Eenie Meenie Miney Moe World Premiere at the Miami International Film Festival
Thursday, 03/07/2013, 06:45 pm – 10:00 pm
OLYMPIA THEATER
174 E Flagler St ,
Miami, Florida 33131
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Miami Beach Heats Up With The World Premiere Of “Eenie Meenie Miney Moe” On Thursday, March 7 At 6:45 Pm, At The Miami International Film Festival.

Filmed In The Streets of Miami ”Eenie Meennie Miney Moe” Illustrates The City’s Beauty and Fast Paced Lifestyle. Writer/Director Jokes Yanes & Co-writer J. Bishop Spin Drugs, Sex, Nightclubs, Fast Cars, and Suegras; Into An Impressive Indie Crime Thriller.

Miami is known for its paradise like weather, sexy people, and its rambunctious lifestyle, making it the perfect setting for Eenie Minnie Miney Moe- an Indie Crime Thriller. The film is based on Raul, a tow truck driver in Miami Beach, who wants to make money and make it fast. He has the perfect tool to open the doors to any car in Miami. Each car holds a prize; he soon learns that every reward has its consequences.

The film is brought to life by Miami Locals: Andres Dominguez, who plays the main character, tow truck driver Raul, he also starred in Magic City Memoirs. J. Bishop who not only plays the role of Vlad the mafia man eager to take on the next scam is also the co writer of the flick. Oscar Torre is Jimmy the club owner who likes to party and party with no restrictions; he has also graced Hollywood films, Counterpunch & The Hangover 3. Belkys Galvez plays Nikki, Miami’s sweetheart who loves the beach and its lifestyle. The actress has also worked RPM Miami. Ky-Mani Marley plays Tommy, Raul’s partner in crime, he is also known for acting in Shottas. The young and the restless star David Lago plays Marco the hardworking household provider looking for a break. The film also welcomes new comers Joanna Galis Menendez, who plays Monique, Kristine Cecelia, who stars as Lisa, the lady with all the street connections and Crystal Cubria, who plays Dee Dee. Each character is a true delineation of Miami’s behavior giving viewers the chance to relate to the film firsthand.

Eenie Meennie Miney Moe is a true testament to the current generation in Miami. The film is brutally honest, unleashing the consequences of the hustle and bustle.

“Miami is a young city that hasn’t really had a chance at its own identity in film” says Miami born and raised writer/director Jokes. “I’ve always wanted to create an authentic film in Miami, so the best way to do that is just to get the real thing; we are as authentic as it gets with local talent and local production” said Jokes Yanes

A Jokes Flick president JOKES aka Jorge Yanes is a Director, screenwriter, editor, and producer, JOKES began his artistic journey as a child graffiti artist. Consequently, he developed an audacious fusion for dramatic angles, colorful perspectives and specialized in intense characters. JOKES attended a magnet visual arts school as a teenager and began making films with his friends which became the building block for his career path. In 2006, JOKES directed the music video “Groundhog Day” for the band MAYDAY!, and upon upload to the newly launched site YOUTUBE, it quickly rose to become one of the Internet’s most heavily viewed videos, receiving just under 3 million views in two days. What soon resulted was heavy media attention from outlets like the New York Times, E! Entertainment and ABC World News Tonight. After working with various high profile clients and developing short film musicals for a few notable talents, JOKES decided it was time to grow once again and began to pursue the narrative world of film making. In 2007, “OOHWEE”, the T-pain concert intro comedy film that featured T-pain’s acting debut was written directed and edited by JOKES and premiered to over 4.5 million SCREAM TOUR concert attendees. In 2008, Jokes served as editor on the Latin TV mini series event “Gabriel: Amor Immortal”, which was nominated for 8 Emmy’s, and was awarded the Emmy for best editing.

http://www.jokesflick.com/

The General and Safety Last plus more…
Tuesday, 01/01/2013, 06:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St,
Miami, Florida 33131
Webpage Link

FREE Admission – Open to the public

The General (1926) – When Union spies steal an engineer’s beloved locomotive, he pursues it single handedly and straight through enemy lines. (Buster Keaton silent film)

Safety Last! (1923) – When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself. (Harold Lloyd silent film)

* The Kid (1921) – The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy.
* The Circus (1928) – The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus
* City Lights (1931) – The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with.
(Charlie Chaplin silent films)

The Intouchables and JoJo Dancer Your Life is Calling
Tuesday, 01/08/2013, 06:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St,
Miami, Florida 33131
Webpage Link

FREE Admission – Open to the public

The Intouchables (2011) – After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker.

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986) – After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life. (Richard Pryor)

Miami Jazz Society Film Series
Tuesday, 12/18/2012, 06:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St,
Miami, Florida 33131
FREE Admission, Open to the public

Hugo –
Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn’t work without a special key which Hugo needs to find to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets with a shopkeeper, George Melies, who works in the train station and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past. (Adventure/Drama/Family/Mystery

War Horse –
Dartmoor,1914: To his wife’s dismay farmer Narracott buys a thoroughbred horse rather than a plough animal, but when his teenaged son Albert trains the horse and calls him Joey, the two becoming inseparable. When his harvest fails, the farmer has to sell Joey to the British cavalry and he is shipped to France where, after a disastrous offensive he is captured by the Germans and changes hands twice more before he is found, caught in the barbed wire in No Man’s Land four years later and freed. He is returned behind British lines where Albert, now a private, has been temporarily blinded by gas, but still recognizes his beloved Joey. However, as the Armistice is declared Joey is set to be auctioned off. After all they have been through will Albert and Joey return home together? (Drama/War)

