ALIVE MIND CINIMA SERIES: THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
In this film, Atang leaves the hustle of Johannesburg to return to his ancestral land of Lesotho, where he must bury his estranged father in the remote, mountainous village where he was born. Stirred by memories of his youth, he falls in love with his childhood friend, Dineo, now a radiant young school teacher. Through her, Atang is drawn toward the mystical beauty and hardships of the people and land he had forgotten. At Boedecker.
— Boedecker Theater
ALAN PARTRIDGE
When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege. Steve Coogan’s comedy is clever and ridiculous and delightfully devoid of a sharp edge. At Boedecker.
— Boedecker Theater
CITIZEN KOCH
This crowd-funded documentary, which follows the money behind the rise of the Tea Party, almost didn’t get made when public television officials pulled $150,000 in funds they had committed. They were afraid to lose the financial backing of major PBS donor David Koch. It became its own example of the issue is covered: how difficult it can be to stand up to political money in American “democracy.” At Boedecker.
— Boedecker Theater
HISTORY ON SCREEN: LOS SEIS AND ‘THE COMPANY YOU KEEP’
It’s been 40 years since six Chicano activists were killed in two separate explosions that rocked the city of Boulder. Known as “Los Seis de Boulder,” many questions remain unanswered about the bombings. Lecture will be by filmmaker and professor Nicole Esquibel, who is currently prodding a documentary about Neva Romero, one of the victims. Following will be a screening of the award-winning movie starring Robert Redford, who plays a former Weather Underground activist who goes on the run after a journalist discovers his identity. At Boedecker.
— Boedecker Theater
JODOROWSKY’S DUNE
In 1975, Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky, whose films El Topo and The Holy Mountain launched and ultimately defined the midnight movie phenomenon, began work on his most ambitious project yet. Recruiting Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, David Carradine and Salvador Dali, featuring music by Pink Floyd and art by some of the most provocative talents of the era, including HR Giger and Jean “Moebius” Giraud, Jodorowsky’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel DUNE was poised to change cinema forever. At Boedecker.
— Boedecker Theater
WE ARE THE BEST
In this adaptation of the graphic novel, three young misfits growing up in early ’80s Stockholm decide to form a punk band — despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead. This fun movie will reach audiences of all ages and persuasions. At Boedecker.
— Boedecker Theater
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