With Openings, the Parkway has launched an exploration into the conceptual, technological, and cultural innovations that push us forward. How does a new idea, invention, or experience shift the way we see the world and our place in it? What does it take to create and respond to these “openings” when they appear?
To honor the bold, inventive filmmakers who submitted their work for our inaugural Windows on Charles installation, we’ve put together a weekend-long celebration of the power of filmmaking. Openings intermixes some of cinema’s most groundbreaking works with over 50 new visionary shorts, animations, documentaries, and youth-made films featured last month in storefront windows throughout Station North.
In what ways did the technological innovations of Metropolis and 2001: A Space Odyssey transform the medium of filmmaking? What was the lasting impact of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner on our nation’s cultural norms? How did Run Lola Run disrupt the way that we construct narratives? And how are Baltimore’s media creators pushing their craft in new directions now? Openings presents a unique opportunity to bring audiences and creators together to watch, talk and celebrate.
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