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Tuesday, November 12th:
FILMS: 5:30 BURNING CANE NOCCA alum Phillip Youmans’ Tribeca award-winning debut feature starring Wendell Pierce and Karen Kaia Livers, amongst the cane fields of rural Louisiana, an aging mother struggles between her religious convictions and the love of her son. 7:00 pm REDOUBT The new film by acclaimed artist and director Matthew Barney, creator of the CREMASTER Cycle and the film opera River of Fundament, unfolds as a series of hunts in the wilderness of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains. The characters communicate a mythological narrative through dance, letting movement replace language as they pursue each other and their prey. 9:30 pm GREENER GRASS In a day-glo-colored, bizarro version of suburbia where adults wear braces on their already-straight teeth, everyone drives golf carts, and children magically turn into golden retrievers, soccer moms and best friends Jill (Jocelyn DeBoer) and Lisa (Dawn Luebbe) are locked in a passive aggressive battle-of-the-wills that takes a turn into the sinister when Lisa begins systematically taking over every aspect of Jill's life—starting with her newborn daughter. A dark and twisted indie comedy from members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. MUSIC / PERFORMANCE: 7:00PM SHORT STREET BAND VISUAL ART: LIVING LIGHT: Photographs by Light of Bioluminescent Bacteria by HUNTER COLE This unique solo show from artist and scientist Hunter Cole features photographs of human figures (portraits; dancers; installations) illuminated by a glowing blue light created by bioluminescent bacteria. Cole creates liquid cultures of bacteria, then draws the bacteria into different shapes on Petri dishes using a paintbrush. Finally, she photographs the glowing petri dishes alongside her subjects to create modern works of provocative symbolism. On view in the Zeitgeist Lounge Oct 5 thru Nov 28. 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 $8 general / $6 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.
November 2019 marks Zeitgeist's 33rd Anniversary!
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. Eventhough we are extremely proud of this major accomplishment we have decided to wait to celebrate... The real celebration will be OUR VINYL ANNIVERSARY in March 2020 when we celebrate our 33 and 1/3 birthday... 1/3 of a Century! Now that is a milestone! Come join us! |
ZEITGEIST – NOUN, GERMAN. THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES; GENERAL TREND, MOOD OR FEELING CHARACTERISTIC OF A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME, ESPECIALLY AS IT IS REFLECTED IN THE ARTS, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, ETC. \ˈtsīt-ˌgīst, ˈzīt-\
The Following events will be presented at the spanking new
Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge
@ 6621 St. Claude Ave (Old Arabi Cultural Arts District)
FILMS:
BURNING CANE
Phillip Youmans (Louisiana indie drama)
November 8 through 14 @ 3:30 pm Friday; 5:30 pm Saturday thru Thursday
Held Over 3rd Week!
[TRAILER] [TICKETS]
Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, BURNING CANE follows a deeply religious, God fearing mother struggling to reconcile her tightly-held convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled, self-destructive son while also witnessing her dejected pastor’s decline. The intimate drama captures the complexity and complacency of family life and religion in rural Louisiana. With his spare, almost documentary filmmaking style, Phillip Youmans, who wrote, directed, photographed and co-edited BURNING CANE as his debut feature film, captures the daily lives of the characters and the natural beauty of the town of Laurel Valley and manages to humanize the flawed characters. BURNING CANE is the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Founders Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature, Best Actor - Wendell Pierce, and Best Cinematography.
Zeitgeist screened Phillip Youmans' short film IVORY along with a program of shorts from fellow NOCCA students that Youmans curated his senior year. And congratulations to Philip Youmans on his Gotham Awards "Breakthrough Directing" nomination and now he even has his own signature cocktail before he's old enough to drink!
the Zeitgeist Lounge is now serving the
BURNING CANE
Crescent Vodka (made with 100% Louisiana Sugar Cane), peach nectar, pineapple juice, grenadine
and Rosie's Sweetened Lime. $7
Phillip Youmans (Louisiana indie drama)
November 8 through 14 @ 3:30 pm Friday; 5:30 pm Saturday thru Thursday
Held Over 3rd Week!
[TRAILER] [TICKETS]
Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, BURNING CANE follows a deeply religious, God fearing mother struggling to reconcile her tightly-held convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled, self-destructive son while also witnessing her dejected pastor’s decline. The intimate drama captures the complexity and complacency of family life and religion in rural Louisiana. With his spare, almost documentary filmmaking style, Phillip Youmans, who wrote, directed, photographed and co-edited BURNING CANE as his debut feature film, captures the daily lives of the characters and the natural beauty of the town of Laurel Valley and manages to humanize the flawed characters. BURNING CANE is the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Founders Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature, Best Actor - Wendell Pierce, and Best Cinematography.
