Anthology Film Archives Screening of 'The Buttercup Project,' 6/2

Indie filmmakers Josh Badham and Brian Rider screen their latest short film, "The Buttercup Project," at the Anthology Film Archives theatre in New York City (32 Second Avenue @ 2nd Street) on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 at 7:15pm. Admission is $6.

In the 3 minute shot film "The Buttercup Project," written by Brian Rider and produced and directed by Josh Badham and Brian Rider, three men with a briefcase find themselves in a sticky situation. The film stars Gabe Tellez as Man with Briefcase, Antoine Richardson as Man in Suit, and Brian Rider as Driver.

Also being screened that night will be Giovanni Salis' I BAMBINI CHIUDONO GLI OCCHI, Chris Dawson's REVERIE, and the feature presentation-Brian Ackley's UPTOWN.

Anthology Film Archives evolved from roots and visions that go back to the early Sixties, when Jonas Mekas, the director of the Film-Makers' Cinematheque, a showcase for avant-garde films, dreamed of establishing a permanent home where the growing number of new independent/avant-garde films could be shown on a regular basis.

Anthology Film Archives opened on November 30, 1970 at Joseph Papp's Public Theater. Jerome Hill was its sponsor. After Jerome Hill's death, in 1974 it relocated to 80 Wooster Street. Pressed by the need for more adequate space, it acquired in 1979 Manhattan's Second Avenue Courthouse building. Under the guidance of the architects Raimund Abraham and Kevin Bone, and at a cost of $1,450,000, the building was adapted to house two motion picture theaters, a reference library, a film preservation department, offices, and a gallery.

At the Courthouse, Anthology has found an ideal home as a chamber museum, dedicated to the preservation, study and exhibition of independent and avant-garde film. It is the first museum devoted to film as an art form, committed to the guiding principle that a great film must be seen many times, that the film print must be the best possible, and that the viewing conditions must be optimal.

For more information and a complete schedule, visit online at www.anthologyfilmarchives.org.