A/V Geeks

Celluloid Salesman at the NC Museum of Art

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Skip Elsheimer, visionary collector of 24,000 16 mm educational and industrial movies, brings a typically inspired kaleidoscope of edutainment focusing on the postwar Madison Avenue advertising world. Watch sly marketers use the classroom to mold a generation of consumers. N.C. State University film studies professors Marsha and Devin Orgeron join him with their new book, Learning with the Lights Off.

8:00pm until 11:00pm Friday, February 17, 2012

North Carolina Museum of Art 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27607

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Admission $5. $3.50 for museum members, students, Cinema Inc. and Galaxy Cinema members

A/V Geeks Challenge : CAN YOU TAKE IT?!?

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The A/V Geek present a night of challenging films from their vast collection 16mm educational films (some which come from hospitals and health departments). Can you take it without running out screaming and clawing your eyes out?

9pm, Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Doors open at 8:30pm.

Kings Barcade 14 West Martin Street, Raleigh, NC 27601

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Special prizes for attendees who stay the entire night.

$5 admission.

A/V Geeks Present “Manster (1959)”

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In the grand tradition seeking out and screening low budget-high entertainment films, the A/V Geeks are proud to present “Manster”. In this late 1950s Japanese film, an American reporter Larry Stanford, eager to return to the States and his wife, is sent on one last assignment – interviewing a mad scientist who lives on top of a volcano. The scientist sees Stanford as a perfect subject for his experiment involving evolution and cosmic rays. Predictably, this experiment doesn’t end well. This event is FREE, but donations will be accepted. Show up early to catch a film from the A/V Geeks archive and stay after to play trivia and win valuable prizes!

7pm, Friday, March 2, 2012

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601

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Dead is Dead DVD

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After years of inquiries about this early over-the-top 70s anti-drug film, we finally found a copy. We have to admit that this does not disappoint. Hosted and produced by black comedian, Godfrey Cambridge, this film shows us junkies going “cold turkey”, chastises parents for their hypocrisy regarding prescription pills vs street drugs, shows us a parade of overdosed corpses and even hints that the U.S. Government is involved in the drug trade overseas. Wow, and some of you saw this when you were in middle school?!? No wonder you want to see it again…$10.00

Clothing Makes The… DVD

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Short films about clothing and fashion and how they affect the wearer. Films include:

Dress for Health – Twin kids learn how clothing will help keep them from getting sick.
What is Cloth? A mother teaches her daughter how to tell the difference between different types of cloth.
Replay – the Arrow Shirt Company embraces hippies
Twenty Dollar Miracle – a brief history of dresses and how they got so cheap
Fur Coat Club – two little girls with a fur fetish explore New York City

$10.00

WANWANLINK

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A sublime use of A/V Geeks (and other footage found at the Internet Archive) by Japanese video artist, Teshigawara(qubibi)

Your Television Friends DVD

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A compilation of educational TV shorts shown on Saturday mornings featuring kids talking about their hometowns. Includes Apache Indian Friends, Eskimo Friends, Friends in Alpine TX, Friends in Atlanta GA, Friends in Buffalo NY, Friends in Dallas TX, Friends in Morro Bay CA, Friends in Philadelphia, Friends in St Louis, Friends in Washington DC, Pennsylvania Dutch Friends, Puerto Rican-American Friends. $10.00

All the Mulligan Stew You Can Eat DVD!

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Three episodes of the 1972 4-H Council and Michigan State Univ-produced wacky TV show that teaches kids good nutrition with humor and songs. Episodes include – Getting It All Together, Great Nutrition Turn-On and Look Inside Yourself. $10.00

Balls Out! DVD

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In the past, the A/V Geeks have challenged audiences with films about drugs, bus safety, venereal disease, shotguns, meat and more. This year, the presentation focuses on films that feature balls – amazing films with bouncing spherical objects and the lessons they can teach us. This show is a must see for any fan of old educational films. Below are just some of films being screened:
The Huntsman - A young boy’s idyllic summer of rescuing and reselling golf balls is devastated by teenage thugs and thoughts of revenge.
Singles - A baffling Christian film about single balls attending Church groups.
Marble - An amazing Dutch film featuring a boy, his magic marble and the Dutch army! Prog rock soundtrack by members of Focus!
Moonplay - A little girl brings the Moon down to Earth as a bright bouncing ball that wreaks havoc on a small Scandinavian village.
The DVD also features Orange and Blue and Rhythmic Balls Skills..
$10.00

The Only Way To Fly DVD

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Do you remember when you could drive your car on the tarmac, buy your tickets on the plane, or greet your grandmother at the terminal gate? These old 16mm educational and promotional films from the A/V Geeks Film Archive fondly look back to a day when air travel was a novel luxury. Films include:

Air Transportation (1946)
Perhaps a job in the air transportation industry is for you? This film
tells us about all the different jobs you can pursue..

Behind The Scenes At The Airport (1947)
An airline pilot happily tells us about all the work it takes to keep
commercial aircraft running smoothly and safely..

Air Traffic Controller (1968)
Hey guys, do you have what it takes to be an air traffic controller?
This film will run you through an average day in the tower!

The Airline Stewardess (1968)
Hey ladies, thinking of an exciting career as an airline stewardess.
This film shows you a typical day in the life of a swinging hostess of
the air..

Only Way to Fly (circa mid-1970s)
Western Airlines sings to us about their exciting new destinations.

From Here To There (1970)
Celebrated graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass shows the joys of
air travel on United Airlines.

$10.00

More than an A/V geek

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More than an A/V geek from reesenews on Vimeo.

Jonathan Michels interviews A/V Geeks founder, Skip Elsheimer.

When Hippies Roamed the Earth! DVD

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If scientists dig deep enough in the trash mounds of our popular culture, they will find evidence of beings with long stringy hair, colorful yet tattered clothing and mouths that continuously spew self-important rhetoric. Yes, there is evidence of a time when Hippies roamed the Earth and the A/V Geeks have found glimpses of these creatures in some of their educational films. Films include – Hippie Temptation, Replay, Beginnings, and more…

$10.00