TUE APR 21, 2026 7:30 PM SHERMAN'S MARCH / PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY $12.00 (member) ; $17.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee. Aero Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Ross McElwee West Coast Premiere of New Restoration of SHERMAN’S MARCH ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2026’ and ‘Three by Ross McElwee’ Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. This event is for members only. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP. * All fields are required First Name * Last Name * Email * Quantity * Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE FILMS: SHERMAN’S MARCH, 1985, Dir. Ross McElwee, 155 Mins, LittleField Films, USA After his girlfriend leaves him, McElwee takes a voyage along the original route followed by General William Sherman – but rather than cutting a swath of destruction designed to force the Confederate South into submission, as Sherman did, McElwee searches for love, camera in hand. FORMAT: DCP PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY, 2011, Dir. Ross McElwee, 87 Mins, LittleField Films, USA/France In English and French with English subtitles. The filmmaker finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, who is no longer the delightful child the father loved, but an argumentative young adult who inhabits virtual worlds available through the internet. To the father, the son seems to be addicted to and permanently distracted by those worlds. The filmmaker undertakes a journey to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany where he worked for a spring as a wedding photographer’s assistant at age 24 –slightly older than his son is now. He has not been back to St. Quay since that visit, and hopes to gain some perspective on what his own life was like when he was his son’s age. He also hopes to track down his former employer, a fascinating Frenchman named Maurice, and Maud, a woman with whom he was romantically involved during that spring 38 years ago. PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY is a meditation on the passing of time, the praxis of photography and film, digital versus analog, and the fractured love of a father for his son. FORMAT: DCP