Zeitgeist screened Phillip Youmans' short film IVORY along with a program of shorts from fellow NOCCA students that Youmans curated his senior year. And congratulations to Philip Youmans on his Gotham Awards "Breakthrough Directing" nomination and now he even has his own signature cocktail before he's old enough to drink!
the Zeitgeist Lounge is now serving the
BURNING CANE
Crescent Vodka (made with 100% Louisiana Sugar Cane), peach nectar, pineapple juice, grenadine
and Rosie's Sweetened Lime. $7
REDOUBT
November 8 through the 14:
Friday @ 5:00 pm; Saturday thru Thursday @ 7:00 pm (except Monday @ 3:00 pm)
Matthew Barney (art / dance film)
[TRAILER]
The new film by acclaimed artist and director Matthew Barney, creator of the CREMASTER Cycle and the film opera River of Fundament, unfolds as a series of hunts in the wilderness of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains. The characters communicate a mythological narrative through dance, letting movement replace language as they pursue each other and their prey.
November 8 through the 14:
Friday @ 5:00 pm; Saturday thru Thursday @ 7:00 pm (except Monday @ 3:00 pm)
Matthew Barney (art / dance film)
[TRAILER]
The new film by acclaimed artist and director Matthew Barney, creator of the CREMASTER Cycle and the film opera River of Fundament, unfolds as a series of hunts in the wilderness of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains. The characters communicate a mythological narrative through dance, letting movement replace language as they pursue each other and their prey.
GREENER GRASS
Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe (twisted indie comedy)
November 8 through 14 @ 9:30 pm nightly + a Sunday @ 3:30 pm matinee
[TRAILER]
In a day-glo-colored, bizarro version of suburbia where adults wear braces on their already-straight teeth, everyone drives golf carts, and children magically turn into golden retrievers, soccer moms and best friends Jill (Jocelyn DeBoer) and Lisa (Dawn Luebbe) are locked in a passive aggressive battle-of-the-wills that takes a turn into the sinister when Lisa begins systematically taking over every aspect of Jill's life—starting with her newborn daughter. Meanwhile, a psycho yoga teacher killer is on the loose, Jill's husband (Beck Bennett, SNL) has developed a curious taste for pool water, and Lisa is pregnant with a soccer ball. That's just the tip of the gloriously weird iceberg that is the feature debut from writers-directors Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe (The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre), a hilariously demented, Stepford Wives-on-acid satire destined to be an instant cult classic.
Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe (twisted indie comedy)
November 8 through 14 @ 9:30 pm nightly + a Sunday @ 3:30 pm matinee
[TRAILER]
In a day-glo-colored, bizarro version of suburbia where adults wear braces on their already-straight teeth, everyone drives golf carts, and children magically turn into golden retrievers, soccer moms and best friends Jill (Jocelyn DeBoer) and Lisa (Dawn Luebbe) are locked in a passive aggressive battle-of-the-wills that takes a turn into the sinister when Lisa begins systematically taking over every aspect of Jill's life—starting with her newborn daughter. Meanwhile, a psycho yoga teacher killer is on the loose, Jill's husband (Beck Bennett, SNL) has developed a curious taste for pool water, and Lisa is pregnant with a soccer ball. That's just the tip of the gloriously weird iceberg that is the feature debut from writers-directors Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe (The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre), a hilariously demented, Stepford Wives-on-acid satire destined to be an instant cult classic.
Monday, November 11 @ 7:00 pm
HOMEMADE
Jason Maris & Danielle Bernstein (PTSD documentary)
[TRAILER]
The Documentary which recently premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival returns for a special Veteran's Day screening / discussion. The acclaimed film follows a brave soldier Adam Sorensen and his partner Victoria, upon his return home from active duty. Over 6 years we see the emotional, physical and psychological impact on everyone, from PTSD, depression, pain, suicide and addiction. Panel Discussion to follow. Veterans and active military admitted for only $6.
HOMEMADE
Jason Maris & Danielle Bernstein (PTSD documentary)
[TRAILER]
The Documentary which recently premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival returns for a special Veteran's Day screening / discussion. The acclaimed film follows a brave soldier Adam Sorensen and his partner Victoria, upon his return home from active duty. Over 6 years we see the emotional, physical and psychological impact on everyone, from PTSD, depression, pain, suicide and addiction. Panel Discussion to follow. Veterans and active military admitted for only $6.
MUSIC / PERFORMANCE:
Friday, November 8 @ 7:00 pm
MANIFESTO IMPROVISATIONAL COMEDY TROUPE
with special guests. $7.
MANIFESTO IMPROVISATIONAL COMEDY TROUPE
with special guests. $7.
