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There is a noticeable communal appreciation and joy for the screening of classic martial arts and action films at the Old School Kung Fu Fest in New York City. The annual festival celebrates films from the 1960s through the 1990s and honors filmgoing experiences at the shuttered and sorely missed ve...

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Published in:Moving image (Minneapolis, Minn.) Minn.), 2017-04, Vol.17 (1), p.29-51
Main Author: Lindal, L. Rath
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Action & adventure films
Collective memory
Cultural heritage
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FEATURES
Festival programming
Festivals
Film festivals
Film libraries
Horror fiction
Library collections
Martial arts
Motion picture festivals
Motion picture industry
Movies
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Summary:There is a noticeable communal appreciation and joy for the screening of classic martial arts and action films at the Old School Kung Fu Fest in New York City. The annual festival celebrates films from the 1960s through the 1990s and honors filmgoing experiences at the shuttered and sorely missed venues in Manhattan's Chinatown and Times Square. It is a small, weekend genre film festival with big cultural value. The festival exemplifies festival memory, which, as Van Hemert argues, is how "film festivals serve as (temporary) sites of memory, through the programming and screening of films, engagement with local audiences, and promotion of film culture." Such memory is "inextricably linked to the festival staff, audience, and place." At the Old School Kung Fu Fest, returning festival attendees and staff greet one another with the warmth of old friends, while newcomers are received with a welcome mat of spiritedness.
ISSN:1532-3978
1542-4235
DOI:10.5749/movingimage.17.1.0029