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Zeitgeist is a non-profit, art house cinema that was founded in New Orleans in November 1986.
Zeitgeist is a non-profit, art house cinema that was founded in New Orleans in November 1986.
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Zeitgeist has reopened!
Monday, June 1st: in both the Zeitgeist Theatre or Virtual Arthouse Cinema in your own home 
5:30 pm daily
May 29 thru June 4 - Held Over! Terence Blanchard's UP FROM THE STREETS a celebration of New Orleans' music For every ticket sold, $2 will be donated to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation COVID-19 relief fund for musicians. Tip your hat to jazz music and the recently cancelled annual Jazz Fest in New Orleans with Michael Murphy's omnibus celebration of the music that shaped the culture of New Orleans in UP FROM THE STREETS. Four-time Grammy winner Terence Blanchard serves as executive producer, music director and host for the film.The film features personal reflections from New Orleans’ most impactful musicians including, but not limited to, Terence Blanchard, Harry Connick, Jr, Wynton Marsalis, Mannie Fresh, Dr. Michael White, and commentary by national and international musicians along with archival and newly filmed performances by iconic artists such as Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint and The Neville Brothers. [THEATRE TICKETS] [VIRTUAL SCREENING] _________________________________________ 
7:30 pm nightly
May 29 through June 4 LUCKY GRANDMA The movie, starring Tsai Chin, is the feature directorial debut of Sasie Sealy. “Lucky Grandma” held its world premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival as the second recipient of the AT&T Presents: Untold Stories $1 million grant initiative and went on to an international premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. Set in New York’s Chinatown, Chin portrays an ornery, newly-widowed 80-year-old eager to live life as an independent woman, despite her family’s concerns. When a local fortune teller (Wai Ching Ho) predicts a most auspicious day in her future, she decides to head to the casino, only to land herself on the wrong side of luck by suddenly attracting the attention of local gangsters. She then employs the services of a bodyguard from a rival gang, played by Corey Ha. “’Lucky Grandma’ is a dynamic comedy with a stand-out performance by Tsai Chin. Featuring a new song by Akwafina. [THEATRE TICKETS] [VIRTUAL SCREENING] _________________________________________ 
9:15 pm nightly
May 29 through June 4 THE BABADOOK in the Zeitgeist Theatre only! Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6 year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing storybook called ‘The Babadook’ turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he’s been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral out of control, he becomes more unpredictable and violent. Amelia, genuinely frightened by her son’s behaviour, is forced to medicate him. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may be real. This cult horror film from Australia, which has become an LGBTQ icon. THE BABADOOK had it's New Orleans premiere at Zeitgeist on OC Haley Blvd and went on to run for over 2 months to packed houses. It screens as a fundraiser for Zeitgeist courtesy of IFC Films’ INDIE THEATER REVIVAL PROJECT. All seats are by donation. Come early to reserve your seat and have a specialty cocktail from our bar. there are only 20 seats available per daily screening, so advanced tickets are strongly recommended $12 general / $10 members discounts only available at the door / Patron members are free (please RSVP) unless otherwise noticed. _________________________________________________________ OPENING FRIDAY, MAY 29th
in OUR VIRTUAL ARTHOUSE CINEMA: 
LIBERTE by Albert Serra
Just before the French Revolution, in a forest outside Berlin, a band of libertines expelled from the court of Louis XVI rendezvous with the legendary German seducer and freethinker, the Duc de Walchen (Helmut Berger), to convince him to join in their mission: the rejection of authority and all moral boundaries. What begins as an evening of strategizing on the proliferation of libertinage, descends into a Sadean night of pansexual one-upmanship and debauchery. Liberté is a singular cinematic experience only Albert Serra could deliver, a film in which increasingly dramatic acts of sado-masochistic pain and pleasure unfold in counterpoint to cinematographer Artur Tort’s luminous images of moonlit sylvan spaces. As Serra and his committed team of regular performers and newcomers "open the gates of Hell" and explore the limits of the erotic imagination, you won’t be able to look away. Winner - Special Jury Prize - Cannes Film Festival [VIRTUAL SCREENING] 
END OF THE CENTURY by Lucio Castro
In his alluring debut feature, Lucio Castro offers both a sun-soaked European travelogue and an epic, decades-spanning romance. When Ocho (Juan Barberini), a 30-something Argentine poet on vacation in Barcelona, spots Javi (Ramón Pujol), a Spaniard from Berlin, from the balcony of his Airbnb, the attraction is subtle but persistent. After a missed connection on the beach, a third chance encounter escalates to a seemingly random hookup. But are these two merely beautiful strangers in a foreign city or are they part of each other’s histories—and maybe even their destinies? Castro deliberately parses out mystery after mystery, leading the audience on a journey of discovery as the two leading men discover themselves and each other. With sumptuous lensing of a Barcelona summertime and tangible chemistry between the actors, END OF THE CENTURY is a gay love story that echoes across time. Winner - Best Film - Buenos Aires Film Festival & Best First Film - Frameline: San Francisco LGBTQ Film Festival [VIRTUAL SCREENING] ZEITGEIST'S RESPONSE TO COVID - 19 VIRUS:
As the state begins to reopen the economy, we are as cautious as you when it comes to reopening the cinema. That is why we're taking an extra week to continue making all the improvements to our space which will make the transition to in person screenings a safer experience. Rest assured, we take the safety of our patrons and our staff very seriously. When we reopen next Friday, there are a number of precautionary measures we will have in place.
