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The Following events will be in the Zeitgeist Theatre & lounge @ 6621 St. Claude Ave (in Arabi):
January 21 through 27, 2022
Opens January 21:
6:30 pm nightly
POTATO DREAMS OF AMERICA
An autobiographical comedy about a boy growing up in the collapsing USSR, his mail-order bride mother and their escape to Seattle in the 90s. The film is an immigrant's take on the American Dream, proving that life is often stranger than fiction. Written and directed by Wes Hurley. Starring Lea DeLaria, Jonathan Bennett, Dan Lauria, Tyler Bocock, Hersh Powers, Lauren Tewes, Sophia Mitri Schloss, Sera Barbieri, etc. Winner - Audience Award - Damn These Heels Queer Film Festiveal; Jury Award - Best Feature - Tampa Bay Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; Best Feature - Outshine LGBTQ Film Festival; Grand Jury Prize - Best Screenplay - OutFest Los Angel.es; Director’s Award - Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival; Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature - Seattle Queer Film Festival.
Opens January 21:
8:15 pm nightly
CHESS OF THE WIND
Screened publicly just once before it was banned and then lost for decades, this rediscovered jewel of Iranian cinema from 1976 finally reemerges to take its place as one of the most singular and astonishing works of the country’s pre-revolution New Wave. A hypnotically stylized murder mystery awash in shivery period atmosphere, Chess of the Wind unfolds in an ornate, candlelit mansion where a web of greed, violence, and betrayal ensnares the heirs to a family fortune as they vie for control of their recently-deceased matriarch’s estate. Melding the influences of European modernism, gothic horror, and classical Persian art, director Mohammad Reza Aslani crafts an exquisitely controlled mood piece that erupts in a stunningly subversive final act in which class conventions, gender roles, and even time itself are upended with shocking ferocity.
and in the Zeitgeist Lounge:
Friday, January 21 @ 8:00 pm
GOLD ROOM READING SERIES
Thursday, January 27 @ 8:00 pm
LUKE STEWART (bass player from Washington, D.C.) solo set then with THE DEATH POSTURE featuring Rob Cambre (guitar), Donald Miller (guitar), Emmalee Sutton (dance) and Chris Robert (drums). $10
COMING SOON:
Opening January 28:
THE PINK CLOUD by Luli Gerbase
In this multi-award winning film from Brazil, a mysterious and deadly pink cloud appears in the skies, spreading dramatically across the world, forcing everyone to stay at home. Giovana is confined in an apartment with Yago, a man she met at a party the night before. While waiting for the cloud to pass, the two have to invent themselves as a couple. Over the years, while Yago is living his own utopia, Giovana feels trapped deep inside.
Opening February 4:
MANY FIRES THIS TIME: WE THE 100 MILLION
Many Fires This Time: We the 100 Million, a moving collaboration between skillful New Orleans filmmaker Jason R.A. Foster and legendary spoken word poet Scribe Called Quess?, is a poetic docudrama about the 1 in 3 Americans and counting, living in economic insecurity. It follows the journey of A Scribe Called Quess? as he connects with fellow activist poets and the communities they represent from Oakland to Chicago to Kentucky to his hometown of New Orleans. Along the way, we glimpse into the worlds of everyday people fighting for equity and justice in issues ranging from housing and gentrification to police violence, to environmental crises and job security, to education, to LGBTQIA equality. In the spirit of the impending fire that James Baldwin prophetically spoke of in this country’s last season of a major uprising, “Many Fires” employs spoken word poetry, choreography, and community interviews, to form a poetic love letter to the many revolutionary struggles aflame in today’s America. Featuring a broad array of captivating poetry performances from Tongo Eisen-Martin, Kendria “K-Love” Harris, Misty Skaggs, Diana Cervera, Marvin White, and Quess?; with a dynamic score by musician free feral and transformative movement from New Orleans choreographer Jeremy Guyton.
