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Beyond the Duplex Planet

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WORLD PREMIERE

April 18, 2026 at 1:45 pm and April 22, 2026 at 4:30 pm

Calgary Underground Film Festival

Globe Cinema Calgary 617 8 Avenue SW



We are pleased to be a community partner for the screening of Beyond the Duplex Planet at the Calgary Underground Film Festival April 18 and 22.


Artist David Greenberger's conversations with seniors in the '70s became the cult 'zine The Duplex Planet. Now a senior himself, he shares insights on art, conversation, and aging.


In 1979, David Greenberger, a recent art school grad became activities director at a Boston nursing home. David began interviewing the residents, rejecting pat questions with the unexpected: "Which do you prefer – coffee or meat?," “What is embarrassment?,” and “How close can you get to a penguin?” The result was The Duplex Planet, an early ‘zine characterized by humor, warmth and sincerity. Today David’s work takes the form of spoken word shows and recordings. BEYOND THE DUPLEX PLANET explores notions of aging and its intersection with art and community. It’s also a slightly ironic look at the life of an artist devoted to documenting the elderly who is himself in his senior years.



Press for Beyond The Duplex Planet

"Beth Harrington’s profile of David Greenberger, an artist whose sideline in social work led to a creative breakthrough, rethinks what art is." - Moveable Fest

"The movie cuts back and forth from the past to the present, showing the totality of Greenberger’s creative output and curiosity, including the many notebooks, audio tapes, and films he has collected and curated over the years." - Hammer to Nail


 
 
 

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