This has been a hard time for us all and we remain grateful to all of you who have supported us through this time. Donations or memberships to help keep us afloat can be made on PayPal via rene@zeitgeistnola.org or on our website under "Support Us" ______________________________________________ OUR VINYL ANNIVERSARY was March 15, 2020
we are now over 33 and 1/3 years old... 1/3 of a Century! Now that is a milestone! Come join us! We have exhibited countless films, concerts, performances and events in those long years. We want to thank all of the artists, volunteers, organizations, members, donors and patrons who have kept us going. 
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ZEITGEIST'S VIRTUAL ARTHOUSE CINEMA
NOW SHOWING IN YOUR OWN HOME SUPPORTING ZEITGEIST 
Opening May 22:
THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS by Peter Medak The Telluride lauded film from Dir. Peter Medak (The Changeling, The Ruling Class, Breaking Bad, Hannibal, The Krays, House, The Wire) is a classic take on a "movie within a movie", Medak documenting his own failed 1973 comedy, The Ghost of the Noonday Sun starring (and sabotaged by) Peter Sellers. Years later, Medak's still haunted by the experience, reflecting on a disastrous production, his ever-lasting love for Sellers, Spike Milligan (Monty Python) and film at large. rent here
The Hottest August
is a curious map of a city’s fraught consciousness. With an anthropological conceit, the film offers a survey of humanity on the brink of extinction. The threats of climate change, late capitalism, and newly emboldened hatred and racism loom large over director Brett Story’s interviews with New Yorkers from all five boroughs in August 2017. As Story questions her subjects from behind the camera, a vision emerges of a society incapable of processing the changes rapidly besieging it. Existentialism channeled by a detached philosopher-narrator and a score that oozes with anxiety is complimented by the film’s playful observations on its human subjects. The film is attune to all their quirks and habits, picking up on their smallest gesticulations. Their eccentricities, preoccupations, and pain come through with warmth and generosity. Exquisite compositions set off the urban habitat in surprising ways, and Story frequently finds visual interest in large-scale scenes: expansive cityscapes, endless rows of windows and rooftops; skies cloudy with foreboding, yet filled with painterly beauty. This global scope reflects the film’s structural methods, which abandon a singular narrative thread for a collage of experience and emotion. It’s a time capsule that’s observations, cynical and tender alike, will reverberate well into the future. rent here >> CRESCENDO by Dror Zahavi When world-famous conductor Eduard Sporck accepts the job to create an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra, he is quickly drawn into a tempest of sheer unsolvable problems. Having grown up in a state of war, suppression or constant risk of terrorist attacks, the young musicians from both sides are far from able to form a team. Lined up behind the two best violinists – the emancipated Palestinian Layla and the handsome Israeli Ron – they form two parties who deeply mistrust each other, on and off-stage alike. Will Sporck succeed and make the young people forget their hatred, at least for the three weeks until the concert? With the first glimmer of hope, however, the political opponents of the orchestra show them how strong they are… Loosely inspired by Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Academy-Award nominated director Dror Zahavi (“Alexander Penn”, “Everything for my Father”) directs this gripping drama as a constantly growing ‘crescendo’, rising the tension and conflicts until the last frame. Lead actor Peter Simonischek (“Toni Erdmann”) stars next to a highly convincing selection of up-and-coming actors like Daniel Donskoy (“Victoria”) and Sabrina Amali (“4 Blocks”). A remarkable work of cinema and a critical contribution to the world-wide efforts towards understanding, humanity and peace. rent here>> 
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S
FILM FESTIVAL 2020 Two Short Film programs: Kid Flicks One (ages 3+) and Kid Flicks Two (ages 8+) 112 min. of award-winning and audience favorite shorts (from the 2019 Festival) https://nyicff.org/programs/kid-flicks-one-2/ https://nyicff.org/programs/kid-flicks-two-2/ 
VITALINA VARELA
