6621 ST. Claude ave. arabi, la 70032
(504) 352-1150 rene@zeitgeistnola.org
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Wednesday, August 21st:
Films: 4:00 pm CASSANDRO, THE EXOTICO! After 26 years of spinning dives and flying uppercuts in the ring, Cassandro, the star of the gender-bending cross-dressing Mexican wrestlers known as the Exoticos, is far from retiring. But with dozens of broken bones and metal pins in his body, he must now reinvent himself. Screens as part of WILDFIRE. 5:30 pm LOS REYES Chola and Football are a couple of street dogs that live in the Los Reyes skatepark. From their point of view, we see a microcosm composed of things, animals and the young adolescents in conflict and rebelling with an adult world that they reject but are required to enter. 7:00 pm FIREFLIES Ramin flees from gay persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico. Screens as part of WILDFIRE. 8:45 pm THE QUEEN (1967) More than 40 years before RuPaul's Drag Race, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant introduced audiences to the world of competitive drag. The film takes us backstage to kiki with the contestants as they rehearse, throw shade, and transform into their drag personas in the lead-up to the big event. Screens as part of WILDFIRE. MUSIC / PERFORMANCE: No performances tonight VISUAL ART: On view daily & nightly SAY YES TO MY DRESS a photo exhibition by Toronto artist DAVID BATEMAN in the Zeitgeist Lounge JOSEPH BEUYS, posters and prints in the BEUYS + BEYOND GALLERY $10 General || $9 Students & Seniors || $8 Members
Patron Members Free - unless otherwise noted.
BULBANCHA IS STILL A PLACE
the debut Zine by writer, historian, activist Jeffery U. Darensbourg, which chronicles the 1600 year indigenous history of the New Orleans area is proudly on sale. And we now have VOLUME TWO too. $8. Now serving in the
ZEITGEIST LOUNGE: 
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"Something for and against everybody"
Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center a.k.a. Zeitgeist Theatre Experiments, inc Zeitgeist is a non-profit, art house cinema that
was founded in New Orleans in November 1986. November 2018 was Zeitgeist's 32nd Anniversary! And we've never looked better! __________________________________ Matinees before 5:00 pm $6 general / $5 members & children See 2 or more films on the same night for only $6 each! _______________________________
Great News!
We have finally received our Alcohol permit, so the Lounge is now stocked with a full selection of beer, wine, mixed drinks and cocktails. We have received a "Performing Arts Exception" which means we can operate as an ALL-AGES venue and still serve alcohol. Children and minors may attend Zeitgeist films, concerts and events, but can not sit at or approach the bar. They may not also consume alcohol. To purchase and consume alcohol you must have a valid ID. Zeitgeist is a SMOKE-FREE environment.
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The Following events will be presented at the spanking new
Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge
@ 6621 St. Claude Ave (Old Arabi Cultural Arts District)
CASSANDRO, THE EXOTICO!
Marie Losier (gay Mexican wrestling doc)
August 16 through 22 @ 4:00 pm daily - Held Over!
[TRAILER]
This stirring feature portrait of lucha libre star Cassandro in his waning years in the ring is less a swan song than a meteor shower rendered in Technicolor. Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and sky-high pompadour as for his show-stopping kicks and flips, Cassandro’s trailblazing ascent as one the industry’s first openly gay wrestlers has resonated internationally for a quarter century. Marie Losier captures the moving, at times humorous, and always colorful dualities of this legendary figure with her talent for forging intimacy with a subject while celebrating his individuality broadly. Cassandro, a prize-winning fighter who reinvented a staunchly macho sport, exudes resilience of all kinds—from the physical power to leave his opponents KOed to an ability to revisit past trauma and cope with the scars of a body pushed to its limits. Cassandro’s story—of an underdog and a queer icon, simultaneously fragile and mighty—is ever more evocative as it unfolds on both sides of the Mexican-American border. Losier’s signature 16mm filming melds tender encounters and larger-than-life fight scenes into a stylish whole that reflects the vivid textures and hues of a dazzling life in sport. Screens as part of WILFIRE.
Marie Losier (gay Mexican wrestling doc)
August 16 through 22 @ 4:00 pm daily - Held Over!
[TRAILER]
This stirring feature portrait of lucha libre star Cassandro in his waning years in the ring is less a swan song than a meteor shower rendered in Technicolor. Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and sky-high pompadour as for his show-stopping kicks and flips, Cassandro’s trailblazing ascent as one the industry’s first openly gay wrestlers has resonated internationally for a quarter century. Marie Losier captures the moving, at times humorous, and always colorful dualities of this legendary figure with her talent for forging intimacy with a subject while celebrating his individuality broadly. Cassandro, a prize-winning fighter who reinvented a staunchly macho sport, exudes resilience of all kinds—from the physical power to leave his opponents KOed to an ability to revisit past trauma and cope with the scars of a body pushed to its limits. Cassandro’s story—of an underdog and a queer icon, simultaneously fragile and mighty—is ever more evocative as it unfolds on both sides of the Mexican-American border. Losier’s signature 16mm filming melds tender encounters and larger-than-life fight scenes into a stylish whole that reflects the vivid textures and hues of a dazzling life in sport. Screens as part of WILFIRE.
