Category: Documentary Feature
Year: 2011
Run Time: 88 min
Credits: Directors/Producers: Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton
ARKANSAS PREMIERE!

Synopsis: What do the films CASABLANCA, BLAZING SADDLES, and WEST SIDE STORY have in common? Besides being popular, they have also been deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and listed on The National Film Registry. THESE AMAZING SHADOWS tells the history and importance of the Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself. The current list of 550 films includes selections from every genre - documentaries, home movies, Hollywood classics, avant-garde, newsreels and silent films. THESE AMAZING SHADOWS reveals how American movies tell us so much about ourselves... not just what we did, but what we thought, what we felt, what we aspired to, and the lies we told ourselves.

"Inspiring...elegantly assembled." --THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"Film montages to end all film montages." --VANITY FAIR

Awards: Best Documentary, Savannah Film Festival; Best Documentary, Louisville's International Festival of Film

Screenings (partial list): Seattle International Film Festival; Sundance Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Lucerne International Film Festival