MEMORY presents: Theo Anthony's RAT FILM (2016) with filmmaker in person!

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Rat Film

directed by Theo Anthony

2017, 82m, U.S., DCP

Co-presented by MEMORY, with director Theo Anthony in person

Thursday, June 6

2220 Arts + Archives

2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90057

doors: 7:30

film: 8:00

On occasion of the L.A.-based independent film company MEMORY's 10th anniversary, we present a revival screening of Theo Anthony's Rat Film with director Anthony in person, in advance of the film's debut in a limited-edition Blu-ray in June.

The audacious feature debut of American documentary filmmaker Theo Anthony (All Light, Everywhere) made waves upon release for its madcap, digressive style and intellectual rigor, and remains among the most impressive nonfiction films of the 2010s. What begins as an investigation into modern-day Baltimore's rat infestation expands into a systemic critique of the city's history of racial and economic segregation, as Anthony (also the film's editor and DoP) builds unexpected links between pest control, urban planning and virtual reality, among other subjects. At times resembling a turbo-charged Harun Farocki film—with a masterfully unsettling score by Dan Deacon—Rat Film remains a frenetic and brilliant essay film that bucks convention at every turn. The film will be released in a limited-edition Blu-ray in June.

"Equal parts disturbing and humorous, informative and bizarre...brilliantly imaginative." -The New York Times

“Both a chronicle of the rat infestation plaguing the city of Baltimore and a broader assessment of the class problems plaguing its development, Rat Film manages to say something real and immediate in a fresh and inventive voice.” - Eric Kohn, Indiewire

“If Rat Film is a maze, then it’s one that offers rewards at every turn.” -Jordan Cronk, Cinema Scope

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