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The Following events will be in the Zeitgeist Theatre & lounge @ 6621 St. Claude Ave
or the St Claude Arts Park(next door at 6619 St Claude Ave (one block East of Orleans Parish in Arabi):
July 26 through August 1:
Opening July 26:
7:00 pm nightly (except Saturday @ 4:30 pm)
I WENT TO THE DANCE (J’AI ÉTÉ AU BAL) by Les Blank, Chris Strachwitz & Maureen Gosling
This legendary 1989 documentary, newly restored in 5K, is the seminal film on the history of the foot-stomping, toe-tapping music of French Southwest Louisiana. The film features many Cajun and Zydeco greats, Michael Doucet, BeauSoleil, Clifton Chenier, Canray Fontenont, Marc and Ann Savoy, D.L. Menard, Boozoo Chavis and many more. I WENT TO THE DANCE (J’AI ÉTÉ AU BAL),celebrates the music of Southwest Louisiana. Blank, Strachwitz & Gosling's film brims with tender affection for its subjects, the vitality of their marvelous music, and a generosity of spirit.
COMING SOON:
Opening August 2:
7:00 pm nightly
THE BLUES UNDER THE SKIN by Rovers Manthoulis
Featuring: Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Furry Lewis, Mance Lipscomb, Brownie McGhee, Amelia Cortez, Jimmy Streeter, Roosevelt Sykes, Sonny Terry, Junior Wells, Bukka White, and Robert Pete Williams. The Blues Under The Skin has never been commercially distributed in the United States, and to date has only enjoyed a handful of screenings in the 50 years since its completion. This 2K restoration represents the proper U.S. premiere of the film. The Blues Under The Skin is a thrilling rediscovery, an untapped treasury of musical performances that not only captures a vanishing musical form, but offers a priceless glimpse of Black life in the rural South in the 1970s. In the early 1970s, during a resurgence of interest in the Delta blues, music documentarian Roviros Manthoulis traveled to the Mississippi Delta to capture on film the remnants of the authentic American blues. Traveling throughout the deep South, Manthoulis filmed candid interviews and intimate performances by such legends B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Mance Lipscomb, Bukka White, and Roosevelt Sykes. His objective was to not only document the music but also penetrate the surface of the blues and explore the emotional and sociopolitical factors that make it such an expressive and haunting musical form. Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, The Blues Under The Skin dramatizes the tumultuous relationship of a young couple (Onike Lee and Roland Sanchez) as they struggle to overcome the barriers of poverty and prejudice that keep them from finding happiness together.
Opens August 9:
OFF RAMP by Nathan Tape
Shot in St. Bernard Parish, Trey, an ex-con and Juggalo, embarks on a wild journey with his devoted best friend, Silas, to the Gathering of the Juggalos. Armed with drugs and dreams of horrorcore rap stardom, they are presented with a chance to perform at the event, and a shot at becoming Jugga-famous.Their plans take a dark turn when they clash with a corrupt sheriff and get caught in a dangerous scheme orchestrated by a fellow Juggalo turned sadistic criminal. As they fight for survival, Trey and Silas find unexpected allies and confront their own demons. With courage and sacrifice, they ultimately triumph over evil and find out who they truly are, setting out on a new path, bound by their unique culture and the knowledge that Juggalo Family can overcome all. Winner - Splat! Film Festival 2023 - Best Film; New Orleans Film Festival 2023 - Audience Award; Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2023 - Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cast; Boston Underground Film Festival 2024 - Best Debut Feature; Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 - Best Feature Film. Please Note: There will be a Q & A after the film on Friday, August 9th with director Nathan Tape.
Opens August 16:
SKINCARE by Austin Peters.
