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MIDWEST PREMIERERain the Color Blue with a LittleRed in It (Akounak TedalatTaha Tazoughai)CHRISTOPHER KIRKLEY // USA/NIGER75 MIN // $12Friday 4-17 // 11:25 PM // Logan Theatre 1Prince goes Sahel in this colorful homage to PurpleRain. Set among the sub-Saharan Tuareg people, andreputedly the first feature film in their Tamashek language(which has no word for “purple,” hence the title).a Resplendentin a purple robe and matching chopper, smokinghot guitarist Mdou Moctar arrives in a music-mad Nigertown and sets about wooing a local beauty, clashing withhis pious father, and fencing with the jealous king of thelocal scene (Kader Tanoutanoute, as wily and dapperas Morris Day) until their climactic six-string shootout.PLAYING WITH:CHOP MY MONEY // SHORT DOCTHEO ANTHONY // CONGO // 13 MINFilmed on location in the Congo, a hallucinatory blend ofnarrative, documentary, and music video gets inside theheads of three badass street kids, who also co-scriptedthe film. Featuring the music of Montreal-based musicianDirty Beaches.CHICAGO PREMIERETeenage Ghost PunkMIKE CRAMER // USA // 99 MIN // $12Friday 4-17 // 9:15 PM // Logan Theatre 3When a family moves from rural Michigan to a Victorianhome near Chicago, strange things start happening.Creepy noises. Unexplained messes. Old punk rock albumsgo missing. Suspecting the house is haunted, theyhire a wacky medium and a team of bumbling paranormalinvestigators to help, but teenage daughter Amandadiscovers on her own that the house is haunted by theghost of a 17-year-old punk guitarist named Brian, andhis fun-loving band of dead pals. Amanda and Brian forma friendship that soon veers toward romance, but thepast collides with the present. (With Q&A)PLAYING WITH:ARCHIE POWELL & THE EXPORTS // “HOLES” // MVBRYAN RACINE // USA // 3 MINLevel up with an arcade-inspired music video for Chicagorock roustabouts Archie Powell & The Exports. Producedby Audiotree.SHORTSPROGRAMS“More Than a Hobby”SHORTS PROGRAM 1 // 100 MIN // $12Saturday 4-18 // 12:00 PM // Society for ArtsThese films are all character driven in many different ways– some by their passions, desires and obsessions, othersby big scary dogs and the need to consume magic potionsfrom the rear end of a large beetle. Yes, you read thatright. It’s about to get weird.CHOP MY MONEYTHEO ANTHONY, USAPINK AVALANCHE - “YOUR COLLAPSE”KATE KAPUZA & MOLLY MCCANDLESS, USAPLAYING GAMESHANNAH WELEVER, USAELEGYRAPHAËL OUELLET, CANADAPUREKARIM HUU DO, UKCAKES DA KILLAJA’TOVIA GARY, USATHE PEACH KINGS - “MOJO THUNDER”BENJY BROOKE, USASMALL INSTRUMENTSEDYTA WROBLEWSKA, POLANDANDANTEGAVIN CARVER, UK“Hello, It’s Me”SHORTS PROGRAM 2 // 100 MIN // $12Sunday 4-19 // 12:00 PM // Society for ArtsYes, it’s you! All of the shorts in this program feature vibrant,unusual characters declaring their existence.SOVEREIGN PAPERWORKLALA SEVERI, URUGUAYMARY IN THE LOCKER ROOMJAMIESON PEARCE, AUSTRALIAFIRST AID KIT- “MASTER PRETENDER”KYLE COGAN, USATODD WHO?GAVIN BOND, AUSTRALIABROKE JUKEANTHONY CABRAL, USASPOKEHENRY HORENSTEIN, USATHE FALL FOUR: SIREN SONGKYLE COGAN, USASHOWFOLKNED MCNEILAGE, USA(with Q&A)