A unique live screening & event series...

The Tommy Stathes Cartoon Carnival is a series dedicated to showing rare, unusual, forgotten, and now rarely seen animation classics—mostly from the 1910s through the 1950s, and on real film—from the 16mm film archives of historian Tommy José Stathes. The first Carnival program screened in the backyard tent of Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, in June of 2009...and the rest is history! Whether live or online screenings, guests are treated to a surprise potpourri of carefully curated selections (no advertised titles!) with topical, seasonal, or just-for-fun program themes as the only hint. It's a unique experience you're sure to enjoy.

Other ongoing series utilizing rare 16mm prints from the Stathes archives are Saturday Afternoon Cartoons at Metrograph
​and Peculiar Puppets at Roxy Cinema NYC.

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Welcome

A mission to preserve our animated heritage. Video by Dan Karlok.

An Average Night

One of our outdoor summer programs in Brooklyn, NY. Video by Jim Gisriel.

The Documentary

Informative fun for all the world to see. Video by Andrew T. Smith.

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