Miami Jazz Society Film Series
Tuesday, 12/04/2012, 06:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St,
Miami, Florida 33131
Webpage Link

Unforgivable Blackness (Parts 1 & 2)
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion. Ken Burns has done an amazing documentary on the life of Jack Johnson -but even more amazing is the story he tells of the times in which Johnson lived. There is still racism in this country, for sure – one wants to believe that at least in most parts of the country, it is a little more circumspect than racism was during Johnson’s life. This documentary provides a truly astounding look at this country at the beginning of the century, and a lot of it is unattractive. Johnson, called “The Ethiopian,” could not go after the heavyweight title because the white fighters swore no black man would ever have it. When he finally did get it, Jim Jefferson, the undefeated champion, who had refused to fight Johnson, was dragged out of retirement 10 years and 100 pounds later to try to reclaim the title. He failed, and commented that in his prime, he could never have beat Johnson. In his belief system, Johnson came up against a contemporary, Booker T. Washington, who believed that, rather than worry about segregation, blacks should build a power, education, and money base first. Johnson preferred to live as if segregation did not exist. He lived in white neighborhoods, moved his mother into one, flaunted his money, and consorted with white women. His quest for individualism cost him dearly. He bucked a system that simply would not stand for it. This is a fascinating piece of our history, one that should not be missed. (Documentary/Biography/Short)

Miami Jazz Society Film Series
Tuesday, 12/11/2012, 06:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St,
Miami, Florida 33131
Webpage Link

Black Magic –
Examines Civil Rights-era America through the prism of basketball at historically black colleges and universities. At its heart, Black Magic is a civil rights movie and Klores uses brutal footage to show the history of American discrimination and violence against blacks in all aspects of their lives. These civil rights pioneers and sports stars tells us their heart-wrenching stories of violence, prejudice and poverty living in the Jim Crow South. Klores also reminds us that racism and oppression wasn’t just limited to the South. Their tales are funny, sad, and inspiring. Some players overcome their humble beginnings and have successful careers despite discrimination, others aren’t as lucky. Klores is a wonderful story-teller. He weaves rare footage with personal testimonies and hits the archives to show us documents and photos that give us the insider’s view of this world. Narrators Samuel L. Jackson and Wynton Marsalis help frame the story and illuminate the racist historical context. Their passion for the topic shines throughout the film. (Documentary)

Red Tails –
The 332nd Fighter Group, an all-black World War II unit made up of the best escort pilots and known as the Red Tails, fights racism at home while fighting the Nazis abroad in this action-packed drama based on the true story of the Tuskegee Airmen. The movie also looks a little bit at the men, as individuals. We get to know some of their strengths, weakness, dreams. One doesn’t follow directions, and is highly aggressive fighter. One is captured by the Germans. One drinks whiskey. A couple die, due to combat injuries. One is badly injured, and sent home. The pilots finally get a more responsible assignment, do well, and then are given more responsible assignments. The end of the movie is the unit getting recognition for a job well done. (Action/Adventure/Drama/History/War)

Free Movies Buck and the Preacher and No Way Out
Tuesday, 11/06/2012, 06:00 am – 10:30 am
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St,
Miami, Florida 33131
Webpage Link

Buck and the Preacher –
A 1972 American Western film starring Sidney Poitier as Buck and Harry Belafonte as the Preacher. Buck is a trail guide leading groups of former slaves trying to homestead in the West, immediately after the American Civil War. The Preacher is a swindling minister of the “High and Low Order of the Holiness Persuasion Church”. Together, they protect a wagon train from bounty hunters. (Adventure/Comedy/Drama/Western)

No Way Out –
The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital; Ray Biddle, a rabid racist, wants no treatment from black resident Dr. Luther Brooks. When brother John dies while Luther tries to save him, Ray is certain it’s murder and becomes obsessed with vengeance. But there are black racists around too, and the situation slides rapidly toward violence. (Drama/Film-Noir)

Free Movies The Best years of Our Lives and Iron Weed
Wednesday, 11/13/2012, 06:00 am – 10:30 am
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St,
Miami, Florida 33131
Webpage Link

The Best Years of Our Lives –
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordinary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancée’s feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Drama/Romance/War)

Iron Weed –
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she’s sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it’s not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty. (Drama)

Free Movies Chops and Yentl
Tuesday, 11/20/2012, 06:00 am – 10:30 am
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St,
Miami, Florida 33131
Webpage Link

Chops –
CHOPS is a documentary about a high school jazz ensemble in Jacksonville, Florida that is accepted to compete in the Essentially Ellington Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City against other top-tier high school jazz ensembles. The film interviews individual musicians about their love of their instruments and the music itself, and shows the ensemble as they face the challenges inherent in learning and practicing music as difficult as that composed by Duke Ellington. After the hours of practice, they arrive in New York City and meet Wynton Marsalis, who helped launch (and is one of the judges in) the Essentially Ellington Festival. (Documentary/Music)

