North American Premiere
GIFT OF FIRE Nineteen (Obscure) Frames That Changed The World
Shorts in Competition: Documentary
| USA | 30 MINUTES | EnglishNineteen film frames remain of artist and inventor Louis Le Prince's 1888 movie of Leeds Bridge, here seen in stereo. A six-foot-four man among a five-foot-five population, he "vanished" on the way to the patent office, quite possibly a feat of wizardry, or skullduggery, by The Wizard of Menlo Park. Now Edison is also gone and there's only the film fragment to investigate.
Cast & Credits
Directed by
Ken Jacobs
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