6621 ST. Claude ave. arabi, la 70032
(504) 352-1150 rene@zeitgeistnola.org
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Wednesday, January 22nd
FILMS: 3:15 pm HONEYLAND The last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood. 2 Academy Award nominations - Best International Feature & Best Documentary Feature. 6:00 pm Locked/ Stop the Lock The US Army Corps is asking Congress to fund a $1 billion, 13+ year project that will bring heavy construction into the neighborhood, demolish houses, discourage investment, create traffic jams, dredge up toxic sediment, and endanger the bayou, while building a new bridge and bringing the Mississippi River into the core of the city. This is a dangerous, expensive and unnecessary project that must be stopped! Directed by Daneeta Loretta Jackson & Patrick Jackson Water is Life and Bayou Bridge From the filmmaker behind Big Charity comes a new triptych, the Bayou Bridge Film Series, presented by The Louisiana Bucket Brigade. The films explore the communities in the bull's eye of the proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Directed by Alexander Glustorm 8:45 pm PARASITE by Bong Joon Ho Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Winner - Palme D'Or - Cannes; Golden Globe Awards - Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language; Best Director & Best Foreign Film - Critics Choice Awards. 6 Academy Award Nominations - BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST EDITING and PRODUCTION DESIGN [TICKETS] MUSIC / PERFORMANCE: no one scheduled VISUAL ART: QUEER NUDES by NATALIE WOODLOCK 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 $8 general / $6 members & children See 2 or more films on the same night for only $6 each! _______________________________
Great News!
We have 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 marked 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! 
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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)
Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge
@ 6621 St. Claude Ave (Old Arabi Cultural Arts District)
FILMS:
HONEYLAND
Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska (Macedonian Bee doc)
Friday through Thursday, January 17 through 23 @ 3:15 pm daily
[TRAILER]
Zeitgeist is pleased to announce the return of one of our biggest hits of 2019!
Nestled in an isolated mountain region deep within the Balkans, Hatidze Muratova lives with her ailing mother in a village without roads, electricity or running water. She’s the last in a long line of Macedonian wild beekeepers, eking out a living farming honey in small batches to be sold in the closest city – a mere four hours’ walk away. Hatidze’s peaceful existence is thrown into upheaval by the arrival of an itinerant family, with their roaring engines, seven rambunctious children and herd of cattle. Hatidze optimistically meets the promise of change with an open heart, offering up her affections, her brandy and her tried-and-true beekeeping advice.
It doesn’t take long however, before Hussein, the itinerant family’s patriarch, senses opportunity and develops an interest in selling his own honey. Hussein has seven young mouths to feed and nowhere to graze his cattle, and he soon casts Hatidze’s advice aside in his hunt for profit. This causes a breach in the natural order that provokes a conflict with Hatidze that exposes the fundamental tension between nature and humanity, harmony and discord, exploitation and sustainability. Even as the family provides a much-needed respite from Hatidze’s isolation and loneliness, her very means of survival are threatened.
The debut feature from documentarians Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska HONEYLAND was shot over three years by a skeleton crew committed to an intimate collaboration between filmmakers and subject. HONEYLAND is made with the widescreen sweep of an epic, visually ambitious and driven by an unexpectedly dramatic narrative and a surprising sense of humor. It’s a tough and tender portrait of the delicate balance between humankind and nature, a glimpse at a fast disappearing way of life, and an unforgettable testament to one extraordinary woman’s resilience.
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards including BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE.
Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska (Macedonian Bee doc)
Friday through Thursday, January 17 through 23 @ 3:15 pm daily
[TRAILER]
Zeitgeist is pleased to announce the return of one of our biggest hits of 2019!
Nestled in an isolated mountain region deep within the Balkans, Hatidze Muratova lives with her ailing mother in a village without roads, electricity or running water. She’s the last in a long line of Macedonian wild beekeepers, eking out a living farming honey in small batches to be sold in the closest city – a mere four hours’ walk away. Hatidze’s peaceful existence is thrown into upheaval by the arrival of an itinerant family, with their roaring engines, seven rambunctious children and herd of cattle. Hatidze optimistically meets the promise of change with an open heart, offering up her affections, her brandy and her tried-and-true beekeeping advice.
It doesn’t take long however, before Hussein, the itinerant family’s patriarch, senses opportunity and develops an interest in selling his own honey. Hussein has seven young mouths to feed and nowhere to graze his cattle, and he soon casts Hatidze’s advice aside in his hunt for profit. This causes a breach in the natural order that provokes a conflict with Hatidze that exposes the fundamental tension between nature and humanity, harmony and discord, exploitation and sustainability. Even as the family provides a much-needed respite from Hatidze’s isolation and loneliness, her very means of survival are threatened.
The debut feature from documentarians Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska HONEYLAND was shot over three years by a skeleton crew committed to an intimate collaboration between filmmakers and subject. HONEYLAND is made with the widescreen sweep of an epic, visually ambitious and driven by an unexpectedly dramatic narrative and a surprising sense of humor. It’s a tough and tender portrait of the delicate balance between humankind and nature, a glimpse at a fast disappearing way of life, and an unforgettable testament to one extraordinary woman’s resilience.
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards including BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE.
VHYES
Jack Henry Robbins (US indie comedy)
Friday through Tuesday, January 17 through 21 @ 7:30 pm nightly
[TRAILER]
Ralph is a 12-year-old boy who just got a new video camcorder from his parents and now spends his days recording himself goofing around with his pal Josh. He also discovers from his Dad that he can hook it up to the TV to record his favorite late night shows and the wondrous commercials that air between. Director Jack Henry Robbins and writer Nunzio Randazzo clearly have a deep affection for the 1980s, and especially the demented television shows and their scraggly commercials that permeated the era’s airwaves. In VHYES, Robbins has assembled a veritable who’s who to bring to life his demented version of the idiot box, including notables like his parents Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, Thomas Lennon, Charlyne Yi, Madeline Zima, and Kerri Kenney.