Yentl –
Dramatization of “Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy,” by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991); originally published in Yiddish c. 1960, then in English c. 1983. The story: In an Ashkenazic shtetl in Poland, Yentl Mendel is the boyishly klutzy daughter and only child of long widowed Rebbe (“Talmud Teacher”) Mendel, who teaches Talmud (a codification of Jewish Law) to local boys – and to Yentl, but secretly because girls were not allowed to learn the law in those days. When her father dies, Yentl is all alone in the world. She takes the momentous decision to leave the village and – disguised as a boy and calling herself by the name of her late brother, Anshel – seeks and gets admitted to a Yeshiva, to study the texts, traditions, subtleties and complexities of Torah, Talmud, etc. She befriends Avigdor who is engaged to Haddas, but her family discovers his brother committed suicide so they call off the wedding (in case Avigdor possesses the same madness)… (Drama/Musical/Romance)

Free Movies Paris Blues and Patch of Blues
Tuesday, 11/27/2012, 06:00 am – 10:30 am
Miami Tower
100 Se 2nd St,
Miami, Florida 33131
Webpage Link

Paris Blues –
Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls, Lillian and Connie, who are vacationing in France, Ram and Eddie must decide whether they should move back to America with them, or stay in Paris for the freedom it allows them. Ram, who wants to be a serious composer, finds Paris more exciting than America and is reluctant to give up his music for a relationship, and Eddie wants to stay for the city’s more tolerant racial atmosphere. (Drama/Music/Romance)

Patch of Blue –
Accidentally blinded by her prostitute mother Rose-Ann at the age of five, Selena D’Arcy spends the next 13 years confined in the tiny Los Angeles apartment that they share with “Ole Pa”, Selena’s grandfather. One afternoon at the local park, Selena meets Gordon Ralfe, a thoughtful young office worker whose kind-hearted treatment of her results in her falling in love with him, unaware that he is black. They continue to meet in the park every afternoon and he teaches her how to get along in the city. But when the cruel, domineering Rose-Ann learns of their relationship, she forbids her to have anything more to do with him because he is black. Selena continues to meet Gordon despite Rose-Ann’s fury, who is determined to end the relationship for good. (Drama)

"The Blue Angel" and "Darling"
10/30/12, 6p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
19th Floor Auditorium
www.miamijazzsociety.com
 
The Blue Angel –
Immanuel Rath, an old bachelor, is a professor at the town’s university. When he discovers that some of his pupils often go into a speakeasy, The Blue Angel, to visit a dancer, Lola Lola, he comes there to confront them. But he is attracted to Lola. The next night he comes again–and does not sleep at home. This causes trouble at work and his life takes a downward spiral.  (Drama/Musical)
 
Darling –
Young, attractive and vivacious, model Diana Scott is firmly decided to become rich and famous as well. To succeed, she does not hesitate to take bold steps. After a while, she literally strikes gold: she meets Robert Gold, a well-known TV journalist, who not only introduces her into new social and professional circles, but also abandons his family to live with her. Diana seems to have happily combined success and love. However, in those roaring sixties, others are ready to offer her even more money, fame, and, seemingly, fun than Robert can…  (Drama/Romance)

“Stranger Than Paradise" and "Broadway Danny Rose"
10/23/12, 6p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
19th Floor Auditorium
www.miamijazzsociety.com
 
Stranger Than Paradise –
This is about a self-styled New York hipster who is paid a surprise and quite unwelcome visit by his pretty sixteen-year-old Hungarian cousin. From initial hostility and indifference a strange affection grows between the two exiles. Due to complete boredom they decide to visit their aunt in the wastelands of Cleveland and then proceed to sunny Florida where they lose all their money and unwittingly gain a fortune. With a final ironic twist, they are at the end, back where they began.  (Comedy/Drama)
 
Broadway Danny Rose –
Danny Rose is a manager of artists, and although he’s not very successful, he nevertheless goes out of his way to help his acts. So when Lou Canova, a singer who has a chance of making a come-back, asks Danny to help him with a problem, Danny helps him. This problem is Lou’s mistress Tina. Lou wants Tina to be at his concerts, otherwise he can’t perform, but he’s married, so Danny has to take her along as if she was his girlfriend. Danny however gets more than he has bargained for when two mobsters come looking for the guy who has hurt their brother by stealing the heart of Tina, the girl he loves.  (Comedy)

The Golden Blaze" and "Bicycle Thieves"
10/16/12, 6p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
Miami Fl 33131
19th Floor Auditorium
www.miamijazzsociety.com
Free Entry
 
The Golden Blaze –
This incredible feature-length animated movie follows the troubles of two school kids. Fierce rivals, the two regularly butt heads over all manner of issues, ranging from the trivial to the important. The film enters the fantasy realm as an accident occurs and the two boy’s fathers suddenly possess some lethal superpowers, allowing them to enter into battle at the behest of their offspring. A bizarre, funny, and exciting movie, GOLDEN BLAZE is an innovative treat for all fans of fast-paced animated action films. (Animation/Family)
 
Bicycle Thieves –
A poor young father in postwar-ravaged Rome who finally finds work putting up Rita Hayworth posters around town, only to have his precious bicycle stolen the first day on the job. In a light moment as the father and his young son chase after the thief, the boy attempts to relieve himself against a wall, and his father lets him know they don’t have time for that. In another scene, the father tracks the thief into the kitchen of a brothel.  (Crime/Drama)

"Once Upon a Time in the West" and "Castle Keep"
10/09/12, 6p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
19th Floor Auditorium
www.miamijazzsociety.com
Free Entry
 
