NM State Records & Archives: Archival Film Screening
Silent Films Produced in New Mexico: 1912-1915
Contact: Sibel Melik (505) 476-7959; sibel.melik@state.nm.usNew Mexico has been a haven for filmmakers since the earliest days of motion picture film. The program spotlights silent films from the New Mexico State Archives, and features John Raymond Armijo, from the NM Film Office who will shed some light on Romaine Fielding, one of the silent era's most innovative filmmakers who today is barely a footnote in American film history.
Films to be screened include The Tourists, A Pueblo Legend, Local Color, and one of Fielding's few surviving films, The Rattlesnake: A Pyschical Species and a documentary short about Romaine Fielding. Co-sponsored by the Santa Fe Film Festival. When: Saturday, October 25, 2008 Time: 12:15 PM to 2:15 PM Admission: Free Where: Santa Fe Film Center (formerly Cinema Café) 1616 St. Michael's Drive Santa Fe NM State Records & Archives: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us
