®CIMMfest in HYDE PARKInternational Beethoven Project: Saturday Night CIMMfestSaturday, April 18 / 6pm - Midnight / $20 Academy of Music at University Church 5655 S University Ave.Join us for an evening of music and movies in Hyde Park with our friends from IBP.The evening will feature 2 music films, live musical performances and DJ sets throughout the evening.The Orchestra - Claudio Abbado & The Mozart’s Orchestra Musicians takes a look into theworld of the Mozart Orchestra of Bologna and their beloved leader, Maestro Claudio Abbado.Shield and Spear is a satiric juxtaposition of thepresent-day creeping authoritarianismwith a “rainbow nation” 20 years in the future.Bicycle Notes combines hauntingly beautiful images with alive accompaniment by Joel Styzens, and a live set followingthe film.725x475 ad copy.pdf 1 3/13/<strong>2015</strong> 11:01:37 AMThe region’s largest FREE conference forartists, creative professionals + entrepreneursPLUS evening showcases and performances inHyde Park, Logan Square, Pilsen, Uptown +West TownFor schedule and information, visitlakefxchicago.orgApril 16-19Chicago Cultural Center + other locationsCo-Producers:Sponsored by:14 // CIMMfest.org // CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL MOVIES & MUSIC FESTIVAL
FEATURE DOCUMENTARYCHICAGO PREMIERE808ALEXANDER DUNN // UK // 94 MIN // $12Friday 4-17 // 9:00 PM // Logan Theatre 1In 1980, a Japanese electronics manufacturerunwittingly unleashed one of music history’smost important instruments upon the world:The Roland TR-808. More than just a drummachine, the 808 became the backbone ofcountless hip-hop and R&B tracks before injectingitself into nearly every genre imaginable.From Afrika Bambaataa & LL Cool J toMarvin Gaye & Phil Collins, musicians fromall walks of life wanted that iconic 808 sound.Director Alexander Dunn immerses you in thestory of this iconic instrument, as told throughthe eyes (and ears) of some of the most influentialartists of the past four decades. (With Q&A)PLAYING WITH:PURE // SHORT DOCKARIM HUU DO // UK / 11 MINFollow a ten-member hip-hop collective LastNight In Paris (think the UK’s Odd Future)on an ethereal journey out of the British urbansprawl, and into the surrounding forest to experimentwith a mind-altering substance. An intoxicatingmix of Lars von Trier’s atmosphere witha shoe commercial slickness, Pure celebratesthe otherworldly potential of music.Almost ThereAARON WICKENDEN, DAN RYBICKYUSA // 93 MIN // FREE (NO RESERVATIONS)Saturday 4-18 // 8:15 PM / Logan Theatre 3Almost There is a coming-of (old)-age story about83-year-old Peter Anton, an “outsider” artist living inisolated and crippling conditions whose world changeswhen two filmmakers discover his work and storiedpast. Shot over eight years, Almost There documentsAnton’s first major exhibition and how the controversyit generates forces him to leave his childhood home.Each layer revealed reflects on the intersections of socialnorms, elder care, and artistic expression. (With Q&A)WORLD PREMIEREAmerican B-SideJOSEPH FLETCHER // UK // 88 MIN // $12Sunday 4-19 // 8:45 PM // Logan Theatre 3British DJ, record collector, writer and filmmaker JosephFletcher joined Academy Award-winning Bedlam Productions(The King’s Speech) to tell this deeply personal, oftensurreal story of heartbreak and self-discovery. Years of diggingthrough dusty crates of LP’s have yielded Fletcher manyobscure, down-home gems from the States--the unheardsongs and stories of dreamers, deadbeats and devotees.Are the artists who created these fragments of Americanastill out there somewhere? This curious outsider travels to theAmerican South to lose himself amongst the region’s uniquelandscapes and eccentric personalities. Expecting to findcomrades who will share in his misery, he is instead greetedwith hope and unshakable faith at every turn.PLAYING WITH:THE AMAZING MR. ASH // SHORT DOCBRIAN GERSTEN // USA // 12 MINA day in the life of a beloved Chicago-area magician andowner of Ash’s Magic Shop, one of the last remainingmagic shops in the city, is celebrated. The endearing74-year-old Ashod Baboorian shares his story as anIraqi-Armenian emigrant, a US Army draftee, a country-westernsinger, and of course a world famous magician.Basically, Johnny MopedPresented in conjunction with:Got Kinda Lost RecordsFRED BURNS // UK// 77 MIN // $12Saturday 4-18 // 10:30 PM // Logan Theatre 3Formed in 1974 by a group of school friends, the Britishproto-punk band Johnny Moped were named for theirleader, the enigmatic Paul Halford (aka Johnny Moped).With a lineup that included Captain Sensible, iconic guitaristof The Damned, and Chrissie Hynde, who waskicked out of the band twice, the band seemed poisedfor success – briefly. Filmmaker Fred Burns catches upwith the members of Johnny Moped today in a funny andoften-moving tribute to punk’s great lost band.PLAYING WITH:BLACK BANANAS // “HEY ROCKIN” // MVIAN KENNEDY // USA // 3 MINA fever dream of 80s music videos, Slasher flicks, and S&M, thenew Black Bananas video is weird, sexy, and kind of disgusting– the perfect accompaniment to their scuzzy, lo-fi sound.Presented inconjunctionwithPresented byCHICAGO INTERNATIONAL MOVIES & MUSIC FESTIVAL // CIMMfest.org // 15
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