Close Ties: Melinda Ward and Emily Galusha on Film in the Cities and the Walker
Former Film in the Cities board members Melinda Ward and Emily Galusha discuss the programming connections between the Walker Art Center and Film in the Cities and the importance of media education for youth.
Small-Gauge Alchemy: Super 8 Filmmaking Across Generations
"The built-in limitations force students to slow down, to treat every second of film as precious, and to participate in more face-to-face interaction and conversation." In anticipation of the April 11 screening of rare Super 8 films made by teen students at Film in the Cities in the 1970s, Minneapolis-based artist and educator Sam Hoolihan muses upon the unique qualities and limitations involved in working with the small-gauge film format.
Against a Passive Eye: Tom DeBiaso on Film in the Cities
Film in the Cities shaped our region's film community and industry by teaching, exhibiting, and producing film from 1970 to 1993. FITC founder Tom DeBiaso reflects on the organization's founding and impact nearly 50 years after its inception: "It legitimized the creative impulse to work in film, photography and video as an art form, and as part of a cultural community in this area."
