A SAVAGE ART: THE LIFE & CARTOONS OF PAT OLIPHANT

Special Features: Advance screening, Thurs, Sept. 11, 7:15 p.m., followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Bill Banowsky

Patrick Oliphant was a giant slayer. In addition to being a fearless stunt pilot, executing dangerous maneuvers just to blow off a little steam, he bravely took on presidents, popes and the American corporate class with his mighty pen. An Australian transplant, Oliphant was America’s most renowned and feared political cartoonist for five decades. With his biting wit and masterful drawing skills, he attacked individual and institutional corruption, collusion, greed, hypocrisy and arrogance, no matter the size or status of his enemies. A SAVAGE ART is the story of Oliphant’s life and celebrated career, told in interviews with Oliphant himself, as well as his family, friends and colleagues, alongside archival footage and hundreds of his distinctive cartoons. It also outlines the history of political cartoons, illustrating how important and impactful political cartoonists have been throughout the ages, and how, in our current climate of political partisanship and corporate control of the media, political cartoonists like Oliphant are critical in checking the powers that be. DIR/SCR/PROD Bill Banowsky; SCR/PROD Paul O’Bryan; SCR Dean Alioto. U.S., 2025, color, 87 min. NOT RATED

Run Time: 87 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, September 12, 2025

Genre: Documentary