While visiting the eerily familiar shows of many a Gen Xer’s youth is one hell of a journey, you’ll also experience a shrewdly woven insight into a formative week in the psyche of our young hero, Ralph. If every known media was on a VHS tape in a midwest Blockbuster in 1987, VHYES would exist on a shelf alongside the sketches of Tim & Eric, the late night Adult Swim works of Alan Resnick, and the pop culture send-ups of Vernon Chatman. So fire up your VCR and get ready to journey back into the magic airwaves of the past with VHYES!
Jack Henry Robbins (US indie comedy)
Friday through Tuesday, January 17 through 21 @ 7:30 pm nightly
[TRAILER]
Ralph is a 12-year-old boy who just got a new video camcorder from his parents and now spends his days recording himself goofing around with his pal Josh. He also discovers from his Dad that he can hook it up to the TV to record his favorite late night shows and the wondrous commercials that air between. Director Jack Henry Robbins and writer Nunzio Randazzo clearly have a deep affection for the 1980s, and especially the demented television shows and their scraggly commercials that permeated the era’s airwaves. In VHYES, Robbins has assembled a veritable who’s who to bring to life his demented version of the idiot box, including notables like his parents Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, Thomas Lennon, Charlyne Yi, Madeline Zima, and Kerri Kenney.
While visiting the eerily familiar shows of many a Gen Xer’s youth is one hell of a journey, you’ll also experience a shrewdly woven insight into a formative week in the psyche of our young hero, Ralph. If every known media was on a VHS tape in a midwest Blockbuster in 1987, VHYES would exist on a shelf alongside the sketches of Tim & Eric, the late night Adult Swim works of Alan Resnick, and the pop culture send-ups of Vernon Chatman. So fire up your VCR and get ready to journey back into the magic airwaves of the past with VHYES!
PARASITE
Bong Joon Ho (Korean modern fairytale)
Friday through Thursday, January 10 through 16 @ 5:00 pm daily
Held Over!
Friday through Tuesday, January 17 through 21 @ 5:00 pm daily plus
Sunday through Thursday, January 19 through 23 @ 8:45 pm
[TRAILER] [TICKETS]
Bong Joon Ho brings his singular mastery home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale. Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist, to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide “indispensable” luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims’ newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks. By turns darkly hilarious and heart-wrenching, PARASITE showcases a modern master at the top of his game. Winner - Palme D'Or - Cannes; Golden Globe Awards - Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language; Best Director & Best Foreign Film - Critics Choice Awards.
6 Academy Award Nominations - BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST EDITING and PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bong Joon Ho (Korean modern fairytale)
Friday through Thursday, January 10 through 16 @ 5:00 pm daily
Held Over!
Friday through Tuesday, January 17 through 21 @ 5:00 pm daily plus
Sunday through Thursday, January 19 through 23 @ 8:45 pm
[TRAILER] [TICKETS]
Bong Joon Ho brings his singular mastery home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale. Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist, to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide “indispensable” luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims’ newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks. By turns darkly hilarious and heart-wrenching, PARASITE showcases a modern master at the top of his game. Winner - Palme D'Or - Cannes; Golden Globe Awards - Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language; Best Director & Best Foreign Film - Critics Choice Awards.
6 Academy Award Nominations - BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST EDITING and PRODUCTION DESIGN
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F-NO HEALTH & JUSTICE FILM FEST
102.3 FM WHIV-LP community film nights @ Zeitgeist
Wednesday & Thursday, Jan 22 & 23 @ 6:00 pm
Jan 22 @ 6:00 pm
Locked/ Stop the Lock
The US Army Corps is asking Congress to fund a $1 billion, 13+ year project that will bring heavy construction into the neighborhood, demolish houses, discourage investment, create traffic jams, dredge up toxic sediment, and endanger the bayou, while building a new bridge and bringing the Mississippi River into the core of the city. This is a dangerous, expensive and unnecessary project that must be stopped! Directed by Daneeta Loretta Jackson & Patrick Jackson
Water is Life and Bayou Bridge
From the filmmaker behind Big Charity comes a new triptych, the Bayou Bridge Film Series, presented by The Louisiana Bucket Brigade. The films explore the communities in the bull's eye of the proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline.
Directed by Alexander Glustorm
Panelists include the filmmaker & representation, water protectors and local waterway educators and activists.
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Jan 23 @ 6:00 pm
Fear No Gumbo
In Fear No Gumbo, Kimberly Rivers Roberts confronts "culture Vultures on camera because she knew the false hope and failure folks were experiencing because the community wasn’t bouncing back fast enough. These are her mothers, fathers, grandmothers and relatives that were being misled at a vulnerable time and she couldn’t stand by and watch them get taken advantage of by these “culture projects” that seem innocent and neutral but are not. Filmmaker Kimberly Rivers-Roberts, director of Trouble the Water brings forward the challenges facing the Lower 9 Neighborhood and the "Stealing of our New Orelans Culture."
Panelists include the filmmaker & lower 9 representation, water protectors and local waterway educators and activists.
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F-NO: The Health & Justice Film Festival, is a collaboration between 102.3 FM WHIV and the Southern Center for Health Equity (SOCHE). Our aim is to foster discussions on a variety of health issues while honoring filmmakers who advocate for much needed change. 2020 will offer a full schedule of fascinating film screenings and moderated panels that include filmmakers and experts in the field. F-NO is a cross-sectoral festival, highlighting topics that range from gun violence prevention to reproductive justice, veterans' health, HIV/AIDS, and beyond. Our mission is health equity through innovative messaging.
We invite people of all ages, orientation, race and ethnicity to attend and take part in this progressive film festival.