LOS REYES
Bettine Perut & Ivan Osnovikoff (indie Chilean dog / skatepark doc)
August 16 through 22 @ 5:30 pm daily
[TRAILER]
Los Reyes is the oldest skate park in Santiago, Chile and it brings together teenagers from very different social and cultural backgrounds. Chola is young and vigorous and spends her days playing with balls that she throws to the pools in which skaters ride. Football is an old dog, but beautiful and energetic, that obsessively accompanies Chola in this game. The human world appears in stories of adolescents in transit to adulthood. We listen to their voices and see fragments of their bodies as part of the environment that surrounds the world of dogs. As Football grows old and Chola is left alone, the juvenile stories confront us with the rawness of a youth that does not find a place in our society.
Bettine Perut & Ivan Osnovikoff (indie Chilean dog / skatepark doc)
August 16 through 22 @ 5:30 pm daily
[TRAILER]
Los Reyes is the oldest skate park in Santiago, Chile and it brings together teenagers from very different social and cultural backgrounds. Chola is young and vigorous and spends her days playing with balls that she throws to the pools in which skaters ride. Football is an old dog, but beautiful and energetic, that obsessively accompanies Chola in this game. The human world appears in stories of adolescents in transit to adulthood. We listen to their voices and see fragments of their bodies as part of the environment that surrounds the world of dogs. As Football grows old and Chola is left alone, the juvenile stories confront us with the rawness of a youth that does not find a place in our society.
FIREFLIES (LUCIERNAGAS)
Bani Khoshnoudi (Iranian/Mexican gay drama)
August 16 through 22 @ 7:00 pm nightly
[TRAILER]
Stranded by accident in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico, thirtysomething Iranian refugee Ramin longs for fate or fortune to grant him passage across the ocean to return to his boyfriend in Turkey. Meanwhile, he waits in exile, exploring life in freer circumstances and seeking connection with a fellow construction worker. Creating a rich atmosphere of sound and image, director Bani Khoshnoudi expertly captures the dislocation and reinvigoration of starting life anew. Screens as part of WILDFIRE.
Bani Khoshnoudi (Iranian/Mexican gay drama)
August 16 through 22 @ 7:00 pm nightly
[TRAILER]
Stranded by accident in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico, thirtysomething Iranian refugee Ramin longs for fate or fortune to grant him passage across the ocean to return to his boyfriend in Turkey. Meanwhile, he waits in exile, exploring life in freer circumstances and seeking connection with a fellow construction worker. Creating a rich atmosphere of sound and image, director Bani Khoshnoudi expertly captures the dislocation and reinvigoration of starting life anew. Screens as part of WILDFIRE.
THE QUEEN
Frank Simon (queer history doc)
August 16 through 22 @ 8:45 pm nightly
[TRAILERS]
More than 40 years before RuPaul's Drag Race, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant introduced audiences to the world of competitive drag. The film takes us backstage to kiki with the contestants as they rehearse, throw shade, and transform into their drag personas in the lead-up to the big event. Organized by LGBTQ icon and activist Flawless Sabrina, the competition boasted a star-studded panel of judges including Andy Warhol, Larry Rivers, and Terry Southern. But perhaps most memorable is an epic diatribe calling out the pageant's bias delivered by Crystal LaBeija, who would go on to form the influential House of LaBeija, heavily featured in Paris Is Burning (1990). A vibrant piece of queer history, The Queen can now be seen in full resplendence thanks to a new restoration from the original camera negative. Screens apart of WILDFIRE.
Frank Simon (queer history doc)
August 16 through 22 @ 8:45 pm nightly
[TRAILERS]
More than 40 years before RuPaul's Drag Race, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant introduced audiences to the world of competitive drag. The film takes us backstage to kiki with the contestants as they rehearse, throw shade, and transform into their drag personas in the lead-up to the big event. Organized by LGBTQ icon and activist Flawless Sabrina, the competition boasted a star-studded panel of judges including Andy Warhol, Larry Rivers, and Terry Southern. But perhaps most memorable is an epic diatribe calling out the pageant's bias delivered by Crystal LaBeija, who would go on to form the influential House of LaBeija, heavily featured in Paris Is Burning (1990). A vibrant piece of queer history, The Queen can now be seen in full resplendence thanks to a new restoration from the original camera negative. Screens apart of WILDFIRE.
Thursdays in August @ 7:00 pm
in the Zeitgeist Lounge
RAINEY VEXEN & PAPA COOL
(Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Soul) $10
in the Zeitgeist Lounge
RAINEY VEXEN & PAPA COOL
(Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Soul) $10
C O M I N G S O O N !
