Films

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Rock Bottom Riser

Directed by Fern Silva
(USA, 2021, 70 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater

This sparkling experimental documentary addresses the worldview of Indigenous Hawaiians, touching on ethnography, geology, and the mysteries of the cosmos.

Friday, May 27, 2022

7 p.m.

Saturday, May 28, 2022

7 p.m.
Odds Against Tomorrow

Directed by Robert Wise
(USA, 1959, 95 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater

Harry Belafonte stars in this crime thriller that serves as an allegory about racism, greed, and humankind’s propensity for self-destruction.

Saturday, June 4, 2022

7 p.m.

Saturday, June 18, 2022

7 p.m.
Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise

Directed by Robert Mugge
(USA, 1980, 60 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater

Performances by free-jazz innovator Sun Ra and his Arkestra are intercut with footage of band members and Ra relaying his poetic proclamations.

Sunday, June 5, 2022

5 p.m.
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant)

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
(West Germany, 1972, 124 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater

This unforgettable melodrama from Rainer Werner Fassbinder portrays the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer and a beautiful but icy ingenue.

Friday, June 10, 2022

7 p.m.
The Jazz Baroness

Directed by Hannah Rothschild
(UK, 2009, 83 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater

Baroness Pannonica Rothschild began a lifelong obsession with New York’s jazz scene in the 1950s and developed a passionate friendship with Thelonious Monk.

Saturday, June 11, 2022

7 p.m.
Passing Through

Directed by Larry Clark
(USA, 1977, 115 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater

A jazz musician (Nathaniel Taylor) just released from prison searches for his musical mentor and refuses to participate in the exploitative music industry.

Sunday, June 12, 2022

5 p.m.
’Round Midnight

Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
(USA/France, 1986, 136 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater

Jazz performances by Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, and others highlight this drama about an alcoholic saxophonist who goes to Paris in the late 1950s.

Friday, June 17, 2022

7 p.m.
Neptune Frost

Directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman
(USA/Rwanda, 2021, 105 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater

In this Afrofuturist sci-fi punk musical, escaped miners in an otherworldly e-waste dump attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region.

Friday, June 24, 2022

7 p.m.

Saturday, June 25, 2022

7 p.m.

Sunday, June 26, 2022

6 p.m.