One of the first #films about #rockandroll that you've NEVER seen! "A Poem Is A Naked Person" by #LesBlank This #film, about #LeonRussell (shot in 1974, as his #fame was exploding) was hidden for #decades. Now you can #watch it via #streaming or #DVD or #BluRay: lesblank.com/films/a-poem...

GREAT NEWS!
#LesBlankFilms and #ArhoolieFoundation purchased the our longtime home and #DownHomeMusicStore, (now a #non-profit as well) will remain with us. This momentous purchase insures that our three entities will continue offering #human-made #films #music #culture for the world!
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Our story got some good coverage yesterday in the San Francisco Bay Area press:

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Read more about our situation here: lesblank.com/down-home-bu...

We've reached the $60,000 mark on our GoFundMe campaign, more to go. HUGE THANKS to all our donors!

Top photo: Les Blank filming Lightnin' Hopkins circa 1960s
Bottom photo: Chris Strachwitz with Mance Lipscomb circa 1960s (photo by Tom Cope)

Please share our link: www.gofundme.com/f/help-secur...

Help save our home of more than 40 years! lesblank.com/down-home-bu...

#film #art #music #records #building #history #art #arhoolie #downhomemusic #lesblankfilms #documentary

THANK YOU DAVID MILLS!

Iconic Down Home Music expects to raise enough money to buy East Bay space www.berkeleyside.org/2024/12/13/d...

We deeply grateful to all our supporters who are helping us, along with Arhoolie Foundation, to purchase our longtime home in El Cerrito, California. :
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And here's our website: lesblank.com
Please share to all film and music lovers you know. Thank you!
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Thanks for your incredible films Les Blank!

Please consider us on GIVING TUESDAY as we work to purchase our longtime home from the estate of the former owner:

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Les Blank Films distributes over 100 films by multiple directors. We are a non-profit, independent film company located in Northern California. lesblank.com

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Y’all, let’s see if we can help out! From Harrod Blank, filmmaker Les Blank’s son: “Well folks, the time has come that the building that has hosted Arhoolie Records, Flower Films (now Les Blank Films) and Down Home Music Store is soon up for sale. This article pretty much explains our plight.”

Hello BlueSky, We have joined this community on an auspicious day for our non-profit. Today we entered into contract to buy the building we and two other entities have called home for almost 40 years! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwEy...

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