Opening February 4:
FLEE by Jonas Power Rasmussen
An animated documentary telling the true story about a man's need to confront his past in order to truly have a future. Amin arrived as an unaccompanied minor in Denmark from Afghanistan. Today, at 36, he is a successful academic and is getting married to his long-time boyfriend. A secret he has been hiding for over 20 years threatens to ruin the life he has built for himself. For the first time, he is sharing his story with his close friend. Official Academy Award Entry from Denmark. Winner of 51 Awards Internationally including Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Sundance; Best Non-Fiction Filom - New York Film Critics Circle Awards; Freedom Of Expression Award - National Board Of Review; Best Documentary - Gotham Awards; Best European Animated Film & Best Documentary - European Film Awards; Best Non-Fiction Film - National Society Of Film Critics Association; Best Independent Film - British Independent Film Awards, etc.
Opening February 18:
PLAYGROUND
In this debut feature by Belgian writer-director Laura Wandel, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child's-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. Following 7-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel, we see Nora struggling to fit in before finding her place on the schoolyard. One day, she notices Abel being bullied by other kids, and though she rushes to protect him by warning their father, Abel forces her to remain silent, while he endures more humiliation and harassment by his peers. Transposing the gritty realism of such filmmakers as Jacques Audiard and the Dardennes Brothers to the inner world of kids, Wandel crafts an empathetic and visceral portrait of the cruelty of children, and the failure of adults to protect them. Winner - FIPRESCI Prize, Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival; Sutherland Award, First Feature - London Film Festival; Best Debut Film - Haifa Int'l Film Festival; Best Actress - El Gouna Film Festival; Best Film - Guanajuato Int'l Film Festival.
Thursday, February 24 @ 7:00 & 9:30 pm - SAM TRIPOLI, stand up comedy from L.A.
Ash Wednesday, March 2 @ 7:00 pm - ZANE HELBERG - LIVE FROM REHAB, stand up comedy from L.A.
Please note: No alcohol will be served during this event, so our good friends from Orleans Coffee here. $20
Thursday, April 7 @ 8:00 pm - NATHAN HURD, stand up comedy from L.A.
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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 (in Arabi):
January 21 through 27, 2022
Opens January 21:
6:30 pm nightly
POTATO DREAMS OF AMERICA
An autobiographical comedy about a boy growing up in the collapsing USSR, his mail-order bride mother and their escape to Seattle in the 90s. The film is an immigrant's take on the American Dream, proving that life is often stranger than fiction. Written and directed by Wes Hurley. Starring Lea DeLaria, Jonathan Bennett, Dan Lauria, Tyler Bocock, Hersh Powers, Lauren Tewes, Sophia Mitri Schloss, Sera Barbieri, etc. Winner - Audience Award - Damn These Heels Queer Film Festiveal; Jury Award - Best Feature - Tampa Bay Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; Best Feature - Outshine LGBTQ Film Festival; Grand Jury Prize - Best Screenplay - OutFest Los Angel.es; Director’s Award - Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival; Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature - Seattle Queer Film Festival.
Opens January 21:
8:15 pm nightly
CHESS OF THE WIND
Screened publicly just once before it was banned and then lost for decades, this rediscovered jewel of Iranian cinema from 1976 finally reemerges to take its place as one of the most singular and astonishing works of the country’s pre-revolution New Wave. A hypnotically stylized murder mystery awash in shivery period atmosphere, Chess of the Wind unfolds in an ornate, candlelit mansion where a web of greed, violence, and betrayal ensnares the heirs to a family fortune as they vie for control of their recently-deceased matriarch’s estate. Melding the influences of European modernism, gothic horror, and classical Persian art, director Mohammad Reza Aslani crafts an exquisitely controlled mood piece that erupts in a stunningly subversive final act in which class conventions, gender roles, and even time itself are upended with shocking ferocity.
