Wednesday, April 15th, Doors at 7:30 pm Six short films originally curated by Jonathan Demme for a screening at New York's Collective for Living Cinema. David Boone's INVASION OF THE ALUMINUM PEOPLE, Brian Hansen's SPEED OF LIGHT, Louis Black's FAIR SISTERS, Neil Ruttenberg's THE MASK OF SARNATH, Tom Huckabbe's and Will van Overbeek's DEATH OF A ROCK STAR and Lorrie Oshatz's LEONARDO JR. have all been restored by Louis Black and Mark Rance. The films came out of the punk rock scene in Austin in the late seventies and early eights and represent the cultural explosion of the music and film communities in Austin at the time.
Wednesday April 15, 2015 7:30pm - 9:26pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
A beautifully choreographed journey through visceral and poetic perspectives of a reality that transcends time. This evocative, dance-centric film follows the history of treating mental illness when contemporary dance and architecture merge inside the mind and movement of psychosis.
Thursday April 16, 2015 7:00pm - 7:27pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Thursday, April 16th at 7:00 pm Long before Austin made weirdness a civic virtue, The Dicks made it a cause. Three rawboned Marlboro Man types fronted by Gary Floyd, a fat queer with a penchant for fright wigs, this self-described "commie faggot band" helped put the Texas capital on the punk map in the early '80s with anthems like "Dicks Hate the Police" and "Wheelchair Epidemic." Cindy Marabito was there, and her super-DIY documentary is an affectionate oral history of a truly distinctive hardcore scene that, like the band and community it chronicles, makes up in attitude and personality what it lacks in polish.
PLAYING WITH: Donzelle - Libido Zero - Simon Harrison & Namaï KhamPo / Canada / 4 min. - Libido Macro is a glimpse at how Donzelle and her dancers get ready before they go out and get what they want.
Thursday April 16, 2015 7:00pm - 8:30pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Thursday, April 16th at 7:00 pm During the Vietnam War, Cambodian musicians crafted a sound from the various rock music styles sweeping America, England and France adding in unique melodies and hypnotic rhythms of their traditional music. Then on April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge began wiping out all traces of modernity and Western influence. Intellectuals, artists and musicians were specifically and systematically targeted and eliminated. Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten provides a new perspective on a country, usually associated only with war and genocide.
PLAYING WITH: Uncle Essy - Niyaz Saghari // Iran // 22 min - A touching portrait of the oldest record stallholder in Tehran’s largest bazaar, Uncle Essy became a well-known musical source, and an inspiration to young people in Iran after the revolution. Emotional interviews at his stall reveal deep ties to a vast and diverse music collection that he lovingly shared with others.
Thursday April 16, 2015 7:00pm - 8:45pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
Thursday, April 16th at 7:15 pm A documentary on the life and times of Danny Fields, who played a pivotal role in music and “culture” of the late 20th century: working for The Doors, Lou Reed, Nico, Judy Collins and managing groundbreaking artists like the Stooges, the MC5 and the Ramones. Danny Says follows Fields as a punk pioneer and beyond from Harvard Law dropout to Warhol’s Silver Factory to Director of Publicity at Elektra Records. Handcrafted from over 250 hours of interviews and items from Field’s immense archives (thousands of photographs, audio cassettes, ephemera). Danny Says weaves candid interviews, animation, archival video, photographs, performance footage, radio shows, demos and taped phone conversations spanning decades.
PLAYING WITH: Throne - "Tharsis Sleeps" - Nicos Livesey and Tom Bunker / UK / 5 min. - A sci-fi throwback to the 1981 animated anthology feature Heavy Metal with a mind-blowing twist--every single frame is embroidered, sewn together stitch by stitch.
Thursday April 16, 2015 7:15pm - 8:59pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 22646 N. Milwaukee
In the mid-1980s, metal band Tuff Luck was the hottest attraction on the local South Florida music scene, routinely drawing thousands of fans to their gigs. They opened for the likes of Stryper and Dokken, and were well on their way to becoming the next big thing. So why haven’t you heard of them? Despite their virtuoso talent and drive to make it happen, success in the music business just wasn’t in the cards for Tuff Luck. Directed by Andrew Klein, the younger brother of the band’s late drummer Todd Kelly, Tuff Luck documents the dramatic rise and fall of a band on the verge of super stardom-- four close friends with big dreams that ultimately never came true. PLAYING WITH: Shaman's Harvest - "Dangerous" - Kyle Cogan / USA / 4 min. - A malicious drug lord forcing beautiful women to stuff teddy bears full of heroin gets exactly what he deserves in this over-the-top, violent, and totally awesome hard rock music story.
Thursday April 16, 2015 9:05pm - 10:42pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Thursday, April 16th at 9:25 pm Breakdancing unites people worldwide--Colombia, Cambodia, Uganda, Yemen--in the common languages of movement, expression and hip-hop. In this feature documentary, rap superstar and producer Nas presents a broad look at a movement inspiring hope in global urban communities.
PLAYING WITH: Sinkane - "How We Be" - Nick Bentgen / USA/ 4 min. - SuperFly dance moves in gritty urban locations populate this infectiously joyful music video for Sudanese pop artist Sinkane.
Thursday April 16, 2015 9:25pm - 11:13pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
After a major crisis, a man attempts to track down his long-lost first love, only to discover that she was killed in a car accident many years prior. His online search leads him to her younger sister, an aspiring musician who bears a striking resemblance to the girl he used to love. Quickly becoming obsessed, he arranges a not-so-chance meeting and a relationship blossoms between the two before he has a chance to disclose his true identity. In his directorial debut, Chicago-native Sam Kretchmar (who also co-wrote and shot the film) paints an intimate portrait of a relationship based on deceit. Featuring original music and performances by singer-songwriter Gabbi McPhee, Keep in Touch is a film about love, family, and finding self-worth. PLAYING WITH: Elegy - Raphaël Ouellet/Canada/12 min. Camille, a teenage cellist, channels all of her angst into her cello as she practices for the most important concert of her young life. The spare storytelling style plus an incredible performance from the young actress prevails in this personal tale of family and loss.
