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WHAT'S AHEAD FOR TALLGRASS FILM IN MAY
MEMORIA MAY 6-8 Written & Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Starring Tilda Swinton Elkin Díaz Jeanne Balibar Juan Pablo Urrego Daniel Giménez Cach
directors note's "While researching, I often heard a loud noise at dawn. It was internal and has occurred in many of the places I visited. This symptom is inseparable from my exposure to Colombia. It has formed the basis of a character whose audio experience synchronises with the country’s memory. I imagine the mountains here as an expression of people’s remembrances through centuries. The massive sierras, with their creases and creeks, are like the folds of the brain, or the curves of sound waves. With the scores of acts of violence and trauma, the terrain inflates and trembles, to become a country with never- ending landslides and earthquakes. The film itself is also seeking for a balance in this active topography. Its skeletons, the images and sounds, are shaken out of place. Perhaps this is a ‘sweet spot’ where I and this film can synchronise, a state where delusion is the norm." PAGE TWO| STUBBORNLY INDEPENDENT
MISSISSIPPI MASALA MAY 12-15
The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South come together in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala, a luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot. Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina (Sarita Choudhury) spends her days cleaning rooms in an Indian-run motel in Mississippi. When she falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius (Denzel Washington), their passionate romance challenges the prejudices of both of their families and exposes the rifts between the region’s Indian and African American communities. Tackling thorny issues of racism, colorism, culture clash, and displacement with bighearted humor and keen insight, Nair serves up a sweet, sexy, and deeply satisfying celebration of love’s power.
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OUT OF THE BLUE MAY 17-21 Dennis Hopper Born in Dodge City May 17
Set amid the impressive vistas of the Canadian northwest, “Out of the Blue” is a boldly feel-bad film about punk rock, lunatic driving and deranged family values. A disgraced trucker, Don (Hopper) returns home after five years in prison to find work in the town dump. Meanwhile, his malleable wife, Kathy (the veteran TV actor Sharon Farrell), shoots up in the bathroom and their Elvis-obsessed daughter, the hard-faced urchin Cebe (Linda Manz, fresh from her attention-grabbing turn in Terrence Malik’s “Days of Heaven”), plots to escape high school. - New York Times
This film is presented with Wichita Big Screen PAGE FOUR | STUBBORNLY INDEPENDENT
ALREADY TOMORROW IN HONG KONG MAY 6-7
This film is presented by The Wichita Asian Association PAGE FIVE | STUBBORNLY INDEPENDENT
ALSO IN THE FILM CENTER DRAMARAMA May 27-29
FAR EAST DEEP SOUTH May 28-29 When a Chinese-American family travels from California to Mississippi to visit the grave of their ancestors, they stumble upon surprising revelations. Along the way, they meet a diverse group of local residents and historians, who shed light on the racially complex history of the early Chinese in the segregated South. Their emotional journey also leads them to discover how the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 impacted their family and how deep their roots run in America.
In 1994, a closeted teen struggles to part ways with his four high school drama friends at their final murder mystery party before they leave for college.
DRAMARAMA is presented by The Kansas Lion Productions FAR EAST DEEP SOUTH is presented by The Wichita Asian Association
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