Asheville Design Center - Film Event
Film Event
Please join the Asheville Design Center for a Film Event at the Fine Arts Theatre Thursday November 1, 2007 @7:00pm. The movie Radiant City, which has received critical acclaim for its theatrical as well as its topical merits, is being shown in this single airing for the purpose of community awareness and discussion. Set in suburban Canada, the film is a documentary format commentary on conventional development patterns in North America. The focus is on the physical, as well as social, impacts of what is typically referred to as "Suburban Sprawl". There will be a brief discussion period afterward in the theater.
Running Time: 85 minutes
Tickets will be available at the Fine Arts Theatre the night of the showing.
For additional information or ticket reservations email Hamilton Cort at hcort@ashevilledesigncenter.org. Advance tickets will be available at the AshevilleDesign Center (8 College St.) during our regular open house hours which are Wednesdays 5:30-7:00pm.
The Asheville Design Center is a multidisciplinary volunteer design group whose mission is to engage all of Western North Carolina in quality design and planning solutions to promote livable communities. Current projects include the I-26 Connection across the French Broad River, and the Patton Ave redevelopment corridor. Entering their second year, the non-profit organization is actively seeking citizen participation on these projects, and input on future projects. The Design Center is open to the public every Wednesday night from 5:30-7:30pm at8 College St.
Film Website: http://www.radiantcitymovie.com/
Event Website: www.ashevilledesigncenter.org (Click on “Participate”).
Ticket Price: $8.00
Event Contact:
Hamilton Cort
(828) 251-5100
hcort@ashevilledesigncenter.org
Written & Directed by Gary Burns and Jim Brown
Sprawl is eating the planet. Politicians call it growth. Developers call it business. The Moss family call it home. Gary Burns - master of dystopian comedy - hooks up with journalist Jim Brown to tell a startling family chronicle of the Late Suburban Age. Welcome to Radiant City.
Starring: DANIEL JEFFERY, BOB LEGARE, JANE MACFARLANE, and ASHLEIGH FIDYK
Interviews with: JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER, ANDRÉS DUANY and others