Experience a collection of silent films produced one hundred years ago with newly recorded original music and sound effects.

Time Travelers Wanted! One hundred years ago we were just taking our first steps into the future of the modern world. As more and more people had their own cars, planes were being designed to carry passengers, and the majority of Americans would have electricity in their homes by the end of the 1920s. And while some people fought to hold on to the past, many more held on to the idea of a better and brighter future. In 1922 alone, the White House installed its first radio, congress welcomed its first female senator, and the Harlem Renaissance began to cast a spotlight on talented artists like Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong.

Welcome to Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival’s Cinema Centennial! Let us take you back in time, not just to the roaring twenties, but to seeing the world through the eyes of a child again. As this year our program contains stories centered on kids. Those movies that contain a special kind of magic. The one that sees the world as a place of wonder, adventure, and potential for the future.

Schedule of Films

BUBBLES (1922) – 7 minutes
A cartoonist and his animated clown compete to see who can blow the biggest bubble.

OUR GANG (1922) – 15 minutes
The gang take part in a series of shenanigans together as they initiate a new member and keep the shop run by the mother of another’s in business.

OLIVER TWIST (1922) – 75 minutes [Presented in 16mm]
The story of an orphan boy whose character is tested once he falls into the hands of criminals. While Oliver proves to be an honorable young man, events beyond his control put both his hope of finding a real home and his very life in peril.