Sat December 11, 2021 1:30 PM Rebecca Hall Presents SHADOWS / VEILED ARISTOCRATS $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include the $2.00 online booking fee. Los Feliz 3 | Pre-taped introduction by PASSING filmmaker Rebecca Hall This is a vaccinated-only screening Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE FILMS SHADOWS, 1958, AGFA, 87 min, Dir: John Cassavetes. With its low budget, seemingly improvised style, naturalistic acting and progressive view of racial politics, Cassavetes’ groundbreaking directorial debut kickstarted not only a career, but an entirely new way of thinking about American cinema. Set in beatnik Manhattan (a locale commonly associated with the New York native), the film follows three African-American siblings who share a close bond despite their various goals, whether it be hitting it big as a musician, frequenting the local bars, or falling in love. With the free-flowing quality of jazz, a genre which dominates the soundtrack, SHADOWS remains one of the most influential films of the 1950s. FORMAT: 35mm VEILED ARISTOCRATS, 1932, Kino Lorber, 48 min, Dir: Oscar Micheaux. Written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux and based on the novel The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt, VEILED ARISTOCRATS is a vital drama—punctuated with song-and-dance numbers—of a woman wrestling with the decision of marrying a successful light-skinned man, or an idealistic entrepreneur of darker complexion. FORMAT: DCP VIEW SERIES