Tuesday,
January 29 at 7:30pm
Scribe
Video Center
Honeydripper
dir.
John Sayles, US, 2007, 35mm, 123 mins, color
Director
John Sayles, producer Maggie
Renzi and actors Yaya DaCosta and
Gary Clark Jr in person
This
Benefit Premiere for Scribe Video Center on the occasion of
the media center’s 25th Anniversary begins with a laidback "Honeydripper
inspired" cocktail reception at 6:30pm.
 Two-time
Oscar nominee John Sayles, continues his examination of the
complexities and shifting identities of American sub-cultures
in Honeydripper – a fable about the birth of rock n’
roll set in Alabama in 1950. Sayles with his usual understated
intelligence uses the rhythms of the citizens of Harmony, Alabama
to immerse the audience into the world of the Jim Crow south.
Tyrone (Danny Glover) is the proprietor of the Honeydripper
Lounge, a sleepy juke joint deep debt. Desperate to bring
back the crowds he announces a one-night appearance by the legendary
'Guitar Sam.' But when Sam’s a no show a young drifter
may hold the key to the Honeydripper’s resurrection.
Honeydripper
features an all-star cast including Danny
Glover, Charles S. Dutton, LisaGay
Hamilton, Mary
Steenburgen, Stacey Keach, Davenia
McFadden and performances by such notable musicians
as Keb’ Mo’ and
Dr.
Mable
John.
$25
general admission. In advance at 215.222.4201 and www.scribe.org
or
and 866.468.7619 or one
hour before showtime.
Proceeds
from the premiere will support efforts to safeguard Scribe Video
Center's media archive of more than 200 works on film and video
produced over the past 25 years by Philadelphia community organizations
and individuals. These works provide an extraordinary visual
record of life in Philadelphia in the late 20th and early 21st
centuries and include our award-winning Precious Places, Community
Visions and Youth Project documentaries.
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