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Quick Facts
| Release Date | May 31, 2014 |
| Status | Released |
| Language | EN |
Cast
Mary Helena Clark
herself
Tooth
himself
Towards the Death of Cinema
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Overview
Individual film frames document cycles of destruction, resilience, and transformation within the Bay Area. Shots include the abandoned Parkway Theater in Oakland, closed in 2009; filmmaker Mary Helena Clark in her Berkeley studio; the Black Hole Cinematheque in Oakland, founded by Tooth; historical images of the 1906 San Francisco fire; pool tides in the remaining structure of the Sutro Baths, first built in 1896 and knocked down by arson in 1966; and the dormant Woodminster amphitheater, built in the late 1930’s under Roosevelt’s New Deal project.
Status: Released
Language: EN