FROM THE ARCHIVE: Mabou Mines Cinema

MABOU MINES CINEMA is a series exploring the founding members’ rarely-screened forays into film, including the new wave-inspired, Lee Breuer-directed MOI-MÊME, featuring a brief cameo by Jean-Luc Godard, which the group shot in Paris in 1968 before officially forming the company (but which was only recently resurrected and reimagined by Breuer’s son Mojo Lorwin); the RED HORSE (1974) and B. BEAVER ANIMATIONS (1979), two of the company’s first experiments with video; JoAnne Akalaitis’s feature film version of her Obie-winning play DEAD END KIDS (1986), which takes a darkly comic and philosophical approach to the prospect of nuclear Armageddon (and boasts a soundtrack by David Byrne and Philip Glass); and filmmaker Jill Godmilow’s epic, six-hour, fly-on-the-wall documentary LEAR ‘87 ARCHIVE (2001) (never-before-screened theatrically), which follows the rehearsal process for the company’s ground-breaking gender-reversed version of Shakespeare’s KING LEAR, directed by Breuer and starring Ruth Maleczech. In addition to the aforementioned artists, the films in this series feature Mabou mainstays Honora Fergusson, Ellen McElduff, Karen Kandel, Greg Mehrten, Maude Mitchell, Fred Neumann, Terry O’Reilly, Bill Raymond, David Warrilow and many other legends of downtown theater.

MABOU MINES CINEMA will feature 6 different programs running March 13 – 19 at Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003). Tickets are $14 (Seniors and Students $10, Members $7,) available beginning mid-February at www.anthologyfilmarchives.org.

The programs and schedules are as follows:

PROGRAM 1: MOI-MÊME * (Lee Breuer/Mojo Lorwin, 1968/2024, 65 min)

Fri, March 13  @ 6:30  – Followed by a Q&A Arthur Sabatini, Mojo Lorwin and actor Kevin Mathewson

Wed, March 18 @ 6:30

PROGRAM 2: RED HORSE ANIMATION (Lee Breuer, 1974, 38 min), THE B. BEAVER ANIMATION (Lee Breuer/Chris Coughlan/Craig Jones, 1979, 32 min) and SISTER SUZIE CINEMA* (Lee Breuer, 1982, 19 min)

Fri, Mar 13 at 8:45 pm

Wed, Mar 18 at 8:30pm – Followed by a Q&A with Carl Hancock Rux, composer Bob Telson and singer Glenny T of 14 Karat Soul

PROGRAM 3: MABOU MINES’ LEAR ’87 ARCHIVE (CONDENSED) (Jill Godmilow, 2001, 336 min) Presented in two parts.

Sat, Mar 14 at 4:00 (Pt. 1,  175 min) – Followed by a Q&A with Alisa Solomon and actor Greg Mehrten

Sun, Mar 15 at 4:00 (Pt. 2, 170 min)

PROGRAM 4: FAR FROM POLAND *(Jill Godmilow, 1984, 110 min)

Sat, Mar 14 at 8:15

Tues, Mar 17 at 8:45

PROGRAM 5: MABOU MINES DOLLHOUSE (Lee Breuer, 2008, 124 min)

Sun, Mar 15 at 7:45  – Followed by a Q&A with Olga Taxidou and actress and co-adaptor Maude Mitchell

PROGRAM 6: OTHER CHILDREN * (JoAnne Akalaitis, 1979, 19 min) and DEAD END KIDS: A HISTORY OF NUCLEAR POWER (JoAnne Akalaitis, 1986, 87 min)

Mon, Mar 16 at 7:00

Thurs, Mar 19 at 7:00 – Followed by a Q&A with Don Shewey and actor Ellen McElduff

*These films were not Mabou Mines productions but feature the work of company members and collaborators.

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