Summer Film Series: Wizard People, Dear Reader

Wednesday, April 19 at 8pm

In order to provide alternative entertainment to the Charlottesville community, The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative is joining with the Virginia Film Society to present a Summer Film Series at New Art Across The Bridge. The unique films in the series provide a perfect blend of the political, the personal, and the experimental to liven up the summer arts scene.

The series begins with the darkly comedic film, Wizard People, Dear Reader on Wednesday, April 19. As a twisted narrative reimagining characters in a popular children’s fantasy movie, this work provides a unique approach to storytelling by replacing the film’s original soundtrack with alternative dialogue. Comic book artist Brad Neely’s subversive rescripting of a Hollywood film has been called a “new art form.” Neely states, “What I wanted to do was not make fun of the movie, but build something around that preexisting thing.”