Special Film Screening - In Honor of George Stoney

Each August, New York Film/Video Council honors the life and work of George C. Stoney (1916-2012) - a legendary filmmaker, teacher, activist, role model, citizen and a cherished NYFVC past-president and board member - with a film screening. George never failed to inspire each of us with his sense of mission, hospitality, his determination to use cinema to give voice to those outside of power, his willingness to travel -- even up to age 96 -- to explore experimental, documentary and narrative cinema, and his strong commitment to his community.

This year’s program considers the influence that George had on generations of filmmakers through the showing of works made by two of his students.  Mark Kitchell’s THE GODFATHER COMES TO SIXTH ST. (1975; 25 minutes) presents what happens to a neighborhood on the Lower East Side when a Hollywood film crew takes over the area to film part of THE GODFATHER: PART II.  Kate Garland’s ON THAT DAY IN THE BRONX (1975, made 1974; 24 minutes) documents a re-enactment of the Passion of Christ by a local East Bronx community. 

Program co-sponsored by The New York Film/Video Council