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Kick My Heart's Ass: Short Films About Love
Curated by Davy Rothbart
February 11 - March 21, 2009
Opening
reception:
Wednesday, February 11, 6-8 pm
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Davy Rothbart
is an author, filmmaker, contributor to This American Life,
and the editor/publisher of Found Magazine. The Lone Surfer
of Montana, Kansas, a collection of Rothbart's short-stories,
was published in August 2005 by Simon & Schuster. An Italian
edition, Il Surfista Solitario del Montana, was published
in 2007 by Coniglio Editore. In 2008, actor Steve Buscemi optioned
the book for film adaption, to be developed by Olive Productions.
When Fred Rogers of the PBS television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
died in February 2003, the New York Times ran an Op-Ed
by Rothbart about his childhood encounters with Rogers similar to
his story on This American Life. Rothbart also writes for
GQ, The Believer, SLAM Magazine, and
The Sun. His films include the documentary How We Survive
about the punk rock band Rise Against, and Easier With Practice,
a film based on an article Rothbart wrote for GQ about
his life on tour, to be released in 2009. Rothbart is also the subject
of an upcoming documentary, directed by David Meiklejohn, called
My Heart Is An Idiot. Additionally, he has appeared twice
on the television program The Late Show with David Letterman on
CBS. |
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