Thursday April 16, 2015 9:45pm - 11:30pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
The Mekons have been called political provocateurs, social agitators, and punk’s reigning contrarians. Director and Chicago native, Joe Angio, chronicles the group’s unlikely formation as British art students who came together in the first blast of punk rock in 1977, despite being geographically dispersed and lacking commercial success, to tour and make adventurous and challenging albums. This engaging documentary also delves further into the band’s ranks to spotlight individual Mekons’ ancillary, yet impactful artistic lives as painters and avant-garde artists.
PLAYING WITH: Voice of Englewood- "Cold World" - Jean-Marc Giboux / USA / 4 min. - "The young leave before the old ...Why this world so cold?" Chicago hip-hop artists rap about the realities of inner-city violence. Recorded in Englewood’s Crusher’s Club, an organization that redirects the path of youth.
Friday April 17, 2015 6:45pm - 8:20pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
Friday, April 17th at 7:00 pm A rare double-feature treat for fans of Britain's most underrated legendary band. Julien Temple grew up near the Davies family and used to cut school to hang out at the pub where The Kinks drank. He indulges his life-long love of the band (about which he has also been at work on a narrative film) in this pair of wistful, eloquent BBC documentaries. Imaginary Man and Kinkdom Come track the Davies brothers through their favorite haunts - North London for Ray, the Exmoor countryside for Dave - as they candidly reflect on their working-class upbringing, The Kinks' many musical phases, their stormy fraternal relationship, and their divergent, deeply personal responses to fame.
Q&A with Julien Temple
Friday April 17, 2015 7:00pm - 8:20pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
A two-string bass, saxophone, drums, and front man Mark Sandman’s deep, hushed vocals – not the makings of your typical rock band lineup. However, the band Morphine managed to produce some of the best alternative albums of the 1990s, riding their genre-defying sound to worldwide success. Morphine: Journey of Dreams follows the meteoric rise of this idiosyncratic band, from their beginnings in the underground Boston music scene and the recording of their breakthrough album Cure For Pain to the tragic onstage death of Sandman at an Italian music festival. Featuring interviews with surviving members of the band and their contemporaries, including Joe Strummer and Henry Rollins.
Friday April 17, 2015 7:00pm - 8:34pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
Friday, April 17th at 7:15 pm Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars have risen like a phoenix out of the ashes of war, and ignite the passion of fans across the globe with their uplifting songs of hope, faith and joy. The band is a potent example of the redeeming power of music and the ability of the human spirit to persevere through unimaginable hardship and emerge with optimism intact. From their humble beginnings in West African refugee camps, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars have performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages and matured into one of Africa’s top touring and recording bands.
PLAYING WITH: William Pilgrim & The All Grows Up feat. Brenton Wood – "Gimme Little Sign" - PM Romero, Scott Montgomery / USA / 3 min. - Shot at the historic People's Climate March in New York, William Pilgrim & The All Grows Up join forces with Brenton Wood in a contemporary twist on the classic 1967 hit, ''Gimme Little Sign." This is what Democracy looks like in America!
Friday April 17, 2015 7:15pm - 7:15pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 22646 N. Milwaukee
Naofumi Yximalloo Ishimaru is an obscure cult musician from Japan who has spent most of his 57 years on the fringes of music and society. This por- trait captures the extreme dichotomy of a man who becomes frantic and eccentric when he’s performing his music, and then a terribly difficult personality in his private life. Discover Ishimaru and his true mas- terpiece music, and probably the biggest opportuni- ty the artist has ever had at being discovered.
Friday April 17, 2015 8:00pm - 9:16pm CDT
Comfort Station2579 N. Milwaukee
Friday, April 17th at 8:55 pm A rare double-feature treat for fans of Britain's most underrated legendary band. Julien Temple grew up near the Davies family and used to cut school to hang out at the pub where The Kinks drank. He indulges his life-long love of the band (about which he has also been at work on a narrative film) in this pair of wistful, eloquent BBC documentaries. Imaginary Man and Kinkdom Come track the Davies brothers through their favorite haunts - North London for Ray, the Exmoor countryside for Dave - as they candidly reflect on their working-class upbringing, The Kinks' many musical phases, their stormy fraternal relationship, and their divergent, deeply personal responses to fame.
Q&A with Julien Temple
Friday April 17, 2015 8:55pm - 10:15pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Friday, April 17th at 9:00 pm In 1980, a Japanese electronics manufacturer unwittingly unleashed one of music history’s most important instruments upon the world: The Roland TR-808. More than just a drum machine, the 808 became the backbone of countless hip-hop and R&B tracks before injecting itself into nearly every genre imaginable. From Afrika Bambaataa and LL Cool J to Marvin Gaye and Phil Collins, musicians from all walks of life wanted that iconic 808 sound. Director Alexander Dunn immerses you in the story of this iconic instrument, as told through the eyes (and ears) of some of the most influential artists of the past four decades.
PLAYING WITH: Pure - Karim Huu Do // UK // 11 min - Follow a ten-member hip-hop collective Last Night In Paris (think the UK’s Odd Future) on an ethereal journey out of the British urban sprawl, and into the surrounding forest to experiment with a mind-altering substance. An intoxicating mix of Lars von Trier’s atmosphere with a shoe commercial slickness, Pure celebrates the otherworldly potential of music.
Friday April 17, 2015 9:00pm - 10:34pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
Friday, April 17th at 9:15 pm When a family moves from rural Michigan to a Victorian home near Chicago, strange things start happening. Creepy noises. Unexplained messes. Old punk rock albums go missing. Suspecting the house is haunted, they hire a wacky medium and a team of bumbling paranormal investigators to help, but teenage daughter Amanda discovers on her own that the house is haunted by the ghost of a 17-year-old punk guitarist named Brian, and his fun-loving band of dead pals. Amanda and Brian form a friendship that soon veers toward romance, but the past collides with the present.
PLAYING WITH: Archie Powell & The Exports - "Holes" - Bryan Racine / USA / 3 min - Level up with arcade-inspired music video for Chicago rock roustabouts Archie Powell & The Exports. Produced by Audiotree.
