PARADISE presents SHADOWS

The Paradise Presents ... THE SUMMER SESSIONS. Join us in July and August as we explore musical styles and modes of performance in film. This screening series is split into two parts- each chronicling the distinctive cinematic language of a genre. Each month will feature one special edition of BAND AND A MOVIE! Throughout the summer we will be paying tribute to the transcendental work of documentary filmmaker Les Blank- known for his vivid portraits of traditional musicians. Selected screenings will be preceded by a Les Blank short relating to the month's genre.

VOL. II- BODY MEETS SOUL: a cinematic journey through jazz, rhythm and blues. We are ending the summer with the sounds of soul, as we pay tribute to jazz, rhythm & blues music in the 20th century and beyond.

A FILM NOT TO BE MISSED. Join us for John Cassavetes searing and intimate debut film- a closeup look at Beat era New York City where Cassavetes' trademark improvisational dialogue meets the improvisational musical stylings of composer Charles Mingus. From 1959, it's SHADOWS.

SHADOWS isn’t America’s first indie feature film, but it may be its first mature one — the first to put everything on the line for its uncompromising modern approach to style and subject matter. As he follows the lives of three black Manhattanite siblings (with a breakout performance by Lelia Goldoni), Cassavetes gives each actor room to shape their character like a bandleader calling out solos. The filmmaker would refine this style in later pictures, but one doesn’t look to SHADOWS for refinement; it’s as raw, direct and original as the day it first hit the screen. In his directorial debut, Cassavetes tells a risky, elliptical story about love, money, sex and blackness. Using the rough-hewn vérité style which redefined filmmaking, SHADOWS’ off-the-cuff narrative and staccato editing share an affinity with bop jazz.

(Courtesy of American Genre Film Archive)

Monday, August 12th, 8:30 PM/8 PM Doors

General Admission $12.50 | Student/Senior (with valid ID) $10.00 + HST/eventbrite fees

Door tickets are available for purchase on the day of screening. Refunds can be requested up to 12 hours before the screening. All refunds must be requested and processed through eventbrite.

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