The National Arts Festival is a celebration of the multidisciplinary arts held in Grahamstown, South Africa. This year, it is running from June 30 to July 10 and features dance performances, stage plays and musicals, stand-up comedy, art exhibitions, music concerts, and a film festival.
In keeping with the arts theme, the Naf is screening two excellent documentaries about two very unconventional American artists as part of the film festival. They are: Plaster Caster, which profiles legendary Chicago- based super-groupie Cynthia Plaster, and Ghost Dance, which tracks a visit to Europe by controversial artist Steven Johnson Leyba.
Plaster Caster screens on Tuesday, July 5 at 3:00 p.m. while Ghost Dance screens on Thursday July 7 at 10:00 p.m.
A huge hit on the international film festival circuit in 2001-2002, Plaster Caster was subsequently released on DVD all over the world. (Amazon | Netflix). Filmmaker Jessica Everleth (née Villines) tracks the artistic career of Cynthia Plaster Caster,...
In keeping with the arts theme, the Naf is screening two excellent documentaries about two very unconventional American artists as part of the film festival. They are: Plaster Caster, which profiles legendary Chicago- based super-groupie Cynthia Plaster, and Ghost Dance, which tracks a visit to Europe by controversial artist Steven Johnson Leyba.
Plaster Caster screens on Tuesday, July 5 at 3:00 p.m. while Ghost Dance screens on Thursday July 7 at 10:00 p.m.
A huge hit on the international film festival circuit in 2001-2002, Plaster Caster was subsequently released on DVD all over the world. (Amazon | Netflix). Filmmaker Jessica Everleth (née Villines) tracks the artistic career of Cynthia Plaster Caster,...
- 7/1/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
In the spirit of Bad Lit’s annual Movie of the Year pick, I’ve decided that I should equally pick just one film as a Movie of the Decade. And that movie is: Plaster Caster.
The criteria I used to come up with this selection was to choose the film that has had the biggest impact on my life. I’ve seen tons of fantastic underground films in the past 10 years and Plaster Caster is one of them. But, no other film has had as big an influence on all aspects of my life as this one has.
In 2001, I was just a dork trying to see as many films as I could at the New York Underground Film Festival. One of the films I saw was the documentary Plaster Caster, which I positively adored almost right from the minute it began. After the screening, I wrote a positive...
The criteria I used to come up with this selection was to choose the film that has had the biggest impact on my life. I’ve seen tons of fantastic underground films in the past 10 years and Plaster Caster is one of them. But, no other film has had as big an influence on all aspects of my life as this one has.
In 2001, I was just a dork trying to see as many films as I could at the New York Underground Film Festival. One of the films I saw was the documentary Plaster Caster, which I positively adored almost right from the minute it began. After the screening, I wrote a positive...
- 12/15/2009
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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