The Film Maker's Co-Op is threatened

I'm a little late in reporting this but Karina on Spout Blog wrote here about a crisis for an experimental film archive in San Francisco.

These are the names that made me jump up and take notice of this news:
Stan Brakhage, Carolee Schneeman, Hollis Frampton, Jennifer Reeves, Jack Smith, Ken Jacobs, Michael Snow, Maya Deren, Marie Menken, Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Martha Colburn...

These and hundreds of other artists have rare prints being housed by the film distribution company Film Maker's Co-Op in their offices in San Francisco. Art Radio International renegotiated the terms of its lease of the Clocktower Gallery with MoMA recently, consequently terminating their sublease with The Film-Maker’s Co-op (FMC)

And the FMC does not even have the resources to move these fragile prints.

The FMC is petitioning Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin in the hopes she’ll help them either stay in the Clocktower or find a new space (and presumably the resources for the move)

To express your support for Independent film and write to Kate D. Levin directly at http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/maildcla.html

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