Once Upon a Time in the West –
Story of a young woman, Mrs. McBain, who moves from New Orleans to frontier Utah, on the very edge of the American West. She arrives to find her new husband and family slaughtered, but by who? The prime suspect, coffee-lover Cheyenne, befriends her and offers to go after the real killer, assassin gang leader Frank, in her honor. He is accompanied by Harmonica on his quest to get even. Get-rich-quick subplots and intricate character histories intertwine with such artistic flair that this could in fact be the movie-to-end-all-movies. (Adventure/Western)
 
Castle Keep –
During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans.  Toward the end of World War II, a small company of American GI’s occupy an ancient castle. Their commander has an affair with the countess in resident. One guy falls in love with a Volkswagon. A baker among them moves in with another baker’s wife. A group of shell shocked holy rollers wander the bombed out streets. A GI art historian tries vainly to protect the castle and its masterpieces. (Drama/Romance/War)

"What a Way to Go" and "Splendor in the Grass"
10/02/12, 6p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
19th Floor Auditorium
http://www.miamijazzsociety.com
Free Enty
 
What a Way to Go –
This lavishly produced, big-budget comedy stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa, a widow who is worth $200 million dollars. However, she’s convinced that her fortune is cursed, and she wants to give all her money to the IRS. As she explains her sad tale to her psychiatrist, Dr. Stephanson, it seems that when Louisa was young she had the choice of marrying rich playboy Leonard Crawley or poor but decent Edgar Hopper. She chose Edgar, but soon he became obsessed with providing a fine home and fortune for her; he got rich but worked himself to death in the process. Despondent, Louisa flies to Paris, where she strikes up a romance with expatriate artist Larry Flint. When Larry invents a machine that creates paintings based on sounds, he becomes wealthy and famous — and dies. Louisa returns to America, where she figures to break her streak by marrying Rod, a business tycoon who already has lots of money. He resolves to take life easier and becomes a farmer, only to die in a strange ac
cident with a bull. Louisa is drowning her sorrows one night at a sleazy night spot when she falls for second rate entertainer Jerry. They marry, and a now-wealthy Jerry develops a relaxed, carefree quality to his act that makes him a huge star, which leads to his being crushed by a mob of his biggest fans. (Comedy)
 
Splendor in the Grass -  
It’s 1928 in oil rich southeast Kansas. High school seniors Bud Stamper and Deanie Loomis are in love with each other. Bud, the popular football captain, and Deanie, the sensitive soul, are "good" kids who have only gone as far as kissing. Unspoken to each other, they expect to get married to each other one day. They also face pressures from their parents who have their own expectation for their offspring. Bud’s overbearing father, Ace Stamper, the local oil baron, does not believe Bud can do wrong and expects him to go to Yale after graduation, which does not fit within Bud’s own expectations for himself. And the money and image conscious Mrs. Loomis just wants Deanie to get married as soon as possible to Bud so that Deanie will have a prosperous life in a rich family. When Bud makes a unilateral decision under these pressures, it leads to a path which affects both his and Deanie’s future. (Drama/Romance)

Miami International Film Festival presents Gerhard Richter Painting
Friday, September 7 at 7:00 PM
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
Building 1, Auditorium – Room 1261

Free and Open to the Public

Directed by Corinna Belz

Germany | 2011 | 79 min. | trailer

In German with English subtitles

A thrilling chronicle of legendary German artist Gerhard Richter’s creative process, juxtaposed with intimate conversations and rare archive material.

"A must see… one of the most important living painters shows how he does it."

– The Hollywood Reporter

Recent Cinema from Spain Film Series
Thursday November 8, 2012 through Sunday November 11, 2012
Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts
174 East Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33131
www.miami.recentcinemafromspain.com

EGEDA (Audio-Visual Producers’ Rights Management Association), the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts and the Miami International Film Festival of Miami Dade College Present the Second Recent Cinema from Spain Film Series in November 2012.

Following the tremendous success of last year’s inaugural event, the second edition of the Recent Cinema from Spain Series will return to Miami to host a four day Spanish film event celebrating the diversity of contemporary Spanish Cinema. Taking place at the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, the series will showcase six of Spain’s most recognized films of the year. Ticket and pass holders will enjoy nightly premieres and participate in Q&A sessions with filmmakers and cast members following each film. Kicking off the event will be a red-carpet opening night gala on Thursday, November 8, 2012 followed by a VIP reception. All guests attending the opening night screening will receive a gift bag upon departure.

The Recent Cinema from Spain Series is produced by EDEGA (Audio-Visual Producers’ Rights Management Association), the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts and the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) of Miami Dade College.

Oscar nominated artist and internationally renowned designer Javier Mariscal has kindly contributed his talents, creating the second edition of the Recent Cinema from Spain Series poster in a vibrant and colourful composition that serves as the series logo and overall theme. The artwork features Madrid’s emblematic Gran Vía with an attractive, youthful Spanish actress welcoming American audiences to experience the latest Spanish film productions, illustrated in the same style as Mariscal’s Oscar nominated animation film “Chico & Rita.”