MATT LEMMLER'S NEW ORLEANS IN STRIDE
featuring the NEW ORLEANS JAZZ REVIVAL
a multi-media, family friendly concert series
Saturday, November 9th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm
$15 general / $10 children & Zeitgeist members
a family concert series featuring popular children's songs from films, television, etc. in the Zeitgeist Theatre. Featuring Matt Lemmler with special guests Johnette Downing and Scott Billington. $10 general / $5 children.
“It’s nostalgic, it’s funny, it’s educational, it’s animated, it’s inspirational, it’s multimedia, it’s music, and mostly...it’s New Orleans! Highly recommend this show with Matt Lemmler @nolajazzrevival and the gang. A real throwback to see live music accompanying a movie theater production.” @bizmusician
featuring the NEW ORLEANS JAZZ REVIVAL
a multi-media, family friendly concert series
Saturday, November 9th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm
$15 general / $10 children & Zeitgeist members
a family concert series featuring popular children's songs from films, television, etc. in the Zeitgeist Theatre. Featuring Matt Lemmler with special guests Johnette Downing and Scott Billington. $10 general / $5 children.
“It’s nostalgic, it’s funny, it’s educational, it’s animated, it’s inspirational, it’s multimedia, it’s music, and mostly...it’s New Orleans! Highly recommend this show with Matt Lemmler @nolajazzrevival and the gang. A real throwback to see live music accompanying a movie theater production.” @bizmusician
Tuesdays @ 7:00 pm
SHORT STREET BAND
“Playing the Songs you Love”
Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Lucinda Williams, Warren Zevon, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, John Prine, Tom Petty, John Hiatt, Sheyl Crow….including a few originals that are audience favorites!
Rhythm guitar & lead vocals: Larry Lahoste
Lead guitar & vocals: Chris Polacek
$10
SHORT STREET BAND
“Playing the Songs you Love”
Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Lucinda Williams, Warren Zevon, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, John Prine, Tom Petty, John Hiatt, Sheyl Crow….including a few originals that are audience favorites!
Rhythm guitar & lead vocals: Larry Lahoste
Lead guitar & vocals: Chris Polacek
$10
Wednesdays in September @ 7:00 pm
BIG DUMMY aka The Vulgarians
(Jazz trio featuring Rob Wagner, Dave Sobel & Chris Senac). $10
BIG DUMMY aka The Vulgarians
(Jazz trio featuring Rob Wagner, Dave Sobel & Chris Senac). $10
C O M I N G S O O N !
THE LIGHTHOUSE
Robert Eggers (indie drama)
Friday through Thursday, November 15 through 21 @ 5:00 pm daily (except Monday @ 4:00 pm)
+ 9:15 pm nightly Friday thru Wednesday
[TRAILER] [TICKETS]
Willem Dafoe & Robert Pattinson star in this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind modern horror masterpiece The Witch. Winner of the International Film Critics Prize at Cannes.
Robert Eggers (indie drama)
Friday through Thursday, November 15 through 21 @ 5:00 pm daily (except Monday @ 4:00 pm)
+ 9:15 pm nightly Friday thru Wednesday
[TRAILER] [TICKETS]
Willem Dafoe & Robert Pattinson star in this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind modern horror masterpiece The Witch. Winner of the International Film Critics Prize at Cannes.
THE GOLDEN GLOVE
Fatih Akin (Turkish/German Serial Killer thriller)
Friday through Thursday, November 15 through 21 @ 7:00 pm nightly (except Monday @ 2:45 pm)
[TRAILER] [TICKETS]
From acclaimed Turkish / German filmmaker Fatih Akin (Head-On, The Edge of Heaven, In The Fade) comes a gruesome tale of notorious German serial killer Fritz Honka who haunted Hamburg’s red light district in the 1970s. Based on the novel of the same name, THE GOLDEN GLOVE follows Honka as he frequents his favorite bar, the “Golden Glove,” where schmaltzy German songs move the boozy bar hounds to tears and drinking is a reflex against pain and longing. There, Honka, a pitiful loser chasing after lonely women, keeps more than just secrets in the attic.
Fatih Akin (Turkish/German Serial Killer thriller)
Friday through Thursday, November 15 through 21 @ 7:00 pm nightly (except Monday @ 2:45 pm)
[TRAILER] [TICKETS]
From acclaimed Turkish / German filmmaker Fatih Akin (Head-On, The Edge of Heaven, In The Fade) comes a gruesome tale of notorious German serial killer Fritz Honka who haunted Hamburg’s red light district in the 1970s. Based on the novel of the same name, THE GOLDEN GLOVE follows Honka as he frequents his favorite bar, the “Golden Glove,” where schmaltzy German songs move the boozy bar hounds to tears and drinking is a reflex against pain and longing. There, Honka, a pitiful loser chasing after lonely women, keeps more than just secrets in the attic.