SIDNEY & FRIENDS
Tristan Aitchison (African Trans documentary)
August 23 through 29 @ 5:30 pm daily
[TRAILER]
When his family tries to kill him, Sidney, who is intersex, flees to Nairobi where he meets a group of transgender friends. Together, they fight discrimination and discover life, love and self-worth. Sidney grew up in rural western Kenya. He didn’t like wearing skirts or doing chores that girls are traditionally supposed to do, preferring herding cattle and playing football. Sidney was born intersex, but Sidney only knew he was different. Growing up, he found these differences increasingly made him stand out in the community, a source of concern to family members that manifested itself into chastisement, castigation, and hate. His family say he is possessed by demons, demons that make him want to become a man. When Sidney fled from his family’s prejudice, he was forced from slum to slum, stripped in public and beaten. His life changed when he eventually met a group of transgender friends. For the first time in his life, Sidney was no longer alone…Feature documentary Sidney & Friends is a heartfelt exploration of the hopes, dreams, and everyday reality of a group of intersex and transgender friends fighting to survive on the edge of Kenyan society. Join Sidney and his new friends as they share what it is like to grow up and live as a gender minority, in a region known for prejudice and discrimination against its LGBTI population. Filmed over 3 years, our friends reveal the secrets of their struggles with poignancy and sometimes also humour. The premise is simple; it’s about gender, friendship…and love. Screens as part of WILDFIRE.
Tristan Aitchison (African Trans documentary)
August 23 through 29 @ 5:30 pm daily
[TRAILER]
When his family tries to kill him, Sidney, who is intersex, flees to Nairobi where he meets a group of transgender friends. Together, they fight discrimination and discover life, love and self-worth. Sidney grew up in rural western Kenya. He didn’t like wearing skirts or doing chores that girls are traditionally supposed to do, preferring herding cattle and playing football. Sidney was born intersex, but Sidney only knew he was different. Growing up, he found these differences increasingly made him stand out in the community, a source of concern to family members that manifested itself into chastisement, castigation, and hate. His family say he is possessed by demons, demons that make him want to become a man. When Sidney fled from his family’s prejudice, he was forced from slum to slum, stripped in public and beaten. His life changed when he eventually met a group of transgender friends. For the first time in his life, Sidney was no longer alone…Feature documentary Sidney & Friends is a heartfelt exploration of the hopes, dreams, and everyday reality of a group of intersex and transgender friends fighting to survive on the edge of Kenyan society. Join Sidney and his new friends as they share what it is like to grow up and live as a gender minority, in a region known for prejudice and discrimination against its LGBTI population. Filmed over 3 years, our friends reveal the secrets of their struggles with poignancy and sometimes also humour. The premise is simple; it’s about gender, friendship…and love. Screens as part of WILDFIRE.
WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THE WORLDS ON FIRE?
Roberto Minivero (indie film shot and set in New Orleans)
August 23 through 29 @ 7:15 pm
[TRAILER]
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? Italian director Roberto Minervini (Low Tide, The Other Side) weaves four strands together, comprising different voices within the African-American communities of New Orleans. An Italian indie-film shot and set in New Orleans.
This is the story of a community of black people in the American South during the summer 2017, when a string of brutal killings of young African American men sent shockwaves throughout the country. A meditation on the state of race in America, this film is an intimate portrait into the lives of those who struggle for justice, dignity, and survival in a country not on their side. Featuring stirring performances by Judy Hill, Dorothy Hill, Michael Nelson, Ronaldo King, Titus Turner, Ashlei King, Kevin Goodman, The New Black Panther Party For Self Defense, etc.
Roberto Minivero (indie film shot and set in New Orleans)
August 23 through 29 @ 7:15 pm
[TRAILER]
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? Italian director Roberto Minervini (Low Tide, The Other Side) weaves four strands together, comprising different voices within the African-American communities of New Orleans. An Italian indie-film shot and set in New Orleans.
This is the story of a community of black people in the American South during the summer 2017, when a string of brutal killings of young African American men sent shockwaves throughout the country. A meditation on the state of race in America, this film is an intimate portrait into the lives of those who struggle for justice, dignity, and survival in a country not on their side. Featuring stirring performances by Judy Hill, Dorothy Hill, Michael Nelson, Ronaldo King, Titus Turner, Ashlei King, Kevin Goodman, The New Black Panther Party For Self Defense, etc.
LEAVING HOME, COMING HOME: A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT FRANK
Gerald Fox (arts doc)
Friday through Thursday, August 23 through 29 @ 9:30 pm nightly
[TRAILER]
Shot in cinema-verité style between New York and Nova Scotia, where Frank now lives, the film captures Robert Frank reflecting on a lifetime of image making that most famously produced “The Americans,” probably the most influential photographic book of the last sixty years. From the Lower East Side to Coney Island, Frank revisits places where he lived and photographed, unsentimentally yet humorously noting the erosion of the New York. He recalls his collaborations with the Beat generation, including his film Pull my Daisy, narrated by Jack Kerouac, as well as his infamous Cocksucker Blues with The Rolling Stones. Affectionate conversations with Frank’s second wife, the vibrant artist June Leaf, reveal decades of closeness, creative exchange and support through the intense tragedies of Frank’s life. In rare moments of vulnerability, Frank speaks movingly about these tragedies and his attempts to cope through his deeply personal photography and films. Unembellished and unflinching, this portrait captures the life and art of one of the most significant and uncompromising artists of the 20th century. Screens as part of BEUYS AND BEYOND: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS ON FILM.
