Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story is now available to purchase or rent through Documentary Educational Resources!
Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story is a documentary that delves into the life of experimental film curator Sally Dixon. Sally is known as a trailblazer in the "film as art" movement and created the film program at The Carnegie Museum of Art in 1970. She founded the program with the purpose of "promoting a greater understanding and appreciation of film as an art form and the filmmaker as an artist." It was one of the first museum-based film programs in the country.
The film beautifully weaves in archival footage of Sally as her love of film first emerged, as well as archival footage of her collaborations with artists in Pittsburgh, and finally St. Paul. The documentary threads in contemporary footage of Sally, her family and her friends as they reflect on her enormous impact.
“She understood it very early and she promoted it, bringing attention to different poetic, non-narrative forms of cinema.” – Jonas Mekas, avant-garde filmmaker, co-founder of Anthology Film Archives
Subject areas:
Artist Profiles, Visual Arts & Media, Women StudiesSCREENINGS & AWARDS
Best Feature Documentary Film, Doc.Boston, USA
Honorable Mention, Experimental Forum, USA
Best Female Filmmaker, Lindsey UNA Film Festival, USA
World Festival Premiere, Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA
Athens International Film Festival, USA
Hot Springs International Women’s Film Festival, USA
Berlin International Art Film Festival, Germany
Cinefem 10, Uruguay
Stockholm City Film Festival, Sweden
Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Film Festival, USA
Toronto International Women Film Festival, Canada
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