The Lost Films of Kathleen Collins - Theatrical Premieres Thursday - March 21 - 7:00 p.m. At the time of her death in 1988, Kathleen Collins was just 46 years old, but already an internationally renowned playwright, a beloved professor and a successful independent filmmaker. After nearly 30 years of being out of circulation, Milestone Films has digitally restored her two films from original camera negatives to look and sound as fresh, bracing and complex as they did when they were made. The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy (1980) is a short story of three Puerto Rican brothers scraping by while contending with the ghost of their dead father. Losing Ground (1982), one of the very first fictional features by an African-American woman filmmaker, is the story of a black philosophy professor whose artist husband rents a summer country house to celebrate a museum sale. Their idyll summer challenges their relationship as they struggle to find ecstatic experience, both intellectually and emotionally. Dennis Doros is scheduled to be present. (HD Cam. 140 min. Not Rated.) Portrait of Jason (2013) Directed by Shirley Clarke Friday - March 22 - 6:30 p.m. See page 19 for full description. Jorgensen Lecture with Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video Co-founder Friday - March 22 - 3:00 p.m. Dennis Doros will deliver his lecture titled Where’s Shirley: The Restoration of Portrait of Jason, which he presented earlier in the year at the Berlin International Film Festival. Empty Quarter (2012) Directed by Alain LeTourneau & Pam Minty Friday - March 29 - 6:30 p.m. See page 20 for full description. Directors Alain LeTourneau & Pam Minty are scheduled to be present. 40 Frames is dedicated to preserving the art of 16mm filmmaking and exhibition. Co-founded by Alain LeTourneau and Pam Minty, 40 Frames advocates for the continued use of 16mm and super16 for production, and the preservation and exhibition of 16mm prints. Starting in 2000, 40 Frames began coordinating and hosting public screenings of 16mm films at organizations and venues in Portland, Oregon. In 2009, they transitioned from series programming of 16mm to focus on the web resource 16mm Directory, on-going film conservation work acquiring and maintaining a collection of 16mm prints, and offering a menu of technical services aimed at supporting media artists and organizations. 54 Other Films with Guests Jorgensen Lecture with Alain LeTourneau & Pam Minty Friday - March 29 - 3:00 p.m. Tickets: (812) 855-1103