Crosstown Arts Weekly Film Series

The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features. This week: DO THE RIGHT THING

Films begin at 7:30 pm sharp.
Tickets are $5 (at the door only)

Come celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Spike Lee’s powerful DO THE RIGHT THING at Crosstown Theater. Mookie is the pizza delivery man for Salvatore. Salvatore has owned his pizzeria for 25 years and seen a change from being a neighborhood made of Italian immigrants to one mostly inhabited by African American and Puerto Rican residents. Salvatore loves the community but is rooted in his own traditions. The pizzeria features a Wall of Fame that only highlights Italians. The film really begins when neighborhood activist Buggin’ Out questions Salvatore as to why there are no pictures of black celebrities in a neighborhood made up almost entirely of black and brown people. Often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Film Registry, DO THE RIGHT THING features Spike Lee himself as Mookie, Rosie Perez, Danny Aiello, John Turturro, and OSSIE DAVIS AND RUBY DEE!

Join us for a Stranded in Canton after-party with The Thank You Friends Alex Chilton Revue Band. Celebrate the chaos, the cacophony, the characters and the music of a time and place that only William Eggleston and Alex Chilton could create and capture in sound and vision. Screen the film, Stranded in Canton, at Crosstown Theater and then re-live the music with Ross Johnson, The Klitz (Amy Starks, Gail and Marcia Clifton), Adam Hill, and others at an after-party in The Green Room.

Free with Stranded Canton ticket | $10 without
Tickets to Stranded in Canton are $5 and are only sold at the door at Crosstown Theater (7:30 pm)
Doors at 9 pm | Performance at 9:30 pm

About The Klitz:
Los Angeles had the Go-Go’s and the Runaways. New York had the Angels and the Shangri-Las. In Memphis, the most talked about girl group was The Klitz. The band sprang onto the Midtown scene in 1978 and quickly worked its way into local rock-and-roll lore with Alex Chilton serving as their impresario.

About Ross Johnson:
Ross Johnson’s name may only be familiar to a cult of faithful followers, but he’s one of the true heroes of the Southern alt and punk rock underground. From his days riding shotgun with Chilton, to his efforts helping found the Panther Burns to his work with outfits like the Gibson Bros. and ’68 Comeback, Ross has been a dedicated soldier in the trash rock trenches for four decades – while creating a catalog of truly brilliant and bizarre solo recordings on the side.