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DREW FRIEDMAN: VERMEER OF THE BORSCHT BELT
Sunday, October 5
6:30
Post-film conversation with subject Drew Friedman, filmmaker Kevin Dougherty, and writer/director Owen Kline (FUNNY PAGES), moderated by Frank Santopadre, host of the podcast Fun For All Ages and Emmy Award-winning writer/producer of The View.
PRE-SCREENING BOOK SIGNING AT 5:45: Drew Friedman will sign copies of his books Schtick Figures (Fantagraphics) and Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix (Fantagraphics) both available at our concession.
U.S., 2024
Directed by Kevin Dougherty
Approx. 60 min.
“For years, artist Drew Friedman has chronicled a strange, alternate universe populated by forgotten Hollywood stars, old Jewish comedians and liver-spotted elevator operators. DREW FRIEDMAN: VERMEER OF THE BORSCHT BELT is an in-depth documentary tracing artist Friedman’s evolution from underground comics to the cover of The New Yorker. Features interviews with Friedman’s friends and colleagues, including Gilbert Gottfried, Patton Oswalt, Richard Kind, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Mike Judge, KAZ, Leonard Maltin, Marc Maron, Merrill Markoe, R. Crumb, and many others.” – American Cinematheque