Mar 16-22 CinemATL Happenings: Lonnie Holley IndieGoGo and Broken Beauty

A few shots from film happenings in Atlanta.

Sunday, March 16 - Hammonds House in West Atlanta hosted the IndieGoGo launch event for "The Lonnie Holley Story". Atlanta based filmmaker George King has been following the self-taught artist, turned musician, for two decades. King is raising an initial $30,000 by April 26 to finish the film. Lonnie Holley peformed some of his music at the event. The Lonnie Holley Story IndieGoGo Campaign

Saturday, March 22 - Contraband Cinema presented works from glitch artists at Beep Beep Gallery. Glitch artists "use a wide array of new and old technologies to rebel against the hyper-slick and glossy world of contemporary media." "Using their VCR's binary code, circuit boards, gaming consoles and video mixers, they strive to find the soul of the machine while showing viewers that broken is beautiful!"

Marcus giving the audience insight into how filmmakers intentionally create glitches.

Anna, who curated Broken Beauty, discusses what she's learned bout glitching.

A selection from Broken Beauty.

A selection from Broken Beauty.

Q&A with Broken Beauty filmmakers in attendance.

Adam Bruneau works in more traditional narrative, wanted to explore purely experimental themes and work.

SCAD's Michael Betancourt breaks down his piece The Dark Rift.

Chris Chambers' piece intended to be traditional, became more experimental after Chris wasn't satisfied with the original results.

Lonnie Holley performing at the IndieGoGo launch event for the documentary on his work.

Documentary filmmaker George King showing the Lonnie Holley CD's that come with various pledge levels.

George King showing the pieces Lonnie Holley created just for the IndieGoGo campaign.

Lonnie Holley's show notes for the launch event.

"Thumbs up to Mother Universe" - Lonnie Holley taking thumbs up pictures with fans.