Miami JazzSociety Film Series
09/25/12, 6:00p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
19th Floor
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com
Free Admission, Open to the Public

Paul Robeson –
Paul Robeson was the epitome of the 20th-century Renaissance man. He was an exceptional athlete, actor, singer, cultural scholar, author, and political activist. His talents made him a revered man of his time, yet his radical political beliefs all but erased him from popular history. Today, more than one hundred years after his birth, Robeson is just beginning to receive the credit he is due. To this day, Paul Robeson’s many accomplishments remain obscured by the propaganda of those who tirelessly dogged him throughout his life. His role in the history of civil rights and as a spokesperson for the oppressed of other nations remains relatively unknown. In 1995, more than seventy-five years after graduating from Rutgers, his athletic achievements were finally recognized with his posthumous entry into the College Football Hall of Fame. Though a handful of movies and recordings are still available, they are a sad testament to one of the greatest Americans of the twentieth century. If we are to remember Paul Robeson for anything, it should be for the courage and the dignity with which he struggled for his own personal voice and for the rights of all people

Marian Anderson –
Marian Anderson was 42 when she sang her legendary open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial on 9 April 1939. Anderson was a famous contralto of the day, and the concert was arranged after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let her perform at Constitution Hall because she was black. (First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR in protest and helped arrange the concert at the Lincoln Memorial.) The concert is legendary in the American civil rights movement and, despite Anderson’s many other musical successes, became the signature moment in her long international career. Anderson broke many other color barriers, including becoming the first African-American to sing at the White House and at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Anderson was the aunt of former Oregon Symphony conductor James DePriest… Anderson was honored on a stamp from the U.S. Postal Service in 2005… Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.

Miami Jazz Society Film Series
09/18/12, 6:00p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
19th Floor
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com
Free Admission, Open to the Public

Igby Goes Down –
Igby Goes Down is a personal tale about a 17 year old misfit boy who copes with his mother’s cancer and his father’s insanity by pursuing relationships with older women. Truly an intellectual, Igby is a modern day Holden Caulfield, and the world he lives in is far removed from the high standards of expectation he holds for it. (Comedy/Drama)

Myra Breckinridge –
Myron Breckinridge is waiting for his sex-change operation while a stoned surgeon stumbles into the operating room. Before the drugged doctor begins Myron’s operation, he counsels him. Myron persists and the doctor goes through with it. An enthusiastic audience observing the operation applauds the medical achievement and rises in a standing ovation. After the operation, Myron arrives in Hollywood as Myra while in the rest of the film Myron pops up from time to time as Myra’s alter ego. Myra goes to an acting academy owned by her uncle, Buck Loner, a former cowboy star. The real reason for Myra’s arrival is to claim her half of Uncle Buck’s estate, which she says she’s entitled to. Buck Loner stalls by giving her a job teaching the history of motion pictures. Buck Loner has several friends. One of them is Letitia Van Allen, an ancient Hollywood talent scout. The sex-starved septuagenarian runs an acting agency “for leading men only.” (Comedy)

Miami Jazz Society Film Series
09/11/12, 6:00p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
19th Floor
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com
Free Admission, Open to the Public.

Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony –
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were two heroic women who vastly bettered the lives of a majority of American citizens. For more than fifty years they led the public battle to secure for women the most basic civil rights and helped establish a movement that would revolutionize American society. Yet despite the importance of their work and they impact they made on our history, a century and a half later, they have been almost forgotten. They were nearly total opposites in their personalities and attributes, yet complemented each other’s strengths perfectly. Stanton was a gifted writer and radical thinker, full of fervor and radical ideas but pinned down by her responsibilities as wife and mother, while Anthony, a tireless and single-minded tactician, was eager for action, undaunted by the terrible difficulties she faced. As Stanton put it, “I forged the thunderbolts, she fired them.” The relationship between these two extraordinary women and its effect on the development of the suffrage movement are richly depicted by Ward and Burns, and in the accompanying essays by Ellen Carol Dubois, Ann D. Gordon, and Martha Saxton. Not For Ourselves Alone is a vivid and inspiring portrait of two of the most fascinating, and important, characters in American history. (Biography, Social History, Gender Issues)

Miami Jazz Society Film Series
09/04/12, 6:00p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
19th Floor
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com

Death in Venice –
In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, avant-garde composer Gustave Aschenbach (loosely based on Gustav Mahler) travels to a Venetian seaside resort in search of repose after a period of artistic and personal stress. But he finds no peace there, for he soon develops a troubling attraction to an adolescent boy, Tadzio, on vacation with his family. The boy embodies an ideal of beauty that Aschenbach has long sought and he becomes infatuated. However, the onset of a deadly pestilence threatens them both physically and represents the corruption that compromises and threatens all ideals. (Drama/Fantasy)

The Miracle Worker –
Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a “half-blind Yankee schoolgirl” named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Through persistence and love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen’s walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate. (Biography/Drama)

FREE Admission, Open to the Public.