102.3 FM WHIV-LP community film nights @ Zeitgeist
Wednesday & Thursday, Jan 22 & 23 @ 6:00 pm
Jan 22 @ 6:00 pm
Locked/ Stop the Lock
The US Army Corps is asking Congress to fund a $1 billion, 13+ year project that will bring heavy construction into the neighborhood, demolish houses, discourage investment, create traffic jams, dredge up toxic sediment, and endanger the bayou, while building a new bridge and bringing the Mississippi River into the core of the city. This is a dangerous, expensive and unnecessary project that must be stopped! Directed by Daneeta Loretta Jackson & Patrick Jackson
Water is Life and Bayou Bridge
From the filmmaker behind Big Charity comes a new triptych, the Bayou Bridge Film Series, presented by The Louisiana Bucket Brigade. The films explore the communities in the bull's eye of the proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline.
Directed by Alexander Glustorm
Panelists include the filmmaker & representation, water protectors and local waterway educators and activists.
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Jan 23 @ 6:00 pm
Fear No Gumbo
In Fear No Gumbo, Kimberly Rivers Roberts confronts "culture Vultures on camera because she knew the false hope and failure folks were experiencing because the community wasn’t bouncing back fast enough. These are her mothers, fathers, grandmothers and relatives that were being misled at a vulnerable time and she couldn’t stand by and watch them get taken advantage of by these “culture projects” that seem innocent and neutral but are not. Filmmaker Kimberly Rivers-Roberts, director of Trouble the Water brings forward the challenges facing the Lower 9 Neighborhood and the "Stealing of our New Orelans Culture."
Panelists include the filmmaker & lower 9 representation, water protectors and local waterway educators and activists.
___________________
F-NO: The Health & Justice Film Festival, is a collaboration between 102.3 FM WHIV and the Southern Center for Health Equity (SOCHE). Our aim is to foster discussions on a variety of health issues while honoring filmmakers who advocate for much needed change. 2020 will offer a full schedule of fascinating film screenings and moderated panels that include filmmakers and experts in the field. F-NO is a cross-sectoral festival, highlighting topics that range from gun violence prevention to reproductive justice, veterans' health, HIV/AIDS, and beyond. Our mission is health equity through innovative messaging.
We invite people of all ages, orientation, race and ethnicity to attend and take part in this progressive film festival.
C O M I N G S O O N !
Opens January 24:
AGA
Milko Lazarov (Bulgarian indigenous drama)
[TRAILER]
The official Academy Award entry from Bulgaria, In a yurt on the snow-covered fields of the North, Nanook and Sedna live following the traditions of their ancestors. Alone in the wilderness, they look like the last people on Earth. Nanook and Sedna's traditional way of life starts changing – slowly, but inevitably. Hunting becomes more and more difficult, the animals around them die from inexplicable causes, and the ice has been melting earlier every year. Chena is their only connection to the outside world – and to their daughter Ága, who left the icy tundra long ago due to a family feud. When Sedna's health deteriorates, Nanook decides to fulfil her wish. He embarks on a long journey in order to find Ága. Winner of 24 awards internationally.
AGA
Milko Lazarov (Bulgarian indigenous drama)
[TRAILER]
The official Academy Award entry from Bulgaria, In a yurt on the snow-covered fields of the North, Nanook and Sedna live following the traditions of their ancestors. Alone in the wilderness, they look like the last people on Earth. Nanook and Sedna's traditional way of life starts changing – slowly, but inevitably. Hunting becomes more and more difficult, the animals around them die from inexplicable causes, and the ice has been melting earlier every year. Chena is their only connection to the outside world – and to their daughter Ága, who left the icy tundra long ago due to a family feud. When Sedna's health deteriorates, Nanook decides to fulfil her wish. He embarks on a long journey in order to find Ága. Winner of 24 awards internationally.
COMEDY NIGHT @ ZEITGEIST
featuring TELL & SHOW: Real Life Stores = On The Spot Comedy
Friday, January 24 @ 9:00 pm
Isn't that name backwards? Isn't it SHOW THEN TELL?
Tell & Show is a comedy show that gains inspiration off the real life stories of our wonderful guests around town. Our guests tell three stories at various points in the show while we then take those stories and turn them into improv comedy IN THE SAME ROOM AT THE SAME TIME!
Amazed? Us too. Come check it out!
Tickets $10
We are excited to announce that Julie Ward (Manifesto! Improv Comedy Troupe) is curating COMEDY NIGHT @ ZEITGEIST every Friday @ 9:00 pm in the Zeitgeist Theatre. Each week will feature a rotating line-up of improv, sketch comedy and stand-up. Comedians and troupes interested in performing should contact Julie Ward at julieyael@gmail.com
featuring TELL & SHOW: Real Life Stores = On The Spot Comedy
Friday, January 24 @ 9:00 pm
Isn't that name backwards? Isn't it SHOW THEN TELL?
Tell & Show is a comedy show that gains inspiration off the real life stories of our wonderful guests around town. Our guests tell three stories at various points in the show while we then take those stories and turn them into improv comedy IN THE SAME ROOM AT THE SAME TIME!
Amazed? Us too. Come check it out!
Tickets $10
We are excited to announce that Julie Ward (Manifesto! Improv Comedy Troupe) is curating COMEDY NIGHT @ ZEITGEIST every Friday @ 9:00 pm in the Zeitgeist Theatre. Each week will feature a rotating line-up of improv, sketch comedy and stand-up. Comedians and troupes interested in performing should contact Julie Ward at julieyael@gmail.com
Saturday, January 25 @ 5:30 pm
WHEN IT BREAKS
by visiting documentary filmmaker TODD TUE
and subject KONRAD WERT
[TRAILER]
When It Breaks is the inspiring story of Special Education teacher Konrad Wert and his personal journey to avoid becoming another victim of teacher burnout. Stepping away from the classroom, Wert turns to his musical side career as a means to tour the country with his family and advocate. Performing roots music under his stage name, Possessed by Paul James, he talks with teachers, parents and audiences about the teacher crisis in public, and specifically, special education. In the tradition of folksingers such as Woody Guthrie, Konrad believes that music can be a catalyst for change and uses his live shows to foster deep conversations about special education and the challenges teachers are facing. As opportunities arise for his music, Konrad must decide how his service is most effective- as an advocating artist or as a teacher in the classroom. The screening will include a Q&A discussion with director Todd Tue and subject Konrad Wert following the film.Q & A to follow.
