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• PUBLIC SCREENINGS •
2018 2017 2015 March 24 2014 September 23 June 6 March 16 March 14 March 27 2013 September 26: August 20: July 9 & 13 May 16: April 6: 2012 July 27: Screening and Discussion with Grace Guggenheim & Flo Stone As part of the Sotterley Plantation speaker series 2012. A screening of A Place in the Land will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker, Grace Guggenheim and President and Founder of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capitol, Flo Stone. 44300 Sotterley Lane Hollywood, MD 20636. Free to the public. Due to limited seating, call for advanced reservations 301-373-2280. July 23: Screening In conjunction with the exhibit “Attachments: Faces and Stories from America’s Gates,” we present Charles Guggenheim’s 1989 documentary Journey to America, produced for the PBS series American Experience. The film not only chronicles the great migration to the New World between 1890 and 1920 but also follows the immigrants’ stories after they arrived at Ellis Island and began their new lives across America. 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20408 (for all public programs, please use the special events entrance on the corner of 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Doors to the building open 30 minutes prior to the start of the event)
March 31: The Woodstock Vermont Film Festival Film Series Inspired by the surrounding countryside, the Woodstock Vermont Film Festival transports viewers to distinctive cultures and destinations that share a strong sense of place, deeply felt by local inhabitants and visitors alike. Through the medium of cinematography, we celebrate the diversity and joy of humanity and the powerful influence of place in our lives. Billings Farm & Museum is located on Rte. 12 North, a half-mile from Woodstock Village. GPS address: 5302 River Road, Woodstock, VT. For more information, please visit www.billingsfarm.org/filmfest
March 18: The Environmental Film Festival This year the Environmental Film Festival celebrates a major milestone: 20 years of advancing environmental understanding through the power of film. As the first film festival devoted to the full range of environmental topics, the Environmental Film Festival was a novel idea when Flo Stone founded it in 1993. While 1,200 people attended the inaugural Festival, today the Festival has expanded to become the nation’s largest showcase of environmental film, attracting an audience of over 30,000. Beyond Washington, D.C., the Festival has launched a movement, serving as a model for environmental film festivals across the country and around the world.
Discussion with filmmaker Grace Guggenheim, President, Guggenheim Productions and
David Donath, President of the Woodstock Foundation, Inc. 2011
October 28: Washington D.C. Premiere
Located at 555 11th Street NW Washington, DC 20004.
September 23: New York Premiere
Located at 1886 Broadway New York, NY 10023.
September 22: 5th Annual Charles Guggenheim Tribute Program A Time for Justice, for which Charles Guggenheim won his fourth Oscar ® (1995, Best Documentary Short Subject), captures the modern civil rights movement through historic footage and the voices of those who fought for the cause of freedom and equality. The Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film screens a new 2K restoration of the film and welcomes civil rights leader and historian, Julian Bond, the president of the Southern Poverty Law Center Richard Cohen, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Nick Kotz for a post-screening discussion. To promote the study of the civil rights movement, the Law Center will distribute. A Time for Justice to every school in the nation that requests it, staring this fall. "There is not other short civil rights documentary
as powerful and as sweeping"
May 8th & 9th: Architecture and Design Film Festival Welcome to the nation's largest film festival celebrating the creative spirit behind some of the world's most remarkable architecture and design. At this year's festival, we are showing 39 films from 11 countries that range in length from two minutes to 93 minutes, and run the gamut from feature length films to seldom screening documentaries and prize-winning shorts. All screenings and discussions at Gene Siskel Film Center 164 N State Street Chicago, IL 60601-3505 (www.siskelfilmcenter.org) Tel: 312.846.2600 February 5: Annual Oscar Docs Series at MOMA Short Program 1: Struggles at Home--screenings begin at 1:30 pm Nine from Little Rock Each year around this time, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrates a select group of documentary filmmakers; in that spirit, this annual survey presents some of the Oscar-nominated documentaries that have had a major impact over the years. This year's Oscar's Docs explores an age of front-line coverage of conflicts both domestic and international. The "embeds" of their time, these Oscar nominees and winners used verite techniques, activist narratives, and inspirational film-portraiture to expose transitional, often violent events of the recent past, from armed conflicts in Vietnam and Eastern Europe to ongoing struggles for emancipation and basic human rights at home. Theater 2(the Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2. The Museum of Modern Art is located at 11 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019. For more information contact : (212) 708-9400 2010 November 14: The Woodstock Vermont Film Festival Screenings begin at 1 pm The Johnstown Flood A Place in the Land Inspired by the