The Echo Park Film Center was at capacity tonight for the primero edition of Cinema Speakeasy. Over 70 people crammed themselved into the cozy space – sharing wine and making new friends (rubbing elbows will do that to a crowd of strangers) – for a sweltering screening of our inaugural film, Visioneers (directed by Jared Drake, and starring Zach Galifianakis).
To start things off and to get everybody thinking, Georgi Goldman relayed her take on the relationship between the message and the medium in film and in art. She made some interesting parallels between the plight of the modern media-maker as compared to the mid-century photographer.
Special thanks are in order to Paolo Davanzo and Lisa Marr from the Echo Park Film Center for being such gracious hosts. But, no less important, thanks to all who came and suffered the heat in the name of independent film. Don’t forget to check in for the September 1st edition. Our next film will be unveiled soon!
Filed under: Wrap Report, Cinema Speakeasy, Echo Park Film Center, Georgi Goldman, Lisa Marr, Paolo Davanzo, Saskia Wilson-Brown, Visioneers
