Cinemapolis Recommends - Virtual Cinema 🎥 Updates for June 3, 2020

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Cinemapolis - Ithaca's Member Supported Independent Movie Theater

Greetings, Cinemapolitans,

We start this week's update with an important FREE virtual cinema offering in collaboration with the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival.

In response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police Officers, documentarian and Ithaca College Faculty member Idrissou Mora-Kpai has made his film America Street available for free screenings now through June 9th. Filmed in Charleston, South Carolina in the wake of the killing of Walter Scott, it offers a timely and deeply personal profile of living and making a living while Black in 21st Century America.

The art of film provides a unique space where we can grapple with and illuminate contemporary issues. As our nation continues to come to terms with its long history of racial violence and inequities, we encourage all Cinemapolitans to watch, read, and listen to black voices; act in support of anti-racist causes; and donate to organizations that are providing services and aid to movements of social protest for racial justice. Links to some recommended viewing are included below.

As always, the full listing of all current and upcoming virtual films, including those titles ending tomorrow, can be found on our Virtual Cinema page.

NEW VIRTUAL CINEMA

FREE VIRTUAL CINEMA:
AMERICA STREET

From Director Idrissou Mora-Kpai:

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the police, we are once again witnessing the courageous action of Black people and their allies protesting the systemic violence against Black bodies. In solidarity with this latest movement of social protest for racial justice, I am providing free access to my recent film, “America Street,” which I shot five years ago in Charleston in the wake of the Walter Scott killing. Too many times, too many similarities. We need to stop this racist pandemic of anti-black violence that started over 400 years ago.

In downtown Charleston, South Carolina, black owned convenient stores like Joe’s have almost disappeared. Joe is fighting to keep his but he knows that its survival depends on the survival of his local community.

Director: Idrissou Mora-Kpai

Presented in collaboration with the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival

VIRTUAL CINEMA:
SHIRLEY

“Director Josephine Decker, in her first outing since her well-received 2018 Sundance entry Madeline’s Madeline...adroitly [mixes] in tension, innuendo and dark humor to keep the drama at a satisfying low boil...”

-Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Director: Josephine Decker
Writers: Sarah Gubbins (screenplay), Susan Scarf Merrell (novel)
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Logan Lerman, Michael Stuhlbarg

VIRTUAL CINEMA:
TOMMASO

"A sweet, honest character study of a man struggling with guilt and anxiety. Dafoe is incredible.”

-Tom Bond, Little White Lies

The story of an American artist living in Rome with his young European wife Nikki and their 3-year-old daughter, Dee Dee.

Director: Abel Ferrara
Writer: Abel Ferrara
Stars: Cristina Chiriac, Willem Dafoe, Anna Ferrara

VIRTUAL CINEMA:
PARKLAND RISING

“This film takes people on a journey and helps them understand what it feels like to be on the inside of a movement, spawned by unimaginable tragedy and trauma. It takes time to unfold, and you can’t watch it without becoming emotionally invested.”

-Katie Couric

Follow the high school’s students and families who became fierce leaders of a national movement for gun reform following the shooting of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.

Director: Cheryl Horner
Stars: Jaclyn Corin, Matt Deitsch, Fred Guttenberg

CONTINUING ON VIRTUAL CINEMA

RECOMMENDED VIEWING

Ava Duvernay's 13th and When They See Us, both available on NetFlix
Barry Jenkins's If Beale Street Could Talk (available on Hulu) and Moonlight (available on Netflix)
Sabaah Folayan's account of the Ferguson uprising, Whose Streets? is available on Hulu.
Raoul Peck's visual mediation on James Baldwin's unfinished novel, I Am Not Your Negro, is available on Amazon Prime Video.

COMING SOON TO VIRTUAL CINEMA

While we're waiting to get back to the business of watching movies at the cinema, we'd love to hear from you on Twitter! Share your favorite #CinemapolisMemories and tell us what you'll do on your first visit back to the theater. Be sure to tag us -

@The Cinemapolis

Hope to see you at the movies again soon!

Brett Bossard, Executive Director

Cinemapolis is proud to be a certified living wage employer. As a response to the Covid-19 crisis, the cinema is temporarily closed. All staff will receive full pay during this closure. The purchase of virtual screening tickets, gift cards, and theater memberships all help support Cinemapolis to compensate the staff throughout this unprecedented time.

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