Illuminations: Jerome Hiler

September 13–October 28, 2023

Local filmmaker Jerome Hiler presents two programs of his “formally and visually astonishing” experimental films, along with his two features reflecting his passion for music and medieval stained glass. 

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  • Words of Mercury

  • Cinema Before 1300

  • New Shores

  • Music Makes a City

  • Upcoming
    Films
  • Past
    Films
  • Past
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Upcoming Films

  • Three Experimental Films by Jerome Hiler: Program Two

    Sunday, October 1 4 PM
    Jerome Hiler in Person

    New Shores, Ruling Star, and Bagatelle I beautifully mark Jerome Hiler’s move to San Francisco and ongoing meditations on life in California. 

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  • Music Makes a City

    Jerome Hiler, Owsley Brown
    United States, 2010
    Saturday, October 28 4 PM
    Jerome Hiler and Owsley Brown in Person

    “In striking synchronicity, a mayor, a conductor, and a robust postwar generation of composers intersected to make the city [of Louisville, Kentucky,] a hub for visionary composition” (New York Times).

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Past Films

  • Cinema Before 1300

    • Sunday, September 17 4 PM
    Jerome Hiler
    United States, 2023

    Jerome Hiler’s passion for medieval stained glass impacted his filmmaking practice and led to a fascinating evolving lecture, “Cinema Before 1300,” here premiering in digital form. 

    Jerome Hiler in Person

  • Three Experimental Films by Jerome Hiler: Program One

    • Wednesday, September 13 7 PM

    All three films in this program—Words of Mercury, Bagatelle II, and In the Stone House—represent a journey of sorts, and between them they include footage from throughout Jerome Hiler’s filmmaking life.

    Jerome Hiler in Person