The UCLA Festival of Preservation showcases classics of film and television, technical milestones, socially-conscious documentaries, seldom-seen independent features and other works newly restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive, spanning an entire century of moving image media. Traveling titles from the 2017 festival include: Trouble in Paradise (dir. Ernst Lubitsch, 1932), Sons of the Desert (dir. William A. Seiter, 1933), He Walked by Night (dir. Alfred Werker, Anthony Mann, 1948), The Murder of Fred Hampton (dir. Howard Alk, 1971), The Lost Moment (dir. Martin Gabel, 1947) and Tramp Strategy (dir. Alice Guy, 1911).
Press
"Trouble in Paradise review: The Lubitsch Touch, newly polished" — Chicago Tribune
"Metrograph Celebrates The Lost Moment — and Other Nearly Lost Moments" — Village Voice
"Postwar Trauma in House of Bamboo and The Bitter Stems" — New Yorker
Tour dates
Sept 15 – 30, 2017 | New York, NY | Metrograph |
Oct 7 – Nov 1, 2017 |
Chicago, IL | Gene Siskel Film Center |
Nov 17 – Dec 17, 2017 |
Austin, TX | Austin Film Society |
Jan 18 – 31, 2018 | Boston, MA | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Feb 1 – 24, 2018 | Philadelphia, PA | International House |
Mar 2 – 31, 2018 | Madison, WI | The Cinematheque, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
April 1 – 22, 2018 | Portland, OR | Northwest Film Center |
May 1 – 31, 2018 | Rochester, NY | Eastman Museum |
Jun 7 – 21, 2018 | Vancouver, BC | The Cinematheque |
Aug 11 – Sept 3, 2018 | Washington, D.C. | National Gallery of Art |
Aug 12 – 19, 2018 | Silver Spring, MD | AFI Silver Theatre |