Winter/Spring Film Series

Downtown 81
Friday, April 8 | 8 pm
East Building, Museum Auditorium

As a complement to the gallery exhibition 30 Americans, we present an unusual hybrid film, half truth, half fiction, starring doomed graffiti superstar Jean-Michel Basquiat. The New York streets in this film have now been thoroughly gentrified, and the once-edgy music is now the subject of VH1 retrospectives. But, this sojourn evokes a more dangerous and, perhaps, more creative New York City.

Downtown 81
(2001) Directed by Edo Bertoglio. Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fab Five Freddy, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, James White and the Blacks, Deborah Harry. (72 min.)

Nineteen-year-old Basquiat, playing himself, wanders the streets of New York in this picaresque day and night in the life, evoking a past era of “garbage, graffiti, rubble-strewn lots, unlicensed after-hours clubs, and highly idealistic kids eager to make their mark as avant-garde artists and musicians” (Dave Kehr, New York Times).

Upcoming
Friday, April 15: The Creative Life series continues with Herb and Dorothy.

Tickets
$3.50 Museum members, students, Cinema Inc. and Galaxy Cinema members
$5 All others

Winter/Spring Film Series Pass
Valid for 10 admissions
$35 ($25 Museum members, students, Cinema Inc. and Galaxy Cinema members)
Please note that film series passes must be exchanged for individual film tickets at the Box Office.

Tickets are available online, by phone at (919) 715-5923, and in person at the Museum Box Office. Many films sell out, so be sure to get your tickets soon.

See you at the movies!

Now Open

30 Americans
March 19–September 4, 2011

Featuring 75 works of art, this sweeping exhibition by some of the best contemporary artists explores how a previous generation of African American artists influenced artists working today. Discussions, jazz performances, and other happenings complement the 30 Americans experience. Tickets available now.

College Night

Friday, April 8 | 7 pm
East Building
Free for students with current college ID

Imagine the Museum filled with students, music, street performers, image slams, and hands-on activities inspired by the 30 Americans exhibition. Those are just a few of the exciting events planned by our College Advisory Council.

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