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  • Shoot & Splice: Intimacy on Set

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts are excited to present a panel and conversation on Intimacy Coordinating. While not a new position, intimacy coordination has recently become an on-set film industry expectation whenever actors are needed to perform vulnerable scenes that require high levels of trust and communication. 

  • Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    The father of video art and coiner of the term “electronic superhighway,” Nam June Paik was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Director Amanda Kim tells the remarkable story of Paik as a citizen of the world and trailblazing artist, who both saw the present and predicted the future with astonishing clairvoyance.

  • MicroCinema: IF/Then Southern Shorts

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    For this month’s MicroCinema, Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts are ecstatic to have partnered with IF/Then Shorts to present an array of incredible, often touching documentary shorts from filmmakers throughout the South. We’re glad to be able to include in this program a preview screening of Zaire Love’s SLICE, which was a part of the 2021 IF/Then + Hulu Short Documentary Lab and the recipient of the 2020 Black Creators Forum Short Film Grant!

  • Little Richard: I Am Everything

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Like a quasar burning past the gaslight, director Lisa Cortés’ eye-opening documentary explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music. Little Richard: I Am Everything shines a clarifying light on the Black, queer origins of rock ’n’ roll, and establishes the genre’s big bang: Richard Wayne Penniman.

  • Kafé Kirk with Kirk Whalum & Jazzmeia Horn (SOLD OUT)

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Join Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum for Kafé Kirk, an ongoing jazz series in Crosstown Theater featuring musical and spiritual collaborations with special guest artists. This iteration’s performance will feature jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn.

  • Opening Night

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    John Cassavetes’ hymn to that berserk business of performing, Opening Night is enhanced by its intense “old Hollywood” pedigree as Ben Gazzara, John Blondell, Paul Stewart and Cassavetes himself are the backing band for Rowlands’ knife-edged soloing.

  • Mahogany Chamber Music Series: “Mahogany Magic”

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    The Mahogany Chamber Music Series is a series of three chamber music concerts curated by Dr. Artina McCain, spotlighting Black and other underrepresented composers and performers.

  • Shoot & Splice: Filmmaker Speed Meetings

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Think of it like Speed Dating, but for filmmaking guidance and mentorship. This is a great opportunity for new/rising/new-to-Memphis filmmakers to connect with other Memphis-based industry professionals. 

  • Valerie And Her Week of Wonders

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    A girl on the verge of womanhood finds herself in a sensual fantasyland of vampires, witchcraft, and other threats in this eerie and mystical movie daydream. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders serves up an endlessly looping, nonlinear fairy tale, set in a quasi-medieval landscape.

  • MicroCinema: Shifting Lines – New Queer Animation

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts are honored to present Shifting Lines: New Queer Animation from Frameline Distribution. These six shorts traverse various styles of distinctive animation and live-action to explore relationships, family, and the development of identity in ways that are as thoughtful as they are stunning to watch.