WHEN IT BREAKS
by visiting documentary filmmaker TODD TUE
and subject KONRAD WERT
[TRAILER]
When It Breaks is the inspiring story of Special Education teacher Konrad Wert and his personal journey to avoid becoming another victim of teacher burnout. Stepping away from the classroom, Wert turns to his musical side career as a means to tour the country with his family and advocate. Performing roots music under his stage name, Possessed by Paul James, he talks with teachers, parents and audiences about the teacher crisis in public, and specifically, special education. In the tradition of folksingers such as Woody Guthrie, Konrad believes that music can be a catalyst for change and uses his live shows to foster deep conversations about special education and the challenges teachers are facing. As opportunities arise for his music, Konrad must decide how his service is most effective- as an advocating artist or as a teacher in the classroom. The screening will include a Q&A discussion with director Todd Tue and subject Konrad Wert following the film.Q & A to follow.
Opens August 31:
GAZA
Garry Keane & Andrew McConnell (Palestinian doc)
[TRAILER]
Ireland’s Official Academy Award entry, Gaza is a cinematic portrait of its ordinary people who attempt to lead meaningful lives beyond the rubble of perennial conflict. Gaza brings together an eloquent, resilient and courageous group of souls, whose struggle, resilience and sense of family goes to the very heart of humanity...a people whose lives are shaped by conflict but not defined by it.
GAZA
Garry Keane & Andrew McConnell (Palestinian doc)
[TRAILER]
Ireland’s Official Academy Award entry, Gaza is a cinematic portrait of its ordinary people who attempt to lead meaningful lives beyond the rubble of perennial conflict. Gaza brings together an eloquent, resilient and courageous group of souls, whose struggle, resilience and sense of family goes to the very heart of humanity...a people whose lives are shaped by conflict but not defined by it.
COMEDY NIGHT @ ZEITGEIST
featuring MANIFESTO! IMPROV COMEDY TROUPE
Friday, January 31 @ 9:00 pm
The Armando Show is a 60-minute improvised comedy show inspired by audience suggestions. Our celebrity guest host (The Armando) shares personal and truthful stories that inspire a cast composed of veteran Chicago and Los Angeles improvisers. This propels hilarious interchanges between Hootenanny’s monologues and the company’s scenes.
We are excited to announce that Julie Ward (Manifesto! Improv Comedy Troupe) is curating COMEDY NIGHT @ ZEITGEIST every Friday @ 9:00 pm in the Zeitgeist Theatre. Each week will feature a rotating line-up of improv, sketch comedy and stand-up. Comedians and troupes interested in performing should contact Julie Ward at julieyael@gmail.com
featuring MANIFESTO! IMPROV COMEDY TROUPE
Friday, January 31 @ 9:00 pm
The Armando Show is a 60-minute improvised comedy show inspired by audience suggestions. Our celebrity guest host (The Armando) shares personal and truthful stories that inspire a cast composed of veteran Chicago and Los Angeles improvisers. This propels hilarious interchanges between Hootenanny’s monologues and the company’s scenes.
We are excited to announce that Julie Ward (Manifesto! Improv Comedy Troupe) is curating COMEDY NIGHT @ ZEITGEIST every Friday @ 9:00 pm in the Zeitgeist Theatre. Each week will feature a rotating line-up of improv, sketch comedy and stand-up. Comedians and troupes interested in performing should contact Julie Ward at julieyael@gmail.com
THE COMEDY KILLER REUNION
Friday August 31 @ 10:30 pm
It’s been 20 years since they shared a stage. Remember the days of Comedy Gumbo and Brown Improv at Movie Pitchers in Mid-City. Well they may have migrated all across the U.S., but this is their reunion. PH Fred & Kim Lonzo: the Comedy Killers. Hosted by Lew Lefton. With Cyril Morise & special guests (???)
$10
Friday August 31 @ 10:30 pm
It’s been 20 years since they shared a stage. Remember the days of Comedy Gumbo and Brown Improv at Movie Pitchers in Mid-City. Well they may have migrated all across the U.S., but this is their reunion. PH Fred & Kim Lonzo: the Comedy Killers. Hosted by Lew Lefton. With Cyril Morise & special guests (???)
$10
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Wednesday, February 5 @ 9:00 pm
TWO SILENT CLASSICS
with Live musical Accompaniment by NEAL TODTEN
featuring
CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S A NIGHT IN THE SHOW and
W.W. Young’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
A NIGHT IN THE SHOW (1915), Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons, a harem dancer, the singers Dot and Dash, and a fire-eater.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1915), Alice goes with her sister to a picnic and then she falls asleep and starts dreaming about a wonderland full of talking animals and walking playing cards.
TWO SILENT CLASSICS
with Live musical Accompaniment by NEAL TODTEN
featuring
CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S A NIGHT IN THE SHOW and
W.W. Young’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
A NIGHT IN THE SHOW (1915), Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons, a harem dancer, the singers Dot and Dash, and a fire-eater.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1915), Alice goes with her sister to a picnic and then she falls asleep and starts dreaming about a wonderland full of talking animals and walking playing cards.
Thursday, February 6 @ 7:00 pm
GO COAST PREVIEW PARTY
featuring host TOM GREGORY and a screening of three new episodes celebrating the cultural revival of St. Bernard--including the new Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge! Plus, a live performance by CHRISTIAN SERPAS & GHOST TOWN, whose “Hoot and Holler” is GO Coast’s killer theme song and a "Pop Up" with food for sale from THE KITCHEN TABLE CAFE. Co-presented by the Meraux Foundation. Free.
