Screening Room Series

by Robert Gardner
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Screening Room was a 1970s Boston television series that for almost ten years offered independent filmmakers a chance to show and discuss their work on a commercial (ABC-TV) affiliate station. The series was developed and hosted by filmmaker Robert Gardner (Dead Birds, Forest of Bliss), who was Chairman of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies and Director of the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harvard for many years.

This unique program dealt even-handedly with animation, documentary, and experimental film, welcoming such artists as Jan Lenica, John and Faith Hubley, Emile DeAntonio, Jean Rouch, Ricky Leacock, Jonas Mekas, Bruce Baillie, Yvonne Rainer and Michael Snow. Frequently, guests such as Octavio Paz, Stanley Cavell, and Rudolph Arnheim appeared as well.

Nearly 100 programs were produced during the years Screening Room was broadcast. Recently, The Museum of TV and Radio in New York City offered to copy the two-inch master tapes that had been given to the Film Study Center.

Twenty-six episodes are being edited for release as DVDs. These will be offered through Documentary Educational Resources as they are completed.

Visit Robert Gardner's personal website: www.robertgardner.net.

The Screening Room series:
Alan Lomax
Bruce Baillie
Caroline Leaf & Mary Beams
Derek Lamb
Ed Emshwiller
Emile de Antonio
George Griffin
Hillary Harris
Hollis Frampton
Jean Rouch
John & Faith Hubley
Jonas Mekas
Les Blank
Michael Snow
Peter Hutton
Ricky Leacock
Robert Breer
Robert Fulton
Standish Lawder & Stanley Cavell
Suzan Pitt
Yvonne Rainer

COMING SOON:
James Broughton
Jan Lenica
John H. Whitney
Richard P. Rogers
Stan Brakhage

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