Friday April 17, 2015 9:15pm - 10:54pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
Friday, April 17th at 10:45 pm In 2013, cult indie filmmakers and brothers Todd and Brad Barnes set out to shoot a documentary about the burgeoning East Nashville singer-songwriter scene, but weed, whiskey, and musician Todd Snider took over and the result is a hilarious alternative-universe Opryland. Showcasing a host of local stalwarts, beloved hippie bard Snider and his buddies smoke, joke, bang out bent ballads, and somehow put on a shambolic tryout talk show for the East Nashville chanteuse and David Letterman favorite Elizabeth Cook. Another pair of movie siblings, Jay and Mark Duplass, declare that the Barnes Brothers "have revealed a side of Nashville you definitely won't see on CMT."
PLAYING WITH: Velcro Lewis Group - "They're Having a Party" - Kenny Reed / USA / 5 min. - The party was going just fine until a Satanist spiked the punch bowl--join the freak-out with Chicago’s one-and-only occultist funk rock outfit.
Friday April 17, 2015 10:45pm - Saturday April 18, 2015 12:10am CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Prince goes Sahel in this colorful homage to Purple Rain. Set among the sub-Saharan Tuareg people, and reputedly the first feature film in their Tamashek language which has no word for "purple"; the title translates as "rain the color of blue with a little red in it.” Resplendent in a purple robe and matching chopper, smoking hot guitarist Mdou Moctar arrives in a music-mad Niger town and sets about wooing a local beauty, clashing with his pious father, and fencing with the jealous king of the local scene (Kader Tanoutanoute, as wily and dapper as Morris Day) until their climactic six-string shootout. PLAYING WITH: Chop My Money - Theo Anthony/Congo/13 min - Filmed on location in the Congo, a hallucinatory blend of narrative, documentary, and music video gets inside the heads of three badass street kids who also co-scripted the film. Featuring the music of Montreal-based musician Dirty Beaches.
Friday April 17, 2015 11:25pm - Saturday April 18, 2015 12:40am CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
Friday, April 17th at 11:30 pm Join globetrotting DJ, producer, and indie label honcho Gilles Peterson as he ventures to Rio de Janeiro to fulfill a dream of recording an album with some of Brazil's most revered musicians. Hopscotching from the studio to the streets (while scouring Rio's record shops for vinyl scores), Peterson records captivating performances by icons like Seu Jorge, Elza Soares, and Ed Motta while soaking up the history and culture of the home of samba, bossa nova, and baile funk, encountering electro wizards, graffiti stars, Carnival crews, and an entrancing dancing toddler.
PLAYING WITH: The Hidden Cameras - "Carpe Jugular" - Ian Kennedy / USA / 3 min. - The dance floor is a battlefield as everybody’s getting their groove on, and their asses kicked in this hybrid nightclub/Fight Club.
Friday April 17, 2015 11:30pm - Saturday April 18, 2015 12:45am CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
Each of the three tales in writer-director Sarah Goodman’s thought-provoking comedy/drama is spun from a different porch in the same multicultural neighborhood. The common thread is how life’s unpredictable twists and turns can make us rethink even our most cherished goals and relationships. Emma (Sarah Barrett) is focused on her upcoming wedding when an old friend (Jose Miguel Contreras) drops by; an elderly Portuguese husband and wife bitterly face the prospect of dissolving their marriage; and a brother and sister plot their path to becoming rock superstars with reckless abandon. Filmed in black-and-white underscores the emotional impact of Goodman’s film.
PLAYING WITH: the Soil & the Sun- "Are You?" - Bryan Racine / USA / 6 min - Michigan freak folksters, the Soil & the Sun perform their beautiful music live from a CLIFF! Cliff ... cliff ... in the Texas desert. Produced by Audiotree.
Saturday April 18, 2015 12:00pm - 1:13pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
In 2005 Scottish singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins, best known for fronting '80s postpunk band Orange Juice and for his out-of-the-blue 1994 solo hit "A Girl Like You," suffered a catastrophic cerebral hemorrhage that wiped his mind clean. This intimate, elliptical film named for a phrase that was inexplicably on Collins' lips when he emerged from a coma, chronicles his intensely personal experience of recovery with structural boldness, visual imagination, and sublime empathy steering its course from near abstraction to brilliant clarity as Collins regains language, memory, music, humor and love.
PLAYING WITH: Toñita's - Beyza Boyacioglu, Sebastian Diaz // USA // 21 min - The last of its kind in New York’s Puerto Rican community, The Caribbean Sports Club is kept alive and well by the community’s beloved matriarch, Maria Tonita, and fills the screen with colorful characters, tight knit bonds, and flavorful music.
Saturday April 18, 2015 12:00pm - 1:23pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
These films are all character driven in many different ways-- some by their passions, desires and obsessions, others by big scary dogs and the need to consume magic potions from the rear end of a large beetle. Yes, you read that right. It’s about to get weird.
Chop My Money
(Theo Anthony, USA);
Pink Avalanche: Your Collapse
(Kate Kapuza and Molly McCandless, USA);
Elegy
(Raphael Ouellet, Canada);
Pure
(Karim Huu Do, UK);
Cakes da killa
(Ja’Tovia Gary, USA);
The Peach Kings: Mojo Thunder
(Benjy Brooke, USA);
Small Instruments
(Edyta Wroblewska, Poland);
Andante
(Gavin Carver, UK).
Saturday April 18, 2015 12:00pm - 1:40pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Saturday, April 18th at 12:00 pm The final film from legendary Chinese director Wu Tianming (The King of Masks), charts the life and trials of You Tianming, a young suona apprentice (a very expressive reed instrument) who then forms his own troupe at a time when the tradition of suona music is fading in Chinese society. As a man, he faces the painful reality that his chosen calling is no longer in tune with a modern, urbanized China. The Chinese-American Museum of Chicago is proud to co-present two screenings.
