The Best of A/V Geeks Part IV
Curated by Skip Elsheimer
Aurora Picture Show
April 12 and 13, 2003
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Are You Listening? – Children learn how to listen after they turn into giant ears and their teacher turns a giant mouth. Then they go to the zoo.
Toothache of a Clown – An ether-induced look at dental hygiene with a clown. Great unless you are afraid of clowns and/or dentists!
Plastics – Exciting and beautiful footage of plastic manufacturer assembly lines accompanied by a wacky synth soundtrack.
Sally at 13 – Puberty is tough, especially for Sally who’s curiosity about sex is always getting her into trouble.
Morality for Youth – Made by the Church of Latter Day Saints, this film spells out all the temptations will lead teens to hell.
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See the A/V Geeks run to these other Texas cities: Dallas (Magnolia Theater, April 17); San Antonio (Honey Factory, April 18); Austin (Alamo Drafthouse, April 19 and 20).
All About Skip: During the day a mild-mannered computer tech support technician, Skip Elsheimer, 36, spends most of time and money collecting, archiving and presenting old 16mm educational films. What started as a hobby ten years ago, the collection has grown to over 13,000 films gathered from school auctions, thrift stores, closets and dumpsters. Skip recently purchased an old boarding house with eight bedrooms - five of which are filled with films. He presents monthly themed film shows in his home base of Raleigh, NC and Durham, NC - shows like "Brats!" - a collection of films showing early brat development and how to prevent it; or "Televised Teen Traumas" - a showcase of ABC Afterschool Specials. Recently, he's taken his shows on the road to Boston's Coolidge Cinema and New York's American Museum of the Moving Image, where he did an eight show retrospective. Films from his archive have been released on DVDs - "Social Engineering 101", "Sex and Drugs", "On the Job" and "Driver's Ed". All four are available in a lunchbox set on sale at Amazon, Best Buy and Borders. Visit his web site at http://www.avgeeks.com