LACMA Nets $150,000 to Stave off Execution of Film Program

Some great news for those interested and invested in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s film program, which was given its death notice roughly a month ago. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Time Warner Cable, in partnership with Ovation TV, have each committed $75,000 to help LACMA extend continuous film programming through next summer. Says museum director Michael Govan in a press release: “In a tight budget year when many programs were reduced, we suspended the weekend film series in order to rebuild its foundations. We’ve been incredibly impressed by the public outcry of support for film at LACMA, and thrilled that just a few weeks later, the first new sponsors have stepped forward. We’re grateful to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Time Warner Cable and Ovation TV for expressing their tangible support for the art of film at LACMA, and we’re very pleased that we can keep film rolling while we build for the future. Our goal is to create a field-leading film department that captures the ever-growing importance of film and moving images in the history of art.”