Western Neighborhoods Project presents:
Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscapes: Shipwreck Week Edition
Join Western Neighborhoods Project (WNP) for their annual commemoration of Shipwreck Week with the reprise of Rick Prelinger’s western neighborhoods take on Lost Landscapes (now with more shipwreck footage!) at the 4 Star Theater on Tuesday, September 24th at 7:00 pm!
Shipwreck Week brings together maritime experts, local businesses, and nonprofits to serve you seven full days of curated events, podcast episodes, videos, and merchandise–all to remember the ships we lost around San Francisco, and the people who sailed on them.
Rick Prelinger is an archivist, filmmaker, writer, educator, and with his wife Megan, founder of the Prelinger Archives and Prelinger Library. He began collecting home movies and "ephemeral films" (films made for specific purposes at specific times, such as advertising, educational and industrial films) in 1983. Since 2006, Rick has created annual compilations of clips from the Prelinger Archives and screened them as “Lost Landscapes of San Francisco,” a participatory event that brings the city of the past and its everyday residents to life.
For Shipwreck Week, Rick has curated a very special Lost Landscapes, featuring footage from San Francisco’s west side that also shows how the city experienced shipwrecks that were remarkably accessible from shore, like the Ohioan. The film will be introduced by WNP Executive Director Nicole Meldahl, who will share a brief illustrated history of the featured footage, contextualize the shipwrecks captured on film, and speak to our unique relationship to the sea on the west side. And as a special addition to this second screening, the entire film will have a live soundtrack provided by the band Rewards Program.
The main program starts at 7:00 pm but doors open at 6:30 pm, giving you time to mingle, peruse the goods at Tunnel Records, and purchase tasty treats (like the best popcorn in the city) from the concession stand. Tickets are $75 for reserved seats up front and $40 for general admission. All tickets include sparkling beverages.
Every ticket purchased will help us keep the lights on and the history happening at WNP, your friendly community history nonprofit since 1999. They also support the 4 Star Theater and CinemaSF, which is San Francisco’s newest nonprofit! Come out to support us all and experience the neighborhoods like you’ve never seen them before.