Gerald Fox (arts doc)
Friday through Thursday, August 23 through 29 @ 9:30 pm nightly
[TRAILER]
Shot in cinema-verité style between New York and Nova Scotia, where Frank now lives, the film captures Robert Frank reflecting on a lifetime of image making that most famously produced “The Americans,” probably the most influential photographic book of the last sixty years. From the Lower East Side to Coney Island, Frank revisits places where he lived and photographed, unsentimentally yet humorously noting the erosion of the New York. He recalls his collaborations with the Beat generation, including his film Pull my Daisy, narrated by Jack Kerouac, as well as his infamous Cocksucker Blues with The Rolling Stones. Affectionate conversations with Frank’s second wife, the vibrant artist June Leaf, reveal decades of closeness, creative exchange and support through the intense tragedies of Frank’s life. In rare moments of vulnerability, Frank speaks movingly about these tragedies and his attempts to cope through his deeply personal photography and films. Unembellished and unflinching, this portrait captures the life and art of one of the most significant and uncompromising artists of the 20th century. Screens as part of BEUYS AND BEYOND: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS ON FILM.
Friday, August 23 @ 7:30 pm
DOUG DUFFEY AND BADD.
Doug Duffey was inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame in 2001 and the National Blues Hall of Fame in 2009. With his Blues Hall of Fame induction he was also named as a “Louisiana Ambassador of the Blues”. He is the real thing! Born in Monroe, Louisiana he has written songs for & or recorded with George Clinton, Funkadelic, Rare Earth, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Keith Richards, Herbie Hancock, David Byrne, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Anders Osborne, Little Queenie, Marcia Ball, Zakiya Hooker, Jerry Beach, John Autin, & other Louisiana & International artists. He has been called “one of the most prolific songwriters living in Louisiana” & has recorded 9 critically acclaimed cds of original material to date. $10.
DOUG DUFFEY AND BADD.
Doug Duffey was inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame in 2001 and the National Blues Hall of Fame in 2009. With his Blues Hall of Fame induction he was also named as a “Louisiana Ambassador of the Blues”. He is the real thing! Born in Monroe, Louisiana he has written songs for & or recorded with George Clinton, Funkadelic, Rare Earth, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Keith Richards, Herbie Hancock, David Byrne, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Anders Osborne, Little Queenie, Marcia Ball, Zakiya Hooker, Jerry Beach, John Autin, & other Louisiana & International artists. He has been called “one of the most prolific songwriters living in Louisiana” & has recorded 9 critically acclaimed cds of original material to date. $10.
Thursday, August 29 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
OPENING RECEPTION - FLOATING CITIES
Curated by Anthony Fontenot
on view in the Zeitgeist Lounge through September 29.
This exhibition features a range of vernacular and experimental floating projects from around the world (every continent is
represented), from floating houses, floating art projects, floating ecologies, floating infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, roads) to entire
floating cities. In 2000, Japan inaugurated the Aquatic Age with the Mega-Float, a proposed floating airport in Tokyo Bay. In 2010,
Singapore launched the world’s first floating football field. The Dutch are pioneering floating houses and cities, while the Norwegians
are working on monumental floating infrastructure including bridges and tunnels. The first floating city is scheduled to be built off
the coast of French Polynesia by 2020. While the “Blue Revolution” is upon us, surprisingly little research has critically explored the
history and future of this global movement of urbanization on water. This is the first exhibition (that I am aware of) to specifically
feature floating architecture and floating cities. The exhibition will consist of photographs of built work and drawing of proposed
projects. From vernacular floating environments to radical proposals based on cutting-edge floating technology and sustainable
models of development, this exhibition presents a range of projects representing this emerging field of design while examining the
relevance of floating architecture and floating cities in contemporary design debates concerning climate change and sea level rise.
While historically vernacular and industrial floating structures have long existed, since 2005, the year Hurricane Katrina devastated
New Orleans, there has been an explosion of new floating projects within the discipline of architecture. The exhibition highlights the
extraordinary range of work by emerging practices, including many non-Western designers, such as Nigerian architect Kunlé
Adeyemi, designer of the Makoko Floating School and other floating projects designed to address sea level rise. From the floating
wetlands and floating gardens of Bangladesh to the Amphibious House by Site Specific Architects, Thailand, and the Low-Cost
Bamboo Floating Housing by H&P Architects, Vietnam, this exhibition seeks to highlight the incredible diversity of design practices
from around the globe that are addressing issues related to sustainability, climate change, sea level rise, and flooding. As coastal
communities are increasingly threatened by sea level rise, floating developments present new opportunities to create sustainable
and resilient urban solutions. Historically cities were built near water (rivers, lakes, seas). Today these territories are subjected to
increased risk of flooding cause by increasingly powerful storm surges and flooding. In addition, in megacities such as New York City,
Singapore, and Tokyo, as well as European centers such as Copenhagen and Amsterdam, where density has soared to capacity and
land is scarce, water has become the new frontier.
OPENING RECEPTION - FLOATING CITIES
Curated by Anthony Fontenot
on view in the Zeitgeist Lounge through September 29.
