Throughout the “land of the free” and its glacial—and then all-at-once—decline, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971) and THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940) are avenues to navigate timescapes across a relentless multi-decade blight in reverse, repositioned as testimony for eras of collective struggle come-and-gone. Framed within a quasi-psychographic survey, Marlow will guide the attendees through endings (and new beginnings) beyond the dead zones of imagination.

Jonathan Marlow

JONATHAN MARLOW is a persistent curator, composer and cinematographer as well as an intermittent filmmaker and producer with a handful of award-winning shorts and feature-length projects to his credit(s). Prior to his role as Executive Director of SV ARCHIVE (commonly known as SCARECROW VIDEO), Marlow was previously—or continues to be—affiliated with numerous film festivals (including Camera Obscura, Telluride and Seattle International), film institutions (San Francisco Film Preserve, IFS [aka Flaherty Seminar], Canyon Cinema Foundation) and film distribution companies (notably Paracme, Fandor, Projector, Amazon and others). In addition to Marlow’s writings and interviews for numerous online and print publications, he is known to host screenings throughout the world showcasing remarkable films otherwise unavailable elsewhere.