Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Reveals Inaugural Film Program, Including Busby Berkeley Fantasias and Avant-Garde Shorts
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, announced its inaugural film program at San Diego Comic Con ahead of the museum’s September 22 opening. Senior curator and head of film programs Ryan Linkof said two theaters will run screenings continuously throughout the day to create a drop-in, gallery-like experience. The Robert Flaherty Theater will show newly commissioned episodes of “Seeing is Believing: The Story of Narrative Art,” episodes of the 2024 TV series “The Power of Film,” Robert Mann’s 1988 documentary “Comic Book Confidential,” and documentaries on artists featured at the museum, including Norman Rockwell, Jim Lee, Charles Schulz, Maurice Sendak, Diego Rivera, J.C. Leyendecker, and Weegee. The Slavko Vorkapich Theater will present avant-garde works by figures such as Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, Stan Brakhage, Kenneth Anger, Mary Ellen Bute, and Jordan Belson, alongside Georges Méliès films, Busby Berkeley musical sequences, Looney Tunes, early animations by Winsor McCay, Disney and Fleischer animations, an episode of “Star Wars: Visions,” and George Lucas student films from 1965–1969.
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