TAMI Presents The Texas Film Round-Up Coming to Rio Grande Valley
TEXAS FILM ROUND-UP TRAVELS TO LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, MAY 2009
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) brings its new statewide traveling educational program, the Texas Film Round-Up, to the Cine El Ray in McAllen on Friday, May 15th from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., the Historic Brownsville Museum in Brownsville on Saturday, May 16th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and to the Rialto Theatre in Harlingen on Sunday, May 17th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Working to preserve Texas-related film and video, TAMI will be on-site at all locations to offer free film and video digitization, to screen unique footage of the Rio Grande Valley, and to display their traveling exhibit, Preserving Memories: Texas’ Moving Image Legacy.
- Drop-off your Texas-related film and video for the Texas Archive of the Moving Image’s FREE digitization program
- Watch unique historic film and video footage of the Rio Grande Valley
- Learn about film and video preservation through family-friendly exhibits and demonstrations
The cornerstone of the Texas Film Round-Up is TAMI’s free digitization program, which is available to anyone with Texas-related film or video who is willing to contribute an electronic copy of their materials to TAMI’s online library: www.texasarchive.org/library. Donors can drop off their film and video at each Round-Up location.
The Texas Film Round-Up kicks off on Friday night in McAllen with a screening at the Cine El Ray theater. The evening will feature a series of border-themed films including shorts from the archive of the CineSol Film Festival, and highlights from TAMI’s archival collection. Screening starts at 8 p.m.
Texas Film Round-Up Lower Rio Grande Valley Schedule:
May 15, 2009
Cine El Ray
311 South 17th St., McAllen, TX 78501
6 p.m to 11 p.m.
8 p.m. – Featured Screening
May 16, 2009
The Historic Brownsville Museum
641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, TX78520
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
2 p.m. – Debut screening of the “Snake King of Brownsville†footage
May 17, 2009
The Rialto Theatre
103 W. Jackson St., Harlingen, TX 78520
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
2 p.m. – Special screening
About The Texas Archive of the Movie Image:
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image is an independent non-profit organization founded in 2002 to discover, preserve and make accessible Texas film heritage. The Texas Film Round-up is offered in partnership with the Office of the Governor’s Texas Film Commission and will travel to Lubbock in July. The Valley Film Round-Up is also offered in partnership with the Harlingen Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, the Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum, the CineSol Film Festival, the Cine El Ray Theater, the Historic Brownsville Museum, the Agrasanchez Film Archive, the McAllen Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and the Rialto Theater.
More information on the Texas Film Round-Up can be found at www.texasfilmroundup.org or by contacting TAMI at (512) 485-3073 or round-up@texasarchive.org.
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