Famed aesthetician Hope Goldman (Elizabeth Banks) is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skincare line, but her personal and work lives are challenged when rival facialist Angel Vergara (Luis Gerardo Méndez) opens a new skincare boutique directly across from her store. She starts to suspect that someone is trying to sabotage her reputation and business, and together with her friend Jordan (Lewis Pullman) she embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of who is trying to destroy her life. Also starring Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez (Pose) & Nathan Fillion (The Rookie, Castle. Firefly).
Nathan Fillion (The Rookie)
Friday, August 23 @ 7:30 pm
DANNY KAMINS (Saxophone from Houston, TX), CHRIS ALFORD (guitar) and CHARLES PAGANO (drums) plus guests.
Opening August 30:
CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT by Tinto Brass (written by Gore Vidal)
Shadowed by the murder of his entire family, the young, wary Caligula (Malcolm McDowell) eliminates his devious adoptive grandfather (Peter O'Toole) and seizes control of the declining Roman Empire, descending into a spiral of depravity, destruction, and madness. A treatise on the corrupting influence of power, this extensive reconstruction of the notorious 1980 spectacle, CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT restores the complete performances of McDowell and Helen Mirren, as the promiscuous 'Caesonia', from an unprecedented amount of never before seen footage. With John Gielgud, amid sumptuous designs by two-time Oscar winner Danilo Donati (Fellini's CASSANOVA; ROMEO & JULIET).
Wednesday, September 4 @ 7:00 pm
Dr. Jimbo Walsh’s Birthday Celebration
Friday, September 6 @ 7:00 pm
BRAX & Co.
Sunday, September 15 @ 7:30 pm
JAMES SINGLETON PRESENTS
Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27
NURSE UNSEEN is a feature-length documentary that explores the little-known history and humanity of the unsung Filipino nurses risking their lives on the frontlines of a pandemic, thousands of miles from home. The film unearths the colonial ties between the Philippines and the United States that have led to Filipino-American nurses becoming the unknown backbone of the United States health industry.
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6621 St. Claude Ave. Arabi, LA 70032 www.zeitgeistnola.org (504) 352-1150
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 celebrated its 31st anniversary this November.
Come join us!
The Following events will be in the Zeitgeist Theatre & lounge @ 6621 St. Claude Ave
or the St Claude Arts Park(next door at 6619 St Claude Ave (one block East of Orleans Parish in Arabi):
July 26 through August 1:
Opening July 26:
7:00 pm nightly (except Saturday @ 4:30 pm)
I WENT TO THE DANCE (J’AI ÉTÉ AU BAL) by Les Blank, Chris Strachwitz & Maureen Gosling
This legendary 1989 documentary, newly restored in 5K, is the seminal film on the history of the foot-stomping, toe-tapping music of French Southwest Louisiana. The film features many Cajun and Zydeco greats, Michael Doucet, BeauSoleil, Clifton Chenier, Canray Fontenont, Marc and Ann Savoy, D.L. Menard, Boozoo Chavis and many more. I WENT TO THE DANCE (J’AI ÉTÉ AU BAL),celebrates the music of Southwest Louisiana. Blank, Strachwitz & Gosling's film brims with tender affection for its subjects, the vitality of their marvelous music, and a generosity of spirit.
COMING SOON:
Opening August 2:
7:00 pm nightly
THE BLUES UNDER THE SKIN by Rovers Manthoulis
Featuring: Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Furry Lewis, Mance Lipscomb, Brownie McGhee, Amelia Cortez, Jimmy Streeter, Roosevelt Sykes, Sonny Terry, Junior Wells, Bukka White, and Robert Pete Williams. The Blues Under The Skin has never been commercially distributed in the United States, and to date has only enjoyed a handful of screenings in the 50 years since its completion. This 2K restoration represents the proper U.S. premiere of the film. The Blues Under The Skin is a thrilling rediscovery, an untapped treasury of musical performances that not only captures a vanishing musical form, but offers a priceless glimpse of Black life in the rural South in the 1970s. In the early 1970s, during a resurgence of interest in the Delta blues, music documentarian Roviros Manthoulis traveled to the Mississippi Delta to capture on film the remnants of the authentic American blues. Traveling throughout the deep South, Manthoulis filmed candid interviews and intimate performances by such legends B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Mance Lipscomb, Bukka White, and Roosevelt Sykes. His objective was to not only document the music but also penetrate the surface of the blues and explore the emotional and sociopolitical factors that make it such an expressive and haunting musical form. Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, The Blues Under The Skin dramatizes the tumultuous relationship of a young couple (Onike Lee and Roland Sanchez) as they struggle to overcome the barriers of poverty and prejudice that keep them from finding happiness together.
