Cinemapolis Recommends - Virtual Cinema 🎥 Updates for September 9, 2020

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Greetings, Cinemapolitans,

We're coming off the Labor Day weekend and adding two more titles to our slate of virtual cinema offerings on Friday.

And, thanks to the great crowds last weekend, we'll be heading back outdoors this Friday and Saturday for another round of socially distanced Movies on the Backlot with our friends at Serendipity. This week's pick is a Coen Brothers classic!.

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

VIRTUAL CINEMA
JIMMY CARTER: ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT

“Watching “Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President,” it’s hard not to be stirred by the testimonials, from people like Dylan and Nelson and Bono, to Carter’s fine-grained humanity.”

-Owen Gleiberman, Variety

JIMMY CARTER, ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT charts the mostly forgotten story of how Carter, a lover of all types of music, forged a tight bond with musicians Willie Nelson, the Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan and others. Low on campaign funds and lacking in name recognition, Carter relied on support from these artists to give him a crucial boost in the Democratic primaries.

Once Carter was elected, the musicians became frequent guests in the White House. The surprisingly significant role that music played throughout Carter’s life and in his work becomes a thread in this engaging portrait of one of the most enigmatic Presidents in American history.

Director: Mary Wharton
Writer: Bill Flanagan
Stars: Jimmy Carter, Madeleine Albright, Tom Beard, Willie Nelson

VIRTUAL CINEMA
DEEP IN VOGUE

“What you will see is state-of-the-art ballroom splendor — as done by the Brits — shot by people who savor each eye-popping image they captured. Every few minutes a new parade of moves and makeup and costumes and choreography splash across the screen.”

-Metrosource

DEEP IN VOGUE celebrates the colorful, queer, emotional and political stories of Northern Vogue and its people.

Over the course of a year, film makers Dennis Keighron-Foster and Amy Watson charted the build up to the Manchester ICONS Vogue Ball. Exploring themes from the internal politics of Vogue to its external politics like disenfranchisement of black youth, LGBT issues, a shrinking welfare state, a dearth of art spaces and modes of expression, a reductive and commercialized gay scene and a lack of safe spaces for the truly different.

The film explores the history of vogue and ballroom, in which Black and Latinx gay men and trans people sought an aspirational artistic outlet in the 1980s, in much the same way that gay, queer, trans and QTIPOC people seek a safe space today.

Directors: Dennis Keighron-Foster, Amy Watson
Stars: Joshua Hubbard, Asttina Mandella, Darren Pritchard

CONTINUING ON VIRTUAL CINEMA

Cinemapolis is partnering with Serendipity Catering and Bar to take our show on the road! Movies on the Backlot brings some of our greatest hits to the great outdoors for a series of socially distanced screenings on the lawn at Serendipity's Backlot.

Guests of the restaurant can enjoy these shows on Friday and Saturday nights. Capacity will be very limited, so come early, and bring a blanket or camp chair!

Guests can pre-purchase tickets ($10 per person), leave tips for the cinema, and puchase Cinemapolis merchandise via the Backlot's contactless ordering system.

The series continues THIS weekend with Friday and Saturday screenings of the Coen Brothers classic, O Brother, Where Art Thou? These shows begin at 9 pm.

COMING SOON TO VIRTUAL CINEMA

We're doing all we can to ensure that your favorite member supported art house cinema is safe and ready to open the doors as soon as state and local regulations allow us. In the meantime, we continue to need your support to deliver our online programming and to keep all of our living wage employees on the payroll.

Please consider renewing your membership or making an additional tax-deductible contribution today!

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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