Post No Bills (1992 film)
Post No Bills | |
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Directed by | Clay Walker |
Produced by | Clay Walker Marianne Dissard |
Cinematography | Clay Walker |
Edited by | Clay Walker |
Distributed by | Clay Walker Plan B Productions |
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Running time | 57 min. |
Language | English |
Post No Bills is a documentary film on satirical political poster artist Robbie Conal directed by Clay Walker. The movie's title comes from lettering found on many construction walls and other city surfaces, indicating that advertisements or handbills are not to be placed on the surface.
Plot
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Production
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Exhibition and awards
[edit]Post No Bills was first publicly exhibited in October 1992 at the Cork Film Festival where it received a certificate of Merit. Several days later the Chicago International Film Festival awarded Post No Bills the Silver Hugo[7] for feature-length documentary.
Post No Bills was the first completed broadcast hour ITVS project and was first broadcast on PBS in September 1993.[8]
"Post No Bills" was added to the Library of Congress Catalog in 1992.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Philips, Chuck (10 April 1991). "Drawing a Bead on Gates : Artist Launches Poster Blitz in Satirical Attack on Police Chief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "History in Posters". LA Weekly. 24 April 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Graham, Chuck (21 Jan 1993). "'Post No Bills' satirst works for laughs, too". Tucson Citizen: C8.
- ^ Ringel, Eleanor (10 May 1993). "'Bills' documents rise of political artist". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C3.
- ^ Thomas, Kevin (26 June 1993). "Today at the AFI". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Parker, Dave (1 July 1993). "Guerilla in the City". Film Threat Video Guide (7): 62–63.
- ^ "Guerrilla artist Robbie Conal's posters and paintings provide scathing cultural commentary". ITVS. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Post No Bills". ITVS. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Post No BIlls". Library of Congress Catalog. 1992. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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