This exhibition features a range of vernacular and experimental floating projects from around the world (every continent is
represented), from floating houses, floating art projects, floating ecologies, floating infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, roads) to entire
floating cities. In 2000, Japan inaugurated the Aquatic Age with the Mega-Float, a proposed floating airport in Tokyo Bay. In 2010,
Singapore launched the world’s first floating football field. The Dutch are pioneering floating houses and cities, while the Norwegians
are working on monumental floating infrastructure including bridges and tunnels. The first floating city is scheduled to be built off
the coast of French Polynesia by 2020. While the “Blue Revolution” is upon us, surprisingly little research has critically explored the
history and future of this global movement of urbanization on water. This is the first exhibition (that I am aware of) to specifically
feature floating architecture and floating cities. The exhibition will consist of photographs of built work and drawing of proposed
projects. From vernacular floating environments to radical proposals based on cutting-edge floating technology and sustainable
models of development, this exhibition presents a range of projects representing this emerging field of design while examining the
relevance of floating architecture and floating cities in contemporary design debates concerning climate change and sea level rise.
While historically vernacular and industrial floating structures have long existed, since 2005, the year Hurricane Katrina devastated
New Orleans, there has been an explosion of new floating projects within the discipline of architecture. The exhibition highlights the
extraordinary range of work by emerging practices, including many non-Western designers, such as Nigerian architect Kunlé
Adeyemi, designer of the Makoko Floating School and other floating projects designed to address sea level rise. From the floating
wetlands and floating gardens of Bangladesh to the Amphibious House by Site Specific Architects, Thailand, and the Low-Cost
Bamboo Floating Housing by H&P Architects, Vietnam, this exhibition seeks to highlight the incredible diversity of design practices
from around the globe that are addressing issues related to sustainability, climate change, sea level rise, and flooding. As coastal
communities are increasingly threatened by sea level rise, floating developments present new opportunities to create sustainable
and resilient urban solutions. Historically cities were built near water (rivers, lakes, seas). Today these territories are subjected to
increased risk of flooding cause by increasingly powerful storm surges and flooding. In addition, in megacities such as New York City,
Singapore, and Tokyo, as well as European centers such as Copenhagen and Amsterdam, where density has soared to capacity and
land is scarce, water has become the new frontier.
Thursday, Aug 29 @ 9:00 pm
FLOATING CITIES AFTER PARTY featuring
ALBEY’S FUNK REPORT featuring Marcello Benetti (drums),William Thomson (piano). Jane Spokenword and Albey on bass. $10
FLOATING CITIES AFTER PARTY featuring
ALBEY’S FUNK REPORT featuring Marcello Benetti (drums),William Thomson (piano). Jane Spokenword and Albey on bass. $10
THREE PEAKS
Jan Zabeil (Italian, German thriller)
Friday through Thursday, August 30 through September 5 @ 5:30 pm daily
[TRAILER]
As a man courts the acceptance of his girlfriend’s son, the unstable triangle heads for a harrowing fight for survival.
Fatherhood, suspicion and resentment are a combustible formula in Jan Zabeil’s elegant, unnerving domestic thriller. German Aaron (Alexander Fehling, Homeland) has found the woman of his life in his French girlfriend Lea (Bérénice Bejo, The Artist) but her young son Tristan (Arian Montgomery) still imagines his mother reconciling with his American father. On what should be an idyllic vacation in the soaring Italian Dolomites, Aaron fights to win over Tristan and cement his place in this family, while Lea wrestles with conflicting loyalties to her son and her lover. Yet when Tristan disappears into the mountains, it’s unclear who is in the most danger. Complex, deceptive and gripping to the last second, Three Peaks chips away at our darkest nightmares to reveal the everyday anxieties on which they feed.
Jan Zabeil (Italian, German thriller)
Friday through Thursday, August 30 through September 5 @ 5:30 pm daily
[TRAILER]
As a man courts the acceptance of his girlfriend’s son, the unstable triangle heads for a harrowing fight for survival.
Fatherhood, suspicion and resentment are a combustible formula in Jan Zabeil’s elegant, unnerving domestic thriller. German Aaron (Alexander Fehling, Homeland) has found the woman of his life in his French girlfriend Lea (Bérénice Bejo, The Artist) but her young son Tristan (Arian Montgomery) still imagines his mother reconciling with his American father. On what should be an idyllic vacation in the soaring Italian Dolomites, Aaron fights to win over Tristan and cement his place in this family, while Lea wrestles with conflicting loyalties to her son and her lover. Yet when Tristan disappears into the mountains, it’s unclear who is in the most danger. Complex, deceptive and gripping to the last second, Three Peaks chips away at our darkest nightmares to reveal the everyday anxieties on which they feed.
SAUVAGE / WILD
Camille Vidal-Naquet (French gay hustler drama)
Friday through Thursday, August 30 through September 5 @ 7:15 pm nightly
[TRAILER]
Leo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash. The men come and go, and he stays right here — longing for love. He doesn’t know what the future will bring. He hits the road. His heart is pounding. A powerful portrait of a gay male prostitute in free fall. Gut-punchingly authentic with radiant moments of tenderness. Raw, uncompromising and yet strangely romantic. The most boundary pushing, decadent film since Gaspar Noe’s ‘Love’.
Camille Vidal-Naquet (French gay hustler drama)
Friday through Thursday, August 30 through September 5 @ 7:15 pm nightly
[TRAILER]
Leo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash. The men come and go, and he stays right here — longing for love. He doesn’t know what the future will bring. He hits the road. His heart is pounding. A powerful portrait of a gay male prostitute in free fall. Gut-punchingly authentic with radiant moments of tenderness. Raw, uncompromising and yet strangely romantic. The most boundary pushing, decadent film since Gaspar Noe’s ‘Love’.
