| Special Events & Limited
Engagements in March
Thursday, March 4 - 7:30 PM
ALTERNATIVE SCREEN
DANCE
CUBA: DREAMS OF FLIGHT 2003, 105 min. "By telling the historic
coming-together of two dance companies in Cuba (Ballet Nacional de Cuba and Washington
Ballet), producer-director Cynthia Newport offers an in-depth meditation on the intense
love and conflicted passions that mark the difficult journey toward identity for
individuals and nations." (Hernando Olivares, Miami Sun-Sentinel) With renowned
Afro-Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta and a score by multi-Grammy winner Chucho Valdés. Directed by Cynthia Newport (who also produced) along with Barbara
Kopple & Boris Ivan Crespo. Newport documents an historic event – the first time
in over 40 years that an American dance company performs in Cuba. The personal stories of
Septime Webre, the half-Cuban artistic director of the maverick Washington (DC) Ballet
(who accepts an invitation to a dance festival in Cuba); the celebrated Afro-Cuban dancer
Carlos Acosta and 80-year-old Alicia Alonso, founder of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba are
only a few of the fascinating characters who populate this chronicle of artistic triumph
and integrity. The film also serves as a journey through the discovery of identity –
national, cultural and individual – exploring American/Cuban relations,
homosexuality, exile and the vast divide between the countries.
"A breathtakingly beautiful film by
any standard… an unforgettable vision." – THE MIAMI HERALD, Octavio Roca.
Discussion following
with the filmmakers and dancers.
Saturday, March 13 - 10:30
AM
Egyptian Theatre Historic Tours & FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Behind the Scenes Tour (In Spanish & English)
11:35 AM, 2:00 PM & 3:30 PM FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
*Please call Nancy Winters at 323 461 2020 ext. 121 to sign up for
the Spanish language tour. Reservations must be made in advance.
Sunday, March 14
SID
GRAUMAN BIRTHDAY TOUR
Egyptian Theatre Historic Tours & FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Sid Grauman Talk & Tour
In honor of his birthday, there will be a special presentation (in lieu of the regular
tour) about Egyptian Theatre founder Sid Grauman (born March 17, 1879) by Mark Simon of
Samuel French Bookstores. Mark's presentation on the colorful and quirky life of movie
theatre impresario (and lifetime prankster) Sid Grauman (and friends) will be followed by
an abbreviated tour of Sid's 1922 movie palace.
11:35 AM, 2:00 PM & 3:30
PM FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
Thursday, March 18 – 7:30 PM
Rare Revival Screening – Czech Pop Art Classic:
DAISIES (SEDMIKRASKY), 1966, 74 min. One of the most
delightful and subversive films of the Czech New Wave, director Vera Chytilova’s
anarchic, Pop Art masterpiece follows the misadventures of two gorgeous vixens named Marie
(Jitka Cerhova) and Marie (Ivana Karbanova). Unsatisfied with what life has
to offer, they launch a full-frontal assault on society and its rules: taking without
giving, flirting without delivering, being selfish and wild and impossibly beautiful for
as long as they can. Completely inventive and surprising from beginning to end, and
equalled only by Dick Lester’s A HARD DAY’S NIGHT as a landmark of madcap
60’s cinema.
Thursday, March 25 - 7:30 PM ALTERNATIVE SCREEN
Co-presented with the Slamdance
Film Festival
MEMRON 2003, 76 min., USA. In
this improvisational comedy from writer/producer/director Nancy Hower (known as an actress
from "Star Trek Voyager"), a group of former employees of the ruined MEMRON,
once the most successful company in the world, attempt to rise from the ashes when greedy
corporate thieves run it into the ground. Six ex-employees come up with a hare-brained
scheme to sell quality air comparing it to the bottled water industry. Neurotics,
dysfunctional families, vamps and obnoxious jerks are forced together to create a new
company of their own in this look at what people have to do to survive! The ensemble cast
includes Tim Bagley, Claire Forlani, Mary Pat Gleason and other former members of The
Groundlings and other improvisational acting troupes. Produced by Robert Hickey and Evie
Peck. Discussion following with cast & crew.
With Slamdance "Best Narrative Short" Winner "Crabwalk" (2004, 18 min.), a
comedy of misadventures directed by Jeremy Saulnier.
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