Pedro Costa's latest, a film of deeply concentrated beauty, stars nonprofessional actor Vitalina Varela in a truly remarkable performance. A Cape Verdean woman who has come to Fontainhas for her husband’s funeral after being separated from him for decades due to economic circumstance, and despite her alienation begins to establish a new life there. The grief of the present and the ghosts of the past commingle in Costa’s ravishing chiaroscuro compositions, a film of shadow and whisper that might be the director’s most visually extraordinary work. rent here 
CORPUS CHRISTI
A modern drama of mistaken identity, fraud, and possible beatification. When a 20-year-old juvenile delinquent, recently released from detention, comes to a small village, he is mistaken for their new priest. His passion, charisma, and wildly unconventional methods help heal traumatized residents. A sincere man of God, a con artist, or a redeemed criminal atoning for his past? Inspired by true events, a magnetic performance by Bartosz Bielenia in the lead keeps us guessing – in this breakthrough for Polish director Jan Komasa. rent here 
INNOCENTE
Gabrielle d'Annunzio's passionate novel is brought to life in the final masterpiece from acclaimed director Luchino Visconti. In late-nineteenth century Italy, an insatiable aristocrat, grows bored with his timid wife and neglects her for his more exciting mistress. After learning that his wife is having a torrid affair of her own, he becomes tormented by her infidelity and descends into madness. rent here 
WILD GOOSE LAKE
A formalist gangster thriller drenched in reds and blues, though imbued with a melancholic tone that speaks to contemporary China’s vast economic disparities, the elegantly down-and-dirty The Wild Goose Lake, set in the nooks and crannies of densely populated Wuhan, follows the desperate attempts of small-time mob boss Zhou Zenong (the charismatic Hu Ge) to stay alive after he mistakenly kills a cop and a dead-or-alive reward is put on his head. rent here 
SATANTANGO by Bela Tarr
One of the greatest achievements in recent art house cinema and a seminal work of “slow cinema,” Sátántangó, based on the book by László Krasznahorkai, follows members of a small, defunct agricultural collective living in a post-apocalyptic landscape after the fall of Communism who, on the heels of a large financial windfall, set out to leave their village. As a few of the villagers secretly conspire to take off with all of the earnings for themselves, a mysterious character, long thought dead, returns to the village, altering the course of everyone’s lives forever. Shot in stunning black-and-white by Gábor Medvigy and filled with exquisitely composed and lyrical long takes, Sátántangó unfolds in twelve distinct movements, alternating forwards and backwards in time, echoing the structure of a tango dance. Tarr’s vision, aided by longtime partner and collaborator Ágnes Hranitzky, is enthralling and his portrayal of a rural Hungary beset by boozy dance parties, treachery, and near-perpetual rainfall is both transfixing and uncompromising. Sátántangó has been justly lauded by critics and audiences as a masterpiece and inspired none other than Susan Sontag to proclaim that she would be “glad to see it every year for the rest of [her] life”. Sátántangó has been restored in 4K from the original 35mm camera negative by Arbelos in collaboration with The Hungarian Filmlab. 439 mins. rent here 
BACURAU
A vibrant, richly diverse back-country Brazilian town finds its sun-dappled day-to-day disturbed when its inhabitants become the targets of a group of armed mercenaries. The perpetrators of this class warfare, however, may have met their match in the fed-up, resourceful denizens of little Bacurau. With references to the fearless genre works of John Carpenter, George Miller, and Sergio Leone, Bacurau, winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, is a vividly angry power-to-the-people fable like no other. rent here 
Available June 5th
YOURSELF AND YOURS a film by Hong Sangsoo, 2016, 86 min One of Hong Sangsoo’s most delightful comic mysteries is now available in the U.S. When painter Youngsoo (Kim Joohyuk) learns that his girlfriend, Minjung (Lee Yooyoung), was recently seen having drinks with another man, he can’t help but question her about it. It doesn’t go well and they part on bad terms. The next day, Youngsoo tries to find her, but can’t. As he wanders and frets, Minjung has a series of encounters with other men. But to them it seems she’s not herself. Featuring a supporting cast of Hong regulars including Kwon Haehyo, Yu Junsang and Kim Euisung, YOURSELF AND YOURS is a pleasing puzzle full of mistaken identity, excessive drinking and lots of he-said, she-said. As the rumors pile up, Hong asks: In a relationship, how important is it to know everything?
