Bill Morrison:
"Decasia" and earlier works

Rochester Institute of Technology, April 8th
George Eastman House, April 9th
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, April 10th
Cornell Cinema, April 11th
University at Buffalo, April 14th
Crandall Public Library, April 15th

Award-winning filmmaker Bill Morrison has five titles in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art: Night Highway (1990), Footprints (1992), The Death Train (1993), The Film of Her (1996) and Decasia (2002). His filmwork with the acclaimed performance company Ridge Theater has been recognized with a Bessie award in 1993 (The Death Train) and an Obie award in 2001 (Jennie Richee). Morrison was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for filmmaking in 2000, and received grants from both NYFA and Creative Capital in 2001. With these funds, he completed his first feature length film, Decasia which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and was screened at MoMA in the museum’s last film program before being closed for renovations until 2005.

For more information about Bill Morrison and Decasia, please visit the official Decasia website