Miami Jazz Society Film Series The Red Balloon and Muppets from Space
08/28/12, 6:00p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
19th Fl Auditorium
Miami FL 33131
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The Red Balloon
In Paris, a French schoolboy makes friends with a red balloon and vice-versa, with the balloon following him around like a pet. It stays out of the reach of other would-be captors, but a gang of boys destroys it eventually. Then other balloons of various sizes and colors descend on the boy from all parts of Paris, and together they lift him into the sky and take him away over the horizon. (Family/Fantasy/Short)

Muppets from Space
After Gonzo receives messages from his breakfast cereal, he determines that he is an alien and tries to contact his alien brethren, but is captured by an overzealous secret government agency determined to prove the existence of extraterrestrial life. It’s up to Kermit and the gang to rescue Gonzo and help reunite him with his long-lost family. (Family/Comedy/Sci-Fi/Adventure)

Free Admission, open to the public

Miami Jazz Society Film Series Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years and Modern Times
08/21/12, 6:00p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com

Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
This documentary about Charlie Chaplin focuses on his late years when he lived with his family in a village on Lake Geneva in Switzerland. His personal life and his love for the circus are depicted as well as the late works of his professional career, including his extensive work as a composer. In addition, the film reveals the Swiss intelligence agency’s file on Chaplin. Features numerous archive clips and new interviews with family members and various entertainment stars, including Petula Clark, who sings her Chaplin-written hit “This Is My Song” in his villa. (Documentary/Biography)

Modern Times
Chaplins last ‘silent’ film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, (The use of sound in films ?) and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts. He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital… When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again. We follow Charlie through many more escapades before the film is out. (Comedy/Drama/Romance)

FREE admission, open to the public

Miami Jazz Society Film Series Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and Mississippi Masala
08/14/12, 6:00p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
19th Fl auditorium
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com

Mississippi Masala
An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power to assist in the building of a railroad.. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it. Jay gets a rude shock when Anil tells him that Meena is having an affair with a “kaalu” (Black man) named Demetrius Williams, who runs a business cleaning carpets in motel rooms. Watch how tensions rise when salt is rubbed on old wounds, and racism, called “tradition” by some folks in the U.S., raises its ugly head, perhaps to claim more victims – this time Meena and Demetrius – who may not be able to handle the chain of events started by their love for each other. (Romance/Comedy/Drama)

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Joey Drayton brings her fiancé, Dr. John Prentice, home to sunny San Francisco to meet her affluent parents. Their liberal persuasions are now put to the test, for although the young man is an ideal choice (he’s highly and internationally respected in the medical field, and he’s impeccably mannered, handsome, well dressed and of a respectable California family), he’s black. The film, which covers one busy day in the Drayton home, is essentially a drawing-room comedy, a series of cross-conversations between the young doctor and the girl’s parents, and finally between all sets of parents and offspring. A simple dinner is extended to include the doctor’s parents, who fly up from Los Angeles for the evening, and the crusty but benevolent old Irish priest, a friend of the family. Thus, the title of the film . . . (Drama/Romance)

FREE admission, open to the public.

Miami Jazz Society Film Series
08/07/12, 6:00p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
10th Fl auditorium
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com

Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker. (Documentary)

Putney Swope
Dark satire in which the token black man on the executive board of an advertising firm is accidentally put in charge. Renaming the business “Truth and Soul, Inc.”, he replaces the tight regime of monied white ad men with his militant brothers. Soon afterwards, however, the power that comes with its position takes its toll on Putney… (Comedy)

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
FREE Admission, open to the public.

Miami Jazz Society FREE Film Series
07/17/12, 6:00P
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com

A Separation –

Nader and Simin, a middle class Iranian couple with their only eleven year old daughter named Termeh, are on the verge of divorce. Nader and Simin argue about living abroad to provide better opportunities for daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father, who suffers from Alzheimers. (Drama)

Sideways –
Miles is a failed writer living a meager existence in San Diego as an English teacher. With his career seemingly fading and the fate of a book hinging on a publisher’s decision, Miles is depressed with himself and what he hasn’t achieved. Jack is a television actor whom some recognize but not many do, as if he were a minor actor who got a taste of success. With his best friend Miles, the two embark on a road trip through California’s wine country. Miles wants to give his friend a nice sendoff before married life, while Jack simply wants to have a fling beforehand. As they’re both nearing middle age with not much to show for it, the two will explore the vineyards while ultimately searching for their identities. (Comedy/Drama/Romance)

FREE Admission, Open to the Public, Cash bar aand snacks available.

Miami Jazz Society FREE Film Series
07/10/12, 6:00P
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com

My Dinner With André –
Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant. Gregory, a theater director from New York, is the more talkative of the pair. He relates to Shawn his tales of dropping out, traveling around the world, and experiencing the variety of ways people live, such as a monk who could balance his entire weight on his fingertips. Shawn listens avidly, but questions the value of Gregory’s seeming abandonment of the pragmatic aspects of life. (Drama)

FREE Admission, Open to the Public, Cash bar and snacks available.

Miami Jazz Society FREE Film Series
07/03/12, 6:00P
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com

Daughters of the Dust –
Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastion of these mores in America. Set in 1902. (Drama/Romance)

FREE Admission, Open to the Public, Cash bar and snacks available.

Miami Jazz Society Free Film Series
06/26/12, 6:00p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd Av
19th Fl Auditorium
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com
FREE Admission, Open to the Public. Cash Bar and Snacks available.

Man on Wire –
On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit, a French wire walker, juggler, and street performer days shy of his 25th birthday, spent 45 minutes walking, dancing, kneeling, and lying on a wire he and friends strung between the rooftops of the Twin Towers. Uses contemporary interviews, archival footage, and recreations to tell the story of his previous walks between towers of Notre Dame and of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, his passions and friendships, and the details of the night before the walk: getting cable into the towers, hiding from guards, and mounting the wire. It ends with observations of the profound changes the walk’s success brought to Philippe and those closest to him. (Documentary/Biography)

Amadeus –
Claiming to have murdered the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the now elderly Antonio Salieri recounts to a priest his dealings with the brilliant composer. Salieri was court composer to Austrian Emperor Joseph II when Mozart and he first met. The Emperor, a major patron of the arts, immediately commissioned Mozart to write an opera in German, rather than the customary Italian. Mozart is childish, arrogant, annoying and brilliant all at once and Salieri is simultaneously in awe and green with envy at his genius. Salieri uses Mozart’s difficult relationship with his father and his guilt over being a bad son to drive him slightly mad and into a downward spiral of ill health, leading to his death.