Saturday, April 18th at 1:45 pm Briefly popular then largely forgotten, Dr. Feelgood "fell through a gasoline crack in history," guitarist Wilko Johnson says. Oil City Confidential rectifies that gap in music history, chronicling the influential English band whose gutbucket R&B blasted through the pomp rock bloat of the '70s and helped clear the way for punk. Abetted by the charismatic Johnson, a natural-born storyteller whose chopping guitar and onstage strut defined the Feelgoods in their prime. Director Julien Temple beautifully locates the band's soul in the mud flats and plants of Canvey Island, their flood-prone home in the Thames River estuary.
Q&A with Director, Julien Temple
Saturday April 18, 2015 1:45pm - 3:29pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
Saturday, April 18th at 2:00 pm When world music took off in the West, one of its most remarkable "discoveries" was the Zanzibar Taarab singer Fatma binti Baraka, better known as Bi Kidude. Well into her 80s (or maybe beyond) when she was ushered onto the global stage, Kidude was a rebel rocker of the old school, a smoker, drinker, and drummer who broke taboos for Muslim women and presided over sexual-initiation ceremonies for brides-to-be. This 2006 portrait - screening with Jones' brand new follow-up I Shot Bi Kidude - is a fiercely entertaining look at Kidude's life and music and the many myths that grew up around her.
Saturday April 18, 2015 2:00pm - 3:06pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Saturday, April 18th at 2:00 pm In the mid-1990s, Jamie Block was a bona fide indie rock star, riding a fleeting wave of fame all the way to a major label deal with Capitol Records. While his brand of anti-folk music made him a critical darling, the label dropped him after album sales failed to meet expectations. Under pressure to provide for his young family, Block did a 180 and became a Wall Street stockbroker. Fifteen years and one divorce later, he records a new album and meets hapless filmmaker Onur Tukel, who persuades him to sink all of his savings into a series of increasingly absurd music videos to promote his comeback. Abby Singer Songwriter is a hilariously original experiment in hybrid filmmaking, blurring the line between real life and fiction (with hallucinatory music videios in between).
PLAYING WITH: Sabers – "Money Eddie" - Jim Sikora / USA / 5 min. - A visually striking pop confection of a music video for jangly Chicago indie rock band Sabers.
Saturday April 18, 2015 2:00pm - 3:13pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
Saturday, April 18th at 3:30 pm In late 2012, Tanzanian media reported that centenarian singer and national cultural icon Bi Kidude had been kidnapped by a relative who claimed that longtime musical and business associates were mistreating her. British filmmaker Andy Jones, who examined Kidude's mythic life in the documentary As Old As My Tongue (screening with this film), returned to Zanzibar to investigate. A doc thriller with a deep emotional core, I Shot Bi Kidude chronicles the strange final months of a music legend while telling how a white filmmaker from England's West Midlands forged an abiding bond with Africa's oldest singer.
Saturday April 18, 2015 3:30pm - 4:45pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
In early 2013, ex-Dr. Feelgood guitarist, songwriter, and showman Wilko Johnson was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer. Given a few months to live, he recorded a final album, went on a farewell tour, and told the world that he'd never felt more acutely, joyously alive. But a funny thing happened on the way to Valhalla: the months ticked by, and Johnson didn't die. Julien Temple, who'd been enchanted by Johnson's wit and erudition while making the Feelgoods documentary Oil City Confidential (also screening at CIMMFest), was there for the ride. The result is an uplifting exploration of how to live with impending death, and what to do when you're then sentenced to live.
Q&A with Julien Temple
Saturday April 18, 2015 4:00pm - 5:31pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
Aptly titled, Lee Scratch Perry’s Vision of Paradise chronicles the career of reggae music’s inimitable architect of Dub, a subgenre of reggae. Filmed over a 13-year period, director Volker Schaner equipped with a camera and microphone spent countless hours at Perry’s home, culminating what he considers, “the most intimate, extensive and fascinating adventure you can possibly have with Lee Perry.” Not your typical documentary as it also serves as Perry’s own spirituality, and the pre-eminent guide on how to change the world with art and music.
PLAYING WITH: Christylez Bacon - Aaron Fisher // USA // 6 min - A deft and witty portrait of progressive hip-hop artist Christylez Bacon that illustrates his unique style, incredible beatboxing skills, and personal philosophy of music.
Saturday April 18, 2015 4:10pm - 5:50pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
An exploration of the cultural, political and social significance of internationally renowned Cuban musician Carlos Varela is recognized as one of the most influential artists of his time as he marked 30 years as a singer-songwriter. This moving documentary highlights one artist’s struggle for individual freedoms, and his efforts to build bridges between Cuba, the United States, disenfranchised Cubans, and the people of the world. Shot in Havana with unique access, stunning concert and insider backstage moments, and exclusive interviews with international stars--Varela’s friends like Jackson Browne, Benicio del Toro, Ivan Lins, Luis Enrique, Juan and Samuel Formel, Diana Fuentes, X Alfonso, Alexander Abreu and more.
PLAYING WITH: Broken Flowers Project – "Días Desiertos" - Eduardo Avila Flores / Mexico / 4 min. - A stunning and hypnotic imagery accompanies this pop-rock tune of "desert days" from Guadalajara, Mexico.
Saturday April 18, 2015 5:10pm - 6:47pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Saturday, April 18th at 5:30 pm The final film from legendary Chinese director Wu Tianming (The King of Masks), charts the life and trials of You Tianming, a young suona apprentice (a very expressive reed instrument) who then forms his own troupe at a time when the tradition of suona music is fading in Chinese society. As a man, he faces the painful reality that his chosen calling is no longer in tune with a modern, urbanized China. The Chinese-American Museum of Chicago is proud to co-present two screenings.
Saturday, April 18th at 6:00 pm A graphically satiric painting of South African President Jacob Zuma sets in motion this fascinating look at art, identity, and freedom of expression in the would-be "rainbow nation" 20 years into the era of multiracial democracy. Petter Ringbom's film offers a view of today's South Africa as seen by a bevy of activist artists and creatively bursting musicians - from genre-busting collective The Brother Moves On to flamboyant Afro-funkster Gazelle to Afrikaans punk band Fokofpolisiekar - whose work casts an optimistic eye on the country's democratic, pluralistic future while challenging the creeping authoritarianism and continued social divides of its present.
