DECEMBER 2024 at the SALON

The Doc Salon is a proud co-presenter of Backyard Docs Films Festival, a 4-day celebration of new documentary expression. Borne of the successes of the Rust Belt & Appalachia Documentary Fest, Backyard Docs opens and closes with feature-length Pittsburgh premieres, wrapped around short film sets and workshops.

THE LINEUP (see location and other details on the Backyard Docs FF website by clicking on the colored bars for each event):

THURSDAY, Dec. 5  

6:00p  Union, the Sundance Award-winning story of the first unionized Amazon workplace in America.  Includes a discussion and afterparty.

University Center, Point Park University, 414 Wood St, Downtown

FRIDAY, Dec. 6  

12:00 Noon  Workshop:  A Crash Course in Documentary Filmmaking for Journalists

with Alexis Johnson and P. Nick Curran

Pittsburgh Downtown Media Hub, 223 Fourth Ave, Downtown

6:00p  Doc Shorts:  Finding Queer Joy

Six beautiful shorts, plus a talk with Harrison Apple, the main archivist and curator of the Pittsburgh Queer History Project. 

Parkway Theater & Film Lounge, 644 Broadway Ave, McKees Rocks

SATURDAY, Dec. 7

10:30a  Workshop:  Understanding A.I. for Filmmakers and Visual Artists

Filmmaker David Romberg dives into AI for visual artists, giving an overview of AI tools, ethics, intellectual property, and AI literacy.

The Lab @ Silver Eye, 5228 Penn Ave. in Bloomfield/Garfield/Friendship

6:00p Doc Shorts: Community Power

Five great shorts in an amazing gallery we're turning into a screening room!

Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Ave, Pittsburgh 15219

SUNDAY, Dec. 8

6:00p  War Game, unllke any documentary you've seen before, is a simulation of what insurrection could look like, and how the government might react.

Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Ave, Pittsburgh 15219