GO Coast, produced by WLAE-TV/LAE Productions, has won two Emmy Awards and has been honored with two Excellence In Journalism Awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, the most of any non-news series in Louisiana. It is the goal of GO Coast to do for the culture of Louisiana what chefs like Justin Wilson, Emeril Lagasse and John Besh have done for its cuisine. GO Coast airs in New Orleans on WLAE-TV and on Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) in Baton Rouge (WLPB), Alexandria (KLPA), Lafayette (KLPB), Lake Charles (KLTL), Shreveport (KLTS) and in Monroe (KLTM).
GO COAST PREVIEW PARTY
featuring host TOM GREGORY and a screening of three new episodes celebrating the cultural revival of St. Bernard--including the new Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge! Plus, a live performance by CHRISTIAN SERPAS & GHOST TOWN, whose “Hoot and Holler” is GO Coast’s killer theme song and a "Pop Up" with food for sale from THE KITCHEN TABLE CAFE. Co-presented by the Meraux Foundation. Free.
GO Coast, produced by WLAE-TV/LAE Productions, has won two Emmy Awards and has been honored with two Excellence In Journalism Awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, the most of any non-news series in Louisiana. It is the goal of GO Coast to do for the culture of Louisiana what chefs like Justin Wilson, Emeril Lagasse and John Besh have done for its cuisine. GO Coast airs in New Orleans on WLAE-TV and on Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) in Baton Rouge (WLPB), Alexandria (KLPA), Lafayette (KLPB), Lake Charles (KLTL), Shreveport (KLTS) and in Monroe (KLTM).
Opens February 7:
ADVOCATE
Rachel Leah Jones & Philippe Bellaiche (Palestinian / human Rights documentary)
[TRAILER]
Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from non-violent demonstrators to armed militants. As a Jewish-Israeli lawyer who has represented political prisoners for five decades, Tsemel, in her tireless quest for justice, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits. As far as most Israelis are concerned, she defends the indefensible. As far as Palestinians are concerned, she's more than an attorney, she’s an advocate.
ADVOCATE follows Tsemel’s caseload in real-time, including the high-profile trial of a 13-year-old boy — her youngest client to date — while also revisiting her landmark cases and reflecting on the political and professional significance of her work as well as the personal price one pays for assuming the role of “devil’s advocate.”
When they aren't busy chasing Tsemel through the courthouse halls, directing duo Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche assume the privileged position of a fly on the wall in Tsemel’s office, where a year of documenting is like gathering a lifetime of evidence. This evidence attests to the wrongs of occupation but also to the faults of those who try to resist it, the failings of those who try to defend them, and the fundamental flaws of a legal system that purports to serve justice but in fact serves the powers that be. Tsemel spoke truth to power before the term became trendy and she’ll continue to do so after fear makes it unfashionable. As such, she’s a model we’re hard-pressed to preserve in Israel/Palestine, and elsewhere.
On the one hand, she’s the boy calling the Emperor naked, i.e. exposing the underbelly of Israeli security jurisprudence: the occupier is judging the occupied. On the other hand, she’s the boy with his finger in the dam, doing her utmost to uphold the rule-of-law before the flood of injustice drowns us all.
ADVOCATE
Rachel Leah Jones & Philippe Bellaiche (Palestinian / human Rights documentary)
[TRAILER]
Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from non-violent demonstrators to armed militants. As a Jewish-Israeli lawyer who has represented political prisoners for five decades, Tsemel, in her tireless quest for justice, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits. As far as most Israelis are concerned, she defends the indefensible. As far as Palestinians are concerned, she's more than an attorney, she’s an advocate.
ADVOCATE follows Tsemel’s caseload in real-time, including the high-profile trial of a 13-year-old boy — her youngest client to date — while also revisiting her landmark cases and reflecting on the political and professional significance of her work as well as the personal price one pays for assuming the role of “devil’s advocate.”
When they aren't busy chasing Tsemel through the courthouse halls, directing duo Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche assume the privileged position of a fly on the wall in Tsemel’s office, where a year of documenting is like gathering a lifetime of evidence. This evidence attests to the wrongs of occupation but also to the faults of those who try to resist it, the failings of those who try to defend them, and the fundamental flaws of a legal system that purports to serve justice but in fact serves the powers that be. Tsemel spoke truth to power before the term became trendy and she’ll continue to do so after fear makes it unfashionable. As such, she’s a model we’re hard-pressed to preserve in Israel/Palestine, and elsewhere.
On the one hand, she’s the boy calling the Emperor naked, i.e. exposing the underbelly of Israeli security jurisprudence: the occupier is judging the occupied. On the other hand, she’s the boy with his finger in the dam, doing her utmost to uphold the rule-of-law before the flood of injustice drowns us all.
Opens February 14:
EAT BRAINS LOVE
Rodman Flender (Zombie rom-com shot in LA)
[TRAILER]
An ordinary lunch hour explodes in an orgy of spurting blood and flying organs when stoner Jake Stephens and cheerleader Amanda Blake suddenly gut-munch half their class in the school cafeteria. Afflicted with a zombie virus, they hit road in search of a cure while outrunning Cass, a telepath charged with hunting and killing the infected. Can Jake and Amanda find love while eating their way through the national sex offender registry? The director of IDLE HANDS delivers an outrageous, gore-soaked zom-rom-com. Shot outside of Baton Rouge. Cast - Jake Cannavale, Angelique Rivera, Sarah Yarkin, Patrick Fabian, Jim Titus.
