Sun 2/24 @ 2PM
When he was in his early 20s, Cleveland-born filmmaker Larry Clark, a Miami of Ohio graduate, moved to Los Angeles to pursue his interest in film. He served as a cinematographer on the film Wattstax, a legendary 1972 concert some regard as a sort of black Woodstock. He was just 23. He earned a degree in filmmaking at UCLA and his master’s thesis became the 1977 film Passing Through. In it sax player returning from prison rejects the white-dominated music business to go in search of the black roots of jazz. The soundtrack includes music by Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and other jazz greats.
The film will get a special one-time screening at the Cleveland institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets are $12; $9 for members, CIA and CSU students with ID and those under 25. No passes of any kind at this screening.
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
Cleveland, OH 44106
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Brian Hastings
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