soundscape. A simply haunting work of 
terrifying beauty.
 
Recently the film has come under scrutiny by the US Department of Homeland 
Security and the US Justice Department as Brose now faces serious charges for 
allegedly possessing illicit digital images. One hundred of the listed images in 
the charges are film frames from De Profundis. The fact that he is under 
indictment for using images made by others to examine the taboos that such laws 
are meant to prevent is as overreaching as it is disturbing. This prosecution 
should be viewed as a challenge to artistic freedom, brought by a U.S. 
Attorney’s office that previously unsuccessfully prosecuted Critical Art 
Ensemble founder Steve Kurtz.
 
This screening is a fundraiser for Brose's legal defense fund.
If travel restrictions are lifted we look forward to welcoming him in person at 
the screening.
 
For more information and to donate please visit 
lawrencebroselegaldefensefund.com
 
Programme:
De Profundis, Lawrence Brose, 1997, 16mm, 65 minutes, USA
Music: Frederic Rzewski, with additional compositions by Lawrence Brose and 
Douglas Cohen
 
@ The Gladstone Hotel, 2nd Floor | 1214 Queen Street West
Tuesday September 21, 2010 | 8:00 pm screening | 5-10$ suggested donation
 
--ABOUT--
Early Monthly Segments is a monthly film series named after an early film by 
Robert Beavers, and is inspired by the immediacy, vibrancy and experimentation 
found in that film. Programmed by Scott Berry, Chris Kennedy, and Kate MacKay 
this series features historical and contemporary avant-garde films in a 
salon-like setting at the Gladstone Art Bar in Toronto, Canada. In this relaxed 
context with refreshing beverages and food available, we hope to encourage a 
convivial atmosphere for engaged viewing and post-screening dialogue.
 
--CONTACT--
For interviews, press stills or more information please contact:
earlymonthlysegments at gmail.com
For more information: earlymonthlysegments.org
 
Scott Miller Berry, Executive Director
THE IMAGES FESTIVAL
448-401 Richmond Street   West
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 CANADA
+1 416 971 8405 telephone
+1 416 971 7412 facsimile
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after 20+ years of existence." -- Jason Anderson, EYE WEEKLY




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