Bijou Film

Friday, March 23

9:15 pm

Saturday, March 24

7:00 pm

Sunday, March 25

5:30 pm

Tuesday, March 27

8:30 pm

Thursday, March 29

6:45 pm

Directed by Dee Rees
Starring Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker and Aasha David
87 min, 35mm

Alike (Adepero Oduye) is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents Audrey and Arthur (Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell) and younger sister Sharonda (Sahra Mellesse) in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is a good student at her local high school. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. With the sometimes boisterous support of her best friend, out lesbian Laura (Pernell Walker), Alike is especially eager to find a girlfriend. At home, her parents’ marriage is strained and there is further tension in the household whenever Alike’s development becomes a topic of discussion. Pressed by her mother into making the acquaintance of a colleague’s daughter, Bina (Aasha Davis), Alike finds Bina to be unexpectedly refreshing to socialize with. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity – sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.

“Vibrantly alive! Potently moving and heartfelt!” -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Trailer: http://focusfeatures.com/pariah

Friday, March 23

7:00 pm

Saturday, March 24

4:30 pm

9:00 pm

Sunday, March 25

3:00 pm

Wednesday, March 28

9:30 pm

Thursday, March 29

8:45 pm

A film by Wim Wenders
106 min, blu-ray, shown in 2D

“Dance, dance, or we are lost.” Pina Bausch’s final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for acclaimed director Wim Wenders’ (WINGS OF DESIRE, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB) breathtaking tribute to the legendary choreographer. Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal elevated dance into brilliantly subversive new expressive realms, and in this exhilarating film Wenders captures the raw, heart-stopping intensity of the movement and transforms it into a transcendent cinematic experience. An official selection of the Berlinale, Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals, and now Germany’s official entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, PINA features interviews with and performances by Bausch’s beloved original company members, and offers an indelible image of an artist who went the full distance in her uncommonly rich creative life.

“MESMERIZING. I watched the film in a sort of reverie.” -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Trailer: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/pina