For the local folks, Real Art Ways is showing 3 screenings of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation along with a Q&A with two of the filmmakers. Here’s the email I just received from RAW:

Dear Sujal,

Like precious artifacts, whips, do-it-yourself culture, and irrepressible
creativity in children? I sure do. That’s why I’m particularly excited
about an event we have coming up at Real Art Ways. On Friday, Saturday and
Sunday (June 13-15), we are screening Raiders of the Lost Ark: The
Adaptation and hosting its directors.

After seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, three 12 year old friends,
Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb, began filming their own
shot-by-shot adaptation in the backyards of their Mississippi homes.? Seven
years later their film was in the can.

Chris and Eric will be at Real Art Ways for each of the three screenings
(Friday and Saturday at 8PM, Sunday at 2PM), as well as for a special
lecture (Saturday at 2PM) about the process of making the film. Each
screening is followed by a Q&A. Chris and Eric give a great
presentation-it’s witty and heartfelt, funny and unforgettable.

More information is available on the film’s website:
www.theraider.net/films/raiders_adaptation/

And here’s a review from Pete Vonder Haar at Film Threat:
http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=10959

For more information or to reserve your tickets, please call us at
860-232-1006 x222.

Best,

Meghan Maguire Dahn
Development Associate

Imagine the love and effort that went into this. Shot for shot remake before they could rent a video copy, before iMovie and inexpensive editing software, and made by teenagers. You should read the second link above. I’m going to see if Heidi is interested. If she is, we’ll be there. More info about the event is on the RAW web site.