Films

THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE

Workers pour and finish concrete sidewalk, with one man observing
VAFF at Violet Crown

After a workshop on how to write and sell feel-good films for television, John Wilson (creator of the hit HBO series How To With John Wilson) tried to use the same formula to sell a documentary about … concrete. He meets a man who specializes in removing chewing gum from pavements and some dedicated joggers who run in circles around a single block in Queens. But Wilson also gets led astray, and before he knows it, he’s having dinner with Kim Kardashian.

Presented in partnership with Cville Movie Club. After the screening, we’ll gather at the Violet Crown Bistro to discuss the film over snack and sips.

“I doubt any movie, especially not any documentary, will make me laugh harder this year”
-Daniel Fienberg, Variety

“It’s hard not to love this head-scratching dive into a different kind of grey matter.”
-Peter Howell, Toronto Star

“Hilarious and sneakily profound…sustained by an internal tension between order and entropy.”
-David Ehrlich, IndieWire