PLAYING WITH: The Orchestra: Claudio Abbado & The Mozart Orchestra Musicians plus Bicycle Notes and live music.
CIMMfest in HYDE PARK International Beethoven Project: Saturday Night CIMMfest
Saturday, April 18 / 6pm - Midnight / $20 Academy of Music at University Church 5655 S University Ave. Join us for an evening of music and movies in Hyde Park with our friends from IBP.
The evening will feature 2 music films, live musical performances and DJ sets throughout the evening. The Orchestra - Claudio Abbado & The Mozart’s Orchestra Musicians takes a look into the
world of the Mozart Orchestra of Bologna and their beloved leader, Maestro Claudio Abbado.
Shield and Spear is a satiric juxtaposition of the present-day creeping authoritarianism with a “rainbow nation” 20 years in the future.
Bicycle Notes combines hauntingly beautiful images with a live accompaniment by Joel Styzens, and a live set following the film.
Saturday, April 18th at 6:15 pm The culmination of a 27-year-journey of a man seeking fame and stardom in the music business, The Front Man follows the life of Jim Wood, the charismatic lead singer of New Jersey “party rock” band Loaded Poets. Disillusioned by the broken promise of rock ‘n’ roll, but unable to let go of his dreams of celebrity, Wood sets out to find the true meaning of success while reconciling the joy of creating music with his wife’s desire to expand their family. Five-time Emmy Award-winner Paul Devlin comes along for the ride to document Wood ’s quest, a crooked path that takes them through the homes of musicians who “made it,” onto the set of a cult horror movie, and even on national television.
PLAYING WITH: Possessed by Paul James: There Will Be Nights When I'm Lonely - Todd Tue // USA // 5 min - This lively, spirited documentary of folk music, as shown through the inspirational styles of one-man band Konrad Wert better known as Possessed by Paul James, showcases a man whose heartfelt music mirrors his love for family and helping others--a man who truly encompasses the power of music that brings people together.
Saturday April 18, 2015 6:15pm - 7:28pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
Saturday, April 18th at 6:15 pm Critics once hailed bassist Jaco Pastorius as “the future of modern music,” and Bootsy Collins once said, “Before Jaco, bass didn’t know what it was yet.” Unfortunately, for many of our most sensitive artists, great genius comes at great cost… and Jaco Pastorius was no exception. Now more than 25 years since his violent and untimely death comes the long-awaited, definitive portrait of the once poor and unknown, scrappy Florida boy, whose inventive approach to the electric bass earned him international recognition.
Q&A with Metallica bassist and producer Robert Trujillo and director Paul Marchand
Saturday April 18, 2015 6:15pm - 8:04pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
The man some call “the greatest drummer of all time” is recognized almost as much for his signature double-shuffle beat — his capes, crowns, canes and cowbells are the stuff of legend— Sam Lay has played a key role in the evolution of the blues for almost 60 years. He was on drums when Bob Dylan went electric at Newport… He was in the studio and on the road with blues greats Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Little Walter and James Cotton... He was a founding member of the groundbreaking Paul Butterfield Blues Band. At 80 years old, Sam Lay is still an active part of the Chicago blues scene. This documentary tells Lay’s story through his own words, music and personal films, and features interviews with past bandmates Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, and includes fierce admirers like Iggy Pop.
Saturday April 18, 2015 7:00pm - 8:30pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 22646 N. Milwaukee
Saturday, April 18th at 7:15 pm Where does the Thai musical identity lie? In the traditional songs of work and faith from the sprawling rural region of Isan? In the experimental art-rock honed in Bangkok basements and galleries? In the bamboo saxophones laboriously handmade by a jazz-loving optician? Yes, yes, yes, and more. Y/Our Music takes a sonic journey through Thailand from rice fields to urban markets, spanning generations and geography to reveal a diverse and at times divided musical culture, and reveling in the artistry of singers and players working to preserve and update the old ways.
PLAYING WITH: Dial In - "RHXQ" - Shan Khan / USA / 4 min. - This stone-cold beautiful, kaleidoscopic music video perfectly matches the electronic precision and hypnotic groove of Chicago duo Dial In. Produced by Audiotree and Black Rider.
Saturday April 18, 2015 7:15pm - 8:36pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Almost There is a coming-of (old)-age story about 83-year-old Peter Anton, an "outsider" artist living in isolated and crippling conditions whose world changes when two filmmakers discover his work and storied past. Shot over eight years, Almost There documents Anton's first major exhibition and how the controversy it generates forces him to leave his childhood home. Each layer revealed reflects on the intersections of social norms, elder care, and artistic expression.
Saturday April 18, 2015 8:15pm - 9:48pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
Saturday, April 18th at 8:45 pm The theory of de-evolution took musical shape in Akron, Ohio basements where a bunch of ex-art students spent the mid '70s honing their satiric notion of human regression into something like, but also quite unlike, a rock band. Devo largely retired their primordial songs in the wake of unlikely pop success, but last year they marked the band's 40th anniversary with a tour devoted to these seminal tracks. Energetically shot by Keirda Bahruth (director of 2011’s CIMMFest doc award winner Bob and the Monster), this concert film is a must for Devotees, capturing one of the key bands of the post-punk era reclaiming their musical past with unbridled gusto.
PLAYING WITH: Truth About Devolution
Saturday April 18, 2015 8:45pm - 10:10pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
Saturday, April 18th at 9:00 pm The Hip-Hop Fellow follows Grammy Award winning producer Patrick Douthit’s, better known as 9th Wonder, tenure at Harvard University as he teaches The Standards of Hip-Hop, conducts research for his thesis, and lectures at Duke University. The film centers on the emerging significance of incorporating hip-hop music studies into academia, and highlights the scholars at the forefront of preserving 40 years of hip hop culture. Featured interviews include Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Phonte, Ab-Soul, Young Guru, Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Rapper Big Pooh, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Dr. Marcyliena Morgan and DJ Premier.
