Film Screening: Richard Myers’ 'Confrontation at Kent State' and 'Deathstyles'

Beginning in the late 1960s, Kent State professor Richard Myers and his cinematography students hosted Tuesday Cinema and later Filmworks—evenings devoted to experimental film that ranged from cutting-edge avant-garde works to Betty Boop cartoons.

In that same spirit, a special installment at Rubicon Cinema, sponsored by the May 4 Visitors Center, will feature two films by Myers in honor of the exhibition Reel Witness: May 4 on the Screen.

Created in response to widespread misinformation surrounding the May 4, 1970 shootings at Kent State University, these films offer both documentary urgency and experimental reflection.

Admission is free.
No registration required.
This program will take place off campus at Blue Sky Studio, 943 Dopler St., Akron, OH

Films:
Confrontation at Kent State (1970, 16mm, 43 min)
A documentary made in the weeks immediately following the May 4 shooting, featuring interviews with Kent State students, guardsmen, and local residents, alongside raw campus footage and contemporary news coverage.

Deathstyles (1971, 16mm, 60 min)
An experimental meditation on the decline of American society in the wake of May 4, described by the Whitney Museum as an “American Gothic horror tale.”