Friday, October 19 – Sunday, October 21
Africa Beyond film series: Radical
Focusing on Radical Black Film, this selection of films mirror the black experience through key social, cultural and historical events in America and beyond between 1970 to the present.
Presented by the Community Media Project
7pm *FREE*
Bush Mama
(Haile Gerima, US, 78 min., 16mm, 1976)
Far removed from the drug deals and revenge killings of “Blaxploitation” films produced during this time, Bush Mama follows Dorothy and her husband T.C., a Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a ‘hero's welcome.' Instead he is falsely arrested and imprisoned. Theirs is a world of welfare, perennial unemployment, and despair. The film may appear bleak and nihilistic with its stark black-and-white photography, but its message is moving and distinct. Issues of institutionalized racism, police brutality, and poverty remain sadly pertinent.
9pm *FREE*
Wattstax
(Mel Stuart, US, 104 min., video, 1973)
Often touted as the Black Woodstock, Wattstax was originally conceived as a film of a concert commemorating the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots. "Early on, we knew we didn't want just a concert film; we wanted a deeper reflection of the black experience…Film crews went into the streets, churches, barber shops and diners to talk with people about the connection between music and their existence and what it was like to be black in a white America." – Wattstax director Mel Stuart
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Phantasmagoria: “Bringing Back the Dead"
Charles Allis Art Museum
1801 N Prospect Ave
Six performances: Oct. 20, 21, 26-29
Admission: $20 General. $15 CAVT Member. $10 Student.
Information and Reservations: 414-278-8295, ext. 10
Sponsored by the Peck School of the Arts
A 19th Century Gothic Cabaret presented by Music From Almost Yesterday Nietzsche & Frankenstein’s Creator Back from Dead, Live on Stage! During a variety show of music, philosophy, theater and dance, the ghostly spirit of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, novelist Mary Shelly, her husband poet Percy Shelly, dancer Loie Fuller and others will mysteriously be reincarnated live. Several 19th century works will be dramatized: "The Birth of Tragedy," (1871) by Nietzsche, "Frankenstein, A Modern Prometheus "(1816) by Mary Shelley, and "Prometheus Unbound" (1820) by Percy Shelley. Because of intimacy of the event there will be only 85 seats available for each performance and six performances only, so book ahead.
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GALLERY NIGHT
Shows and events around town
For more information visit http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynight.php
The New Witch
Group show at Paper Boat Boutique
Opening from 7-10pm
2375 S Howell Ave
Featuring work by Faythe Levine (WI), Micaela O'Herlihy (WI), Polina Malikin (WI), Kim Kisiolek (WI), Xandar Marro (RI), Pippi Zornoza (RI) & Katy Horan (NY). Site specific installation by Faythe Levine & Polina Malikin and sound installation by Micaela O'Herlihy.
