Parks Are Free Film Festival
The first-ever Parks Are Free Film Festival brings four park-themed films to the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts on March 25-27, 2010. These films celebrate the role of parks and nature in the fabric of urban life. The films are brought to you by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and Pittsburgh Filmmakers. Films will screen at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Marshall Building, on the new Center Stage in Simmons Hall. PCA is located in Mellon Park at the corner of Fifth and Shady Avenues.
March 25 UPDATE: By all accounts, the first annual Parks are Free film festival is going to be a huge success. Thanks to very positive public response, our venue is at capacity for each film and we can no longer take reservations.
The Garden
Thursday, March 25, 7:00pm
Filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy's politically charged, Oscar-nominated documentary follows a group of low-income families struggling to protect a 14-acre urban farm in the middle of South Central Los Angeles from bureaucratic real estate developers. Runtime: 80 minutes
The Gates
Friday, March 26, 7:30pm
The Gates chronicles the decades-long struggle of Christo and Jeanne-Claude to bring their most ambitious work of art to life, and reveals the intricate process of completing the 7,503 saffron-colored gates and fabric panels used in "The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005." Runtime: 98 minutes
Join us before this screening at 6:30pm for a tour of the restored Mellon Park Walled Garden.
Pale Male
Saturday, March 27, 3:00pm
A red-tailed hawk's astounding arrival in 1991 made Manhattan history. No other red-tailed hawk had ever attempted to make Manhattan his territory. Affectionately dubbed Pale Male, he made an exclusive Fifth Avenue apartment building his home. Runtime: 56 minutes
Join us after this screening at 4:00pm for a presentation by the National Aviary and Rachel Carson Homestead.
A Sense of Wonder
Saturday, March 27, 5:00pm
Depicting pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson (Silent Spring, 1962) in the final year of her life, this film was made at Carson's cottage on the Maine coast. Runtime: 54 minutes