If there is one thing DC loves than it is outdoor movies in the summer. I mean, the Screen on the Green cancellation caused a public outcry of epic proportions and while some of the efforts to bring it back are still underway, lets turn our heads towards the NOMA Summer screen series, which is probably the closest to a proper (if not maybe even better) replacement.
Every Wednesday, right by the NY Ave Metro, for the next month and a half, there will be BBQ, music by Fatback, a giant movie screen and all the films and documentaries about music you love or have been planning on loving forever, but never got a chance to see. This is what your mid-week has been missing.
ALL DETAILS HERE: http://www.nomasummerscreen.com/ but here is a handy schedule to print and use:
June 10th
No Direction Home
A chronicle of Bob Dylan’s strange evolution between 1961 and 1966—Directed by Martin Scorsese
June 17th
Buena Vista Social Club
Rediscovery of a legendary, members-only club in 1940’s Havana, Cuba, as documented through the music and lives of veteran performers (my father cries every time he sees this movie-ed)
June 24th
Ray
Extraordinary life story of Ray Charles, a man who fought harder and went farther than anyone thought possible
July 1st
Lady Sings The Blues
Loosely based on her 1956 autobiography, the story of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday, as portrayed by Diana Ross
July 8th
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Documentary about the making and the conflicts of Wilco’s fourth studio Album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
July 15th
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
History of the Funk Brothers, a group of Detroit musicians who backed up dozens of Motown artists
July 22nd
Scratch
Documentary about hip-hop DJing, the birth of turntablism, the legends and the culture
July 29th
DIG!
Story of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, a band with critical acclaim but no commercial success, as told by arch nemesis and biggest fan, The Dandy Warhols (probably the greatest, most entertaining music documentary of the 90s and 00s-ed)
that wilco movie will be timely…. fortunately for me, ill be at wolftrap
sad about jay, tho.
June 10, 2009 at 2:54 pmScreen on the green is back on, FYI
June 10, 2009 at 10:47 pmwe know: http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/movies/screen-on-the-green-has-been-saved/
June 11, 2009 at 7:10 am
Is this canceled if it rains, I wonder? I mean, I guess so….?
June 10, 2009 at 12:58 pm