Miami Jazz Society FREE Film Series
06/19/12, 6:00p
Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
19th Fl Auditorium
Miami FL 33131
www.miamijazzsociety.com
FREE Admission, Open to the Public. Cash Bar and Snacks availabale.

Tsotsi –
In Johannesburg, a small time criminal, Tsotsi, is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After a series of violent gang hits, Tsotsi hijacks a car. However, whilst driving, Tsotsi finds that there is a baby on the back seat. He brings the baby to his house in the slum. The next six days bring about a change in him that couldn’t be foreseen. (Crime/Drama)

Grand Hotel –
Berlin’s plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag “People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.”. The doctor is usually drunk so he missed the fact that Baron von Geigern is broke and trying to steal eccentric dancer Grusinskaya’s pearls. He ends up stealing her heart instead. Powerful German businessman Preysing brow beats Kringelein, one of his company’s lowly bookkeepers but it is the terminally ill Kringelein who holds all the cards in the end. Meanwhile, the Baron also steals the heart of Preysing’s mistress, Flaemmchen, but she doesn’t end up with either one of them in the end… (Drama/Romance)

Free Film: Little Dorrit (Parts 1-8)
6/5/12, 6/12/12, 6:00p
Miami Tower
19th Floor Auditorium
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
miamijazzsociety.com
FREE Admission, Open to the Public. Cash bar and snacks available.

Little Dorrit (Parts 1-8)
Since her birth, Amy Dorrit has lived in the Marshalsea Prison for Debt, where she cares for her father William, who is held in great esteem by the other inmates. To help financially assist her family, she works as a seamstress for Mrs. Clennam, a semi-invalid who is confined to her crumbling home with her servants, the sinister Jeremiah Flintwinch and his bumbling wife Affery.� Arthur Clennam returns from China with his father’s pocket watch and delivers it to Mrs. Clennam, as Mr. Clennam’s dying wish was for the watch to go to Arthur’s mother. Arthur becomes reacquainted with his former sweetheart, the now overweight widow Flora Finching, who hopes to rekindle the affection the couple shared before they were separated by their disapproving parents. However, he is enamoured with Pet Meagles, who favours ne’er-do-well aspiring artist Henry Gowan, much to the distress of her parents. Meanwhile, in Marseille, murderer Rigaud and his timid cell-mate Jean-Baptiste Cavaletto sep
arately are released from jail, and Cavaletto makes plans to journey to England.� Arthur befriends Amy, whose affection for him grows as John Chivery, who oversees the Marshalsea entrance with his father, watches in dismay, as he is in love with the girl.� Arthur’s father’s dying words lead him to believe his family may have been responsible for the Dorrits’ misfortunes, resulting in Mr. Dorrit being imprisoned without just cause. He asks rent collector and amateur detective Mr. Pancks to investigate the situation.� He has discovered William Dorrit is heir to a fortune and now is in a position to settle his debts and leave Marshalsea as a very wealthy man. Mr. Dorrit insists his family forget their shameful past and everyone who was a part of it, and he hires Mrs. Hortensia General to educate his daughters and prepare them for their new position in society. When Arthur’s birth mother died, his father, anxious to help someone else who was disadvantaged, bequeathed money to Amy. Rigaud demands �2,000 to keep silent, but Mrs. Clennam leaves her house for the first time in years to find Amy, reveal the truth, and beg her forgiveness. During her absence, her dilapidated house literally falls apart at the seams and collapses, killing Rigaud. Returning home and discovering the rubble, Mrs. Clennam collapses and dies in the street. When their father’s will is read, the Dorrit children learn they are penniless, since William had invested all his money with Mr. Merdle. Daniel Doyce returns from Russia, where he patented his inventions and made a fortune, and he insists on sharing his wealth with his business partner. Arthur and Amy declare their love for each other and finally, they are united together; some time later, Arthur and Amy are married with their family and friends in attendance.

Little Dorrit (Part 1 & 2) – Tuesday, 6/5/12
Little Dorrit (Part 3 & 4) – Tuesday, 6/12/12
Little Dorrit (Part 5 & 6) – Tuesday, 6/19/12
Little Dorrit (Part 7 & 8) – Tuesday, 6/26/12

Little Dorrit Free Films
6-5-12, 6:00pm
Miami Tower
19th Floor Auditorium
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
miamijazzsociety.com
Free Admission, Open to the public. Cash bar and snacks available.

