Announcing Linotype: The Film!
We’re kicking off the announcements for this year’s (now full-blown evening-long) film programme with a special sneak-preview screening of the highly anticipated documentary, Linotype: The Film.
Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary centered around the Linotype typecasting machine. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, it revolutionised printing and society, yet few people know about the inventor or his fascinating machine. The film tells the surprisingly emotional story of the people connected to the Linotype and how it impacted the world.
Director Doug Wilson will also be hosting the screening, including a Q&A, which will follow an exclusive sneak-preview cut of the film, due to be finished in early 2012. Needless to say, we’re pretty excited to have it kick off this year’s film day lineup!
Tickets for Linotype: The Film, and the rest of our film programme, will be available on our website shortly. Check out our film page, and stay tuned to our mailing list and the @buildconf Twitter account for more announcements soon.