PLAYING WITH: Cakes Da Killa: NO HOMO - Ja'Tovia Gary // USA // 13 min - An unapologetic portrait of a young artist determined to create and live life on his own terms, Rashard Bradshaw aka Cakes Da Killa is a 23 year-old hip-hop artist who leads an openly gay life. With three critically acclaimed mixtapes to his name, he’s shattering the preconceived notions of what it takes to be a respected lyricist. Rightfully bragging that he can "spit that shit to make a homophobe a hypocrite."
Saturday April 18, 2015 9:00pm - 10:19pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Saturday, April 18th at 10:00 pm Julien Temple's bravura musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel set in the late '50s youthquake London was an absolute flop upon release, but has since won reappraisal and a cult coterie for its stylized, Hollywood-by-way-of-MTV production numbers, saturated neon ambiance, and a killer soundtrack featuring David Bowie, Sade, and Ray Davies. All have parts in the film orbiting around party-mad teens, Eddie O'Connell and Patsy Kensit (in her breakout role) as they fall in and out of love against a backdrop of cool jazz, simmering racial tension, and pop machinations. This is a rare chance to luxuriate the film's gaudy charms in glorious 35mm.
Saturday, April 18th at 10:30 pm Filmmaker Fred Burns spotlights punk rock’s great-lost band Johnny Moped that included his father, Raymond Burns known by the stage name Captain Sensible – the iconic guitarist and founder of the seminal British Punk band The Damned. A funny and often moving account of a group who predated punk, Basically, Johnny Moped features interviews with the movement’s most influential architects and former band members including Chrissie Hynde, as well as fan Shane MacGowan.
PLAYING WITH: Black Bananas - "Hey Rockin'" - Ian Kennedy / USA / 3 min. - A fever dream of 80s music videos, Slasher flicks, and S&M, the new Black Bananas video is weird, sexy, and kind of disgusting – the perfect accompaniment to their scuzzy, lo-fi sound.
Saturday April 18, 2015 10:30pm - 11:47pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
An up-close and revealing account of Jersey City’s WFMU station that manager Ken Freedman describes as, “radio for people, picked last on the basketball team; for that one person who didn’t go to senior prom; for the misfits and malcontents; the slackers, hobos and dreamers; the musicians, artists, weirdos; the onanistic shut-ins, mutants, and all other people who are clearly not working up to their potential.” Since 1995, Freedman has endeavored to preserve and uphold WFMU’s legacy as the world’s oldest Freeform radio station. A delightful look at the station’s equally committed army of 800 volunteers and 60 unpaid DJs, Sex andBroadcasting explores the 21st century cultural landscape and serves as a reminder of an American tradition that values independence and freedom above all else.
PLAYING WITH: Flakonkishochki feat. Mumiy Troll — "Кажется" - Andrey Flakonkishochki / Russia / 4 min. - An innocent little girl boards a train in which every compartment is the gateway to another world. A surrealist animated video collaboration between Russian band Mumiy Troll and artist Andrey Flakonkishochki.
Saturday April 18, 2015 11:00pm - Sunday April 19, 2015 12:16am CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
Second Screening at Society For Arts, Saturday, April 18th at 11:00 pm
The man some call “the greatest drummer of all time” is recognized almost as much for his signature double-shuffle beat — his capes, crowns, canes and cowbells are the stuff of legend— Sam Lay has played a key role in the evolution of the blues for almost 60 years. He was on drums when Bob Dylan went electric at Newport… He was in the studio and on the road with blues greats Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Little Walter and James Cotton... He was a founding member of the groundbreaking Paul Butterfield Blues Band. At 80 years old, Sam Lay is still an active part of the Chicago blues scene. This documentary tells Lay’s story through his own words, music and personal films, and features interviews with past bandmates Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, and includes fierce admirers like Iggy Pop.
Saturday April 18, 2015 11:00pm - Sunday April 19, 2015 12:30am CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Take a journey through Jamaica’s storied reggae culture led by Ariel “Kalbata” Tagar, a techno producer known for his inventive remixes and Uri “Mixmonster” Wertheim, a member of the funk band The Apples. In the midst of recording an album of dub music, Kalbata and Mixmonster travel from Tel Aviv to the streets of Kingston in search of their favorite but long-neglected reggae musicians. The result is an eye-opening film and a heart-pounding soundtrack.
PLAYING WITH: Angelo Spencer et les Hauts Sommets – "Melatonin and Weed" - Remi Cosnier / Canada / 4 min.- A groovy animation of Quebec-band Angelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets plays like an indie rock update of "My Favorite Things," with a list including tigers, sex, drugs, surfing, and fruit (especially pineapples).
Sunday April 19, 2015 12:00pm - 12:57pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
If you don't speak metric, 50° Celsius = 122° Fahrenheit, and this portrait captures the heat of Rio de Janeiro in every sense. The third in Temple's series of music-minded urban histories (following Requiem for Detroit? and London - The ModernBabylon), this is a 360-degree view of Rio in all its contrasts: black and white, rich and poor, Catholic and Candomble, Copacabana Beach and the hillside favelas. Artfully mixing old movies and news footage with striking contemporary views, Temple shows how Rio became the city it is, not as imagined by tourists, but as lived and shaped by millions of Cariocas, perpetually on the move and never without a beat.
Q&A with Julien Temple
Sunday April 19, 2015 12:00pm - 1:33pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
Yes, it’s you! All of the shorts in this program feature vibrant, unusual characters declaring their existence. Sovereign Paperwork (Lala Severi, Uruguay); Mary In TheLocker Room (Jamieson Pierce, Australia); First Aid Kit: Master Pretender (Kyle Cogan, USA);Todd Who? (Gavin Bond, Australia); Broke Juke (Anthony Cabral, USA); The Fall Four: Siren Song (Kyle Cogan, USA); Showfolk (Neil McNeilage, USA).
Sunday April 19, 2015 12:00pm - 1:45pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Sunday, April 19th at 1:20 pm Over eight years in the making, Killer B3 puts you in front, behind and inside the more than 425-pound keyboard often called the beast. The Hammond Organ is responsible for the unique keyboard sounds in gospel, jazz, blues, rock, country, and reggae music. The film is a cross-country venture with stops in almost a dozen cities, and features perennial B3 players like Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Tony Monaco, Joey DeFrancesco, Shawn Brown, Papa John DeFrancesco, Jimmy Smith, Jr. and many others.
