Experience curated screenings from the Library's 16mm film collection and participate in guided discussions about film, history, and archives. Join us for the continuation of our Surrealism series with a special screening of Luis Buñuel's 1962 comedic horror The Exterminating Angel, screened along with Hans Richter's Ghosts Before Breakfast. For more information, please contact the branch at 305-375-5572 or specialcollections@mdpls.org. Ages 19 yrs.+
About the films
THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL
A group of high-society friends are invited to a mansion for dinner and find themselves inexplicably unable to leave, in Luis Buñuel’s daring masterpiece The Exterminating Angel (El ángel exterminador). Made just one year after the director’s international sensation Viridiana, this film, full of eerie comic absurdity, continues Buñuel’s wicked takedown of the rituals and dependencies of the frivolous upper classes.
GHOSTS BEFORE BREAKFAST
A dadaist short in which Richter takes “everyday objects” and makes them rebel against their daily routine.
About the Film Collection
The 16mm film collection has been part of the Library's holdings for over 55 years. It began in the 1960s, and its first films were part of the City of Miami's public library before there was a county library. When MDPLS was formed, the County supplemented its local funding for films with Federal LSCA (Library Services and Construction Act) grants. Apart from leased feature films, all films were purchased for free exhibition for the life of the print. Subjects within the collection include experimental/avant-garde art films, non-narrated films, children's films, Black history, Floridiana, and local history. Today, there are over 4,000 films within the collection.
About the Division of Special Collections & Archives
Miami-Dade Public Library System's Division of Special Collections & Archives holds rare and irreplaceable historical documents for the benefit of the public and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Collection, 16mm Film Collection, Cuban Collection of Rare Books & Ephemera, Genealogy Collection, Vasari Project, and rare & antiquarian books from as early as the 17th century. The Division's primary goal is to provide the public with the contents of the vault at their request. Its collections include rare books, original manuscripts, over 18,000 photographs, prints, artifacts, audiovisual resources, and electronic media.
AGE GROUP: | Adult (19+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Special Collections | Movies | In-Person | History |
TAGS: | Special Collections | Movies | In-Person | Cultural Events | Art |
Mon, Sep 29 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Tue, Sep 30 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Wed, Oct 01 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Thu, Oct 02 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Fri, Oct 03 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Oct 04 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Oct 05 | Closed |