Image: Still photo from The White Crow
THE WHITE CROW
Directed by Ralph Fiennes
Starring Oleg Ivenko, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Ralph Fiennes
127 min | Biography/Drama | 2019
May 21–23
| TUE | 7:30 | ||
| WED | 7:30 | ||
| THU | 2:00 |
May 24–30
| FRI | 7:30 | ||
| SAT | 2:00 | 7:30 | |
| SUN | 4:30 | ||
| MON | No showing | ||
| TUE | 2:00 | ||
| WED | 7:30 | ||
| THU | 7:30 | ||
About the Film
A young man of just 22, dressed in a black beret and a dark narrow suit, is on an airplane flying from St Petersburg to Paris. It is 1961 and Rudolf Nureyev, not yet the imperious figure of legend, is a member of the world-renowned Kirov Ballet Company, travelling for the first time outside the Soviet Union.
Parisian life delights Nureyev, and the young dancer is eager to consume all the culture, art, and music the dazzling city has to offer. But the KGB officers who watch his every move become increasingly suspicious of his behavior and his friendship with the young Parisienne Clara Saint.
When they finally confront Nureyev with a shocking demand, he is forced to make a heart-breaking decision, one that may change the course of his life forever and put his family and friends in terrible danger.
From Nureyev’s poverty-stricken childhood in the Soviet city of Ufa, to his blossoming as a student dancer in Leningrad, to his arrival at the epicentre of western culture in Paris in the early 1960s and a nail-biting stand-off at the Le Bourget airport, The White Crow, is the true story of an incredible journey by a unique artist who transformed the world of ballet forever.
Thursday, May 23— One Show Only!
ASBURY PARK
RIOT, REDEMPTION, ROCK ‘N ROLL
Directed by Tom Jones | In English
With Steven van Zandt, Southside Johnny Lyon, David Sancious, and Bruce Springsteen
90 min | Documentary | 2019
Thursday, May 23, 7:30 pm
Ticket prices: general admission $10; seniors, students, and military $9; Downing members $8.
BUY TICKETSAbout the Film
Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock ‘n Roll tells the story of the long troubled town of Asbury Park, and how the power of music can unite a divided community. A once-storied seaside resort, Asbury Park erupted in flames during a summer of civil unrest, crippling the town for the next 45 years….The riot destroyed the fabled Westside jazz and blues scene, but from the flames of the burning city emerged the iconic Jersey sound.
Asbury Park returns Asbury sons Steven Van Zandt, Southside Johnny Lyon and Bruce Springsteen to the legendary Upstage, the psychedelic after-hours club where they got their start, featuring never-before-seen interviews and performances. Shuttered for four and a half decades, the Upstage remains a perfect time capsule of the Club which united both sides of the tracks in Asbury and acted as a crucible for young talent. Now, as Asbury Park enjoys its long awaited renaissance, it is music which has brought it back from the dead.
This major theatrical event will also include a bonus feature of never-before-seen footage, as Van Zandt, Southside Johnny, and Springsteen play a now legendary concert to a sold out Paramount Theater and trade guitar licks with the future of music in Asbury, a group of 11-year-old rockers who prove the best days for the town may just lie ahead.