THE WALTER READE THEATER

Harlan County, USA

Special program to benefit the Women's Film Preservation Fund

Thurs Oct 21, 2004: 6pm

One of the most influential films of the late 20th century, Barbara Kopple's Academy Award-winning HARLAN COUNTY, USA premiered at the NYFF in 1976. Following a strike by 180 Kentucky miners and their families, the film is, in the words of Roger Ebert, "...not just a document of a strike, but an affecting, unforgettable portrait of a community." A unique depiction of a time and place in America's social and industrial history, and one of the great chronicles of labor struggle, Harlan County, USA is in the Library of Congress's National Film Registry and has been designated an American Film Classic. There will be a Q & A with Barbara Kopple and other guests after the screening. We will present the premiere of a brand-new 35mm print made from an archival master negative restored and preserved by the Women's Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television, in partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive.

Special tickets to this premiere will benefit the work of the Women's Film Preservation Fund, whose mandate is to restore and preserve works in which women have made significant creative contributions to the art of cinema. For benefit tickets to the screening and party, please go to www.nywift.org .

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