Films at Carnival on Thursday 22nd / Friday 23rd / Saturday 24th
Thursday 22nd | The Dell, Botanic Gardens from 9.00pm
VIVA SaO JOaO!
9.00pm
Get into the Carnival mood with this fantastic documentary, following Gilberto Gil, legendary musician and Brazilian Minister of Culture, as he journeys to festivals throughout Brazil celebrating Saint John. He encounters old songs and traditions while finding the richest of civilizations. Enjoy authentic Latin-American music as you sit under the stars planning your costume for Carnival. Viva el carnivale!
Presented by the New Zealand Film Archive, in association with Meridian Energy Summer City and the Embassy of Brazil.
Friday 23rd | Swan Lane car park, Upper Cuba St from 8.30pm
Celia Cruz And The Fania All Stars In Africa, 8.30pm | The Pen 1 - 4 9.30pm | This Is Spinal Tap 10.00pm
Celia Cruz And The Fania All Stars In Africa
8.30 pm
Shot by Oscar-winner Leon Gast, this is the Godmother of Salsa's 1974 performance in front of 80,000 fans in Zaire, in conjunction with the Rumble in the Jungle, the famous boxing match between Mohammed Ali and George Foreman. Featuring footage from the excellent documentary of that event, WHEN WE WERE KINGS, this program of salsa introduced Latin music to African audiences and became one of the most legendary performances in salsa history. Features Celia Cruz playing with some of the hottest Latin musicians, such as Ray Barretto, Santos Colon, Cheo Feliciano, Larry Harlow, Pupi Lagarretta, Hector Lavoe, Nicky Marrero, Ismael Miranda, Ismael Quintana, Roberto Roena, Jorge Santana, Yomo Toro, and Bobby Valentino.
The Pen, Episodes 1-4 (World premiere of Pen 4)
9.30 pm
The Pen short film series developed by Guy Capper and Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Concords) uses stop-motion claymation techniques to provide a glimpse of rural life through the eyes of two very blokey, very kiwi sheep. Their conversational meanderings provide a NZ-centric comment on such universal themes as male sexuality, life and death and employment conditions. These four short films - Life After Death, The Pen, Getting Shorn and the World Premiere of How to Baa - are a celebration of the iconic kiwi bloke. It's not fashionable or politically correct, but these films celebrate the good things about owning a Swandri, a slab of beer, and your own set of clippers.
This is Spinal Tap
10.00 pm
.does for rock and roll what "the sound of music" did for hills.
This is Spinal Tap is a brilliant parody of a burnt-out British Heavy-Metal band on tour in America, filmed in the classic tradition of a rock documentary. Largely improvised by director Rob Reiner and his cast, This is Spinal Tap looks and sounds like a "real" documentary, with Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest as David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and Nigel Tufnel, the key members of a going-nowhere 1982 British heavy metal band called Spinal Tap. This "rockumentary" finds them in the midst of their first American tour in years as they support their new LP "Smell the Glove", with filmmaker Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner), who specializes in TV commercials, on hand to document the occasion. Just about anything that can go wrong does; shows get cancelled, stage props go wrong, wireless guitar pickups start broadcasting air-traffic reports, no one shows up for in-store appearances, David's girlfriend tries to take over the band, they wind up billed second to a puppet show at an amusement park, and the group teeters on the verge of breakup. A comic tour-de-force and hugely influential, from the team that also brought you A Mighty Wind and Best In Show.
Rated PG Contains offensive language
This is Spinal Tap is a brilliant parody of a burnt-out British Heavy-Metal band on tour in America, filmed in the classic tradition of a rock documentary. Largely improvised by director Rob Reiner and his cast, This is Spinal Tap looks and sounds like a "real" documentary, with Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest as David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and Nigel Tufnel, the key members of a going-nowhere 1982 British heavy metal band called Spinal Tap. This "rockumentary" finds them in the midst of their first American tour in years as they support their new LP "Smell the Glove", with filmmaker Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner), who specializes in TV commercials, on hand to document the occasion. Just about anything that can go wrong does; shows get cancelled, stage props go wrong, wireless guitar pickups start broadcasting air-traffic reports, no one shows up for in-store appearances, David's girlfriend tries to take over the band, they wind up billed second to a puppet show at an amusement park, and the group teeters on the verge of breakup. A comic tour-de-force and hugely influential, from the team that also brought you A Mighty Wind and Best In Show.
Rated PG Contains offensive language
Saturday 24th | Courtenay Place, outside the St James Theatre from 10.00pm
Onedotzero 11.30pm | People on Sunday 10.00pm
Onedotzero
11.30pm
onedotzero is dedicated to exploring innovative and visually progressive films and music videos. They’ve trawled the globe and unearthed new takes on the short form genre and the Courtney Place screening includes everything from pedigree pooches bouncing languidly to an electrobeat to a sea-vessel of animated Vikings struggling to maintain their honour.
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People on Sunday
10.00pm
Direct from Germany, avant garde drummer Steven Garling provides an exciting live accompaniment to the black and white silent film, People on Sunday. The film depicts the lives of residents of Berlin in 1929, and Garling’s astounding array of musical instruments lends a mind-blowing contemporary voice and mood to the images.
And look out for Wellington’s top graffiti artists - Triple S Crew – as they create an aerosol art mural around the screen.
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