and in the Zeitgeist Lounge:
Friday, January 21 @ 8:00 pm
GOLD ROOM READING SERIES
Thursday, January 27 @ 8:00 pm
LUKE STEWART (bass player from Washington, D.C.) solo set then with THE DEATH POSTURE featuring Rob Cambre (guitar), Donald Miller (guitar), Emmalee Sutton (dance) and Chris Robert (drums). $10
COMING SOON:
Opening January 28:
THE PINK CLOUD by Luli Gerbase
In this multi-award winning film from Brazil, a mysterious and deadly pink cloud appears in the skies, spreading dramatically across the world, forcing everyone to stay at home. Giovana is confined in an apartment with Yago, a man she met at a party the night before. While waiting for the cloud to pass, the two have to invent themselves as a couple. Over the years, while Yago is living his own utopia, Giovana feels trapped deep inside.
Opening February 4:
MANY FIRES THIS TIME: WE THE 100 MILLION
Many Fires This Time: We the 100 Million, a moving collaboration between skillful New Orleans filmmaker Jason R.A. Foster and legendary spoken word poet Scribe Called Quess?, is a poetic docudrama about the 1 in 3 Americans and counting, living in economic insecurity. It follows the journey of A Scribe Called Quess? as he connects with fellow activist poets and the communities they represent from Oakland to Chicago to Kentucky to his hometown of New Orleans. Along the way, we glimpse into the worlds of everyday people fighting for equity and justice in issues ranging from housing and gentrification to police violence, to environmental crises and job security, to education, to LGBTQIA equality. In the spirit of the impending fire that James Baldwin prophetically spoke of in this country’s last season of a major uprising, “Many Fires” employs spoken word poetry, choreography, and community interviews, to form a poetic love letter to the many revolutionary struggles aflame in today’s America. Featuring a broad array of captivating poetry performances from Tongo Eisen-Martin, Kendria “K-Love” Harris, Misty Skaggs, Diana Cervera, Marvin White, and Quess?; with a dynamic score by musician free feral and transformative movement from New Orleans choreographer Jeremy Guyton.
Opening February 4:
FLEE by Jonas Power Rasmussen
An animated documentary telling the true story about a man's need to confront his past in order to truly have a future. Amin arrived as an unaccompanied minor in Denmark from Afghanistan. Today, at 36, he is a successful academic and is getting married to his long-time boyfriend. A secret he has been hiding for over 20 years threatens to ruin the life he has built for himself. For the first time, he is sharing his story with his close friend. Official Academy Award Entry from Denmark. Winner of 51 Awards Internationally including Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Sundance; Best Non-Fiction Filom - New York Film Critics Circle Awards; Freedom Of Expression Award - National Board Of Review; Best Documentary - Gotham Awards; Best European Animated Film & Best Documentary - European Film Awards; Best Non-Fiction Film - National Society Of Film Critics Association; Best Independent Film - British Independent Film Awards, etc.
Opening February 18:
PLAYGROUND
In this debut feature by Belgian writer-director Laura Wandel, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child's-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. Following 7-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel, we see Nora struggling to fit in before finding her place on the schoolyard. One day, she notices Abel being bullied by other kids, and though she rushes to protect him by warning their father, Abel forces her to remain silent, while he endures more humiliation and harassment by his peers. Transposing the gritty realism of such filmmakers as Jacques Audiard and the Dardennes Brothers to the inner world of kids, Wandel crafts an empathetic and visceral portrait of the cruelty of children, and the failure of adults to protect them. Winner - FIPRESCI Prize, Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival; Sutherland Award, First Feature - London Film Festival; Best Debut Film - Haifa Int'l Film Festival; Best Actress - El Gouna Film Festival; Best Film - Guanajuato Int'l Film Festival.
Thursday, February 24 @ 7:00 & 9:30 pm - SAM TRIPOLI, stand up comedy from L.A.
Ash Wednesday, March 2 @ 7:00 pm - ZANE HELBERG - LIVE FROM REHAB, stand up comedy from L.A.
Please note: No alcohol will be served during this event, so our good friends from Orleans Coffee here. $20
Thursday, April 7 @ 8:00 pm - NATHAN HURD, stand up comedy from L.A.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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!