‘Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger’ opens in Chicago at the end of October at the Gene Siskel Film Theater. From Oct 27th to Nov 2nd. Chicago Premiere
REVOLUTIONS OF THE NIGHT: THE ENIGMA OF HENRY DARGER
2017, MARK STOKES, UK, 104 MIN.
SHOW TIMES
- Fri, Oct 27th 2:00pm
- Fri, Oct 27th 6:00pm
- Sat, Oct 28th 8:15pm
- Sun, Oct 29th 4:45pm
- Mon, Oct 30th 6:00pm
- Wed, Nov 1st 6:00pm
- Thu, Nov 2nd 8:15pm
Chicago premiere! Mark Stokes in person!
Reclusive outsider artist Henry Darger worked for decades in poverty and obscurity in a one-room Chicago apartment, and only following his 1973 death was his massive life’s work, consisting of thousands of collage drawings, assemblages, paintings, and the fifteen-volume novel “In the Realms of the Unreal,” discovered by his landlord, artist-photographer Nathan Lerner. This in-depth documentary explores Darger’s traumatic personal history, including his youthful confinement in an asylum where children were brutally punished, and ranges over the themes and images of his paintings and drawings revolving around an intricate narrative of a revolt spearheaded by little girls on an alien planet where children are held in slavery. Director Stokes includes film footage of Darger’s room when first discovered, his albums, scrapbooks, and collected objects, and charts his posthumous rise to art world recognition. Presented in cooperation with Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago. DCP digital. (BS)
Director Mark Stokes will be present for audience discussion on Saturday.
Henry Darger Documentary 