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    Resurrect Dead: Film Screening and DVD Release Party

    Resurrect Dead: Film Screening and DVD Release Party

    Presented by Philadelphia Film Society at Trocadero Theatre

    February 6, 2012


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    Director Jon Foy will be in attendance! Audience members will be able to purchase copies of the film on DVD during this official release party!

    A surprise hit at the Sundance Film Festival, Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles garnered West Philadelphian Jon Foy an award for Best Documentary Director at Sundance 2011. Resurrect Dead is an artfully crafted documentary that follows Foy, local musician and artist Justin Duerr, and Steve Weinik and Colin Smith as they try to solve the mystery of the Toynbee Tiles.

    Appearing on city streets over the past three decades, the Toynbee Tiles consist of hundreds of cryptic messages about resurrecting the dead. The search takes them to a David Mamet play, a TV news hijacker with a cryptic message, eccentric residents in the deepest reaches of South Philadelphia and dedicated shortwave radio buffs, creating an atmosphere of magical realism as the unexpected pieces of this complex puzzle click into place. 85 min.



     


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      • Venue Info

        Trocadero Theatre

        1003 Arch Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19107

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        $3 (goes towards a drink)

        Info Phone: 267-239-2941

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        February 6, 2012

        Times:

        Doors open @ 6:30pm
        Film begins @ 8 pm

        *Arrive before 7 pm and get a FREE! drink & a bag of popcorn.
         

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