Fall Film Series
Hosted by Café Nola@MOCA
All films start at 8:30pm
This fall, Café Nola will be hosting a special series of films hand picked by Café Nola staff. Each month will carry a theme and each night will feature a special menu as well as drink specials at the bar. Mark these dates on your calendar to beat the heat, drink & eat! Reservations are strongly suggested for dining at Café Nola.
$5 MOCA members/ $7 non-members; $2 discount for dining in Café Nola @ MOCA before the show
Thursday, September 10
Kymatica
Ben Stewart 2009
Run time: 83 min. | USA
50 trillion cells come together to create us; a living, breathing, human identity. These cells are to us as we are to the world. We must look at the world not as a big ball of space but as the living body that contains us. If we continue to destruct the earth, it would be like cancer degrading a human body. In the end “we” will cause the downfall of our mother earth if we continue to think as we do. There is also a lot of political views within the documentary which I do not necessarily agree with but still very interesting.
Thursday, September 24
Zeitgeist: Addendum
Peter Joseph 2008
Run time: 123 min. | USA
In this documentary film, the director, Peter Joseph attempts to locate the root causes of this pervasive social corruption, while offering a solution. This solution is not based on politics, morality, laws, or any other “establishment” notions of human affairs, but rather on a modern, non-superstitious based understanding of what we are and how we align with nature, to which we are a part. The work advocates a new social system that is updated to present day knowledge, highly influenced by the life long work of Jacque Fresco and The Venus Project.
Thursday, October 15
Gogol Bordello Non Stop
Margarita Jimeno 2008
Run time: 90 min. | USA
From the birth of a New York City downtown Ruso-disco phenomena, known as the Bulgarian Bar, to a non-stop touring marathon, with his band Gogol Bordello, Eugene Hütz takes us deep into his artistic foundation. The story unfolds from 2001 to 2006, following Gogol’s steps from underground legends to international attention.
Thursday, October 29
RiseUP
Luciano Blotta 2009
Run time: 88 min. | USA
RiseUP is a journey into the heart of Jamaica – the island that gave birth to the worldwide phenomenon of Reggae. In a society where talent abounds and opportunity is scarce, three distinct and courageous artists fight to rise up from obscurity and write themselves into the pages of history.
With music and appearances by legends Lee “Scratch” Perry, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, and a slew of soon-to-be superstars, RiseUP follows artists in the dangerous streets, back alleys and crowed dance halls of Kingston and the countryside. These artists demonstrate the raw power of hope and courage in a land which is largely unseen, but certainly not unsung.
Thursday, November 12
Roadsworth: Crossing the Line
Alan Kohl 2008
Run time: 72 min. | Canada
Roadsworth: Crossing the Line details a Montreal stencil artist’s clandestine campaign to make his mark on the city streets. Hailed as an “artist’s artist” by Wooster Collective, Roadsworth began to play with the language of the streets, overlaying city asphalt markings with his own images: a crosswalk becomes a giant boot print, vines choked up traffic dividers, and electrical plugs filled parking spots. Each piece begged the question, Who owns public space? As he is prosecuted at home and celebrated abroad, Roadsworth struggles to defend his work, define himself as an artist and address difficult questions about art and freedom of expression.
Thursday, November 19
RIP: A Remix Manifesto
Brett Gaylor 2009
Run time: 80 min. | Canada
Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age.
Biomedical engineer turned live-performance sensation Girl Talk, has received immense commercial and critical success for his mind-blowing sample-based music. Utilizing technical expertise and a ferocious creative streak, Girl Talk repositions popular music to create a wild and edgy dialogue between artists from all genres and eras. But are his practices legal? Do his methods of frenetic appropriation embrace collaboration in its purest sense? Or are they infractions of creative integrity and violations of copyright? You be the judge.