In CINEVANGELIST: A LIFE IN REVIVAL FILM, film historian and artist George Figgs tells the story of his life's work in bringing revival cinema to Baltimore and beyond.From his role in Baltimore's underground film scene of the 1960s and his involvement with the Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge during the early '70s, to helping manage Baltimore’s celebrated Charles Theatre in the '80s, owning and operating the Orpheum Cinema during the '90s, and continuing with the "third wave" of revival cinema today, Figgs has made it his mission to bring alternative films to the audiences who want to see them, in the way they were meant to be seen.
Dedicated to the Orpheum Cinema (1990-1999)...and the movies that live on.
Director's Statement:
I first met George Figgs in the 1990s, when I regularly attended screenings at his Orpheum Cinema. Years later, while working in film distribution in New York, I became interested in the history of art and revival cinema in the US, and also began researching Baltimore's role specifically in this area of film history. I knew George had lots of interesting experiences to share about his work in film exhibition over the years, so I wanted to make this film to record George's story as well as to document the history of revival cinema in Baltimore.
2017 / 25 minutes / Color / HD / Stereo
With George Figgs
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Matt Barry
Main Title Design: Brooke Hendrickson
George Figgs is a film historian, author, and painter. He ran the Orpheum Cinema in Baltimore from 1990 to 1999. His writings on revival cinema can be read in his column in Reveal Baltimore.
About Matt Barry
