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Saturday, June 14
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

Regal Gallery Place

701 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001

A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant

Director

Bill Banowsky

Executive Producers

Susan Conway, Susan Banowsky

Producer

Paul O'Bryan

Editor

Michael Linn

Consulting Editor

Co-Editor

Assistant Editor

Cinematographers

Mayo Whaley, Dean Alioto

Additional Cinematography

Music

Geneviève Gros-Louis

Sound

Narration

Contact

Paul O’Bryan, Producer paul@mutantindustry.com

Patrick Oliphant was a giant slayer, bravely taking on presidents, popes and the American corporate class with his mighty pen. An Australian transplant, Oliphant became America’s most renowned and feared political cartoonist for five decades. With his biting wit and masterful drawing skills, Oliphant attacked individual and institutional corruption, collusion, greed, hypocrisy and arrogance, no matter the size or status of his targets.

A SAVAGE ART tells the story of Oliphant’s life and celebrated career through interviews with Pat, his family, friends, and colleagues, alongside a rich trove of archival footage and hundreds of his cartoons. The film also traces the history of political cartoons, highlighting how influential and impactful cartoonists have been throughout the ages—and how, in today’s climate of political partisanship and corporate media control, voices like Oliphant’s are more essential than ever in holding power to account.

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Bill Banowsky

Director, A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant

Bill Banowsky is an entrepreneur and filmmaker. Bill began his career as an attorney and later served as general counsel to three publicly traded media companies. He served as CEO of Landmark Theaters, which at the time was the largest chain of art house cinemas in the USA. He has started several companies, including Magnolia Pictures, Violet Crown Cinemas, Nuckolls Brewing Co., and Sky Railway.

Bill was Executive Producer of Alex Gibney’s 2010 film about criminal political consultant Jack Abramoff, Casino Jack and the United States of Money, and the producer of Starving the Beast, a film about the systemic defunding of public higher education in the USA. A Savage Art is Banowsky’s directorial debut.

Bill lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife, Susan.

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