Zeitgeist has 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 an ALL- AGES / SMOKE-FREE environment. Now serving in the
ZEITGEIST LOUNGE: 
Zeitgeist would like to acknowledge the indigenous history of New Orleans, and more broadly, Louisiana, and recognize the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. We would also like to acknowledge the state-recognized tribes of Louisiana, which include the Addai Caddo Tribe, the Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee, Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb, Clifton Choctaw, Four Winds Tribe Louisiana Cherokee Confederacy, Grand Caillou/Dulac Band, Isle de Jean Charles Band, Louisiana Choctaw Tribe, Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe, and the United Houma Nation.
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C O M I N G S O O N !
in both the Zeitgeist Theatre or Virtual Arthouse Cinema in your own home
Opening June 5th
in the Zeitgeist Theatre
7:30 pm nightly
New Orleans premiere
CAPONE
The film, which was filmed here in New Orleans, starring Tom Hardy depicts the life of Al Capone after his 10 year prison sentence. Deprived of his former power, sick with syphilis and having lost all his friends and allies, he recalls the grave criminal past and the brutal crimes committed by his orders in the streets of Chicago. Also starring Matt Dillon, Linda Cardellini, Jack Lowden, Al Sapienza, Noel Fisher, Kyle MacLachlan, Kathrine Narducci, etc.
[TICKETS] [TRAILER]
in the Zeitgeist Theatre
7:30 pm nightly
New Orleans premiere
CAPONE
The film, which was filmed here in New Orleans, starring Tom Hardy depicts the life of Al Capone after his 10 year prison sentence. Deprived of his former power, sick with syphilis and having lost all his friends and allies, he recalls the grave criminal past and the brutal crimes committed by his orders in the streets of Chicago. Also starring Matt Dillon, Linda Cardellini, Jack Lowden, Al Sapienza, Noel Fisher, Kyle MacLachlan, Kathrine Narducci, etc.
[TICKETS] [TRAILER]
Opening June 12th
THE WRETCHED
by Brett & Drew Pierce
Following his parents’ separation, a rebellious teenage boy, Ben, is sent to live with his father for the summer and work at the local marina in order to gain some form of discipline. The idyllic tourist town offers little solace for him, however, as he is forced to deal with the local, privileged teens and his father’s new girlfriend. Ben’s problems grow increasingly disturbing when he makes a chilling discovery about the family renting the house next door. A malevolent spirit from the woods has taken a hold of the parents and starts playing a sinister game of house, preying upon the children and wiping away any trace of their existence. Ben’s suspicions of the supernatural horrors go unheeded and he launches a perilous crusade in order to put an end to the skin-walking witch’s reign of terror. Chilling and suspenseful, THE WRETCHED offers a modern update to the retro young hero’s mission like that of The Goonies, and promises to make viewers wary of every dark corner they encounter after witnessing its terrifying tale.
Due to Drive-In screenings, THE WRETCHED recently spent 5 weeks as the highest grossing film in the U.S. making it the first film since TITANIC and BLACK PANTHER to do so. Granted, because of the lock-down it really didn't have much competition. But at $841, 000 in only drive-in theaters hasn't been done since THE SIXTH SENSE.
[TRAILER]
THE WRETCHED
by Brett & Drew Pierce
Following his parents’ separation, a rebellious teenage boy, Ben, is sent to live with his father for the summer and work at the local marina in order to gain some form of discipline. The idyllic tourist town offers little solace for him, however, as he is forced to deal with the local, privileged teens and his father’s new girlfriend. Ben’s problems grow increasingly disturbing when he makes a chilling discovery about the family renting the house next door. A malevolent spirit from the woods has taken a hold of the parents and starts playing a sinister game of house, preying upon the children and wiping away any trace of their existence. Ben’s suspicions of the supernatural horrors go unheeded and he launches a perilous crusade in order to put an end to the skin-walking witch’s reign of terror. Chilling and suspenseful, THE WRETCHED offers a modern update to the retro young hero’s mission like that of The Goonies, and promises to make viewers wary of every dark corner they encounter after witnessing its terrifying tale.