EAT BRAINS LOVE
Rodman Flender (Zombie rom-com shot in LA)
[TRAILER]
An ordinary lunch hour explodes in an orgy of spurting blood and flying organs when stoner Jake Stephens and cheerleader Amanda Blake suddenly gut-munch half their class in the school cafeteria. Afflicted with a zombie virus, they hit road in search of a cure while outrunning Cass, a telepath charged with hunting and killing the infected. Can Jake and Amanda find love while eating their way through the national sex offender registry? The director of IDLE HANDS delivers an outrageous, gore-soaked zom-rom-com. Shot outside of Baton Rouge. Cast - Jake Cannavale, Angelique Rivera, Sarah Yarkin, Patrick Fabian, Jim Titus.
Opens February 21:
OLYMPIC DREAMS
Jeremy Teacher (US indie Rom-Com)
[TRAILER]
Set against the splendor of the Winter Olympic Games, an intimate and unexpected love story develops between two lonely hearts, each at their own crossroads in life. Penelope (Alexi Pappas) is a first time Olympian and introverted cross-country skier, who, after finishing her event early on in the games, finds herself spending time in Athletes Village with the gregarious and outgoing volunteer dentist, Ezra (Nick Kroll). While both are eager to form connections at the Olympic Games, they are held back by the very thing that has propelled them to this point; what do you do once your lifelong dream has come true, and you’re faced with taking the next step? As Penelope and Ezra navigate the vulnerable slopes, they push one another to embrace qualities they lost sight of in pursuit of their dreams. Will they be able to help each other take of leap of faith into the unknown? The first movie ever filmed on location during the Olympics in Athletes Village, OLYMPIC DREAMS offers audiences a never-before-seen side of the Games and the people whose entire lives are shaped by them.
OLYMPIC DREAMS
Jeremy Teacher (US indie Rom-Com)
[TRAILER]
Set against the splendor of the Winter Olympic Games, an intimate and unexpected love story develops between two lonely hearts, each at their own crossroads in life. Penelope (Alexi Pappas) is a first time Olympian and introverted cross-country skier, who, after finishing her event early on in the games, finds herself spending time in Athletes Village with the gregarious and outgoing volunteer dentist, Ezra (Nick Kroll). While both are eager to form connections at the Olympic Games, they are held back by the very thing that has propelled them to this point; what do you do once your lifelong dream has come true, and you’re faced with taking the next step? As Penelope and Ezra navigate the vulnerable slopes, they push one another to embrace qualities they lost sight of in pursuit of their dreams. Will they be able to help each other take of leap of faith into the unknown? The first movie ever filmed on location during the Olympics in Athletes Village, OLYMPIC DREAMS offers audiences a never-before-seen side of the Games and the people whose entire lives are shaped by them.
Opens February 21:
CITIZEN K
Alex Gibney (Russian political doc)
[TRAILER]
Oscar® winning writer/director Alex Gibney’s revelatory CITIZEN K is an intimate yet sweeping look at post-Soviet Russia from the perspective of the enigmatic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oligarch turned political dissident. Benefitting from the chaos that ensued after the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., Khodorkovsky was able to amass a fortune in financing and oil production and became the richest man in Russia. But when he accused the new Putin regime of corruption, Khodorkovsky was arrested, his assets were seized and following a series of show trials, he was sentenced to more than ten-years in prison. Today, as an exile living in London, he continues to speak out against Putin’s two-decade stranglehold on power. Expertly researched and photographed, Gibney uses Khodorkovsky’s story as a way to explore the complex interplay between oligarchy and government and its destructive effect on democracy, in Russia and beyond.
CITIZEN K
Alex Gibney (Russian political doc)
[TRAILER]
Oscar® winning writer/director Alex Gibney’s revelatory CITIZEN K is an intimate yet sweeping look at post-Soviet Russia from the perspective of the enigmatic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oligarch turned political dissident. Benefitting from the chaos that ensued after the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., Khodorkovsky was able to amass a fortune in financing and oil production and became the richest man in Russia. But when he accused the new Putin regime of corruption, Khodorkovsky was arrested, his assets were seized and following a series of show trials, he was sentenced to more than ten-years in prison. Today, as an exile living in London, he continues to speak out against Putin’s two-decade stranglehold on power. Expertly researched and photographed, Gibney uses Khodorkovsky’s story as a way to explore the complex interplay between oligarchy and government and its destructive effect on democracy, in Russia and beyond.
HARI KONDABOLU
An Evening of Stand Up Comedy
Saturday, February 22 @ 9:00 pm
$20 [TICKETS]
Zeitgeist is proud to announce that comedian HARI KONDABOLU (producer and star of the acclaimed documentary The Problem With Apu and the Netflix Comedy special WARN YOUR RELATIVES) will perform stand up in the Zeitgeist Theatre.
Hari Kondabolu is a comedian, writer & podcaster based in Brooklyn, NY. He has been described by The NY Times as “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today.” In 2018, his Netflix special “Warn Your Relatives” was released and he was named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics To Watch. Hari has released two comedy albums two albums, “Waiting for 2042” & “Mainstream American Comic” with the legendary indie rock label Kill Rock Stars. He has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, John Oliver’s NY Stand-Up Show, @Midnight & has his own half- hour special on Comedy Central. A former writer & correspondent on the Chris Rock produced FX TV show “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell.” In 2017, he released his critically acclaimed documentary “The Problem with Apu” on truTV.
Hari is a regular on the public radio gameshow “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me.” Hari has also appeared on such notable radio shows and podcasts as Fresh Air with Terry Gross, WTF with Marc Maron, 2 Dope Queens, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Prairie Home Companion, Wits, Studio 360, and Bullseye. He co-hosted the popular “Politically Reactive” podcast with W. Kamau Bell and currently co- hosts “The Kondabolu Brothers Podcast” with his brother Ashok on Earwolf.
In the UK, Hari has established himself with appearances on BBC 3’s Russell Howard’s Good News, Live at the Electric and Channel 4’s 8 out 10 Cats. He also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011.
