Go, Charlotte Film Society! We’re sending our congrats out to the organization, a recipient of a $30,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. CFS brings indie, foreign, alternative, local and regional flicks to the Q.C. through a variety of series (including Back Alley Film series, a staff pick for CL’s Best Of Charlotte this year for “Best Event for Hanging Out with Insatiable Nymphomaniacs, Zombie Cheerleaders and Michael Fassbender in a Giant Fake Head”)
The funds will help the organization to host more screenings and to bring filmmakers and directors to Charlotte for discussions. In a press release announcing the grant, Dennis Scholl, vice president of arts for Knight Foundation, said “Film is a powerful way to bring a community together, to discuss issues and ideas that help them understand their lives, city and world. We hope this grant helps build both a sense of community and a community of filmmakers who can tell Charlotte stories.”
Charlotte Film Lab, which launched earlier this year, is Charlotte Film Society’s newest series that promotes independent films by local, regional and national filmmakers.
Upcoming events include a screening of Something You Can Call Home, a documentary about homelessness in Wilmington, N.C., with a discussion led by British director Rebecca Kenyon on Oct. 23 at UNC-Charlotte Center City. On Nov. 8, there will also be a screening of Finding Vivian Maier, a documentary about a nanny turned photographer, with a discussion from co-director Charlie Siskel at Wells Fargo Auditorium.
This article appears in Oct 15-21, 2014.
