“Walter Potter: The Man Who Married Kittens” : World Premiere Screening and Q and A with Morbid Anatomy Museum Filmmaker in Residence Ronni Thomas

World Premiere Screening and Q and A with Morbid Anatomy Museum Filmmaker in Residence Ronni Thomas
Date: Friday, June 6

Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $10 (Tickets here)
*** Offsite: Morbid Anatomy Museum (New Space) , 424A 3rd Avenue (Corner of 7th Street and 3rd Avenue)
Presented by Morbid Anatomy

Tonight, please join us to celebrate Morbid Anatomy’s 7th birthday with the world premiere of the Morbid Anatomy Museum‘s first foray into film with a special screening of filmmaker in residence Ronni Thomas’ “Walter Potter: The Man Who Married Kittens.” This surprisingly tender and heartfelt film features never before seen footage of the great tableaux of eccentric Victorian anthropomorphic taxidermist Walter Potter and the collectors around the world who treasure them. You will meet in the course of this film tiny kittens in gowns attending a wedding or having a tea party; toads playing on swings; monkeys riding goats; the funeral of a robin; a two faced kitten; and much, much more.

Thomas will also screen assorted other short films and answer your questions about the making of the film.

Ronni Thomas is a director/editor and Filmmaker in Residence at the Morbid Anatomy Museum. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York he considers himself a ‘working class film maker,’ seeing equal value in the sublime and the ordinary. Though his films typically deal with dark, eccentric and bizarre subject matters, he approaches each topic from a human and often light-hearted angle. In 2011, he and Morbid Anatomy founder, Joanna Ebenstein, created The Midnight Archive; a web documentary series that would go on to critical acclaim and receive several awards including the 2013 Silver Telly for best web documentary series. In addition to making films, he is also guest lecturer and programmer for the Raindance Film Festival in London. He has also written for The Morbid Anatomy Anthology, United Academics, Huffington Post, The Journal of Social Sciences and Raindance Film Magazine. He lives a blissfully surreal life with his wife, 8 year old son and exotic cat in Brooklyn New York.

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