Rainbow Video comes to Adelaide’s Cinemechanica series at The Mercury

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Rainbow Video, a love letter to the late, great video stores of Melbourne, and the artists who used them, will screen at Adelaide’s Mercury cinema in February, as part of their “Cinemamechanica” public program. Local artist Ryan Sahb will take part in the Q&A afterwards, joining filmmaker Jessie Scott in conversation with Kim Munro from the Documentary Film Society, supported by City of Adelaide.

Having screened at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, with seasons at Cinema Nova (Melbourne) and The Pivotonian (Geelong), this first feature length documentary by Narrm/Melbourne based video artist and festival director Jessie Scott, uses lively interviews and site studies of many legendary, now defunct video shops, to uncover a secret history of a brief but impactful era.

Made on a micro-budget over a period of 8 years, Rainbow Video captures a transitional moment in film culture and art, and unpacks the gains and losses of embracing new technology.

Rainbow Video, 2023, 72 minutes
Thursday 22nd February, 7pm, followed by filmmaker Q&A
The Mercury, 13 Morphett St, Adelaide SA 5000
FREE EVENT – BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED
Tickets available through the Mercury website.