The George Eastman Museum welcomes hundreds of cinephiles from around the world to Rochester for the Nitrate Picture Show
The George Eastman Museum is hosting the 4th Nitrate Picture Show this weekend (May 4–6) and will welcome hundreds of international visitors to Rochester to experience cinema in its purest form on the big screen. The Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman Museum is the only theater outside of California that can project nitrate films in the United States and one of only a handful in the world. The 3-day festival attracts visitors from across the globe; 20 different countries outside of the US will be represented this year. Over the past four years, the festival has attracted more than 1,000 visitors from 25 different countries.
The titles of the 10 programs that will be screened have been kept secret and will be revealed to festival attendees for the first time at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 4. People have traveled across the country and the world to get here with only the knowledge that they will be seeing some of the best nitrate prints from archives around the world. Over the past three years, festival goers have experienced such films as Casablanca, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Phantom of the Opera, Portrait of Jennie, and Anchors Aweigh. To be among the first to hear the program revealed, join us at 8:45 a.m. on Friday.
WHO: The George Eastman Museum/ The 4th Nitrate Picture Show
WHAT: The film titles that will be screened over the weekend have been kept a secret until the festival begins at 9 a.m. Friday. The official program reveal will take place during the press conference. Single-screening tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. for each of the 10 programs, $20 general admission/ $18 for students and museum members.
WHEN: Friday, May 4
TIME: 8:45 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (doors open at 8:30 a.m.)
WHERE: The Dryden Theatre, 900 East Avenue, Rochester
SPEAKERS:
Bruce Barnes, Ron and Donna Fielding Director of the George Eastman Museum
Paolo Cherchi Usai, Festival Director and Senior Curator of the Moving Image Department
PHOTO/ INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
- Festival Executive Team, Jared Case, Deborah Stoiber, Jurij Meden, and Paolo Cherchi Usai
- Festival pass holders discovering program titles for the 4th Nitrate Picture Show
- International visitors in the Dryden Lobby and Dryden Theatre reacting to the program reveal
MEDIA RSVP: Please contact Kellie Fraver, Public Relations Manager, George Eastman Museum, at kfraver@eastman.org, (585) 327-4813 or (585) 314-1552 (mobile).
