SL-1 poster by Diane Orr and C Larry Roberts
Sunday, April 8, 1984, 8:00 pm
Diane Orr and C Larry Roberts: SL-1
The filmmakers will be present
SL-1, 1983, 60 min.; written and directed by Diane Orr and C Larry Roberts
Strong Willed Women Subdue and Subjugate Reptiles, 1982, 11 min.; by C Larry Roberts
Bay Area filmmakers Diane Orr and C Larry Roberts have had two films shown on public TV in the past year. Roberts is known for his surrealistically poetic films, Orr for her award-winning documentaries. SL-1 has been featured in numerous international festivals and was a prize-winner at Filmfestival Manheim. Orr and Roberts will be present.
SL-1 is a true story about the unbelievable events that led up to and followed America’s first nuclear accident in 1961. Newsweek characterized the event as a bizarre murder/suicide perpetrated by one of the reactor’s operators. SL-1 features archival footage and contemporary interviews mixed with a pseudo-investigatory enactment of an ersatz film noir.
Strong Willed Women… is an affectionate treatment of found images of Women and alligators.