PLAYING WITH: Jump Into My Arms - Rex Carter / USA / 9 min. - A devoted husband-and-wife lounge act create beautiful moldies together with lives joyfully choreographed to a swing-step, but their happiness on stage belies a darker reality behind the curtain. Through it all, the spirit of their music keeps them united.
Sunday April 19, 2015 1:20pm - 2:53pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
Mixing intimate concert performances, road scenes, personal tales, and studio footage, The First Waltz arrives at a crucial moment to remind us that Jerry Garcia is as important as Ben Franklin, and that rock ‘n’ roll is as much a birthright as The Constitution. Director Justin Kreutzmann brings us an insightful, copacetic-minded snapshot of a fertile collaboration for musicians Todd Snider, Dave Schools, Neal Casal, Chad Staehly, Duane Trucks and Jesse Aycock.
PLAYING WITH: Lucette - "Bobby Reid" - Blake Judd / USA / 2 min. - A classic Southern gothic tale of salvation and murder showcases the pipes of Canadian folk singer Lucette.
Sunday April 19, 2015 2:15pm - 3:49pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
The men that would become the Blind Boys of Alabama, met as children at the Talladega Institute for the Blind, a segregated state-run vocational school. Buoyed by their local popularity – the boys used to sneak off campus to perform at a nearby military base – and faced with the bleak career choice of making brooms and mops for a living, the blind youngsters quit school and hit the road. Since the 1930s, the group has been performing around the country and around the world with their unique sound--the lone survivor of a once popular jubilee quartet singing tradition mixed with a powerful hard-gospel quartet style. The Blind Boys of Alabama are a national treasure and if you‘ve ever had the opportunity to catch a live performance, you’ll certainly want to see their entire story told in their own words.
Sunday April 19, 2015 2:15pm - 3:50pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
The long-awaited story of the enigmatic San Francisco band The Residents whose members always performed wearing masks and costumes thanks to The Residents’ management company, The Cryptic Corporation, is told in the aptly named Theory of Obscurity. Director Don Hardy and his crew had unprecedented access to the group’s archival materials and video collection, culminating with footage from the band’s recent world tour celebrating their 40th anniversary.
Sunday April 19, 2015 3:35pm - 5:02pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
Sunday, April 19th at 4:00 pm Young filmmakers from 6 countries and all over the US submitted their short films to our film competition. The top 10 selected films will be screened this Sunday. CIMMfest Director of programming and Senior Senior Manager of Programming for the Sundance festival Adam Montgomery award the first prize to the winner.
Sunday, April 19th at 4:05 pm When Islamic militants overran northern Mali in 2012, they imposed an especially brutal brand of Sharia law that included a complete ban on music - a mortal blow in a society that has revered its musicians for centuries and now watched as they were forced into silence or exile. From battlefields to refugee camps to the stages of Timbuktu and London, They Will Have to Kill UsFirst tells the chilling and inspiring stories of displaced artists struggling to reclaim their voice, and introduces Songhoy Blues, a band formed in exile that turned the experience into joyous anthems of rocking reconciliation.
Sunday April 19, 2015 4:05pm - 5:50pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Sunday, April 19th at 4:30 pm California's indigenous country music became known as "The Bakersfile Sound." Made popular the world over by the likes of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Rose Maddox. It was also pioneered by equally talented but lesser known individuals, like Billy Mize whose golden voice could be heard in west coast honky-tonks throughout the '50s and '60s. In this deeply personal tale about identity and sacrifice, Mize's grandson, filmmaker William J. Saunders, explores his grandfather's evolutionalry role in the emergence of a musical genre and how his charm became legendary among country music's elite. PLAYING WITH: Possessed by Paul James- "Songs We Used To Sing" - Todd Tue / USA / 5 min. - A trip through an empty farmhouse becomes a poignant journey in discovering the artifacts of families who lived there before.
Sunday April 19, 2015 4:30pm - 6:08pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
Sunday, April 19th at 5:30 pm The Road to God Knows Where might just be the coolest student film ever made. Twenty-five years before Nick Cave bared his quasi-fictional soul in 20,000 Days on Earth (CIMMFest 2014), Schueppel - then studying at the German Film Academy, now one of Berlin's most respected indie directors - got a peek behind the veil, accompanying Cave and the Bad Seeds on a five-week US tour. He returned with this riveting vérité document, rarely screened since its 1990 release, that intimately captures the experience of life on the road for a budding icon adjusting uneasily to sobriety and celebrity.
PLAYING WITH: The Peach Kings - "Mojo Thunder" - Ataboy Studios, Benjy Brooke & Kris Mercado // USA // 4 min - A shady character tries to escape his even darker past by indulging in the usual vices: booze, broads and murder. A neo-noir animated music video for sleaze-rock outfit The Peach Kings.
Sunday April 19, 2015 5:30pm - 7:00pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
A profile of hard rock in Mongolia set in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar (UB). Live from UB tells the story of how urban Mongolians have used rock music to overcome the powers of soviet-style socialism, Orientalism, and global- ization for the past three decades. Featuring Altan Urag, Mohanik, and Nisvanis.
Sunday April 19, 2015 6:00pm - 7:24pm CDT
Comfort Station2579 N. Milwaukee
What happens when your (public) private social media information catches the eye of a really interesting guy? Well, if he's a good looking, exciting, well-connected A&R guy who introduces you to all the coolest bands in town, you fall in love...until you find out how he came to pursue you.
PLAYING WITH: First Aid Kit - "Master Pretender" - Kyle Cogan / USA / 3 min - Follow the whimsical adventures of the Söderberg sisters, a Swedish folk rock duo as dolphins, spaceships, and the Statue of Liberty all make appearances.
Broke Juke - Anthony E. Cabral / USA / 5 min. - Struggling to comfort his regular customer with the loss of her husband, a bartender repeatedly plays their song on a jukebox that no longer works. This Chicago-shot film touches upon music as a calming escape from grief's haunting silence.
