After six years in the making, the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center is pleased to present the premiere screening of Fully Awake: Black Mountain College, the first ever feature length documentary film on Black Mountain College.
Asheville natives and filmmakers Cathryn Davis Zommer and Neeley House utilized community funding and volunteer efforts to make this important new documentary about the legendary experimental college based in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
Fully Awake: Black Mountain College Premiere Event + Fundraiser
Thursday, April 19, 7:00 p.m.
Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC
A Reception for the filmmakers and BMC alumni will follow the screening $25
Proceeds will benefit the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
Advance tickets are available in person at BMCM+AC or by phone at 828-350-8484.
Fully Awake is the first full-length film about Black Mountain College and covers important events at the college, including Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome in 1948 and John Cage's multimedia happening in 1952. However, the documentary’s primary exploration is the unique educational style of Black Mountain College and how that influenced collaboration, exploration, and ultimately, contributed to the school’s current fame. Fully Awake weaves interviews with students, teachers, and historians with black and white archival photography to tell the inspired story of a school that existed only 24 years, but whose spirit lives on.
