Screening and Q&A with filmmaker John Wilson, moderated by Picture Lock One
Following the finale of his TV series, filmmaker John Wilson looks to the bedrock of his beloved New York City for inspiration and structure. Concrete, the world's most widely used building material, appears as an ever present life force, and John sets out to make the definitive documentary on the matter. To tell this seemingly drab story, he decides to use the industry approved Hallmark formula to increase his movie's appeal. But his foundation soon begins to crumble literally and figuratively as he struggles to balance artistic freedom with the realities of the modern film industry.

This screening will take place in The Egg's Hart Theater Lobby against the backdrop of our concrete shell.

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Picture Lock One is a sometimes-roving, sometimes-stationary microcinema with last known whereabouts in a bank vault in downtown Troy, New York. Hosting screenings as well as workshops, artist visits, open calls, and co-presentations, PL1 uses unusual screening locations to spur bold and surprising curation, collective film-viewing to spark dialogue, and raucous co-creation to spawn communal joy. Visit picturelock.one or @picturelockone on Instagram and Substack to learn more.