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| October 15, 2013 |
Time:
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
Truly powerful cinematic offerings are on the big screen when the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers returns to JCSM this fall. Viewers can rub shoulders with award winning filmmakers
with plenty of time for questions and answers during the after film reception. Free advance tickets are available for Birth of the Living Dead via the Eventbrite app of www.jcsm.auburn.edu/programs.
Birth of the Living Dead with director/producer Rob Kuhns
In 1968 a young college dropout named George A. Romero directed a low budget horror film that shocked the world and became an icon of the counterculture - Night of the Living Dead. It spawned a
billion dollar zombie industry that continues to this day.
Birth of the Living Dead, a new documentary, shows how Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers -- policemen, iron workers, teachers, ad-men, housewives and a roller-rink owner -- to shoot,
with a revolutionary guerrilla, run-and-gun style, his seminal film. During that process Romero and his team created an entirely new and horribly chilling monster – one that was undead and feasted upon human flesh.
This documentary also immerses audiences into the singular time in which “Night” was shot. Archival footage of the horrors of Vietnam and racial violence at home combined with iconic music from
the 60s invites viewers to experience how Romero’s tumultuous film reflected this period in American history. Birth of the Living Dead shows us how this young filmmaker created a world-renowned horror film that was also a profound insight into how our society
really works.
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