April 2022 Archives

Announcing a special screening of five of Allen's films in New York City!

ALLEN DOWNS: CHASING LIGHT FROM MINNESOTA TO MEXICO
Dates: April 17th and 18th, 2022, at 7:30 pm. 
Location: Anthology Film Archives 
Address: 32 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003

This program consists of 16mm prints from the Walker's RBMIC Collection; both screenings will be presented by Michael Walsh, Assistant Curator/Archivist of the Walker's Moving Image department.

Linda Passon-McNally will be also be present to talk about the work of Allen Downs and his time in Mexico.

The program is supported by the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection at the Walker Art Center. Major support to preserve, digitize, and present the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection is generously provided by the Bentson Foundation.

THE COLOR OF THE DAY (1954-56, 17 min, 16mm)
LOVE SHOTS (1971, 8 min, 16mm)
WINTER IN CHINA (1970, 8 min, 16mm)
A MEXICO (1973, 7 min, 16mm)
MAKING MIXTEC POTTERY (1973, 38 min, 16mm)

Total running time: ca. 85 min.