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Jun 26th 2006, 8:56am By buffalorising

Three interesting and important special screenings at the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, June 26-28.

Monday, 7:00 PM --FREE SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW! SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY. Directed by Sydney Pollack Rated PG-13, 1 hour 25 minutes. Frank Gehry loves to sketch; it is the beginning of his architectural process. And it is his love of the sketch that gave Pollack his first clues to the style of this documentary film. Beginning with Gehry's own original sketches for each major project, the film explores Gehry's process of turning these abstract drawings, first into tangible, three-dimensional models, often made simply of cardboard and scotchtape, then into finished buildings of titanium and glass, concrete and steel, wood and stone. Spending countless hours in Gehry's studio, on building sites, and in his home, this unobtrusive and quiet shooting style has captured, for the first time, the essence of Gehry's unique architectural process, and his shy and elusive personality. To save a free seat RSVP to msmith@buffaloplace.com

Tuesday, 7:00 PM -- FREE PREMIERE

PORTRAITS OF MAIN STREET

A collaboration with PBS station WNED, the Preservation Coalition and Buffalo Arts Studio, PORTRAITS OF MAIN STREET is a regional community history project spearheaded by Squeaky Wheel and geared towards the diverse population of young living in Buffalo and surrounding areas. For the past nine months, 18 high school students from 14 different are high schools and one home school have worked intensively under the guidance of professional filmmakers and historians to create their own self-directed documentary films about the culture and history of Main Street. topics range from transportation, graffiti, public art, race relations, architecture, Shea's, Freddie's Doughnuts, Amy's Place, Anchor Bar and the Market Arcade.

Wednesday, 7:00 PM and 8:15 PM -- FLIPPED comes downtown.

Nickel City Media and Entertainment present the eye-opening documentary FLIPPED, an expose about the frequently unethical yet marginally legal practice of marketing and sales of houses through internet auctions. It opened to two standing room only audiences on June 8th. "Flipping" is often fraught with false advertising, unethical business practices, devastating financial losses, extended housing vacancies leading to vandalism and demolitions by neglect, but tidy profits for unscrupulous sellers and agents. Their targets are in the poorest areas of the east and west sides of Buffalo and the impacts on the community are devastating. Tickets for "Flipped" are $5.00

And coming soon a return engagement of THE FORGOTTEN CITY.

MAFAC is located at 639 Main Street in the Theatre District. Park in the M&T Bank Parking Lot on Washington and get your parking fee reimbursed at the MAFAC Box Office.