Friday, August 30 @ 9:00 pm
MANIFESTO IMPROVISATIONAL COMEDY TROUPE
plus Special Guests.
Manifesto! improv comedy troupe gleefully enjoys ignoring 20 years of cumulative advice from mental health professionals to be their best selves. Irreverent and playful, Manifesto! engages their audiences with relatable evolving storylines that make you wonder - is that time you ate mac n' cheese out of the pot with your hands in bed still somehow a win for humanity?
Manifesto! is Jake Wynne-Wilson, Will Monson, Scott Anderson, and Julie Ward. They've done comedy together for some time now, but mostly in order to look well-rounded on their professional resumes so supervisors recognize their true potential. $7.
MANIFESTO IMPROVISATIONAL COMEDY TROUPE
plus Special Guests.
Manifesto! improv comedy troupe gleefully enjoys ignoring 20 years of cumulative advice from mental health professionals to be their best selves. Irreverent and playful, Manifesto! engages their audiences with relatable evolving storylines that make you wonder - is that time you ate mac n' cheese out of the pot with your hands in bed still somehow a win for humanity?
Manifesto! is Jake Wynne-Wilson, Will Monson, Scott Anderson, and Julie Ward. They've done comedy together for some time now, but mostly in order to look well-rounded on their professional resumes so supervisors recognize their true potential. $7.
THE GARDEN (1990)
Derek Jarman (Gay experimental feature)
Saturday through Thursday, August 31 through September 5 @ 9:00 pm
[TRAILER]
Newly restored and re-released, this is simply one of my all-time favorite films! Half waking dream and half fiery polemic, The Garden was born of director Derek Jarman’s rage over continued anti-gay discrimination and the sluggardly response to the AIDS crisis—he had been diagnosed HIV positive in 1988. Starring Tilda Swinton, this uniquely kaleidoscopic film shows the filmmaker’s genius at its most coruscating, making space in its breadth of vision for an over-the-top Hollywood-style musical number, nightmare images of tar-and-feather queer persecution, and footage of the particularly menacing-looking nuclear power plant that overlooks Jarman’s own garden, the point from which his film begins, and a cherished spot which he must keep to tending even as his body begins to betray him. Writhing with sorrow and anger, and yet so vividly alive to the loveliness of being, The Garden is a baleful and beautiful epistle from the brink of the beyond. Screens as part of WILDFIRE.
Derek Jarman (Gay experimental feature)
Saturday through Thursday, August 31 through September 5 @ 9:00 pm
[TRAILER]
Newly restored and re-released, this is simply one of my all-time favorite films! Half waking dream and half fiery polemic, The Garden was born of director Derek Jarman’s rage over continued anti-gay discrimination and the sluggardly response to the AIDS crisis—he had been diagnosed HIV positive in 1988. Starring Tilda Swinton, this uniquely kaleidoscopic film shows the filmmaker’s genius at its most coruscating, making space in its breadth of vision for an over-the-top Hollywood-style musical number, nightmare images of tar-and-feather queer persecution, and footage of the particularly menacing-looking nuclear power plant that overlooks Jarman’s own garden, the point from which his film begins, and a cherished spot which he must keep to tending even as his body begins to betray him. Writhing with sorrow and anger, and yet so vividly alive to the loveliness of being, The Garden is a baleful and beautiful epistle from the brink of the beyond. Screens as part of WILDFIRE.
“Puttin’ It ALL on the Table” is a free, controversial and essential series of events that will meet the first Sunday of every month in 2019, to unpack a different conversation regarding the epigenetic and climatic health of both humans & the planet. Events will be every first Sunday from 1-3pm @ Zeitgeist Theater which has moved to 6621 St. Claude Ave.
Sunday, September 1 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm
CLIMATE ENGINEERING VS GEOENGINEERING
Sunday, September 1 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm
CLIMATE ENGINEERING VS GEOENGINEERING
NOLA CRITICAL EDGE FILM & LIVE ART FESTIVAL 2019
Friday, September 6 @ 7:30 pm & Saturday, September 7 @ 6:30 pm
The NOLA Critical Edge Film & Live Art Festival 2019 celebrates filmmakers and performers. There will be screenings of short films, and a showcase of short performance experiments from some of the most striking artists working today. Our mission is to create an environment where artists can network. After each screening and performance, we will have a panel, and have the opportunity to get insight from established directors, actors, producers, artists, and performers. This is our festival’s 2nd time around, and we are ready to see what the minds of visual artists and musicians have to share in the Crescent City.
For the first time, Nola Critical Edge will have its own sector of awards for artistic activism. Artistic activism is a creative force that educate us, influences our notions about human relationships, and brings about social change. We will celebrate artists that have used their passion for activism by paying tribute to them and publicizing their art. Furthermore, we will be giving lifetime awards to artists who have contributed to social justice and activism in NOLA.
