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Video of the Memorial Service for Stephen Parr
Thank you to everyone who attended the memorial for Stephen Parr. We appreciate the support. The memorial can be viewed in full at this link. The video tribute that was made for the memorial can be...
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1/7/2018: Memorial Service for Stephen Parr
The Memorial for Founder and Director of Oddball Films and the San Francisco Media Archive, Stephen Parr is scheduled for January 7th, 2018 at the Roxie Theater (3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103)...
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In Remembrance
Sadly, founder and Director of Oddball Films and the San Francisco Media Archive, Stephen Parr, passed away suddenly on October 24, 2017 after a struggle with declining health. His family and Oddball...
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Cinema Soiree - The Making of Maupin: Tales of the Archive, 10/26
We are are pleased to announce that local documentarian and director of The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin Jennifer Kroot and her co-director/editor Bill Weber will be joining us at the archive for...
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7/26 - The Holy Haight - second screening at the Roxie!
Due to popular demand, Oddball Films is teaming up with author and historian Erik Davis to present a second screening of The Holy Haight: How the 60s Counterculture Changed American Religion Forever at...
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6/13 - Sonic Oddities at SF Doc Fest!
SF Doc Fest is fully underway, and Oddball Films is making its mark! We provided footage to two opening night films, Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk and Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird...
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Cinema Soiree - The Holy Haight: How the 60s Counterculture Changed American...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} The 60s counterculture overturned American politics, but it also radically...
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Cinema Soiree: Pop Music Explosion with Richie Unterberger, 3/16
Next Thursday, March 16th, Oddball Films invites you to an intimate evening with author and musicologist Richie Unterberger, inaugurating our new Cinema Soiree Series featuring visiting authors,...
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Marc Huestis’ Notes from the Underground Archives: How a Tacky 50's...
Oddball Films would like to invite you to our new Seasonal Seminar Series. We'll be opening the vaults of our incredibly unique stock footage company and film archive and inviting intriguing...
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Pop Music Explosion: Film Footage Fantasia with Richie Unterberger
Oddball Films invites you to an intimate evening with author and musicologist Richie Unterberger, inaugurating our new Cinema Soiree Series featuring visiting authors, filmmakers and curators...
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TONIGHT: Rare Alan Lomax films at Swedish American Hall
Our 2017 events series begins tonight at 8:00 PM at the Swedish American Hall, where we will be co-presenting WHEN I LAY MY BURDEN DOWN with the Noise Pop Film Series. Join us for an evening of music...
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Looking Into 2017: Our New Event Series
We’d like to thank everyone for attending our screenings, soirees, and seminars. Our weekly film series has come to a close. In 2017 we will be presenting select events: We will be continuing our...
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We're Taking the Rest of the Month Off for the Holidays
Oddball Films is taking a little break and will not be having any screenings for the remainder of 2016, so you will have to wait until next year to get your fix of obscure and eclectic cinephemera....
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Surrealism in Animation - Thur. Dec. 8th - 8PM
Oddball Films presents Surrealism in Animation, a night of 16mm animated shorts from the 1940s-1980s that delve into the non-narrative world of surrealism and dream logic. Realism is overrated and this...
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Boozers, Users, and Losers - Vintage Drug and Alcohol Scare Films - Fri. Dec....
Oddball Films presents Boozers, Users, and Losers - Vintage Drug and Alcohol Scare Films, a program of mind-expanding, terror-intending and hilarity-inducing short 16mm educational films about the...
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Cinema Soiree: “Celluloid Scopophilia: The Sensual Dimensions of the Human...
Oddball Films welcomes moving image artist Kerry Laitala to our Cinema Soiree Series, a monthly event featuring visiting authors, filmmakers and curators presenting and sharing cinema insights and...
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The Spectre of Fascism - Echoes from Totalitarianism - Fri. Dec. 2nd - 8PM
Oddball Films presents The Spectre of Fascism - Echoes from Totalitarianism, a program of international 16mm short films, documentaries and animation reflecting on the 20th century's history of fascism...
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Oddball will be Closed for the Week of Thanksgiving
Oddball Films will be closed this week for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We hope you have a delicious time with your friends and family and will come see us in December for more eclectic and entertaining...
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Baby Animal Bonanza - Fri. Nov. 18th - 8PM
Oddball Films presents Baby Animal Bonanza, a night of 16mm short nature films from the 1930s-1970s all starring the cutest baby monkeys, kittens, bears, foxes, skunks, bunnies, otters, puppies and...
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Pre-Code Betty Boopathon! - Thur. Nov. 10th - 8PM
Oddball Films and curator Kat Shuchter bring you Pre-Code Betty Boopathon!, a program of 16mm cartoons from 1930-1934 from the Fleischer Brothers starring the original cartoon sexpot and the most...
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