After five years running free monthly documentary film screenings on the hill, the Queen Anne Movie Guild has announced that the organization has come to an end. In a note addressed to members of the community last week, Guild members explained some of the difficulties that led up to this decision. Congruently the group posted the following note on the QAMG website:
After five years, the Queen Anne Movie Guild has come to a close. Over these years, documentaries have grown in number and visibility, which is great news. The bad news is that their cost has risen to the point where we are no longer able to afford to show the quality films we would like to bring you.Fortunately, the sources available through the internet have increased — NetFlix, Brave New Theatre, FreeSpeech TV online documentaries, YouTube free feature length films, and FaceBook – and we hope you will take advantage of these.
We will be donating our remaining funds to the Center for Wooden Boats and Wallingford Meaningful Movies. They each have supported us with loaned projectors. Our DVDs will be going either to the Seattle Public Library or to the DVD loan library of Wallingford Meaningful Movies. Our DVD player will be going to Wallingford Meaningful Movies to support their ongoing project, which aids others in showing social justice documentaries in area neighborhoods.
Thank you for your participation in and generous support of the Queen Anne Movie Guild screenings over the past five years. Collectively, we built a successful and thoroughly enjoyable venture in education, entertainment, and community building. We hope our paths will cross again.
All the Best,
Guild Members:
David Griffith, Pat Griffith, Carol Isaac, Gordon Jackins, Rich Littleton, Margaret Okamoto, Erin Schiedler, Richard Sewell, and Keith Yoshida