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Shoot & Splice: Short Film Case Studies
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesIndie Memphis & Crosstown Arts are excited to present a case study of the 2022 Indie Memphis Film Festival Hometowner award-winning short films, “Nordo” (Best Narrative Short) and “What We’ll Never Know” (Best Documentary Short). Directors Kyle Taubken (Nordo) and Lauren Ready (What We’ll Never Know) will share insights and stories from each stage of the production process — from early development to production and into festival distribution.
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The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents ALMA’S RAINBOW
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesAlmas’s Rainbow is a coming-of-age comedy/drama about three Black women living in Brooklyn. Ayoka Chenzira’s feature film explores the life of teenager Rainbow Gold (Victoria Gabrielle Platt) who is entering womanhood and navigating conversations and experiences around standards of beauty, self-image, and the rights of Black women have over their bodies.
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The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesThis stark modern homage to Howard Hawk’s Rio Bravo updates the action with a youth gang attacking a closing police station in a blighted ghetto neighborhood.
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The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents 3 WOMEN
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesFeaturing brilliant performances from Sissy Spacek and Shelley Duvall, this dreamlike masterpiece from Robert Altman careens from the humorous to the chilling to the surreal, resulting in one of the most unusual and compelling films of the 1970s.
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Mahogany Chamber Music Series: “Music for the Soul”
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesThe 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.
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Crosstown Arts Film Series presents AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesFeaturing a seething, controlled performance from Klaus Kinski, this masterpiece from director Werner Herzog is an unforgettable portrait of madness and power.
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Crosstown Arts Film Series presents LOSING GROUND
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesThe inimitable Kathleen Collins’s second film tells the story of two remarkable people, married and hurtling toward a crossroads in their lives: Sara Rogers, a Black professor of philosophy, is embarking on an intellectual quest just as her painter husband, Victor, sets off on an exploration of joy.
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Shoot & Splice: Annual Movie Trivia
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesCome help us celebrate the end of another fun year with the return of our annual Shoot & Splice Movie Trivia extravaganza!
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Big Star’s 50th Anniversary of #1 Record
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesBig Star’s 50th Anniversary of #1 Record features Jody Stephens (Big Star), Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Pat Sansone (Wilco) Jon Auer (The Posies) and Chris Stamey (The dB’s) plus special guest performances by Greg Cartwright (Reigning Sound) and Andrew VanWyngarden (MGMT) in Crosstown Theater.
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Crosstown Arts Film Series presents ’ROUND MIDNIGHT
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesSearching for a fresh start in Paris, Dale Turner strikes up an unlikely friendship with a struggling single father and ardent jazz fan who finds his life transformed as he attempts to help the self-destructive musician.
