Bingo
Sep 26, 2010
(John Jeffcoat, 1999, USA, 59 min)
What is America's favorite pastime outside of TV? BINGO! It draws more people than the movies, rock concerts or bowling. As John Jeffcoat (Outsourced) demonstrates in this offbeat documentary, which received support from the Film Forum back in 1997, bingo isn't just for blue-haired old church ladies; it's also for blue-haired drag queens, trendy hipsters, impoverished gambling addicts and everybody in between. Scenes from the United States, Europe and the Caribbean's one-and-only Carnival Cruise Bingo Ship are featured in this illuminating look at a versatile game and its many subcultures. Group sales welcome!
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(Serge Gregory, USA, 1997, 16mm, 8 min)
This personal documentary of a boy who enters the world of pre-revolutionary Russia through a family photo album was one of the first films supported by the Film Forum. It screened in October of 1997 at the Grand Illusion for a full week!