[Frameworks] TONIGHT 11/19: Committed (1984) Screening at Spectacle

[Katie Bradshaw]

*Tonight, November 19th, 7:30 PMat Spectacle, 124 S. 3rd St., Brooklyn*



*Committed (1984) on 16mmDirected by Sheila McLaughlin & Lynne TillmanWith
McLaughlin and Tillman in attendance for a Q&A!*

*Committed* is an experimental narrative and period piece about Frances
Farmer (played by McLaughlin), who was involuntarily committed to mental
institutions in the 1940s. The film focuses on the relationship between
Farmer and her mother, and examines social and political norms of the time,
including the burgeoning use of psychiatry to cure "disturbed" women.

For a more complete write-up visit:
http://www.spectacletheater.com/committed-on-16mm/. The screening is also
featured on today's Screen Slate:
http://www.screenslate.com/whats-showing-today/tuesday-november-19

Doors at 7:00 PM, $5

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Spectacle is a community screening space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,
established and staffed entirely by volunteers. Our programming encompasses
overlooked works, offbeat gems, contemporary art, political polemics, live
performance and more.

Shows are $5 unless noted as free.

COMMITTED courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York
Public Library for the Performing Arts.

-- 
*KATIE BRADSHAW*
*SPECTACLE <http://www.spectacletheater.com>/ Programmer / A community
screening space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn*
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