Darwin vs The Creationists

Sat, Apr 15
8:30pm-10:30pm
$5

SAT. 4/15: DARWIN VS. THE CREATIONISTS
It is certainly too bad when our academic institutions are threatened
by retrograde superstitionhellipas if some forces in our society were
afraid to accept the fact that humans are also part of the animal
kingdom. Around the time of the Scopes trial, Max Fleischer turned
his considerable talents from Betty Boop and Popeye to advancing an
enlightened view of human development. Here's the premiere revival of
his legendary 1923 masterwork, Evolution, a courageous cinematic
initiative, that in fact includes stop-motion dinosaur footage from
Willis O'Brien, projected in gloriously tinted 16mm, with musical
accompaniment by David Cox! We open with a newsreel from that
infamous "Monkey Trial," plus a Joseph Campbell clip on genesis myths
and-believe it or not-a crackpot Fundamentalist screed, The Evolution
Conspiracy. PLUS a collection-plate of assorted religious anomalies,
including Pat Robertson, Satanic backward-masking, and a sneak peek
at Tom Borden's new doc on Christian wrestling, Taking Satan to the
Mat!! A portion of the proceeds goes to the ACLU.

Venue:

ATA Gallery
992 Valencia Street
San Francisco
415-824-3890
http://atasite.com

ATA Gallery is located at Valencia and 21st in San Francisco's
Mission District.

Additional Info:

415-648-0654
http://www.othercinema.com