Fully Awake: The Black Mountain
College Experience

Friday, September 21 at 8:00 PM Flying Monkey Arts Center, 2211 Seminole Drive Admission $5 / $3 Film Co-op members

THE FILM Fully Awake: Black Mountain College is a documentary film about the experimental college based in North Carolina from 1933-1957 and its enormous influence on community, collaboration, and American modern art. The 70 minute film was shot on digital video and looks at the unique educational style and long term significance of Black Mountain College through interviews with students, teachers, historians, and current artists. While popularly known as the location for such events as Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome, John Cage's first multimedia happening and publishing early Beat poets in the Black Mountain Review, the film illuminates the unique educational approach of Black Mountain College and the emphasis on balancing academics, art, work programs and community living. Program includes pre-screening performance artists and a post-screening discussion. WEBSITE http://www.ibiblio.org/bmc/bmchomepage.html