Monday, November 18 @ 7:00 pm
CLARE HORGAN & PATRICE FISHER: AN EVENING OF IRISH MUSIC
$10 [TICKETS]
Multi award-winning traditional Irish sean-nós singer CLARE HORGAN comes to Zeitgeist for the first time as part of her US tour debut, joined by subtle intuitive and brilliant accompanist and harpist Patrice Fischer.
This duo will treat you to a seriously entertaining and eclectic night of music straight from the heart, direct from the well of tradition, American and Irish combining the simplicity of a small town Kerry girl with the sharp polish of two seasoned professionals who love what they do. Check out Clare’s Facebook page clarehorganmusic and website www.clarehorgan.com
Clare is on a Culturally unique one year trip here that has already taken her to New York, Boston and Provincetown and will see her fly to Alaska after Christmas. Culture Ireland has, this year, given Clare a prestigious international touring award and she is loving every moment of her time here in the US. Brought up in the Irish and English speaking breac-gaeltacht of Uíbh Ráthach or Iveragh, in the South West of Ireland. Clare was singing sean-nós songs (traditional Irish unaccompanied songs in the Irish language) before she could speak! In her twenties, she moved to Dublin, initially to study classical Music and then headed to Yorkshire in the UK where she completed a post-graduate diploma in Jazz and Popular music. Returning now to her native Irish roots Clare revisits the songs stories and haunting melodies of her youth. Under her belt she has a lifetime of teaching experience and a music career that has taken her to Ballinskelligs, Brussels Beirut, Belfast, Paris, London performing with an array of different line ups, ranging from an 18 piece swing band to the leading Irish language choir in Ireland, from jazz quartets to a traditional Irish trio. Clare has performed on BBC and RTÉ Television and has been interviewed and performed on many National and local radio stations around Europe and America, including airplay on WGBH, Boston and WWOZ New Orleans
Ms Horgan will be accompanied by New Orleans harpist Patrice Fisher, who is a professional Louisiana harpist & composer of Celtic ancestry. She is a graduate in music from Tulane University. She has studied Celtic music with Grainne Hambly, soloist with and Janet Harbison, director of the Belfast Harp Orchestra, with Scottish harpist, Billy Jackson & in Ireland with harpist, Maire Ni Chathasaigh of the Cairde Na Cruite Irish Harp Society. Patrice is the founder of the New Orleans Celtic Harp Ensemble.
CLARE HORGAN & PATRICE FISHER: AN EVENING OF IRISH MUSIC
$10 [TICKETS]
Multi award-winning traditional Irish sean-nós singer CLARE HORGAN comes to Zeitgeist for the first time as part of her US tour debut, joined by subtle intuitive and brilliant accompanist and harpist Patrice Fischer.
This duo will treat you to a seriously entertaining and eclectic night of music straight from the heart, direct from the well of tradition, American and Irish combining the simplicity of a small town Kerry girl with the sharp polish of two seasoned professionals who love what they do. Check out Clare’s Facebook page clarehorganmusic and website www.clarehorgan.com
Clare is on a Culturally unique one year trip here that has already taken her to New York, Boston and Provincetown and will see her fly to Alaska after Christmas. Culture Ireland has, this year, given Clare a prestigious international touring award and she is loving every moment of her time here in the US. Brought up in the Irish and English speaking breac-gaeltacht of Uíbh Ráthach or Iveragh, in the South West of Ireland. Clare was singing sean-nós songs (traditional Irish unaccompanied songs in the Irish language) before she could speak! In her twenties, she moved to Dublin, initially to study classical Music and then headed to Yorkshire in the UK where she completed a post-graduate diploma in Jazz and Popular music. Returning now to her native Irish roots Clare revisits the songs stories and haunting melodies of her youth. Under her belt she has a lifetime of teaching experience and a music career that has taken her to Ballinskelligs, Brussels Beirut, Belfast, Paris, London performing with an array of different line ups, ranging from an 18 piece swing band to the leading Irish language choir in Ireland, from jazz quartets to a traditional Irish trio. Clare has performed on BBC and RTÉ Television and has been interviewed and performed on many National and local radio stations around Europe and America, including airplay on WGBH, Boston and WWOZ New Orleans
Ms Horgan will be accompanied by New Orleans harpist Patrice Fisher, who is a professional Louisiana harpist & composer of Celtic ancestry. She is a graduate in music from Tulane University. She has studied Celtic music with Grainne Hambly, soloist with and Janet Harbison, director of the Belfast Harp Orchestra, with Scottish harpist, Billy Jackson & in Ireland with harpist, Maire Ni Chathasaigh of the Cairde Na Cruite Irish Harp Society. Patrice is the founder of the New Orleans Celtic Harp Ensemble.