Hari attended both Bowdoin College and Wesleyan University, graduating from the former institution with a B.A. in Comparative Politics in 2004. A former immigrant rights organizer in Seattle, Hari also earned a Masters in Human Rights from the London School of Economics in 2008. He was the NYU’s APA Institute’s “Artist in Residence” for the 2014-2015 Academic Year. Hari was born and raised in Queens, NY. He went to Townsend Harris High School and the school’s mascot, “Hari the Hawk,” was named after him during his senior year. He sometimes fears that his greatest achievement.
An Evening of Stand Up Comedy
Saturday, February 22 @ 9:00 pm
$20 [TICKETS]
Zeitgeist is proud to announce that comedian HARI KONDABOLU (producer and star of the acclaimed documentary The Problem With Apu and the Netflix Comedy special WARN YOUR RELATIVES) will perform stand up in the Zeitgeist Theatre.
Hari Kondabolu is a comedian, writer & podcaster based in Brooklyn, NY. He has been described by The NY Times as “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today.” In 2018, his Netflix special “Warn Your Relatives” was released and he was named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics To Watch. Hari has released two comedy albums two albums, “Waiting for 2042” & “Mainstream American Comic” with the legendary indie rock label Kill Rock Stars. He has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, John Oliver’s NY Stand-Up Show, @Midnight & has his own half- hour special on Comedy Central. A former writer & correspondent on the Chris Rock produced FX TV show “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell.” In 2017, he released his critically acclaimed documentary “The Problem with Apu” on truTV.
Hari is a regular on the public radio gameshow “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me.” Hari has also appeared on such notable radio shows and podcasts as Fresh Air with Terry Gross, WTF with Marc Maron, 2 Dope Queens, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Prairie Home Companion, Wits, Studio 360, and Bullseye. He co-hosted the popular “Politically Reactive” podcast with W. Kamau Bell and currently co- hosts “The Kondabolu Brothers Podcast” with his brother Ashok on Earwolf.
In the UK, Hari has established himself with appearances on BBC 3’s Russell Howard’s Good News, Live at the Electric and Channel 4’s 8 out 10 Cats. He also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011.
Hari attended both Bowdoin College and Wesleyan University, graduating from the former institution with a B.A. in Comparative Politics in 2004. A former immigrant rights organizer in Seattle, Hari also earned a Masters in Human Rights from the London School of Economics in 2008. He was the NYU’s APA Institute’s “Artist in Residence” for the 2014-2015 Academic Year. Hari was born and raised in Queens, NY. He went to Townsend Harris High School and the school’s mascot, “Hari the Hawk,” was named after him during his senior year. He sometimes fears that his greatest achievement.
Opens February 28:
PREMATURE
Rashaad Ernesto Green (US indie drama)
[TRAILER]
On a summer night in Harlem during her last months at home before starting college, seventeen-year-old poet Ayanna (Zora Howard) meets Isaiah (Joshua Boone), a charming music producer who has just moved to the city. It’s not long before these two artistic souls are drawn together in a passionate summer romance. But as the highs of young love give way to jealousy, suspicion, and all-too-real consequences, Ayanna must confront the complexities of the adult world—whether she is ready or not. Emotionally raw, intimate, and honest, Premature is at once timeless and bracingly contemporary in its portrait of a young woman navigating the difficult choices that can shape a life.
PREMATURE
Rashaad Ernesto Green (US indie drama)
[TRAILER]
On a summer night in Harlem during her last months at home before starting college, seventeen-year-old poet Ayanna (Zora Howard) meets Isaiah (Joshua Boone), a charming music producer who has just moved to the city. It’s not long before these two artistic souls are drawn together in a passionate summer romance. But as the highs of young love give way to jealousy, suspicion, and all-too-real consequences, Ayanna must confront the complexities of the adult world—whether she is ready or not. Emotionally raw, intimate, and honest, Premature is at once timeless and bracingly contemporary in its portrait of a young woman navigating the difficult choices that can shape a life.
MARCH / APRIL / MAY :
Opens March 13:
SWALLOW, On the surface, Hunter (Haley Bennett) appears to have it all. A newly pregnant housewife, she seems content to spend her time tending to an immaculate home and doting on her Ken-doll husband, Richie (Austin Stowell). However, as the pressure to meet her controlling in-laws and husband's rigid expectations mounts, cracks begin to appear in her carefully created facade. Hunter develops a dangerous habit, and a dark secret from her past seeps out in the form of a disorder called pica - a condition that has her compulsively swallowing inedible, and oftentimes life-threatening, objects.
Opens March 20:
CORPUS CHRISTI, Academy Award Nominee - Best International Feature. After spending years in a Warsaw prison for a violent crime, 20-year-old Daniel is released and sent to a remote village to work as a manual laborer. The job is designed to keep the ex-con busy, but Daniel has a higher calling. Over the course of his incarceration he has found Christ, and aspires to join the clergy - but his criminal record means no seminary will accept him. When Daniel arrives in town, one quick lie allows him to be mistaken for the town’s new priest.
Opens April 3:
RESISTANCE, Before he was the world-famous mime Marcel Marceau, he was Marcel Mangel, an aspiring Jewish actor who joined the French Resistance to save the lives of thousands of children orphaned at the hands of the Nazis. Jesse Eisenberg stars in this compelling drama about a group of unsung heroes who put themselves in harm’s way to rise above hatred and oppression during World War II.
Opens April 3:
WILD GOOSE LAKE, When small-time mob leader Zhou Zenong (Chinese superstar Hu Ge) accidentally kills a cop, a dead-or-alive bounty is placed on his head, forcing him on the lam from both the police as well as dangerous gangsters out for the reward. Hiding out in China’s densely populated (and deeply divided) Wuhan province, Zhou becomes entangled with a beautiful, enigmatic woman, who has mysterious intentions of her own.