surrounding countryside, the Woodstock Vermont Film Festival transports viewers to distinctive cultures and destinations that share a strong sense of place, deeply feit by local inhabitants and visitors alike. Through the medium of cinematography, we celebrate the diversity and joy of humanity and the powerful influence of place in our lives. Billings Farm & Museum is located on Rte. 12 North, a half-mile from Woodstock Village. GPS address: 5302 River Road, Woodstock, VT. For more information, please visit www.billingsfarm.org/filmfest September 30: The Fourth Annual Charles Guggenheim Tribute• 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20408 (for all public programs, please use the special events entrance on the corner of 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Doors to the building open 30 minutes prior to the start of the event) April 15: Screening begins at 7pm • In commemoration of Earth Day, the Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film at the National Archives presents a screening of the Charles Guggenheim documentary, H.R. 6161: An Act of Congress. Narrated by E.G. Marshall, the 58-minute film documents how a law is enacted by the United States Congress in this instance, HR 6161, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act. The film follows the journey of one piece of legislation from conception through committee amendment and final passage. 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20408 (for all public programs, please use the special events entrance on the corner of 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Doors to the building open 30 minutes prior to the start of the event) 2009 The IDA TRAVELLING ROAD SHOW: Pare Lorentz Film Festival • •Screenings: The Pare Lorentz Film Festival is comprised of eight of the best documentaries from the last few years...as well as four films from documentary pioneer Pare Lorentz, whose work can be considered a touchstone for the modern documentary movement. Booking must include the film of Pare Lorentz presented in two programs and a minimum of three programs of Pare Lorentz Award winners. For more information contact Michael Lumpkin at michael@documentary.org. November 10, 2009 - January 31, 2010 • Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future is the first retrospective of this architect's career which was one of the most prolific, unorthodox, and controversial in the history of 20th century architecture. From the TWA terminal at JFK Airport and the St. Louis Gateway Arch to the Pedestal Chair for Knoll Associates, Saarinen (1910-1961) created some of the most potent expressions of American identity after WWII. Guggenheim Productions, Inc. films: Monument to the Dream, The Making of Liberty and Island of Hope, Island of Tears is on sale now at the gift shop. please visit http://www.mcny.org/shop for more information• September 23: Screening & Discussion begins at 7pm • Third Annual Charles Guggenheim Tribute Program• 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20408 (for all public programs, please use the special events entrance on the corner of 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Doors to the building open 30 minutes prior to the start of the event) 2008 December 5-14: 19th Annual Washington Jewish Film Festival• December 5th: Free Screening of Journey to America at 1 pm• December 7th: Screening of Jerusalem Lives begins at 4pm • December 9th: Screening of John F. Kennedy: 1917-1963 and • December 10: Screening of Nine from Little Rock and A Time for Justice at 12:30 pm The Goethe-Institute• December 12: Free Screening of The Making of Liberty at 1 pm • December 14: Screening of Life in the Shadows begins 11:30 pm • December 14: Screening of Berga:Soldiers of Another War begins at 1:30 pm • The Washington DC Jewish Community Center (DC JCC) is located at 1529 16th Street (at the Corner of 16th Street and Q Street, NW). The Goethe-Institut is located at 814 Seventh Street (between H and I Streets); Accessible by Metro off Gallery Pl/Chinatown Station.• To purchase tickets to any of the screenings above call (800) 494-8497. For more information about festival films, guests and events call the Washington Jewish Film Festival Hotline at (202) 777-3231 or visit the19th Annual Washington Jewish Film Festival website, www.wjff.org November 11: Screening & Discussion 6:00-8:30 pm• On Veterans Day, November 11th, join us at the Dallas Institute for a screening of Berga and a presentation by Grace Guggenheim, producer of the film and daughter of its writer, director, and narrator, Charles Guggenheim. Accompanying Ms. Guggenheim on the program will be Mr. Robert Abzug, Director of the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at UT-Austin. The Dallas Institute is located at 2719 Routh Street Dallas, TX 75201 November TBA: Broadcast TBA- WNET/Thirteen (New York, NY)• For more information on WNET/Thirteen, visit www.thirteen.org. September 24th: Screening 7:00 pm- The National Archives • Robert Kennedy Remembered -- 40 years later. In the aftermath of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's tragic death (June 6, 1968), filmmaker Charles Guggenheim was commissioned to quickly create a tribute to be shown the following August at the Democratic National Convention Convention in Chicago. Robert Kennedy Remembered brought convention proceedings to a standstill and won the Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Subject. Following a screening of the 30-minute film, distingished journalist John Seigenthaler, Sr., who served as administrative assistant to