PastForward Film Series
The PastForward Film series showcases preservation efforts in all shapes and sizes – ranging from the preservation of a single Massachusetts cottage to the fight to save an entire neighborhood from big business interests. We hope you’ll join us as we share these remarkable stories from across the country. Pass the popcorn!
Thurs., Nov. 13, Noon-5:30 p.m.
Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium
Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium
Noon-1:00 p.m. – Brooklyn Matters
Brooklyn Matters exposes how powerful real estate interests and politicians collaborate to circumvent local laws, seize private property through eminent domain, and manipulate public participation and racial politics to push forward what could become the densest development in the United States, while raising critical questions for urban planners, architects, environmentalists, policy makers, activists and community residents. Includes Q/A with Producer/Director Isabel Hill.
Brooklyn Matters exposes how powerful real estate interests and politicians collaborate to circumvent local laws, seize private property through eminent domain, and manipulate public participation and racial politics to push forward what could become the densest development in the United States, while raising critical questions for urban planners, architects, environmentalists, policy makers, activists and community residents. Includes Q/A with Producer/Director Isabel Hill.
1:10-1:20 p.m. – Sneak Peek – Modern Ruin: A World’s Fair Pavilion
This film tells the story of Philip Johnson’s New York State Pavilion during the glory days of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair, and chronicles its demise over the past 50 years. The film details its post-fair use as a 60s concert venue and 70s roller rink, including the years of neglect and the recent growing advocacy efforts to save and repurpose the structure.
This film tells the story of Philip Johnson’s New York State Pavilion during the glory days of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair, and chronicles its demise over the past 50 years. The film details its post-fair use as a 60s concert venue and 70s roller rink, including the years of neglect and the recent growing advocacy efforts to save and repurpose the structure.
1:30-1:40 p.m. – Sneak Peek – The Revolving Fund Film
Revolving funds are a powerful tool for revitalization. In places like Galveston, Boston, Savannah, and Macon, revolving funds have transformed neighborhoods into vibrant and viable places to live, work, and play. Mary Anthony of the 1772 Foundation, Myrick Howard of Preservation North Carolina, Donovan Rypkema of PlaceEconomics, and other experts explore the many ways revolving funds can work to reinvigorate communities. Following the film, join professors Justin Gunther and Michael Chaney to learn more about the collaboration of SCAD historic preservation, dramatic writing, and film students that created this documentary.
Revolving funds are a powerful tool for revitalization. In places like Galveston, Boston, Savannah, and Macon, revolving funds have transformed neighborhoods into vibrant and viable places to live, work, and play. Mary Anthony of the 1772 Foundation, Myrick Howard of Preservation North Carolina, Donovan Rypkema of PlaceEconomics, and other experts explore the many ways revolving funds can work to reinvigorate communities. Following the film, join professors Justin Gunther and Michael Chaney to learn more about the collaboration of SCAD historic preservation, dramatic writing, and film students that created this documentary.
2:00-2:30 p.m – Reviving the Freedom Mill
When environmentalist Tony Grassi takes a gamble to rehab an abandoned mill, he inspires both skepticism and hope that it will breathe new life into the rural town of Freedom, Me. With the help of a colorful team of builders, masons, engineers and architects, he sets out to reconstruct a forgotten historical treasure. Can his 21st century vision of conservation re-power this community? Includes Q/A with Tony Grassi.
When environmentalist Tony Grassi takes a gamble to rehab an abandoned mill, he inspires both skepticism and hope that it will breathe new life into the rural town of Freedom, Me. With the help of a colorful team of builders, masons, engineers and architects, he sets out to reconstruct a forgotten historical treasure. Can his 21st century vision of conservation re-power this community? Includes Q/A with Tony Grassi.
2:50-3:50 p.m. – The Greenest Building
Narrated by David Ogden Stiers, this film demonstrates how renovation and adaptive reuse fully achieves the sustainability movement’s “triple bottom line” – economic, social and ecological balance. The film reveals: (a) how reuse and reinvestment leads to stronger local economies that can compete globally, (b) that sense of place and collective memory are critical components of sustainable communities, and (c) the direct correlation between reuse and t reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, degradation of the l environment and overuse of natural resources.
Narrated by David Ogden Stiers, this film demonstrates how renovation and adaptive reuse fully achieves the sustainability movement’s “triple bottom line” – economic, social and ecological balance. The film reveals: (a) how reuse and reinvestment leads to stronger local economies that can compete globally, (b) that sense of place and collective memory are critical components of sustainable communities, and (c) the direct correlation between reuse and t reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, degradation of the l environment and overuse of natural resources.
4:00-5:20 p.m. – Cherry Cottage: The Story of An American House
This documentary tells the story of America through the owners and inhabitants of a small cottage in Stockbridge, Ma. From the Native American inhabitants of New England to the 1960s counterculture, the history of Cherry Cottage is intertwined with the history of the region and the country as a whole. Q/A to follow.
This documentary tells the story of America through the owners and inhabitants of a small cottage in Stockbridge, Ma. From the Native American inhabitants of New England to the 1960s counterculture, the history of Cherry Cottage is intertwined with the history of the region and the country as a whole. Q/A to follow.
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