TOO FAR IN FRONT: MICHAEL ROEMER

~ Nothing But a Man (1964) [35MM] ~ the Plot Against Harry (1969) [35MM] ~

March 22-24 @ the trylon

A Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, Roemer was a Yale professor who worked intermittently for PBS and the Ford Foundation. The two feature films in this series were so poorly received upon their release that they were nearly lost forever. Never before have the words “before his time” been more apt.