Thursday, November 21 @ 9:30 pm
BLUE MOON CIRCUS
Strong woman, Cassidy Copperhead
Dare devil and terrible joke teller, Sideshow Matt
Sword swallower and orifice poker, Lydia Treats
Fire goddess and booty squisher, Bad JuJu
Great ‘feets of strength’ and mess maker, Ember Crow
And Scabies, the dirtiest clown in town!
Expect comedic burlesque, sideshow, feats of strength and danger!
$10 Doors 9, Show 9:30pm
BLUE MOON CIRCUS
Strong woman, Cassidy Copperhead
Dare devil and terrible joke teller, Sideshow Matt
Sword swallower and orifice poker, Lydia Treats
Fire goddess and booty squisher, Bad JuJu
Great ‘feets of strength’ and mess maker, Ember Crow
And Scabies, the dirtiest clown in town!
Expect comedic burlesque, sideshow, feats of strength and danger!
$10 Doors 9, Show 9:30pm
Opens November 22
THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN
Kathleen Hepburn & Elle-Maija Tailfeathers (Canadian Indigenous drama)
[TRAILER]
This acclaimed film from Canada follows two Indigenous women from vastly different backgrounds when their worlds collide as one of them, Rosie, is fleeing a violent domestic attack. What begins as an urgent and terrifying escape, tentatively expands as the women weave a fragile bond in their short time together while navigating the complexities of motherhood and the ongoing legacy of colonialism. The film takes place entirely in real time as a stitched continuous take in order to achieve an experience for the viewer which is urgent, intimate, naturalistic, and highly suspenseful. Screens as part of Zeitgeist's on-going series CANADA IS BIGGER THAN THE U.S.
THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN
Kathleen Hepburn & Elle-Maija Tailfeathers (Canadian Indigenous drama)
[TRAILER]
This acclaimed film from Canada follows two Indigenous women from vastly different backgrounds when their worlds collide as one of them, Rosie, is fleeing a violent domestic attack. What begins as an urgent and terrifying escape, tentatively expands as the women weave a fragile bond in their short time together while navigating the complexities of motherhood and the ongoing legacy of colonialism. The film takes place entirely in real time as a stitched continuous take in order to achieve an experience for the viewer which is urgent, intimate, naturalistic, and highly suspenseful. Screens as part of Zeitgeist's on-going series CANADA IS BIGGER THAN THE U.S.
Opens November 22
SYNONYMS
Nadav Lapid (French drama)
[TRAILER]
Winner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale, the latest from Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher) features a dynamic lead performance from newcomer Tom Mercier, whose feral intensity practically bursts out of the frame. Mercier plays Yoav, a disaffected young Israeli who flees Tel Aviv for Paris to start a new life. Desperate to erase his origins, Yoav sees becoming French as his only hope for salvation. Step one is to replace his language. From now on, he will not utter a single word of Hebrew and his dictionary becomes his constant companion. His work at the Israeli embassy is a burden, but studying for his naturalization test also has its pitfalls. And the young French couple he befriends has some rather strange ideas about how to help him. Based on writer-director Nadav Lapid's own experiences, Synonyms explores the challenges of putting down roots in a new place. Yoav's attempts to find himself awaken past demons and open up an existential abyss in this tragicomic puzzle that wisely knows how to keep its secrets.
SYNONYMS
Nadav Lapid (French drama)
[TRAILER]
Winner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale, the latest from Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher) features a dynamic lead performance from newcomer Tom Mercier, whose feral intensity practically bursts out of the frame. Mercier plays Yoav, a disaffected young Israeli who flees Tel Aviv for Paris to start a new life. Desperate to erase his origins, Yoav sees becoming French as his only hope for salvation. Step one is to replace his language. From now on, he will not utter a single word of Hebrew and his dictionary becomes his constant companion. His work at the Israeli embassy is a burden, but studying for his naturalization test also has its pitfalls. And the young French couple he befriends has some rather strange ideas about how to help him. Based on writer-director Nadav Lapid's own experiences, Synonyms explores the challenges of putting down roots in a new place. Yoav's attempts to find himself awaken past demons and open up an existential abyss in this tragicomic puzzle that wisely knows how to keep its secrets.