Friday, September 6 @ 7:30 pm & Saturday, September 7 @ 6:30 pm
The NOLA Critical Edge Film & Live Art Festival 2019 celebrates filmmakers and performers. There will be screenings of short films, and a showcase of short performance experiments from some of the most striking artists working today. Our mission is to create an environment where artists can network. After each screening and performance, we will have a panel, and have the opportunity to get insight from established directors, actors, producers, artists, and performers. This is our festival’s 2nd time around, and we are ready to see what the minds of visual artists and musicians have to share in the Crescent City.
For the first time, Nola Critical Edge will have its own sector of awards for artistic activism. Artistic activism is a creative force that educate us, influences our notions about human relationships, and brings about social change. We will celebrate artists that have used their passion for activism by paying tribute to them and publicizing their art. Furthermore, we will be giving lifetime awards to artists who have contributed to social justice and activism in NOLA.
Friday & Saturday, September 13 & 14 @ 9:00 pm
MUTZIE - Live Stand Up Comedy Special Taping!
with special guest Mike Strecker
A Chalmette native who has performed comedy around the world returns to St. Bernard to records his first Stand Up Comedy Special live from the Zeitgeist Theatre with special guest Mike Strecker opening. You've seen him on Six Seasons of BET'S Comic View and MUTZIE was named "New Orleans Entertainer of The Year" TWICE. Watching Mutzie on stage is like watching a very likable class clown, you don't know whats coming next, but you know it's coming. Mutzie is one of the Funniest clean comedians working today. Mutzie perfoms over 300 shows every year including Cruise ships, comedy clubs, churches and Corporate events around the globe. $20
MUTZIE - Live Stand Up Comedy Special Taping!
with special guest Mike Strecker
A Chalmette native who has performed comedy around the world returns to St. Bernard to records his first Stand Up Comedy Special live from the Zeitgeist Theatre with special guest Mike Strecker opening. You've seen him on Six Seasons of BET'S Comic View and MUTZIE was named "New Orleans Entertainer of The Year" TWICE. Watching Mutzie on stage is like watching a very likable class clown, you don't know whats coming next, but you know it's coming. Mutzie is one of the Funniest clean comedians working today. Mutzie perfoms over 300 shows every year including Cruise ships, comedy clubs, churches and Corporate events around the globe. $20
V I S U A L A R T E X H I B I T I O N S
DAVID BATEMAN
YES TO MY DRESS |
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DAVID BATEMAN is a "Queerly Canadian" performance artist, painter, photographer and writer from Toronto who has regularly performed and exhibited his art works in every Zeitgeist location since 1995. He helps us kick off the 7 week long touring film series CANADA NOW 2019 with his photo exhibition YES TO MY DRESS. On view in the Zeitgeist Lounge until July 18.
YES TO MY DRESS & CANADA NOW
Opening Reception - Friday, May 31 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Zeitgeist Lounge
DAVID BATEMAN will also read THE MOTHER POEMS and screen images of his recent paintings @ 8:00 pm
Free - Donations greatly appreciated.
YES TO MY DRESS & CANADA NOW
Opening Reception - Friday, May 31 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Zeitgeist Lounge
DAVID BATEMAN will also read THE MOTHER POEMS and screen images of his recent paintings @ 8:00 pm
Free - Donations greatly appreciated.
VISUAL ART EXHIBITION
JOSEPH BEUYS: POSTERS AND PRINTS
on permanent loan and exhibition in the
BEUYS + BEYOND Gallery
(which connects Zeitgeist Theatre and the Lounge)
Joseph Beuys (12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German Fluxus, happening and performance artist as well as a painter, sculptor, medallist, installation artist, graphic artist,art theorist and pedagogue. His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, anthroposophy and the “zeitgeist”. It culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture as a gesamtkunstwerk, for which he claimed a creative, participatory role in shaping society and politics. His career was characterized by open public debates on a very wide range of subjects including political, environmental, social and long term cultural trends. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20th century.
JOSEPH BEUYS: POSTERS AND PRINTS
on permanent loan and exhibition in the
BEUYS + BEYOND Gallery
(which connects Zeitgeist Theatre and the Lounge)
Joseph Beuys (12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German Fluxus, happening and performance artist as well as a painter, sculptor, medallist, installation artist, graphic artist,art theorist and pedagogue. His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, anthroposophy and the “zeitgeist”. It culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture as a gesamtkunstwerk, for which he claimed a creative, participatory role in shaping society and politics. His career was characterized by open public debates on a very wide range of subjects including political, environmental, social and long term cultural trends. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20th century.
Z E I T G E I S T ' S O N G O I N G F I L M S E R I E S :
BEUYS AND BEYOND
Contemporary Artists On Film
In 1989, Zeitgeist curated a city-wide film series BEUYS AND BEYOND: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ARTISTS ON FILM which also featured artist talks and performances by area artists.
For the premiere of Zeitgeist's great new Theatre & Lounge, we have decided to resurrect the series monthly, but this time expand it to include artists beyond just Germany...
Contemporary Artists On Film
In 1989, Zeitgeist curated a city-wide film series BEUYS AND BEYOND: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ARTISTS ON FILM which also featured artist talks and performances by area artists.
For the premiere of Zeitgeist's great new Theatre & Lounge, we have decided to resurrect the series monthly, but this time expand it to include artists beyond just Germany...