Opens April 17:
A WHITE, WHITE DAY, In a remote Icelandic town, an off-duty police chief (a chilling Ingvar Sigurdsson, who received Cannes’ Critics’ Week award for Best Actor for his performance) begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife, who died in a tragic accident two years earlier. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth takes over his life and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. Combining classic thriller tropes with a distinctly Nordic arthouse sensibility.
Opens May 1:
TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG, Set amidst the grueling badlands of 19th-century Australia, legendary outlaw Ned Kelly (George MacKay, 1917, Ophelia) grows up under the bloody and uncompromising rule of the English. Food is scarce, survival is filled with daily strife, and every opportunity the colonizers take to make their victims feel powerless is inflicted with searing brutality. In a desperate attempt to prime him for rebellion, Ned Kelly’s mother (Essie Davis, The Babadook), sells him off into the hands of the notorious bushranger Harry Power (Russel Crowe, Cinderella Man, L.A. Confidential), where the young bandit discovers he comes from a line of warriors called the Sons of Sieve. Also starring Nicolas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam, Thomasin McKenzie, etc.
Opens March 13:
SWALLOW, On the surface, Hunter (Haley Bennett) appears to have it all. A newly pregnant housewife, she seems content to spend her time tending to an immaculate home and doting on her Ken-doll husband, Richie (Austin Stowell). However, as the pressure to meet her controlling in-laws and husband's rigid expectations mounts, cracks begin to appear in her carefully created facade. Hunter develops a dangerous habit, and a dark secret from her past seeps out in the form of a disorder called pica - a condition that has her compulsively swallowing inedible, and oftentimes life-threatening, objects.
Opens March 20:
CORPUS CHRISTI, Academy Award Nominee - Best International Feature. After spending years in a Warsaw prison for a violent crime, 20-year-old Daniel is released and sent to a remote village to work as a manual laborer. The job is designed to keep the ex-con busy, but Daniel has a higher calling. Over the course of his incarceration he has found Christ, and aspires to join the clergy - but his criminal record means no seminary will accept him. When Daniel arrives in town, one quick lie allows him to be mistaken for the town’s new priest.
Opens April 3:
RESISTANCE, Before he was the world-famous mime Marcel Marceau, he was Marcel Mangel, an aspiring Jewish actor who joined the French Resistance to save the lives of thousands of children orphaned at the hands of the Nazis. Jesse Eisenberg stars in this compelling drama about a group of unsung heroes who put themselves in harm’s way to rise above hatred and oppression during World War II.
Opens April 3:
WILD GOOSE LAKE, When small-time mob leader Zhou Zenong (Chinese superstar Hu Ge) accidentally kills a cop, a dead-or-alive bounty is placed on his head, forcing him on the lam from both the police as well as dangerous gangsters out for the reward. Hiding out in China’s densely populated (and deeply divided) Wuhan province, Zhou becomes entangled with a beautiful, enigmatic woman, who has mysterious intentions of her own.
Opens April 17:
A WHITE, WHITE DAY, In a remote Icelandic town, an off-duty police chief (a chilling Ingvar Sigurdsson, who received Cannes’ Critics’ Week award for Best Actor for his performance) begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife, who died in a tragic accident two years earlier. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth takes over his life and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. Combining classic thriller tropes with a distinctly Nordic arthouse sensibility.
Opens May 1:
TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG, Set amidst the grueling badlands of 19th-century Australia, legendary outlaw Ned Kelly (George MacKay, 1917, Ophelia) grows up under the bloody and uncompromising rule of the English. Food is scarce, survival is filled with daily strife, and every opportunity the colonizers take to make their victims feel powerless is inflicted with searing brutality. In a desperate attempt to prime him for rebellion, Ned Kelly’s mother (Essie Davis, The Babadook), sells him off into the hands of the notorious bushranger Harry Power (Russel Crowe, Cinderella Man, L.A. Confidential), where the young bandit discovers he comes from a line of warriors called the Sons of Sieve. Also starring Nicolas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam, Thomasin McKenzie, etc.
Coming in March
as part of Zeitgeist's 33 1/3 Vinyl Anniversary Celebration
Every Sunday Night @ 7:00 pm in the Zeitgeist Lounge
Zeitgeist presents
TRAGEDY NIGHT
Artists and individuals are invited to creatively express and exorcize their pain in stories, poetry, songs, visual art, etc as a means to creating a shared catharsis. In keeping with Zeitgeist's 33 + years of presenting bleak, depressing and disturbing works, we though it might be a good idea to give it a more personal touch. O.K. I admit that we stole the idea from a conversation between Kumail Nanjiani and Kevin Nealon on Youtube, but we took the idea more like a personal challenge. Any willing or interested in sharing their tragic lives please contact Rene Broussard at rene@zeitgeistnola.org
To see the inspirational episode of HIKING WITH KEVIN with KUMAIL NANJIANI that inspired this series. But you really should see the PATTON OSWALD episode first to get the full context.
as part of Zeitgeist's 33 1/3 Vinyl Anniversary Celebration
Every Sunday Night @ 7:00 pm in the Zeitgeist Lounge
Zeitgeist presents
TRAGEDY NIGHT
Artists and individuals are invited to creatively express and exorcize their pain in stories, poetry, songs, visual art, etc as a means to creating a shared catharsis. In keeping with Zeitgeist's 33 + years of presenting bleak, depressing and disturbing works, we though it might be a good idea to give it a more personal touch. O.K. I admit that we stole the idea from a conversation between Kumail Nanjiani and Kevin Nealon on Youtube, but we took the idea more like a personal challenge. Any willing or interested in sharing their tragic lives please contact Rene Broussard at rene@zeitgeistnola.org
To see the inspirational episode of HIKING WITH KEVIN with KUMAIL NANJIANI that inspired this series. But you really should see the PATTON OSWALD episode first to get the full context.
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.
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!
