FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 2007
Cinema Alliance is collaborating with Films at the Sedgwick for a first-time event in Philadelphia, Wednesday and Thursday, February 7 and 8, at 7 p.m. at the Sedgwick Theater’s Little Theater at Video Library, 7141 Germantown Avenue, Mt. Airy, Pa.
Films at the Sedgwick is an organization started in the summer of 2006 that brings movies back to the Sedgwick Theater, one of Philadelphia’s last remaining Art Deco movie houses. Some films are screened in the lobbies of the old theater; others, in The Little Theater, the intimate large screen, surround sound theater located next door to the Sedgwick at Video Library—Mt. Airy.
What makes Films at the Sedgwick unique is its Film Q. Public program, which allows the public to visit the Films at the Sedgwick website and vote for the movies they want to see in the theater. David Titus, director of Films at the Sedgwick, approached Cinema Alliance to be one of the first local independent production companies to submit movies to the program. The overwhelming public support for Cinema Alliance’s first film submission to Film Q. Public quickly brought the film to the Sedgwick’s Little Theater.
Cinema Alliance will be screening Disturbing Images –The Story Of Helmut K., which was shot in the Philadelphia area and includes talent from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Tickets for the February 7 and 8 shows are $5. The shows will open with the short Spoon Test Factory, which is also being distributed by Cinema Alliance and was created by Philadelphia-area filmmakers. Following each screening, a Q&A session will follow including cast and crew members from Disturbing Images as well as the filmmakers behind Spoon Test Factory.
Synopsis: Disturbing Images—The Story of Helmut K.
Disturbing Images follows the life of Helmut K., a creator of schlock cinema who has turned his meager talents onto the world of photography. In the wake of his disastrous exploits, where lives have been destroyed and backers left in financial ruin, he is unable to find anyone to support his incredibly bad films. To stay afloat, Helmut K. begins to create an odd assortment of tasteless and disturbing photos, turning himself into a monumental cult figure. It is controversy that sells, and these photos sell big at the same time as they ignite tempers. When a disturbing photo of Helmut’s comes under fire from a right wing religious group, he fights back in the only way he knows how: He creates more controversy by seducing a member of a religious group into a life of decadence and having him pose for one of his outrageous photos. Helmut K. once more sets the fires that have made him so unpopular with many people and ultimately descends into even more dangerous territory.
A trailer for Disturbing Images and more information can be found at the Cinema Alliance website, www.cinema-alliance.com, or at the Film Q. Public webpage – www.filmsattheSedgwick.com/FilmQ/LOC/disturbingimages.php .
To Submit your films to Film Q. Public please use This Online Form where you can also learn about our offer for filmmaker compensation (ie. get paid for your film).
For more information about Films at the Sedgwick, the Sedgwick Theater, the Little Theater,and the Film Q. Public program, visit www.filmsattheSedgwick.com. People are invited to stop by the Video Library at 7147 Germantown Avenue for a tour of The Little Theater and to pick up a monthly brochure.
Or Contact:
David Titus
Director, Films at the Sedgwick
www.filmsatthesedgwick.com
filmsatthesedgwick@gmail.com
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