Little Dorrit (Parts 1& 2)
Since her birth, Amy Dorrit has lived in the Marshalsea Prison for Debt, where she cares for her father William, who is held in great esteem by the other inmates. To help financially assist her family, she works as a seamstress for Mrs. Clennam, a semi-invalid who is confined to her crumbling home with her servants, the sinister Jeremiah Flintwinch and his bumbling wife Affery. Arthur Clennam returns from China with his father’s pocket watch and delivers it to Mrs. Clennam, as Mr. Clennam’s dying wish was for the watch to go to Arthur’s mother. Arthur becomes reacquainted with his former sweetheart, the now overweight widow Flora Finching, who hopes to rekindle the affection the couple shared before they were separated by their disapproving parents. However, he is enamoured with Pet Meagles, who favours ne’er-do-well aspiring artist Henry Gowan, much to the distress of her parents. Meanwhile, in Marseille, murderer Rigaud and his timid cell-mate Jean-Baptiste Cavaletto separ
ately are released from jail, and Cavaletto makes plans to journey to England. Arthur befriends Amy, whose affection for him grows as John Chivery, who oversees the Marshalsea entrance with his father, watches in dismay, as he is in love with the girl. Arthur’s father’s dying words lead him to believe his family may have been responsible for the Dorrits’ misfortunes, resulting in Mr. Dorrit being imprisoned without just cause. He asks rent collector and amateur detective Mr. Pancks to investigate the situation. He has discovered William Dorrit is heir to a fortune and now is in a position to settle his debts and leave Marshalsea as a very wealthy man. Mr. Dorrit insists his family forget their shameful past and everyone who was a part of it, and he hires Mrs. Hortensia General to educate his daughters and prepare them for their new position in society. When Arthur’s birth mother died, his father, anxious to help someone else who was disadvantaged, bequeathed money to Amy.

Rigaud demands £2,000 to keep silent, but Mrs. Clennam leaves her house for the first time in years to find Amy, reveal the truth, and beg her forgiveness. During her absence, her dilapidated house literally falls apart at the seams and collapses, killing Rigaud. Returning home and discovering the rubble, Mrs. Clennam collapses and dies in the street. When their father’s will is read, the Dorrit children learn they are penniless, since William had invested all his money with Mr. Merdle. Daniel Doyce returns from Russia, where he patented his inventions and made a fortune, and he insists on sharing his wealth with his business partner. Arthur and Amy declare their love for each other and finally, they are united together; some time later, Arthur and Amy are married with their family and friends in attendance.

Miami Jazz Society Weekly Free Film Series
05-29-12, 6:00pm
Miami Tower
19th Floor Auditorium
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
miamijazzsociety.com
FREE Admission, Open to the public. Cash bar and snacks available.

All About Eve –
Aspiring actress Eve Harrington maneuvers her way into the lives of Broadway star Margo Channing, playwright Lloyd Richards and director Bill Sampson. This classic story of ambition and betrayal has become part of American folklore. Bette Davis claims to have based her character on the persona of film actress Talullah Bankhead. Davis’ line “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night” is legendary, but, in fact, all of the film’s dialog sparkles with equal brilliance. (Drama)

The African Queen –
September 1914, news reaches the colony German Eastern Africa that its motherland is at war, so Reverend Samuel Sayer became a hostile foreigner; German imperial troops burn down his mission, driving him mad- shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose Sayer buries him and leaves by the only available transport, the crummy river steamboat ‘African Queen’ of grumpy boorish compatriot Charlie Allnut. As if a long difficult journey without any comfort weren’t bad enough for such odd companions, she is determined to find a way to do their bit for the British war effort (and revenge her brother) and aims high as God is obviously on their side: construct their own equipment, a torpedo and the converted steamboat, to take out a huge German warship, the Louisa, which is hard to find on the giant lake and first of all to reach, in fact as daunting an expedition as nobody attempted since the late adventurous explorer John Speakes. (Adventure/Drama/Romance/War)

Free Films
05-22-12, 6:00pm
Miami Tower
19th Floor Auditorium
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131
http://miamijazzsociety.com
Free Admission, Open to the public. Cash bar and snacks available.

Moolaadé –
In an African village this is the day when six 4-9-year-old girls are to be circumcised. All children know that the operation is horrible torture and sometimes lethal, and all adults know that some circumcised women can only give birth by Caesarean section. Two of the girls have drowned themselves in the well to escape the operation. The four other girls seek “magical protection” by a woman who seven years before refused to have her daughter circumcised. Moolaadé is indicated by a coloured rope. But no one would dare step over and fetch the children. Moolaadé can only be revoked by Colle herself. Her husband’s relatives persuade him to whip her in public into revoking. Opposite groups of women shout to her to revoke or to be steadfast, but no woman interferes. When Colle is at the wedge of fainting, the merchant takes action and stops the maltreatment. Therefore he is hunted out of the village and, when out of sight, murdered. (Drama)

Freedom Riders –
a 2010 American historical documentary film, produced by Firelight Media for PBS American Experience based in part on the book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice by historian Raymond Arsenault. Directed by Stanley Nelson, it marked the 50th anniversary of the first Freedom Ride in May 1961 and was first aired on May 16, 2011. The film chronicles the story behind hundreds of civil rights activists called the Freedom Riders who challenged the racial segregation of the American interstate transport and by traveling together in small interracial groups and sitting where they chose on the buses and trains to demand equal access to terminal restaurants and waiting rooms, and to bring racial segregation national attention. The film is currently used within Firelight Media’s national outreach campaign, to serve as an educational and advocacy tool by NGOs and non-profit partners in order to support young people who are mobilizing around contemporary social issues such as, immigrant rights, youth violence, and environmental issues. The film was also featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show program titled, Freedom Riders: 50th Anniversary. (Documentary)