Due to Drive-In screenings, THE WRETCHED recently spent 5 weeks as the highest grossing film in the U.S. making it the first film since TITANIC and BLACK PANTHER to do so. Granted, because of the lock-down it really didn't have much competition. But at $841, 000 in only drive-in theaters hasn't been done since THE SIXTH SENSE.
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Opening June 26th
in the Zeitgeist Theatre & our Virtual Arthouse Cinema
ELLA FITZGERALD: JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
Ella Fitzgerald was a 15 year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. “Ella: Just One of Those Things” follows her extraordinary journey over six decades as her sublime voice transforms the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy. The film uses never-before-seen images and unheard interviews to bring Ella Fitzgerald to life and to tell the story of her music. - a black woman who makes her career in the face of horrifying racism. Here is an Ella the world never knew – tough, thoughtful, funny, a dazzling musical innovator. The film also uncovers Ella’s commitment to the battle for Civil Rights; and it explores the conflicts that always haunted this intensely private woman: the struggle to reconcile her hunger for adoring audiences with her longing for a domestic life with her husband and son. At a time when she was the biggest singing star in the world, her pianist and friend Oscar Peterson said Ella was “the loneliest woman in the world”. But as Jamie Cullum says “her music is one of the reasons it’s worth being on this planet”. Featuring interviews with: Tony Bennett, Jamie Cullum, Laura Mvula, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson, Cleo Laine, Andre Previn, Norma Miller, Patti Austin, Izsak Perlman, Margo Jefferson, Will Friedwald and a rare interview with Ella’s son, Ray Brown Jr. You can pre-order your virtual screening ticket here
in the Zeitgeist Theatre & our Virtual Arthouse Cinema
ELLA FITZGERALD: JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
Ella Fitzgerald was a 15 year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. “Ella: Just One of Those Things” follows her extraordinary journey over six decades as her sublime voice transforms the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy. The film uses never-before-seen images and unheard interviews to bring Ella Fitzgerald to life and to tell the story of her music. - a black woman who makes her career in the face of horrifying racism. Here is an Ella the world never knew – tough, thoughtful, funny, a dazzling musical innovator. The film also uncovers Ella’s commitment to the battle for Civil Rights; and it explores the conflicts that always haunted this intensely private woman: the struggle to reconcile her hunger for adoring audiences with her longing for a domestic life with her husband and son. At a time when she was the biggest singing star in the world, her pianist and friend Oscar Peterson said Ella was “the loneliest woman in the world”. But as Jamie Cullum says “her music is one of the reasons it’s worth being on this planet”. Featuring interviews with: Tony Bennett, Jamie Cullum, Laura Mvula, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson, Cleo Laine, Andre Previn, Norma Miller, Patti Austin, Izsak Perlman, Margo Jefferson, Will Friedwald and a rare interview with Ella’s son, Ray Brown Jr. You can pre-order your virtual screening ticket here
June 26 through July 23 in the Zeitgeist Theatre
and June 12th in our Virtual Arthouse Cinema
EYES WIDE OPEN
CANADA NOW: NEW FILMS 2020
Open your eyes. There is much to see.
2020 vision, Canadian style.
Zeitgeist is proud to once again bring the annual CANADA NOW 2020 edition to the New Orleans area as part of our ongoing series CANADA IS BIGGER THAN THE U.S.
Four critically acclaimed and award-winning CANADA NOW films via Eventive/Cinesend or in the Zeitgeist Theatre.
The selection features some of the country's most acclaimed veteran filmmakers as well as some sensational emerging cinematic talents. In drama and documentary forms, the films tell timely stories that explore the complex interactions between past, present, and possible futures. With open eyes, open hearts, and startling cinematic artistry, Canada's filmmakers will engage, edify, and entertain you. Telefilm Canada’s initiative is committed to supporting exhibition partners in bringing the best of Canadian cinema to audiences everywhere.
and June 12th in our Virtual Arthouse Cinema
EYES WIDE OPEN
CANADA NOW: NEW FILMS 2020
Open your eyes. There is much to see.
2020 vision, Canadian style.
Zeitgeist is proud to once again bring the annual CANADA NOW 2020 edition to the New Orleans area as part of our ongoing series CANADA IS BIGGER THAN THE U.S.
Four critically acclaimed and award-winning CANADA NOW films via Eventive/Cinesend or in the Zeitgeist Theatre.
