Well, isn’t today a goldmine for fans of local film? I just received a press release from The Paramount Theater that says World Peace and Other Fourth Grade Achievements—a film by Chris Farina about John Hunter’s World Peace Game—will screen at the theater on February 21, 2010.
The film has been more than two years in the making; Hunter mentioned it to me when I visited his classroom at Venable School in 2007. (Hunter currently teaches at Agnor-Hurt Elementary School.) During the same trip, Hunter also led a video tour through his game. I can’t embed the trailer for World Peace, but you can watch C-VILLE’s video tour below:
John Hunter explains his World Peace Game. Director Chris Farina’s documentary on the game, which premieres in February, should lift the spirits of those of you eager to see The Road.
For those of you unfamiliar with Farina’s work, I believe a copy of his documentary West Main Street is available at Sneak Reviews.
And here’s an interesting convergence of sources: Another fan of Hunter’s game (and advocate for Farina’s film) is Richmond-based artist Noah Scalin, who writes about the film on his blog here. Scalin is mentioned in C-VILLE today as the designer of the vegetarian license plates that the Virginia DMV might make available. And I wrote about Scalin’s work for a cover story on a PVCC art exhibit last summer.
This news makes me chomp at the bit for word on The Parking Lot Movie, Meghan Eckman’s documentary on the Corner lot owned by—of all people—Chris Farina. Heck, what other people, places and games should we be documenting?