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CANADA IS BIGGER THAN THE U.S. Since 1993, Zeitgeist's ongoing SERIES OF FILMS, MUSIC, PERFORMANCES AND VISUAL ART celebrating the innovative, utterly bizarre and extremely vast body of work from our neighbors to the north. Their films may be smaller, but at least their country is bigger! Size does matter. |
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MOVIE DAYS
International Children's Film Series.
For school or other group discounts, or to organize a private class or group screening during the daytime please contact perfect for families, schools, clubs, camps or other organizations. We will work with any size or budget, just ask. If transportation is an issue, depending on your circumstances or facilities, we can possibly bring the films to you. Rene Broussard @ (504) 352-1150 or rene@zeitgeistnola.org
International Children's Film Series.
For school or other group discounts, or to organize a private class or group screening during the daytime please contact perfect for families, schools, clubs, camps or other organizations. We will work with any size or budget, just ask. If transportation is an issue, depending on your circumstances or facilities, we can possibly bring the films to you. Rene Broussard @ (504) 352-1150 or rene@zeitgeistnola.org
Schedule is subject to change as films are held over – please check the website for updates nightly.
Zeitgeist is a non-profit, artist run media arts center that celebrates its 32nd anniversary this November.
Come join us!
Zeitgeist is a non-profit, artist run media arts center that celebrates its 32nd anniversary this November.
Come join us!
People keep asking or speculating why we are moving to Arabi. Here is the reason.
Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center has been on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd for the past 19 years and we were not really looking to move. We have been very happy there. We love the space, our landlord and our neighbors. And yes Mike Tata (Friday Night Boxing Gym) you are our best customer.
People kept telling me I should look at the theatre space on St. Claude and Desire that had been scheduled to be Indywood. It was a great space, but no parking. Still I was interested until I saw the Valiant Theatre and Lounge.
I go to Gerald’s Donuts in Arabi often after Zeitgeist closes to eat with my friend Ellis Fortinberry who runs Chalmette Movies. He mentioned that he had seen a for lease sign on a theatre a couple of blocks away on St. Claude so I called the number. Looking at it I knew right away Zeitgeist could never afford a venue this incredible, but the property manager told me that when she told the owners that Zeitgeist was interested in seeing the space, luckily our reputation proceeded us. The owners are the Meraux Charitable Foundation, whose main concern was luckily for me not just about money, but what tenant would best advance their development and promotion of the Old Arabi Cultural Arts District. When I saw a drawing for St. Bernard Parish and the Meraux Foundations plans for the district I knew Zeitgeist had to move.
Making the decision to move outside of Orleans Parish (by one block) was a hard one. I still don’t know if my audience will follow me or be willing to travel across town much less the industrial canal. Luckily the response has been overwhelmingly positive and people seem extremely excited about the new location and the off street parking. I think this will be the best thing to ever happen to Zeitgeist. The new venue gives us a chance to expand our programming and the Lounge gives us a great opportunity to increase our audiences and our revenues. We hope you will continue to support us and our world class, incendiary cinema as we venture forth into this great new adventure.
"Zeitgeist will be located on a two-block “arts campus” assembled by the Meraux Foundation as a public interest project to accelerate the growth of the Old Arabi Cultural District and improve the economy and quality of life of St. Bernard Parish. The stretch also includes Studio Inferno and St. Claude Arts, a collection of studios and galleries."
Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center has been on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd for the past 19 years and we were not really looking to move. We have been very happy there. We love the space, our landlord and our neighbors. And yes Mike Tata (Friday Night Boxing Gym) you are our best customer.
People kept telling me I should look at the theatre space on St. Claude and Desire that had been scheduled to be Indywood. It was a great space, but no parking. Still I was interested until I saw the Valiant Theatre and Lounge.
I go to Gerald’s Donuts in Arabi often after Zeitgeist closes to eat with my friend Ellis Fortinberry who runs Chalmette Movies. He mentioned that he had seen a for lease sign on a theatre a couple of blocks away on St. Claude so I called the number. Looking at it I knew right away Zeitgeist could never afford a venue this incredible, but the property manager told me that when she told the owners that Zeitgeist was interested in seeing the space, luckily our reputation proceeded us. The owners are the Meraux Charitable Foundation, whose main concern was luckily for me not just about money, but what tenant would best advance their development and promotion of the Old Arabi Cultural Arts District. When I saw a drawing for St. Bernard Parish and the Meraux Foundations plans for the district I knew Zeitgeist had to move.
Making the decision to move outside of Orleans Parish (by one block) was a hard one. I still don’t know if my audience will follow me or be willing to travel across town much less the industrial canal. Luckily the response has been overwhelmingly positive and people seem extremely excited about the new location and the off street parking. I think this will be the best thing to ever happen to Zeitgeist. The new venue gives us a chance to expand our programming and the Lounge gives us a great opportunity to increase our audiences and our revenues. We hope you will continue to support us and our world class, incendiary cinema as we venture forth into this great new adventure.
"Zeitgeist will be located on a two-block “arts campus” assembled by the Meraux Foundation as a public interest project to accelerate the growth of the Old Arabi Cultural District and improve the economy and quality of life of St. Bernard Parish. The stretch also includes Studio Inferno and St. Claude Arts, a collection of studios and galleries."