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October 7, 2015Opalka Gallery at Sage to Host Screening of GTFO: The Movie
The Opalka Gallery on the Sage College of Albany campus will host a screening of the second film in its fall 2015 film series, GTFO: The Movie, on Thursday, October 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Sparked by a public display of sexual harassment in 2012, the film pries open the video game world to explore a $20 billion industry riddled with gender discrimination and misogyny.
The event is free and open to the public. The Opalka Galley is located on the Sage College of Albany campus located at 140 New Scotland Avenue, in Albany. For more information visit www.sage.edu/opalka/programming.
Upcoming films in the series include:
Tron (1982) – Thursday, October 22, 6:30 p.m.
The original cult classic, starring Jeff Bridges as a computer programmer who is abducted and transported into the digital world of a video game.
Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball (2006) – Thursday, November 19, 6:30 p.m.
“Tilt” tells the story of “Pinball 2000,” a clever attempt at resuscitating pinball as video games were on the rise. It’s a story about personality and passion, of bold success dizzyingly followed by stunning failure.
Us and the Game Industry (2014) – Thursday, December 3, 6:30 p.m.
This documentary film explores the motivations and processes of computer game designers at the frontier of experimental game development.
For a full listing of upcoming events at The Sage Colleges visit sage.edu/arts-lectures/.
