Join us for the screening of
“Exit Through the Gift Shop”
The Sept. 20 Movies with Spirit’s screening will start at 7 p.m. and be followed by a facilitated discussion. Refreshments will be served. The evening will end by 10 p.m.
Suggested donation $10
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (2010): This is an inside story about street art directed by and starring (or maybe not) the mysterious and pseudonymous British street artist Banksy. The documentary primarily features footage by French-born, Los Angeles-based street artist Thierry Guetta. Guetta filmed Banksy during his Los Angeles projects, including a notorious 2006 Disneyland stunt in which Banksy placed a lifesize inflatable Guantanamo Bay detainee — hooded, manacled and dressed in orange prison coveralls — inside the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller-coaster ride area. Banksy later shaped the footage of his Disneyland intervention into this documentary, which explores the commercialization of street art and Guetta’s transformation into the artist known as Mr. Brainwash. The amusing, engrossing look at underground art also questions the nature of artistic rebellion and seeks to deflate the myths and hype surrounding its subjects.
Winner of 24 critic and festival awards. Rated R.
“Banksy proves that his talents extend beyond the spray can to the movie camera.”
“Brilliantly untrustworthy.”
“An exhilarating hall-of-mirrors look at what happens when global art fame turns anonymous, artists become objects, fans turn into artists, and the whole what’s-sincere-and-what’s-a-sham spectacle is more fun than art was ever supposed to be.”
The monthly Movies With Spirit series, organized by Gerry Harrington of Kingston, seeks to stimulate joy and wonder, inspire love and compassion, and help people understand their connection with others and with life itself. It supports all cultures, faiths and beliefs while transcending them. Movies With Spirit has no religious affiliation.
For more information or special accommodations, please call Harrington at 845-389-9201 or email gerryharrington@mindspring.com