Opens November 29
VARDA BY AGNES
Agnes Varda (French film diary / personal essay)
[TRAILER]
The final film from the late, beloved Agnès Varda is a characteristically playful, profound, and personal summation of the director’s own brilliant career. At once impish and wise, she acts as our spirit guide on a free-associative tour through her six-decade artistic journey, shedding new light on her films, photography, and recent installation works while offering her one-of-a-kind reflections on everything from filmmaking to feminism to aging. Suffused with the people, places, and things she loved--Jacques Demy, cats, colors, beaches, heart-shaped potatoes—this wonderfully idiosyncratic work of imaginative autobiography is a warmly human, touchingly bittersweet parting gift from one of cinema’s most luminous talents.
An AGNES VARDA FILM RETROSPECTIVE as well as An ABBAS KIAROSTAMI FILM RETROSPECTIVE will bth be touring the US by Janus Films in 2020. We hope to bring them both to Zeitgeist if we can find enough sponsors, community partners or patrons to help underwrite the cost of the tour. Hint, Hint.
VARDA BY AGNES
Agnes Varda (French film diary / personal essay)
[TRAILER]
The final film from the late, beloved Agnès Varda is a characteristically playful, profound, and personal summation of the director’s own brilliant career. At once impish and wise, she acts as our spirit guide on a free-associative tour through her six-decade artistic journey, shedding new light on her films, photography, and recent installation works while offering her one-of-a-kind reflections on everything from filmmaking to feminism to aging. Suffused with the people, places, and things she loved--Jacques Demy, cats, colors, beaches, heart-shaped potatoes—this wonderfully idiosyncratic work of imaginative autobiography is a warmly human, touchingly bittersweet parting gift from one of cinema’s most luminous talents.
An AGNES VARDA FILM RETROSPECTIVE as well as An ABBAS KIAROSTAMI FILM RETROSPECTIVE will bth be touring the US by Janus Films in 2020. We hope to bring them both to Zeitgeist if we can find enough sponsors, community partners or patrons to help underwrite the cost of the tour. Hint, Hint.
Opens December 6
TEMBLORES (TREMORS)
Jayro Bustamante (Gay drama from Guatamala)
[TRAILER]
In this deeply personal followup to his landmark debut IXACNUL, Jayro Bustamante shifts his focus from rural Guatemala to the denizens of Guatemala City but once again set his sights on an individual caught between two seeming irreconcilable worlds. When handsome and charismatic Pablo arrives at his affluent family’s house everyone is eagerly awaiting the return of their beloved son, devoted father and caring husband. A seemingly exemplary pillar of Guatemala City’s Evangelical Christian community, Pablo’s announcement that he intends to leave his wife for another man sends shock waves through the family. As Pablo tries to acclimate to his new life in the city’s gay subculture with the liberated Francisco, his ultra-religious family does everything in its power to get their prodigal son back on track, no matter the cost.
"If Bustamante’s lucid second feature makes it feel as though the world itself is trembling beneath your feet, it’s because this mercilessly grounded film keys into the devilishness of Pablo’s dilemma: Forcing him to choose between himself and his family is the only way to guarantee that he ultimately loses both" (David Ehrlich, Indiewire).
TEMBLORES (TREMORS)
Jayro Bustamante (Gay drama from Guatamala)
[TRAILER]
In this deeply personal followup to his landmark debut IXACNUL, Jayro Bustamante shifts his focus from rural Guatemala to the denizens of Guatemala City but once again set his sights on an individual caught between two seeming irreconcilable worlds. When handsome and charismatic Pablo arrives at his affluent family’s house everyone is eagerly awaiting the return of their beloved son, devoted father and caring husband. A seemingly exemplary pillar of Guatemala City’s Evangelical Christian community, Pablo’s announcement that he intends to leave his wife for another man sends shock waves through the family. As Pablo tries to acclimate to his new life in the city’s gay subculture with the liberated Francisco, his ultra-religious family does everything in its power to get their prodigal son back on track, no matter the cost.
"If Bustamante’s lucid second feature makes it feel as though the world itself is trembling beneath your feet, it’s because this mercilessly grounded film keys into the devilishness of Pablo’s dilemma: Forcing him to choose between himself and his family is the only way to guarantee that he ultimately loses both" (David Ehrlich, Indiewire).
