Continuing our look at both American Independent cinema and the American landscape are screenings of two related, outstanding films about Butte, Montana by filmmaker Travis Wilkerson. The first investigating the town's history, the second that history's resonance in the present landscape:

An Injury to One
An experimental documentary exploring the turn-of-century lynching of union organizer Frank Little in mining town of Butte, Montana.

&

Who Killed Cock Robin (Redux)
An experimental narrative about a young man living in Butte, Montana whose life echoes that of Butte’s (and America’s) industrial decline.

Screening schedule: 8-10:30pm, June 20, 2009
Duration: 53 minutes + 73 minutes
Language: English

*screening with permission from the director

Link. An interview with Travis Wilkerson about An Injury To One:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/oct2002/wilk-o04.shtml

Excerpt from the interview -
Travis Wilkerson: “The starting point would be to look at Butte and to see that Butte is a place that we constructed. Because there’s a sense when people come to the town, because the devastation is so widespread—you come over this hill and there’s this gaping hole, the pit looks as if it were two-thirds of the size of the entire city. In fact, it isn’t, but it feels that way. And everywhere you look are these big things that are gouged out, there are tailings everywhere. It’s a place that people going on vacations in Montana try to avoid or pass through as quickly as possible.

One of the things that drew me to it was the desire to say, look, this is not an act of God. This is a human act. We destroyed this town. Well, I didn’t, but some people did. And there’s a reason for it.”