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5 - 11 March 2023: Spring Night, Summer Night introduced by Peter Conheim

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Spring Night, Summer Night
Joseph L. Anderson, 1967, 82 min

UK premiere introduced by Peter Conheim

“J.L. Anderson’s haunted Appalachian romance occupies a proud place alongside such similarly hand-crafted, off-the-grid American independent films as Carnival of Souls, The Exiles, Night of the Living Dead, and Wanda. Made in coal-mining country in southeastern Ohio with local amateur actors, the film is carefully observed (Anderson and his producer Franklin Miller spent two years scouting locations becoming familiar with the place and the people) and beautifully and lovingly realized.” – Film at Lincoln Center