Saturday, December 7 @ 9:00 pm
MUTZIE'S HOLIDAY COMEDY SPECTACULAR
MUTZIE'S HOLIDAY COMEDY SPECTACULAR
Opens December 13:
WINTER FLIES (VSECHNO BUDE)
Olmo Omerzu (Czech coming of age comedy)
[TRAILER]
This Czech submission for Oscar consideration follows FAMILY FILM, director Olmo Omerzu’s edgily funny family-disaster film, with a bittersweet comic road movie about two boys who attempt to swagger into manhood only to reveal just how much of the child remains behind their laughably tough-talking facades. Fifteen-year-old skinhead Mára (Tomas Mrvik) and chubby twelve-year-old BB-gun toting Heduš (Jan Frantisek Uher) set out across the barren winter landscape in a stolen Audi, adding a rescued dog and pretty blonde hitchhiker Brána (Eliska Křenková of FAMILY FILM) to the entourage. Naïve schemes for sexual conquest of their savvy guest passenger remain smutty adolescent dreams, and the adventure comes to a halt in a rural police station, where dirty tricks will cut both ways. Police interrogate 14-year-old Mára at the station after he is caught behind the wheel far across country from where he lives. He and somewhat eccentric Heduš had set out for the frozen landscape down south to seek adventure, but the mischievous breeziness with which Mára gives his story, and his concealment of the details of the trip, gradually strip his statement of credibility…. With uncommon directorial playfulness, Olmo Omerzu leads his central pair of young nonprofessional actors through the expanding narrative, in which a variety of detours arise with the same elegant spontaneity as they later disappear. A road movie about the flies that occasionally buzz around even in winter, telling a story of boyhood friendship and the irrepressible desire to experience something, even if you don’t exactly know what. Winner of 4 Lion Awards (Czech Academy Awards). This incredibly funny and moving comedy featuring brilliant performances by it's two young leads Jan Frantisek Uher and Tomas Mrvik won the Best Director Award at the Karlovy Vary Int, Film Festival.
Zeitgeist is proud to host the film's U.S. Theatrical Premiere.
WINTER FLIES (VSECHNO BUDE)
Olmo Omerzu (Czech coming of age comedy)
[TRAILER]
This Czech submission for Oscar consideration follows FAMILY FILM, director Olmo Omerzu’s edgily funny family-disaster film, with a bittersweet comic road movie about two boys who attempt to swagger into manhood only to reveal just how much of the child remains behind their laughably tough-talking facades. Fifteen-year-old skinhead Mára (Tomas Mrvik) and chubby twelve-year-old BB-gun toting Heduš (Jan Frantisek Uher) set out across the barren winter landscape in a stolen Audi, adding a rescued dog and pretty blonde hitchhiker Brána (Eliska Křenková of FAMILY FILM) to the entourage. Naïve schemes for sexual conquest of their savvy guest passenger remain smutty adolescent dreams, and the adventure comes to a halt in a rural police station, where dirty tricks will cut both ways. Police interrogate 14-year-old Mára at the station after he is caught behind the wheel far across country from where he lives. He and somewhat eccentric Heduš had set out for the frozen landscape down south to seek adventure, but the mischievous breeziness with which Mára gives his story, and his concealment of the details of the trip, gradually strip his statement of credibility…. With uncommon directorial playfulness, Olmo Omerzu leads his central pair of young nonprofessional actors through the expanding narrative, in which a variety of detours arise with the same elegant spontaneity as they later disappear. A road movie about the flies that occasionally buzz around even in winter, telling a story of boyhood friendship and the irrepressible desire to experience something, even if you don’t exactly know what. Winner of 4 Lion Awards (Czech Academy Awards). This incredibly funny and moving comedy featuring brilliant performances by it's two young leads Jan Frantisek Uher and Tomas Mrvik won the Best Director Award at the Karlovy Vary Int, Film Festival.
Zeitgeist is proud to host the film's U.S. Theatrical Premiere.
Opens January 10
MIDNIGHT FAMILY
Luke Lorentzen (Mexican doc)
[TRAILER]
Easily the most acclaimed and anticipated documentary of the year. In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a for-profit ambulance, competing with other unlicensed EMTs for patients in need of urgent care. In this cutthroat industry, they struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care. Arguably the most exhilarating documentary to come out of Sundance this year, Midnight Family follows the Ochoa family—the gruff but compassionate Fer and his two underage sons, Juan and Josué—at intensely close range on these Sisyphean missions of mercy. Winner Special Jury Award for Cinematography, U.S. Documentary, Sundance Film Festival; Premio Mezcal for Best Film, Guadalajara International Film Festival; Premio Mezcal for Best Director, Guadalajara International Film Festival; Premio Guerrero de la Prensa, Red de Prensa Mexicana de Cine; Special Jury Mention, F:act Award, CPH:DOX; Firebird Award for Best Documentary, Hong Kong International Film Festival; Cine Latino Documentary Audience Award, MSPIFF; Grand Prix, Kaliningrad Film Festival; Special Jury Mention, Illumination and Vision Award, Calgary Underground Film Festival; Special Jury Prize for Cinematography, Montclair Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature, Cine Las Americas; TRT International Documentary Awards, Turkey, Third Place; Bravery Award, Mammoth Lakes Film Festival; Grand Jury Award, Sheffield Doc/Fest Top Prize, International Competition, Underhill Fest, Montenegro; Grand Jury Prize, Gimli Film Festival; Best Mexican Documentary, Guanajuato International Film Festival; Best Documentary, In the Spirit of Freedom, Jerusalem Film Festival; Best Mexican Documentary, DOQUMENTA, Queretaro; Special Jury Mention, Monterrey International Film Festival; Grand Prix, Message to Man Film Festival, Saint Petersburg Russian Press Prize, Message to Man Film Festival; IFFS Prize, Message to Man Film Festival; Documentaire Extraordinaire, Best Documentary, Bergen International Film Festival.
