DOCUMENTARY FEATURES:
THE FABULOUS ICE AGE
SHOWTIMES THUR, 13 Nov | 8:00 pm CAMEO | St. Helena
WED, 13 Nov | 11:00 am JARVIS | Napa
FRI, 15 Nov | 10:15 pm C
FRI, 15 Nov | 5:30 pm CAMEO | St. Helena
, 16 Nov | 10:15 pm C
SAT, 16 Nov | 10:00 am YCC THEATER | Yountville SUN, 17 Nov | 1:00 pm
ECHO GALLERY | Calistoga
The Fabulous Ice Age The Fabulous Ice Age chronicles a century of theatrical skating, from Berlin’s Charlotte in 1915, to America’s Ice Follies, Ice Capades, Holiday on Ice, and the Sonja Henie shows. The film illustrates how ice dancing dominated live entertainment for decades, while also depicting one skater’s passionate quest to share this history. Never-before-seen footage, photos, and memorabilia highlight a handful of skaters, producers, and entrepreneurs who helped change the modern skating world. Starting in America with the Hippodrome, hotel shows, and big arena shows, Holiday on Ice then brought skating to Europe, behind the Iron Curtain, to Asia, Africa, and South America, where entertainment on ice had never been seen before. For anyone who grew up in the 1960’s through the 1980’s, the names of these shows and performers will be instantly familiar and the memories will come spilling back. A concise and in-depth portrait of a by-gone era, Director Keri Pickett’s The Fabulous Ice Age recounts a different time and the stars that made it so memorable for audiences around the world.
About the filmmaker The Fabulous Ice Age is Keri Pickett’s first feature film; it received a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant. Keri served as the film’s producer, director and director of photography. Previously, Keri has been an award-winning photographer and author of Love in the 90s, B.B. & Jo: The Story of a Lifelong Love, A Granddaughter’s Portrait (Warner Books, 1995), and Faeries, (Aperture Books, 2000).
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FILM INFO RUN TIME: 72 min DIRECTOR: Keri Pickett PRODUCER: Keri Pickett FEATURING: Roy Blakely Scott Hamilton Nancy Kerrigan