Computer Chess

Interview at 7:00 followed by feature presentation at 7:30 PM EDT

Join us for an exclusive interview with Andrew Bujalski, the writer and director of Computer Chess followed by a 10th Anniversary screening of the full feature film.  

COMPUTER CHESS is an off-kilter comedy set during a weekend tournament for chess software programmers in the early 1980s. Shot on vintage video equipment, it transports viewers to a moment when the contest between technology and the human spirit seemed a little more up for grabs. We get to know the eccentric geniuses possessed of the vision to teach a CPU to defeat man at his own game, laying the groundwork for artificial intelligence as we know it.