This opening program contains six rare works by Hy Hirsh that have recently been restored by the National Film Preservation Foundation and the Academy Film Archive. It also features other key abstract works from the 1950s directly influenced by Hirsh, five of which underwent preservation work especially for this program: John Whitney’s Catalog, James Whitney’s Yantra, Harry Smith’s Film No. 3, Patricia Marx’s Things to Come, and Mary Ellen Bute’s Mood Contrasts.