MIDNIGHT FAMILY
Luke Lorentzen (Mexican doc)
[TRAILER]
Easily the most acclaimed and anticipated documentary of the year. In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a for-profit ambulance, competing with other unlicensed EMTs for patients in need of urgent care. In this cutthroat industry, they struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care. Arguably the most exhilarating documentary to come out of Sundance this year, Midnight Family follows the Ochoa family—the gruff but compassionate Fer and his two underage sons, Juan and Josué—at intensely close range on these Sisyphean missions of mercy. Winner Special Jury Award for Cinematography, U.S. Documentary, Sundance Film Festival; Premio Mezcal for Best Film, Guadalajara International Film Festival; Premio Mezcal for Best Director, Guadalajara International Film Festival; Premio Guerrero de la Prensa, Red de Prensa Mexicana de Cine; Special Jury Mention, F:act Award, CPH:DOX; Firebird Award for Best Documentary, Hong Kong International Film Festival; Cine Latino Documentary Audience Award, MSPIFF; Grand Prix, Kaliningrad Film Festival; Special Jury Mention, Illumination and Vision Award, Calgary Underground Film Festival; Special Jury Prize for Cinematography, Montclair Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature, Cine Las Americas; TRT International Documentary Awards, Turkey, Third Place; Bravery Award, Mammoth Lakes Film Festival; Grand Jury Award, Sheffield Doc/Fest Top Prize, International Competition, Underhill Fest, Montenegro; Grand Jury Prize, Gimli Film Festival; Best Mexican Documentary, Guanajuato International Film Festival; Best Documentary, In the Spirit of Freedom, Jerusalem Film Festival; Best Mexican Documentary, DOQUMENTA, Queretaro; Special Jury Mention, Monterrey International Film Festival; Grand Prix, Message to Man Film Festival, Saint Petersburg Russian Press Prize, Message to Man Film Festival; IFFS Prize, Message to Man Film Festival; Documentaire Extraordinaire, Best Documentary, Bergen International Film Festival.
V I S U A L A R T E X H I B I T I O N S
LIVING LIGHT: Photographs by Light of Bioluminescent Bacteria.
This unique solo show from artist and scientist Hunter Cole features photographs of human figures (portraits; dancers; installations) illuminated by a glowing blue light created by bioluminescent bacteria. Cole creates liquid cultures of bacteria, then draws the bacteria into different shapes on Petri dishes using a paintbrush. Finally, she photographs the glowing petri dishes alongside her subjects to create modern works of provocative symbolism. On view in the Zeitgeist Lounge Oct 5 thru Nov 28.
Thurs., Oct., 10, 6 - 10 pm
GLOW: an Illuminated Living Art Experience
ARTIST RECEPTION / TALK / PHOTO SESSION
One night event. Get your photograph taken by artist / scientist Hunter Cole with living light Interact with people adorned in living light. Experience a theatre filled with living light See living drawings created with living bioluminescent bacteria. Free.
This unique solo show from artist and scientist Hunter Cole features photographs of human figures (portraits; dancers; installations) illuminated by a glowing blue light created by bioluminescent bacteria. Cole creates liquid cultures of bacteria, then draws the bacteria into different shapes on Petri dishes using a paintbrush. Finally, she photographs the glowing petri dishes alongside her subjects to create modern works of provocative symbolism. On view in the Zeitgeist Lounge Oct 5 thru Nov 28.
Thurs., Oct., 10, 6 - 10 pm
GLOW: an Illuminated Living Art Experience
ARTIST RECEPTION / TALK / PHOTO SESSION
One night event. Get your photograph taken by artist / scientist Hunter Cole with living light Interact with people adorned in living light. Experience a theatre filled with living light See living drawings created with living bioluminescent bacteria. Free.
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.
The real celebration will be
OUR VINYL ANNIVERSARY in March 2020
when we celebrate our 33 and 1/3 birthday...
Come join us!
Zeitgeist is a non-profit, artist run media arts center that celebrates its 33rd anniversary this November.
The real celebration will be
OUR VINYL ANNIVERSARY in March 2020
when we celebrate our 33 and 1/3 birthday...
Come join us!
