Festival of (In) Appropriation (2012) Multiple Directors Friday - February 22 - 6:30 p.m. Now in its 4th year as a traveling film festival, the Festival of (In) Appropriation is a curated collection of found-footage film and video work. This year’s festival features 13 works by artists who appropriate existing footage from various sources (including Felix the Cat cartoons, home movies, an educational program designed to teach children their vowels , and a video deconstruction of the North by Northwest cropduster sequence), recontextualizing them in new, and thus “inappropriate,” ways using a dazzling array of visual and aural techniques. (2K DCP. 92 min. Not rated.) Portrait of Jason (1967) Directed by Shirley Clarke Friday - March 22 - 6:30 p.m. Shirley Clarke’s fascinating character study of self-proclaimed hustler Jason Holliday, evades easy categorization. On the surface, it is a series of 16mm film reels in which the title character provides a vivid verbal account of his life. It is, however, neither straightforward cinema vérité nor traditional documentary. Instead, it lies between a subtle interview, a brilliant monologue, and record of performance that deals head-on with issues of documentary construction. Recently restored by Milestone Films, Portrait of Jason deserves to become a canonical film alongside the work of other luminaries like Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. Dennis Doros of Milestone Films is scheduled to be present. (HD Cam. 105 min. Not rated.) 19 cinema.indiana.edu Underground Film855-1103 19 Tickets: (812) Series