Zeitgeist CALENDAR
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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):
May 17 through 23:
Friday, May 17 @ 7:00 pm
"JOHN SINCLAIR IS FREE"
A tribute in poetry, music and film
Free admission
John Sinclair, poet, activist, concert & record producer, bandleader and scholar of the blues. A celebration in words and music for the poet, bandleader, & performer, record and concert producer who passed away in Detroit on April 2, 2024.
Poets: Valentine Pierce, Megan Burns, Timeless***, Bill Lavender, Chuck Perkins, Dennis Formento, David Kunian of WWOZ, etc.
Music by Carlo Ditta and band; Second line with the Treme Brass Band. Video selections from John's career in New Orleans curated by Rene Broussard
Opens Saturday, May 18:
7:00 pm nightly
JAMES BALDWIN in I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE (1982)
4K Restoration by Harvard Film Archive. James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma to Birmingham, Atlanta to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, accompanied by Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, and back north for a visit to Newark with Amiri Baraka, Baldwin lays bare the fiction of progress in post-Civil Rights America — wondering ‘what happened to those who did not die, but whose lives were smashed on Freedom Road. After spending 19 years on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd, Zeitgeist is especially excited that ORETHA CASTLE HALEY is one of the many Civil Rights activists featured and interviewed in the documentary. Also featuring David Baldwin, China Achebe, Amiri Baraka, Sterling Brown, Hoyt Fuller, Lonnie King, Amanda Bowens Perdew, Charles Sherrod, Fred Lee Shuttlesworth, Hosea Williams, etc.
COMING SOON:
Opens May 31:
WILDCAT by Ethan Hawke
Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O’Connor (Maya Hawke) visits her mother Regina (Laura Linney) in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief. Written and directed by Ethan Hawke this indie Southern Gothic co-stars Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), Vincent D’Onofrio, Liam Neeson, Alessandro Nivola, Steve Zahn, etc.
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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):
May 17 through 23:
Friday, May 17 @ 7:00 pm
"JOHN SINCLAIR IS FREE"
A tribute in poetry, music and film
Free admission
John Sinclair, poet, activist, concert & record producer, bandleader and scholar of the blues. A celebration in words and music for the poet, bandleader, & performer, record and concert producer who passed away in Detroit on April 2, 2024.
Poets: Valentine Pierce, Megan Burns, Timeless***, Bill Lavender, Chuck Perkins, Dennis Formento, David Kunian of WWOZ, etc.
Music by Carlo Ditta and band; Second line with the Treme Brass Band. Video selections from John's career in New Orleans curated by Rene Broussard
Opens Saturday, May 18:
7:00 pm nightly
JAMES BALDWIN in I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE (1982)
4K Restoration by Harvard Film Archive. James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma to Birmingham, Atlanta to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, accompanied by Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, and back north for a visit to Newark with Amiri Baraka, Baldwin lays bare the fiction of progress in post-Civil Rights America — wondering ‘what happened to those who did not die, but whose lives were smashed on Freedom Road. After spending 19 years on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd, Zeitgeist is especially excited that ORETHA CASTLE HALEY is one of the many Civil Rights activists featured and interviewed in the documentary. Also featuring David Baldwin, China Achebe, Amiri Baraka, Sterling Brown, Hoyt Fuller, Lonnie King, Amanda Bowens Perdew, Charles Sherrod, Fred Lee Shuttlesworth, Hosea Williams, etc.
COMING SOON:
Opens May 31:
WILDCAT by Ethan Hawke
Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O’Connor (Maya Hawke) visits her mother Regina (Laura Linney) in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief. Written and directed by Ethan Hawke this indie Southern Gothic co-stars Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), Vincent D’Onofrio, Liam Neeson, Alessandro Nivola, Steve Zahn, etc.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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!