Attorney General Kennedy, will moderate a panel discussion including Jules Witcover, a veteran political columnist and author of The Year the Dream Died: Revisiting 1968 in America; Peter Vogt, who was a production assistant on the film, and Robert Wykes, who composed the film's stirring score. William G. McGowan Theater. Constitution Ave., NW [between 7th and 9th Streets] Washington, DC 20408. Metro:Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter. August 22: Screening 7:30 pm- Linwood Dunn Theater • Linwood Dunn Theater, 1313 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA August 14th: Broadcast 8:00 pm- KCET (Los Angeles, CA)• For more information on KCET, visit www.kcet.org. August 5th: Broadcast TBA- KQED(San Francisco, CA)• For more information on KQED, visit www.kqed.org. August 1-30th: Ongoing Screenings at The Lyndon B. Johnson Historical Park • For more information on on the Lyndon B. Johnson Historical Park at www.nps.gov/lyjo. July 17th: OCCJ Community Film Festival- (Tulsa, OK)• For more information on the OCCJ Community Film Festival, contact Circle Cinema's box office at 918.585.3456. Monday, June 23: Screening & Panel Discussion 7:45 pm -The Newseum • Among those appearing include: George Stevens Jr., AFI's Founding Director; Frank Mankiewicz, Kennedy's press secretary; filmmaker Grace Guggenheim The 2008 SILVERDOCS festival also held the annual Charles Guggenheim Symposium honoring documentary award-winning filmmaker, Spike Lee. June 16th: Broadcast TBA- WGBH (Boston, MA)• For more information on WGBH, visit www.wgbh.org. June 5th: Broadcast 8:00 p.m.- Maryland Public Television (MPT) • For more information on MPT, visit www.mpt.org. May 22nd: Public Screening 12:00 pm- The National Archives • In Conjunction with the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum's year-long celebration of LBJ's 100th Birthday, The Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film at the National Archives presents The Journey of Lyndon Johnson, produced in 1974 by Guggenheim Productions, Inc., for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation. Harry McPherson, who served as Johnson's special counsel from 1965 to 1969, will introduce the film and take audience questions afterwards. Enter through the Special Events Entrance on 7th Street and Constitution Ave., NW. Free Admission. www.archives.gov/nae. E-mail: public.program @nara.gov. Tel: 202.357.5000 April 30th & May 3rd: Public Screening & Panel Discussion 7:30 pm- Goucher College • Goucher College will screen highlights from Charles Guggenheim's impressive body of work and host a panel discussion about his legacy. This will take place on April 30th at 7:30 pm. Guggenheim's four Academy Award-winning documentaries will be screened Saturday, May 3rd at 1-3:30 pm in Van Meter B10. Goucher College, Kelley Lecture Hall and Van Meter B10, 1020 Dulvaney Valley Road Baltimore, MD 21204. This is event is free to the public, but tickets must be reserved by calling (410) 337-6333 or emailing boxoffice@goucher.edu. Friday, March 21st: Public Screening 7:00 pm – National Portrait Gallery • Introduced by Sid Hart, Senior Historian, National Portrait Gallery. Discussion with filmmaker, Grace Guggenheim and Bess Abell, Lady Bird's Johnson's Social Secretary from 1963 to 1969, follows film. The Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Eighth & F Sts., NW (Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown) Wednesday, February 20 - 24: Public Screening 7:00 pm & 4:00 pm – National Archives • The Screening are the first in a seried of three programs presented anuall by the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences in partnership with The Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film at the National Archives, and the Foundation for the National Archives. The William G. McGowan Theatre, Constitution Avenue between Seventh and Eighth Streets, NW, Washington, DC. Metro station: Archives/Navy Memorial. Seating will be on a first come, first serve basis. No reservations required. Free tickets will be distributed beginning 60 minutes prior to the start time. 2007 November 8-13: The 5th Edition of the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival• For more information, please visit http://www.wjff.pl or contact Festival Director, Daniel Strehlau at warsawjff@wjff.pl
Thursday, September 27: Screening & Discussion 7:00 pm - The Charles Guggenheim Center for Documentary Film for the National Archives and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History •
Remembering Charles Guggenheim's Nine From Little Rock • The William G. McGowan Theatre, Constitution Avenue between Seventh and Eighth Streets, NW, Washington, DC. Metro accessible: Archives/Navy Memorial Station. For more information, please visit www.archives.gov or 202.357.5000 Thursday, Oct 18: Screening 2:15 pm -IDA/The Pare Lorentz Film Festival• Tickets can be purchased at the Landmark box office or online at www.landmarktheatres.com. General admission: $11, Student (w/ ID), Seniors (60+) and ida members: $9. Parking is free. 2006 • 2005 Wednesday, February 24 - 27: Public Screening 7:00 pm – National Archives • Friday, March 11: Public Screening 7:00 pm – National Archives • Monument to the Dream Free. Reservations required. Reserve by e-mail: reservations.nwe@nara.gov or by phone: (202) 501-5000. Friday, May 5: 6:00 pm Public Lecture and Book Signing with Roger Cohen of Soldiers and Slaves Free. Reservations required. Reserve by e-mail: reservations.nwe@nara.gov or by phone: (202) 501-5000.
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