The selection features some of the country's most acclaimed veteran filmmakers as well as some sensational emerging cinematic talents. In drama and documentary forms, the films tell timely stories that explore the complex interactions between past, present, and possible futures. With open eyes, open hearts, and startling cinematic artistry, Canada's filmmakers will engage, edify, and entertain you. Telefilm Canada’s initiative is committed to supporting exhibition partners in bringing the best of Canadian cinema to audiences everywhere.
Opens June 26th
in the Zeitgeist Theatre
ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF NOAH PIUGATTUK
Director: Zacharias Kunuk
2019 | 111 minutes
English, Inuktitut with English subtitles
Trailer Link
Set in 1961 on Canada’s far northern Baffin Island, Zacharias Kunuk’s latest drama is a quietly riveting tale drawn from the historical reality of the attempted forced relocation and cultural assimilation of Canada’s Inuit Indigenous peoples. One Dayrevolves around Noah Piugattuk and his nomadic Inuit band who live and hunt as their ancestors have done for millennia in the vast snowy landscapes. During one hunting trip, proceedings are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of an Inuit translator and a white government employee, known as ‘Boss.’ Dispatched by the Government of Canada, Boss wants to convince Noah and his band to move to a settlement far from their traditional lands. Their intense conversation, translated with varying (and amusing) degrees of accuracy, is both dramatic and illuminating about the processes of, and strategies of resistance to, the forces of colonization. Mesmerizing.
Selected as one of Canada’s Top Ten of 2019.
Official Selections: Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal (FNC)
"Directed by Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner's Kunuk, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk illustrates Inuit-colonial relationships brilliantly."
- Kelly Boutsalis, Now Magazine
"One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk is a comedy of manners that is no laughing matter. The latest film from Zacharias Kunuk (The Fast Runner, Searchers) sees Inuit-settler relationships humorously and tragically lost in translation."
- Pat Mullen, POV Magazine
in the Zeitgeist Theatre
ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF NOAH PIUGATTUK
Director: Zacharias Kunuk
2019 | 111 minutes
English, Inuktitut with English subtitles
Trailer Link
Set in 1961 on Canada’s far northern Baffin Island, Zacharias Kunuk’s latest drama is a quietly riveting tale drawn from the historical reality of the attempted forced relocation and cultural assimilation of Canada’s Inuit Indigenous peoples. One Dayrevolves around Noah Piugattuk and his nomadic Inuit band who live and hunt as their ancestors have done for millennia in the vast snowy landscapes. During one hunting trip, proceedings are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of an Inuit translator and a white government employee, known as ‘Boss.’ Dispatched by the Government of Canada, Boss wants to convince Noah and his band to move to a settlement far from their traditional lands. Their intense conversation, translated with varying (and amusing) degrees of accuracy, is both dramatic and illuminating about the processes of, and strategies of resistance to, the forces of colonization. Mesmerizing.
Selected as one of Canada’s Top Ten of 2019.
Official Selections: Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal (FNC)
"Directed by Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner's Kunuk, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk illustrates Inuit-colonial relationships brilliantly."
- Kelly Boutsalis, Now Magazine
"One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk is a comedy of manners that is no laughing matter. The latest film from Zacharias Kunuk (The Fast Runner, Searchers) sees Inuit-settler relationships humorously and tragically lost in translation."
- Pat Mullen, POV Magazine
Opens July 3rd
in the Zeitgeist Theatre
AND THE BIRDS RAINED DOWN/ IL PLEUVAIT DES OISEAUX
Director: Louise Archambault
2019 | 127 minutes | French with English subtitles
Trailer Link
In this meditative drama about time and friendship, award-winning director Louise Archambault (Familia, Gabrielle) weaves together the stories of three aging hermits who have left their former lives and gone ‘off the grid’ into the Quebec landscape. Living in a remote forest near a lake, Tom, Charlie, and Ted pass the time by tending to their neighbor’s cannabis crop, swimming, singing, and reminiscing. Their peaceful pastoral existence is soon shattered by a sudden death of one in their group, and by the arrival of two women: a young photographer who wants to know more about the troubled pasts of these hermits, and an elderly woman who spent most of her life institutionalized and is now looking for solace in nature. Meanwhile, wildfires are threatening the region and encroaching on what was their idyllic life away from the modern world. Within its quiet, intimate personal dramas, And The Birds Rained Down delivers a poetic, elegiac study of intertwined lives and destinies, where love can happen at any age. It also features a star-studded ensemble cast of legendary Quebec actors, including Remy Girard, Gilbert Sicotte, Louise Portal, and Andrée Lachapelle.
