FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | July 11, 2024
Friday, July 26 at 6:30 p.m.
The Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum
ALEXANDRIA, VA – In commemoration of the 275th anniversary of the City of Alexandria and in partnership with the Office of Historic Alexandria, the Alexandria Film Festival will screen “The Arc of Oblivion” on July 26 at 6:30 pm at The Lyceum in Old Town Alexandria. This special event is made possible in part with grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Alexandria, VA through the Office of the Arts.
From fossils to cemeteries to the filmmaker’s own impulse to build a wooden ark in his parents’ rural Maine backyard, “The Arc of Oblivion” explores a universal desire throughout human history to archive memory and record experience. “A likeably offbeat and disarmingly self-aware documentary essay on how humans deal with the immutable transience of the universe,” says Screen Daily. The film is directed by Ian Cheney with appearances by legendary filmmaker and producer Werner Herzog.
Following the screening, and in the spirit of reflecting on the City’s 275th anniversary, a panel discussion will tackle the film’s central question: What is worth saving and why? Students from Alexandria City High School will also be on hand to announce a special remembrance project that will attempt to answer that very question from the youth perspective.
WHAT: “The Arc of Oblivion” film screening (98 minutes) followed by panel discussion and special announcement of student-led remembrance project. Watch the film trailer.
WHERE: The Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington Street, Alexandria, VA.
WHEN: Friday, July 26; doors open at 6:00 pm; film at 6:30 pm. Tickets ($15) available at Eventive and at the door.
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About the Alexandria Film Festival
Now in its 18th year, the Alexandria Film Festival brings high-quality, independent, short and feature-length films of every genre, to the city of Alexandria each November and intermittently throughout the year. The festival is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by a grant from the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, as well as the generosity of volunteers, numerous individuals and corporate sponsors.