Silent Movie Day - The Oath of the Sword (1914) & BAAFF Preview Event
When:
Friday, Sep 29, 2023 7:00p -
8:30p
Friday, Sep 29, 2023 7:00p -
8:30p
Where:
Northeastern University - Blackman Auditorium
342 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Movies, Music, Rainy Day Ideas
Event website:
bit.ly/silentmovieday
Presented by Northeastern University and Boston Asian American Film Festival
Celebrate SILENT MOVIE DAY and the upcoming 15th Boston Asian American Film Festival with a festival preview, screening of The Oath of the Sword (1914), and panel conversation!
The Oath of the Sword was produced in 1914 by a company described by Moving Picture World as the “first company in America to be owned, controlled and operated by Japanese.” Based in Los Angeles, the Japanese American Film Company was among several similar independent film companies established by Japanese during a period when the American film industry had yet to become Hollywood as we know it. The Oath of the Sword is the earliest known Asian American film production and illuminates a largely unknown chapter in American film history.
Join us for the East Coast premiere of this recently REDISCOVERED & RESTORED silent film treasure. Musical score arranged from period photoplay music, with additional original material, by Allen Feinstein. Orchestration for theatre orchestra by Allen Feinstein, Ben Green, and Jasmine Bryant.
Following the film will be a panel discussion with Denise Khor, Arthur Dong, and Allen Feinstein, moderated by Susan Chinsen.
Read Northeastern Global New’s article about this film’s original premiere at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles here. Visit the Northeastern event webpage here.
Film still courtesy George Eastman Museum.
Title Graphic from Motion Picture Magazine, January 1915.
Restored by the Japanese American National Museum and George Eastman Museum. Funded by the National Film Preservation Foundation. The digital restoration from a 35mm nitrate print and 35mm safety negative from the George Eastman Museum collection was completed at Eastman Museum Film Preservation Services and Colorlab.
DIRECTED BY: Frank Shaw. WITH: Tomi Morri, Miss Hisa Numa, Yutaka Abe. 1914. 31 min. USA. Tinted, B&W. Silent. English intertitles.
WITH SUPPORT FROM NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY:
- Dean’s Office College of Arts, Media and Design
- Dean’s Office College of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Asian American Studies
- Art + Design Department
- Music Department
- Communications Department
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