Frameworkers,
Some of you will be familiar with Lawrence Brose, the Buffalo filmmaker whose beautiful film De Profundis is the culmination of a long career of working directly on the filmstrip in imaginative ways. He is interviewed about De Profundis in my book, A Critical Cinema 4.
Lawrence has been targeted by Homeland Security in what, from all that I can discover, is a trumped-up case that charges that a German site on which child pornography had been found was connected to a personal computer in the CEPA gallery office that Brose allowed CEPA Gallery staff and visitors to use (Brose has been a voice for gay rights in Buffalo for years, and was Executive Director of CEPA Gallery until he needed to resign to fight the charges against him). The Feds also named some of Brose's graphic work from De Profundis as child porn.
While there seems every likelihood that ultimately these charges will be dropped, the battle to save his name and reputation, and his freedom, has eaten up virtually all of Brose's financial assets. And so, some of us have offered what financial support we are able to offer. Brose is selling prints of frame enlargements from De Profundis (these images are among those that have been targeted) in order to defray ongoing legal costs.
For further information check www.lawrencebroselegaldefensefund.com/ There you can find more detailed information about this case, and, should you desire, you can make a donation.
Scott MacDonald
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