Sunday April 19, 2015 6:15pm - 7:36pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
Rye Coalition did everything they were supposed to do. For a decade, the Jersey City post-hardcore band starved daily and rocked nightly, crisscrossing America to build an audience gig by gig. And just as they signed to a major label with a certified rock star to produce their record, it all fell apart. Culled from 20 years of footage and featuring testimonials from Dave Grohl, Steve Albini, and other fans from bigger bands, Matz's documentary charts Rye Coalition's slow rise and spectacular fall, painting an underdog portrait of five guys who went through the music biz wringer and came out bloodied but ultimately unbowed.
PLAYING WITH: Gates - "Not My Blood" - Bryan Racine / USA / 6 min - New Jersey band Gates brings their heavy sound to the blasted-out interior of an abandoned church in Gary, Indiana. Produced by Audiotree.
Sunday April 19, 2015 6:45pm - 8:02pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
After eight intense years in the media spotlight, The Clash’s frontman Joe Strummer carved out a new creative path to Spain. While in Madrid he served as producer of 091’s second album, Más de Cien Lobos, where Spain’s most famous rock band Radio Futura helped Strummer buy a Dodge that he somehow lost. This documentary aims to discover what initially drew Strummer to Spain, the search for the car, as well as Strummer’s own search for meaning and redemption in those wild years.
PLAYING WITH: Pink Avalanche - "Your Collapse" - Katie Kapuza and Molly McCandless / USA / 4 min. There’s not much to say about a claymation, trippy video in which an anthropomorphized sun licks a mustachioed walrus except to see it!
Sunday April 19, 2015 7:30pm - 8:37pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
ACM’s Sound of Silent Film Festival features newly composed scores performed live to modern silent films from around the world.
In celebration of their 10th Anniversary in conjunction with CIMMfest and Music Box Theater, we present:
Marquee by Brian Zahm
Junk Girl by Mohammad Zare
Hitclown by Chris Mancini
Pillow Girl by Ronnie Cramer
Burial by Jon Paul Burkhart
Into the Cave of Wonders by Manuel Benito de Valle
The West Begins at 5th Avenue by Donald Gray and Kryssa Schemmerling
PLAYING WITH: Marquee by Brian Zahm / Junk Girl by Mohammad Zare / Hitclown by Chris Mancini / Pillow Girl by Ronnie Cramer / Burial by Jon Paul Burkhart / Into the Cave of Wonders by Manuel Benito de Valle / The West Begins at 5th Avenue by Donald Gray and Kryssa Schemmerling
Sunday April 19, 2015 7:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
Music Box Theatre3733 N. Southport
Parents, violinist Jessica Moss and singer/guitarist Efrim Menuck of the critically acclaimed band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, weigh complicated choices when they must decide to bring their young son, Ezra on tour with them. Financially squeezed by a downloading generation as well as trying to buck the music industry’s restrictive culture has never been more difficult for the musicians to make a living on the road. Against these odds, Moss and Menuck along with fellow band members Sophie Trudeau, Thierry Amar and Dave Payant maintain their integrity and core values while striving for financial success.
PLAYING WITH: the Soil & the Sun - "Leviathan" - Bryan Racine / USA / 5 min - Recorded live in their tour bus, the Soil & the Sun unleash "Leviathan," an epic rocker from their 2014 album Meridian. Produced by Audiotree.
Sunday April 19, 2015 8:00pm - 9:21pm CDT
Society For Arts1112 N. Milwaukee
British DJ, record collector, writer and filmmaker Joseph Fletcher joined Academy Award-winning Bedlam Productions (The King's Speech) to tell this deeply personal, often surreal story of heartbreak and self-discovery. Years of digging through dusty crates of LP’s have yielded Fletcher many obscure, down-home gems from the States--the unheard songs and stories of dreamers, deadbeats and devotees. Are the artists who created these fragments of Americana still out there somewhere? This curious outsider travels to the American South to lose himself amongst the region’s unique landscapes and eccentric personalities. Expecting to find comrades who will share in his misery, he is instead greeted with hope and unshakable faith at every turn.
PLAYING WITH: The Amazing Mr. Ash - Brian Gersten / USA / 12 min. - A day in the life of a beloved Chicago-area magician and owner of Ash's Magic Shop, one of the last remaining magic shops in the city, is celebrated. The endearing 74-year-old Ashod Baboorian shares his story as an Iraqi-Armenian emigrant, a US Army draftee, a country-western singer, and of course a world famous magician.
Sunday April 19, 2015 8:45pm - 10:13pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee
Never Release My Fist is a documentary on the life and music of punk rockers in Wuhan, the largest Chinese industrial city sometimes referred to as the “Chicago of China.” In the late ‘90s, Wuhan was the center stage of punk rock, and home to one of China’s most outspoken and longest-running punk band, SMZB. The film follows its lead singer Wu Wei, who grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood in Wuhan and is regarded as its godfather of the punk rock movement.
PLAYING WITH: MINES - "Hyperovercritical" - Jenna Caravello / USA / 3 min. This 2013 release from Chicago-based band MINES uses gritty 16mm film to portray a man losing himself to an inner voice from the past. Visceral images paired with guttural shrieks from frontman Bill Satek, the bands raw punk sound, and many a Jell-O mold produce a haunting and emotional video.
Sunday April 19, 2015 9:00pm - 10:27pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 12646 N. Milwaukee
Monday, April 20th at 7:00 pm Delirium! Horror! Hilarity! Just a few of the running rampant emotions on a three-month music tour as five filmmakers chronicle Chicago-based White Mystery siblings, Miss Alex White and Francis Scott Key White, who are living the breakneck nomadic lifestyle of a touring rock act. This is a not-to-be missed peek inside the telepathic minds of White Mystery as they perform in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Georgia. Will the movie live up to the expectations set by its title?
PLAYING WITH: Playing Games - Hannah Welever/USA/5 min. - Join a hectic phone conversation between Kate and Alex as they ponder life's serious questions, such as: what does Rabbi Hirsch think of queer hookup culture? Filmed in part at Chicagoland’s staple, the Diversey Rock ‘n' Bowl. Featuring music by White Mystery.
Monday April 20, 2015 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
The Logan Theatre 32646 N. Milwaukee