Selected as one of Canada’s Top Ten of 2019 Official Selections:
Toronto, San Sebastian, Vancouver, FNC Montreal, Palm Springs
"A deceptively gentle rural drama with an ecological slant and a tone that darkens as it advances, And the Birds Rained Down ends up delivering far more than it initially promises."
- Jonathan Holland, The Hollywood Reporter
"A quiet, gentle film about emotional and geographic exile, this melancholic charmer is a choral character study whose slow pacing matches the unhurried lifestyle of its protagonists and the diurnal and seasonal rhythms of the nature they inhabit."
- Lee Marshall, ScreenDaily
in the Zeitgeist Theatre
AND THE BIRDS RAINED DOWN/ IL PLEUVAIT DES OISEAUX
Director: Louise Archambault
2019 | 127 minutes | French with English subtitles
Trailer Link
In this meditative drama about time and friendship, award-winning director Louise Archambault (Familia, Gabrielle) weaves together the stories of three aging hermits who have left their former lives and gone ‘off the grid’ into the Quebec landscape. Living in a remote forest near a lake, Tom, Charlie, and Ted pass the time by tending to their neighbor’s cannabis crop, swimming, singing, and reminiscing. Their peaceful pastoral existence is soon shattered by a sudden death of one in their group, and by the arrival of two women: a young photographer who wants to know more about the troubled pasts of these hermits, and an elderly woman who spent most of her life institutionalized and is now looking for solace in nature. Meanwhile, wildfires are threatening the region and encroaching on what was their idyllic life away from the modern world. Within its quiet, intimate personal dramas, And The Birds Rained Down delivers a poetic, elegiac study of intertwined lives and destinies, where love can happen at any age. It also features a star-studded ensemble cast of legendary Quebec actors, including Remy Girard, Gilbert Sicotte, Louise Portal, and Andrée Lachapelle.
Selected as one of Canada’s Top Ten of 2019 Official Selections:
Toronto, San Sebastian, Vancouver, FNC Montreal, Palm Springs
"A deceptively gentle rural drama with an ecological slant and a tone that darkens as it advances, And the Birds Rained Down ends up delivering far more than it initially promises."
- Jonathan Holland, The Hollywood Reporter
"A quiet, gentle film about emotional and geographic exile, this melancholic charmer is a choral character study whose slow pacing matches the unhurried lifestyle of its protagonists and the diurnal and seasonal rhythms of the nature they inhabit."
- Lee Marshall, ScreenDaily
Opens July 10th
in the Zeitgeist Theatre
THIS IS NOT A MOVIE
Director: Yung Chang
2019 | 106 minutes | English
Trailer Link
This fascinating, intimate portrait of British journalist Robert Fisk may be about a single journalist, but it’s also an intelligent and valuable documentary about how -- now more than ever -- credible, reliable journalism in general is crucial to understanding our tumultuous world. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Yung Chang (Up The Yangtze) follows Fisk’s storied and often dangerous career, from his early coverage of the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland to the various, ongoing, and intense Middle East conflicts from the Israeli-Palestinian tensions to recent events in Syria. Despite what could be described as decades of disillusioning world events, many of which he has covered up close, Robert Fisk remains passionate and committed to journalism, and is an articulate commentator on how knowledge and awareness is produced in what can often be very and sometimes dangerously biased media.
Official Selections: Toronto, London, DOC NYC.
"A timely and essential film for the era of Fake News, the latest from Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) follows legendary foreign correspondent Robert Fisk, who has spent a lifetime exposing the truth in war zones where, as the saying goes, truth is the first casualty."
- Steve Gravestock, Toronto International Film Festival
"Yung Chang's documentary about British journalist Robert Fisk is complex and cinematic."
- Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine
in the Zeitgeist Theatre
THIS IS NOT A MOVIE
Director: Yung Chang
2019 | 106 minutes | English
Trailer Link
This fascinating, intimate portrait of British journalist Robert Fisk may be about a single journalist, but it’s also an intelligent and valuable documentary about how -- now more than ever -- credible, reliable journalism in general is crucial to understanding our tumultuous world. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Yung Chang (Up The Yangtze) follows Fisk’s storied and often dangerous career, from his early coverage of the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland to the various, ongoing, and intense Middle East conflicts from the Israeli-Palestinian tensions to recent events in Syria. Despite what could be described as decades of disillusioning world events, many of which he has covered up close, Robert Fisk remains passionate and committed to journalism, and is an articulate commentator on how knowledge and awareness is produced in what can often be very and sometimes dangerously biased media.