Opens August 9:
OFF RAMP by Nathan Tape
Shot in St. Bernard Parish, Trey, an ex-con and Juggalo, embarks on a wild journey with his devoted best friend, Silas, to the Gathering of the Juggalos. Armed with drugs and dreams of horrorcore rap stardom, they are presented with a chance to perform at the event, and a shot at becoming Jugga-famous.Their plans take a dark turn when they clash with a corrupt sheriff and get caught in a dangerous scheme orchestrated by a fellow Juggalo turned sadistic criminal. As they fight for survival, Trey and Silas find unexpected allies and confront their own demons. With courage and sacrifice, they ultimately triumph over evil and find out who they truly are, setting out on a new path, bound by their unique culture and the knowledge that Juggalo Family can overcome all. Winner - Splat! Film Festival 2023 - Best Film; New Orleans Film Festival 2023 - Audience Award; Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2023 - Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cast; Boston Underground Film Festival 2024 - Best Debut Feature; Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 - Best Feature Film. Please Note: There will be a Q & A after the film on Friday, August 9th with director Nathan Tape.
Opens August 16:
SKINCARE by Austin Peters.
Famed aesthetician Hope Goldman (Elizabeth Banks) is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skincare line, but her personal and work lives are challenged when rival facialist Angel Vergara (Luis Gerardo Méndez) opens a new skincare boutique directly across from her store. She starts to suspect that someone is trying to sabotage her reputation and business, and together with her friend Jordan (Lewis Pullman) she embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of who is trying to destroy her life. Also starring Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez (Pose) & Nathan Fillion (The Rookie, Castle. Firefly).
Nathan Fillion (The Rookie)
Friday, August 23 @ 7:30 pm
DANNY KAMINS (Saxophone from Houston, TX), CHRIS ALFORD (guitar) and CHARLES PAGANO (drums) plus guests.
Opening August 30:
CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT by Tinto Brass (written by Gore Vidal)
Shadowed by the murder of his entire family, the young, wary Caligula (Malcolm McDowell) eliminates his devious adoptive grandfather (Peter O'Toole) and seizes control of the declining Roman Empire, descending into a spiral of depravity, destruction, and madness. A treatise on the corrupting influence of power, this extensive reconstruction of the notorious 1980 spectacle, CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT restores the complete performances of McDowell and Helen Mirren, as the promiscuous 'Caesonia', from an unprecedented amount of never before seen footage. With John Gielgud, amid sumptuous designs by two-time Oscar winner Danilo Donati (Fellini's CASSANOVA; ROMEO & JULIET).
Wednesday, September 4 @ 7:00 pm
Dr. Jimbo Walsh’s Birthday Celebration
Friday, September 6 @ 7:00 pm
BRAX & Co.
Sunday, September 15 @ 7:30 pm
JAMES SINGLETON PRESENTS
Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27
NURSE UNSEEN is a feature-length documentary that explores the little-known history and humanity of the unsung Filipino nurses risking their lives on the frontlines of a pandemic, thousands of miles from home. The film unearths the colonial ties between the Philippines and the United States that have led to Filipino-American nurses becoming the unknown backbone of the United States health industry.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
6621 St. Claude Ave. Arabi, LA 70032 www.zeitgeistnola.org (504) 352-1150
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 celebrated its 31st anniversary this November.
Come join us!