Presented by Gail Thacker and the The Gene Frankel Theatre!
“Gang Girls 2000” is everything you could want in an indie flick and more”. – Chris Parcellin, Film Threat
July 23, 2009 (New York, NY) – New York City filmmaker, photographer, artist and producer of massive collisions of talent and beauty, Katrina del Mar, triumphs in the underground, revels in the grit and lathers on the beauty in a number of short films and music videos that will be presented at Gene Frankel Theater in New York City Thursday, August 27th. Katrina will be on-hand for the screenings and a Q&A afterwards. Also Short “Art” Films by Anne Hanavan, Lola RockNRolla and more TBA!!*
Films presented include new scenes from the hotly, highly anticipated latest work “Hell on Wheels, Gang Girls Forever” (Slated to premiere in October ’09). Also “SURF GANG” (Awarded Best Experimental Film, Planet Out Short Movie Awards and the NYFA Fellowship in Video), “Gang Girls 2000,” and “A Beautiful Death” (Official Selection, Frameline
Film Festival).
“Del Mar, known for her amazing photographs of Lower East Side freaks and rockers, builds on decades of traditional James Dean archetypes and comes out with a girl rebel vision that is truly unique…” – Sarah Jacobson, IFC Rant
As a freelance photographer, Katrina del Mar’s client list includes Sony Music, Island Records, Polygram, V2 Records, London Records, Time Out New York, People Magazine, Alternative Press, Mademoiselle, and the NYPost.
In late 2006 Katrina del Mar landed a dream job serving as studio manager for legendary art photographer Nan Goldin, who has described Katrina’s work as “radical” and “ground-breaking.” Katrina’s work with Nan included coordinating and assisting the artist on creating new versions of “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” slide show for the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
As an artist, Katrina del Mar has shown her work at The Museum for Contemporary Art in Bordeaux, France, Deitch Projects, American Fine Arts Company, Binz 39 in Switzerland, the Bass Museum of Art in Miami, the Miami Light Project, P.S. 122 in New York City, and the University of Cardiff in Wales.
MOVIE MAYHEM #3 A Tuff Chick Film Night
The work of Katrina del Mar & Other NYC Filmmakers TBA*
Thursday, August 27th
Two screenings: 7pm & 9pm $12 for reservations call 212-777-1767
Gene Frankel Theater, 24 Bond Street New York, NY USA
To view samples of Katrina’s work, visit her website. To dowload a PDF of this Press Release that includes images and a tentative festival program, click here.
“…Rock n Roll is back in a big way. So why can’t indie films get it right? Lucky for us, there are directors whose work is truly “underground,” far exceeding Indiewood in style, sexiness, adrenaline, humor and truth. Take GANG GIRLS 2000, by Katrina del Mar, the story of the war between “the Sluts” and “the Glitter Girls.” This movie has dialogue that would make Russ Meyer blush. “That’s a cute trick, little trick baby, but you glitter bitches are gonna eat my red burning bush before I’m through, [Cherry, I’ll cut] you!” …Del Mar, known for her amazing photographs of Lower East Side freaks and rockers, builds on decades of traditional James Dean archetypes and comes out with a girl rebel vision that is truly unique..” – Sarah Jacobson, IFC Rant : a Publication of the Independent Film Channel
*program subject to change. count on eyepoppingly spectacular filmic emissions regardless..
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