Silent Film Series: The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 | 5:30pm-7:30pm

Details:

Come and enjoy a silent film on the BIG screen, accompanied on the piano by Matt Marshall. 

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)  This is the FIRST animated feature film and the first animation to include the character, Aladdin. It tells the story of Achmed, a handsome prince who rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling shape-shifting monsters and falling in love with a princess. Lotte Reininger, one of the earliest female directors, made The Adventures of Prince Achmed. She specialized in silhouette stop-motion animation.

Matt Marshall has been writing and performing music for classic silent film screenings since 2001, with the Virginia Film Festival. He teaches film studies and screenwriting at the University of Virginia and has recorded soundtracks for DVD releases of Charlie Chaplin's The Kid and pioneer French filmmaker George Melies Conquest of the Pole. 

Open to all.

Location:
The Center