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CHICAGO PREMIEREEast Nashville TonightBRAD BARNES AND TODD BARNESUSA // 85 MIN // $12Friday 4-17 // 10:45 PM // Society for ArtsIn 2013, cult indie filmmakers and brothers Todd and BradBarnes set out to shoot a documentary about the burgeoningEast Nashville singer-songwriter scene, but weed, whiskey,and musician Todd Snider took over and the result is ahilarious alternative-universe Opryland. Showcasing a hostof local stalwarts, beloved hippie bard Snider and his buddiessmoke, joke, bang out bent ballads, and somehow put on ashambolic tryout talk show for the East Nashville chanteuseand David Letterman favorite Elizabeth Cook. Anotherpair of movie siblings, Jay and Mark Duplass, declare thatthe Barnes Brothers “have revealed a side of Nashville youdefinitely won’t see on CMT.”PLAYING WITH:VELCRO LEWIS GROUP“THEY’RE HAVING A PARTY” // MVKENNY REED // USA // 5 MINThe party was going just fine until a Satanist spiked thepunch bowl – join the freak-out with Chicago’s one-andonlyoccultist funk rock outfit.WORLD PREMIEREThe Front ManPAUL DEVLIN // USA // 73 MIN // $12Saturday 4-18 // 6:15 PM // Logan Theatre 3The culmination of a 27-year-journey of a man seeking fameand stardom in the music business, The Front Man followsthe life of Jim Wood, the charismatic lead singer of NewJersey “party rock” band Loaded Poets. Disillusioned bythe broken promise of rock ‘n’ roll, but unable to let go of hisdreams of celebrity, Wood sets out to find the true meaningof success while reconciling the joy of creating music withhis wife’s desire to expand their family. Five-time EmmyAward-winner Paul Devlin comes along for the ride to documentWood ’s quest, a crooked path that takes them throughthe homes of musicians who “made it,” onto the set of a culthorror movie, and even on national television. (With Q&A)PLAYING WITH:POSSESSED BY PAUL JAMES“THERE WILL BE NIGHTS WHEN I’M LONELY” // MVUSA // 5 MINCountry folk band Possessed by Paul James weavesthrough memories both good and bad.Hardcore Devo Live!KEIRDA BAHRUTH // USA // 85 MIN // $12Saturday 4-18 // 8:45 PM // Logan Theatre 1CHICAGO PREMIEREThe First WaltzJUSTIN KREUTZMANN // USA // 94 MIN // $12Sunday 4-19 // 2:15 PM // Logan Theatre 3Mixing intimate concert performances, road scenes,personal tales, and studio footage, Hard WorkingAmericans The First Waltz arrives at a crucial momentto remind us that Jerry Garcia is as important as BenFranklin, and that rock ‘n’ roll is as much a birthright asThe Constitution. Director Justin Kreutzmann brings usan insightful, copacetic-minded snapshot of a fertile collaborationfor musicians Todd Snider, Dave Schools,Neal Casal, Chad Staehly, Duane Trucks and JesseAycock. (With Q&A) See also: page 7.Todd Snider Live at City WineryPLAYING WITH:LUCETTE // “BOBBY REID” // MVBLAKE JUDD // USA // 2 MINA classic Southern gothic tale of salvation and murdershowcases the pipes of Canadian folk singer Lucette.The theory of de-evolution took musical shape in Akron, Ohiobasements where a bunch of ex-art students spent the mid ‘70shoning their satiric notion of human regression into somethinglike, but also quite unlike, a rock band. Devo largely retiredtheir primordial songs in the wake of unlikely pop success, butlast year they marked the band’s 40th anniversary with a tourdevoted to these seminal tracks. Energetically shot by KeirdaBahruth (director of 2011’s CIMMfest doc award winner Boband the Monster), this concert film is a must for Devotees,capturing one of the key bands of the post-punk era reclaimingtheir musical past with unbridled gusto. A set of Devo coverswill be performed by The Gomers at Emproium after the film.(With Q&A)PLAYING WITH:TRUTH ABOUT DEVOLUTION // SHORT DOCCHUCK STATLER // USA // 10 MINThe first Devo music video was routinely screened beforeDevo live concerts! Join Booji Boy as he finds his innerJocko Homo and learns the truth about de-evolution.CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL MOVIES & MUSIC FESTIVAL // CIMMfest.org // 17