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Made in Memphis and Banned in Memphis! Brooks Films in April

Made in Memphis and Banned in Memphis! Brooks Films in April

Brooks Films Brings Grooms and Cloar to the Big Screen

Brooks Films Brings Grooms and Cloar to the Big Screen Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer (“Girl with a Pearl Earring”) manage to paint so photo realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research project Jenison em...

Interpreting Cultural Upheaval: September News from Brooks Films

Interpreting Cultural Upheaval: September News from Brooks Films Wattstax was an immensely successful benefit concert in Los Angeles, California, put on and sponsored by Stax Records in Memphis, TN. Organized to benefit the community of Watts, after the riots of 1965, the concert was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972. Wattstax featured…

Rest in peace, Gene Wilder.

Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ Mr. Wilder’s neurotic comic persona added a special edge to numerous hits, like “Blazing Saddles,” “Stir Crazy” and “The Producers.”

Brooks Films Examines the Artistic Process: August News from Brooks Films

Examining the Artistic Process: August News from Brooks Films Both a landmark of world cinema and a devastating indictment of colonialism’s tragic legacy, Black Girl is the first African film to receive international acclaim. Please join is for this 50th anniversary screening.  Black Girl (or “La Noire De” in French) is a stylish black-and-white film by the no...