The new feature film by Vivian Ducat, called "All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert," will screen at the Maysles Cinema in Harlem on Wednesday, January 11. Winner of the Chicago International Film Festival Silver Plaque 2011, Ducat's documentary chronicles Rembert's singular artistic outpouring--tooled on leather hides--that examine his personal recollections of the racially segregated South.
Hard recollections transcended
A click on the Web ignites a colorful explosion of scenes and images. Rembert's hard recollections of "doing time on the chain gang" and working in cotton fields mingle with joyous reminiscences of dancing in juke joints or just soaking up the ambience of a familiar crowded street. Ducat notes that the artist is enjoying "a growing following among collectors and connoisseurs." It's no surprise. Rembert's compositions are infectiously vivid, rhythmic and powerful.
Exhibit, talk and screening
A reception sponsored by Harlem One Stop will precede Wednesday's screening at 6:30pm. The pre-screening event will include an exhibit that Sylvia Savadjian has curated of some of the artist's works, and a Q&A with Mr. Rembert and Ms. Ducat.
The screening of "All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert" will follow at 7:30pm.
The Maysles Cinema, a component of the Maysles Institute, is located in Harlem, New York, at 343 Malcolm X Boulevard (aka Lenox Avenue, between 127th & 128th Streets): 212.582.6050.
For advance tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/214925
$10 is the suggested admission, but pay-what-you-can is the skinny.
Visit the movie's official film site: http://www.allmethemovie.com/
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