Official Selections: Toronto, London, DOC NYC.
"A timely and essential film for the era of Fake News, the latest from Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) follows legendary foreign correspondent Robert Fisk, who has spent a lifetime exposing the truth in war zones where, as the saying goes, truth is the first casualty."
- Steve Gravestock, Toronto International Film Festival
"Yung Chang's documentary about British journalist Robert Fisk is complex and cinematic."
- Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine
Opens July 17th
in the Zeitgeist Theatre
WHITE LIE
Director: Calvin Thomas, Yonah Lewis
2019 | 96 minutes | English
Trailer Link
Twenty something university student Katie Arneson (played with arrestingly intensity by Kacey Rohl) is struggling to balance life and school. Estranged from her father and damaged by the death of her mother, Katie is trying to cope with not only financial stresses in her life, but also a recent cancer diagnosis. To deal with both, she starts an online funding campaign to pay her way through school and for the ongoing cancer treatments. Trouble is, Katie’s cancer story is fake; she’s made it up as a personal fundraising scheme. While initially convincing, cracks soon begin to appear in her story. Pressure mounts when her girlfriend, her father, university officials, as well as nurses and doctors, start asking Katie for proof of her condition. Her increasingly desperate strategies to maintain the fiction will lead her into dangerous territory. A fascinating, tautly constructed psychological drama, White Lieis a searching examination of millennial identity and morality in the age of social media.
Selected as one of Canada’s Top Ten of 2019
Official Selections: Toronto, Vancouver, Whistler, Palm Springs
"Driven by nuanced, persuasive performances and shot with an urgent, jittery tension, White Lie is a compelling close-up character study of a recklessly needy anti-heroine caught in an impossible dilemma of her own making. Nervy and kinetic, it succeeds as a small-scale psychological thriller."
- Stephen Dalton, Variety
"Directors Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas's film about a student faking a cancer diagnosis is an incisive psychological drama."
- Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine
"A gripping cautionary tale for the Fake News era."
- Stephen Dalton, Variety
in the Zeitgeist Theatre
WHITE LIE
Director: Calvin Thomas, Yonah Lewis
2019 | 96 minutes | English
Trailer Link
Twenty something university student Katie Arneson (played with arrestingly intensity by Kacey Rohl) is struggling to balance life and school. Estranged from her father and damaged by the death of her mother, Katie is trying to cope with not only financial stresses in her life, but also a recent cancer diagnosis. To deal with both, she starts an online funding campaign to pay her way through school and for the ongoing cancer treatments. Trouble is, Katie’s cancer story is fake; she’s made it up as a personal fundraising scheme. While initially convincing, cracks soon begin to appear in her story. Pressure mounts when her girlfriend, her father, university officials, as well as nurses and doctors, start asking Katie for proof of her condition. Her increasingly desperate strategies to maintain the fiction will lead her into dangerous territory. A fascinating, tautly constructed psychological drama, White Lieis a searching examination of millennial identity and morality in the age of social media.
Selected as one of Canada’s Top Ten of 2019
Official Selections: Toronto, Vancouver, Whistler, Palm Springs
"Driven by nuanced, persuasive performances and shot with an urgent, jittery tension, White Lie is a compelling close-up character study of a recklessly needy anti-heroine caught in an impossible dilemma of her own making. Nervy and kinetic, it succeeds as a small-scale psychological thriller."
- Stephen Dalton, Variety
"Directors Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas's film about a student faking a cancer diagnosis is an incisive psychological drama."
- Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine
"A gripping cautionary tale for the Fake News era."
- Stephen Dalton, Variety
V I S U A L A R T E X H I B I T I O N S
QUEER NUDES
by NATALIE WOODLOCK
An exhibition of silk-screened portraits, "Queer Nudes" is a celebration of underground subculture. The nine portraits in this series commemorate a community that has its roots in punk, radical social movements and the hedonism of gay party culture.
Opening: Saturday, December 7 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm
On View: Through January 2020
by NATALIE WOODLOCK
An exhibition of silk-screened portraits, "Queer Nudes" is a celebration of underground subculture. The nine portraits in this series commemorate a community that has its roots in punk, radical social movements and the hedonism of gay party culture.
Opening: Saturday, December 7 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm
On View: Through January 2020
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.
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 33rd anniversary this November.
Zeitgeist is a non-profit, artist run media arts center that celebrates its 33rd anniversary this November.
