2008 Events, Workshops, & Special Activities
Festival Events
6-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, at the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History
- Cowboy theme celebrating "Two Fisted Law," a Tim McCoy movie showing that night
- Appearance by Chase Masterson, starring in "Yesterday Was a Lie" and showing film clips from her career on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "ER"
- Food and beverages
- Special Sneak Preview - Film Showcase surprize showing.
Come celebrate the 20th anniversary of the cult TV show "Mystery Science Theater 3000" with a one-time-only presentation of "MST3K: THE MOVIE" (1996), showing Friday, June 27, at the Temple Theatre and featuring a special appearance by Kevin Murphy, known to legions of fans as show’s wisecracking robot Tom Servo.
Murphy is also the author of "A Year at the Movies," a journal of his hilarious, poignant, fascinating experience of attending a movie every day for an entire year. He found the world's smallest commercial movie theater. Another one made completely of ice. Checked out flicks in a tin-roofed hut in the South Pacific. Lived for a week solely on theater food. Dressed up as a nun for the Sing-Along "Sound of Music" in London. Sneaked into the Cannes and Sundance film festivals. Smuggled an entire Thanksgiving dinner into a movie theater. And saw hundreds of films, from the Arctic Circle to the Equator. Murphy will talk about his book, answer fan questions and unleash his one-man rant “Why Hollywood Sucks!” during which he goes through 10 of the 95 reasons why movies are as bad as they are and what we, as an audience, can do about it.
Blue Dahlia, a world music quartet from Kalamazoo, plays its score to the silent film, "Buster Keaton’s 'The General'", followed by a concert.
Six Jewish women and six Arab women living in Ann Arbor struggle to overcome their cultural prejudices, fears and anger. Filmmaker Laurie White, a native of Flint, will attend to talk about the documentary. Spend an evening with the filmmakers and guests. Film screening, Q&A, themed-music and refreshments!
Festival Workshops
12:30 p.m. Thursday June 26, at the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History
The session focuses on either acting or directing actors in the television and/or film world, the differences and similarities, working in time constraints, and communicating with actors in order to get their most effective work.
Bio: Masterson starred as Leeta in the television series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and has been a regular or recurring guest star on "General Hospital," "ER" and "Acapulco Heat." Movie roles include "Robin Hood-Men in Tights," Steven King’s "Sometimes They Come Back For More," "Comic Book: The Movie" and "Takeout." Production credits include "Through Your Eyes" with David Carradine, the short "LA Actors" and the film noir "Yesterday Was a Lie" which is showing at the Riverside Film Festival and in which she stars as a lounge singer.
Masterson also will attend Thursday night’s premiere party at The Castle and will show clips from her acting career.
11 a.m. Thursday, June 26, at the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History
Film and theater writer/director/editor Kerwin outlines the nuts and bolts of directing actors on camera from both a technical and dramaturgical perspective. Storyboarding, choice of format, lighting, casting, rehearsing, sculpting performances on-set and editing are covered. In addition, Kerwin will discuss the manner in which the variety of art forms which work together to create atmosphere, tell the story, and ultimately achieve the director's desired result.
Bio: Kerwin is the writer/director of "Yesterday Was a Lie," which is showing at the Riverside Saginaw Film Festival. He has been profiled in Entertainment Today and was pictured among the "Faces to Watch" of 2004 by the Los Angeles Times. For two consecutive years, Kerwin was honored for his award-winning innovative directing style by Back Stage Magazine critic Paul Birchall. Kerwin has taught cinematography.
Noon Friday, June 27, at the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History.
The workshop will cover what it takes to make a film on an extremely low budget, including everything from script writing to financing, hiring crews, post visual deals, budgets, rentals, distribution and publicity.
4 p.m. Friday, June 27, at the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History.
Corbett, a filmmaking professor at Central Michigan University, focuses on recent trends in documentary films and will show segments of several so-called personal documentaries. His "Crazy or What" shows at Riverside Saginaw Film Festival.
Chidren's Events
Hoyt Library, 505 Janes in Saginaw, will show a trio of children’s films based on the adventures of well-known animated clay figures.
They are:
Thursday, June 26, at 4:30 p.m. – Film based on animated clay chickens and their adventures as they try to outwit the farmer and save their lives.
Friday, June 27, at 2:30 p.m. – Film based on the antics of animated clay characters in the pest control business.
Saturday, June 28, at 2:30 p.m. – Delightful short adventures of animated clay figures such as an inventor, dogs, sheep and others.
Following the Saturday program, Tanya Grunwell, Children’s Library Assistant, will lead children ages 7 and up in a refrigerator magnet craft project. Children under 7 need to have a helper.
Admission to the films and the workshop is free.
And at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26. Hoyt will show the PG documentary “Girls Rock.” In it, girls 8 to 18, attend a rock and roll camp just for girls — forming bands, writing songs and playing a gig all within one week.
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