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October is Silent Movie Month in Ithaca and in celebration of the City’s storied moviemaking past, the Tompkins County Public Library and Ithaca Motion Picture Project will partner for a month of programming and exhibits.

Opening October 1, “Lights, Camera, Silents!,” a photographic exhibit featuring a montage of pictures of local sets and locations used for filming movies by the famed Wharton Brothers.  This exhibit is the second to be displayed by IMPP at the Library.  Last fall, an 80-foot-long structural timeline of Ithaca’s movie-making history was exhibited as part of “Romance, Exploits and Peril:  When Movies Were Made in Ithaca,” a county-wide exhibition on the history of silent moviemaking and Ithaca's role in that history.

On October 21 at 2 p.m., TCPL will feature an encore presentation of the Martin Scorsese film “Hugo.”  Based on the book, “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Selznick, the Oscar-winning “Hugo” introduces pioneering French filmmaker and illusionist Georges Méliés.

The celebration will continue October 28 at 2 p.m. when Ithaca Made Movies Founder Terry Harbin hosts an afternoon of silent films.  Harbin, an expert on locally-made films will screen “Patria,” “The Mysteries of Myra” and “The Mission of the War Chest” during this free, family-friendly event.

A photomontage of local sets and locations used for filming movies by the famed Wharton Brothers, this exhibit is the second to be displayed by IMPP at the Library.  Last fall, an 80-foot-long structural timeline of Ithaca’s movie-making history was exhibited as part of “Romance, Exploits and Peril:  When Movies Were Made in Ithaca.”

“Banned Books,” an exhibit held in conjunction with Banned Books and Freedom to Read Week, which takes place from September 30 through October 6, and “Drawing on Democracy” will also be featured at TCPL during Gallery Night.

“Banned Books” will include a display of books that have been challenged or banned from schools, libraries and communities and is intended to remind readers of the importance of access to all literature.

“Drawing on Democracy,” curated by artist and Community School of Music and Art faculty member Terry Plater, offers a glimpse into the definition of “democracy” as interpreted by nine local artists.  The exhibit also encourages viewers to share their comments in the ever-evolving “Citizens are Encouraged to Use the Pencils Provided,” a piece by artist Ben Altman.

“Drawing on Democracy” has been supported by a grant from the Community Arts Partnership and will be on display at TCPL through October 11.

Displays of young reader and adult books about the silent film industry will also be on display at TCPL during October.

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