SUMMER OF SOUL

(...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

Director: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

USA | 2021 | English | 117 min | Doc. Feature

In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record—created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. 

OUTDOOR SCREENING AT COMO LAKESIDE PAVILION, ST. PAUL

Thursday, May 13 - Doors: 7:00pm | Program Starts: 8:30pm

VIRTUAL SCREENING

Thursday, May 13 - Saturday, May 15

AFTER ANTARCTICA

Director: Jake Yuzna

USA | 2020 | English, Somali | 125 min | Fiction Feature

A journey across both poles, After Antarctica follows polar explorer Will Steger's lifelong journey as an eyewitness to the greatest changes to the polar regions of our planet. Now, at the age of 75, Steger heads out on the ice and recounts the life-changing journey that led him to where he is today.

DRIVE-IN SCREENING AT BOHEMIAN FLATS PARK, MINNEAPOLIS

Saturday, May 22 - Doors: 7:00pm | Program Starts: 8:30pm

VIRTUAL SCREENING

Friday, May 21 - Sunday, May 23

CHARLATAN

Director: Agnieszka Holland

Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia

| 2020 | Czech, German | 118 min | Fiction Feature

Jan Mikolášek, was a 20th century Czech herbal healer whose great success masked the grimmest of secrets. He won fame and fortune treating celebrities of the interwar, Nazi, and Communist eras with his uncanny knack for "urinary diagnosis".

VIRTUAL SCREENING

5/14/21 - 5/23/21

DREAM HORSE

Director: Euros Lyn

United Kingdom | 2020 | English | 102 min | Fiction Feature

The inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender, Jan Vokes (Academy Award® nominee Toni Collette). With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream and compete with the racing elites.

VIRTUAL SCREENING

5/14/21 - 5/19/21

THE DRY

Director: Robert Connolly

Australia | 2020 | English | 118 min | Fiction Feature

A country town with plenty of secrets and a city cop (Eric Bana) with a troubled past are the ingredients of this intense, tension-laced thriller set in the Australian outback, hinging on dual mysteries. A gripping, polished film that is currently Australia's box office champ.

VIRTUAL SCREENING

5/16/21 - 5/19/21

RIDERS OF JUSTICE

Director: Anders Thomas Jensen

Denmark | 2020 | Danish | 115 min | Fiction Feature

In this fabulous tragicomedy of fate a train accident elicits a series of therapeutic acts of revenge. Whether or not this is related to a stolen bike and a disgusting sandwich, it's definitely about a group of misfits, who, in meeting each other eventually find love, self-respect, trust and belonging.

VIRTUAL SCREENING

5/15/21 - 5/19/21

RITA MORENO: JUST ANOTHER GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT

Director: Mariem Pérez Riera

USA | 2021 | English | 90 min | Doc. Feature

If you are a fan of musicals, you surely know Rita Moreno from her fiery performance as Anita in the 1961 filmed version of West Side Story. And if you were a child of television in the 1970s, you know her as a mainstay on PBS' Electric Company. But do you know the rest of her incredible story?

VIRTUAL SCREENING

5/21/21 - 5/23/21

THE SPARKS BROTHERS

Director: Edgar Wright

United Kingdom, USA | 2021 | English

| 140 min | Doc. Feature

From director Edgar Wright comes a documentary paean to the band Sparks, one of the most influential art rock bands of all-time, whose five-decade career defies easy categorization.

VIRTUAL SCREENING

5/15/21 - 5/19/21