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Ivory Tower starring Chilly Gonzalez, Tiga, Peaches and Feist with music by Chilly Gonzalez and Boys Noize, is the story of two brothers and their unhealthy rivalry over both the chessboard and a woman. Hershell is a chess purist, the prodigal son. Thadeus is a disciplined, ruthless competitor. After 4 nomadic years in Europe, in quixotic pursuit of ‘Jazz Chess’, Hershell returns. Thadeus has become a successful but arrogant Canadian Chess Champion engaged to marry Hershell’s former sweetheart Marsha. Hershell challenges Thaddeus in the next Canadian Chess Championship. During the final match, Thadeus is flustered by Hershell’s Zen-like demeanor,and sets himself up for certain defeat. Who will be the new Chess Champion? Whose trophy will Marsha be?

Ivory Tower is a tour de force, a series set pieces performed with simple gestures in modulating forms. It’s a a Rocky-inspired sports parody; a Sirkean melodrama; a nouvelle Nouvelle-vague Free Jazz riff; a music video; a silent era pastiche. In the end, Ivory Tower’s modal composition is the closest we’ll get to an explanation of Hershell’s esoteric vision for “Jazz Chess”. TRT: 75 Minutes

Ticket Info: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/26101

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“The Forrest” Directed by Lauryn Siegel
This is the first music video off of Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn’s acclaimed 2009 album (A)Spera. While Mirah’s career spans over a decade and includes four praised albums, this is her first live-action music video ever and her second official music video to date.

“..makes you feel like you’re in a tiny apartment twenty stories above a city of open sewers, big churches, and satellite dishes, and this scrawny guy with eyes like M&Ms is playing these oddball pop songs that make you want to laugh and cry.”-Rolling Stone

This SF Premiere of the award winning documentary on dynamic pioneering Brazilian musician Tom Zé screens now as a perfect compliment to the just released Luaka Bop box set Studies of Tom Zé: Explaining Things So I Can Confuse You. A long overdue box set compiled by David Byrne’s Luaka Bop who fell in love with Zé”s music in the mid ‘80s thankfully bringing him to a deserved broader audience. There’s no mistaking why the likes of Tortoise have embraced and toured with Zé, why The Fader states “Tom Zé has taken brilliantly bizarre, creative and intellectual routes to making music that is utterly joyous, listenable and often danceable.” And why the international media and fans alike have such high praise. Zé remains as exciting, provocative, intriguing, challenging and as immensely enjoyable as when he first came to the fore with his entrancing mixes of Brazil’s musical treasures.

Astronauta Libertado gets us up close to this artist throughout his long labour of unceasing experimentation, in which he has had the unflinching courage to break with established moulds always refusing what is considered “correct” and commercial. His reflections, coupled with glimpses of his many appearances in São Paulo and Europe, opinions of key figures of Brazilian music constitute give us a rich portrait of this controversial, surprising and fascinating creator. , TRT: 90 minutes

“Tom Zé is one of Brazil’s most idiosyncratic performers, a pop inventor who bypasses the ordinary.”-The New York Times
Tickets:
http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/25915

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Plus:

“The Forrest” Directed by Lauryn Siegel
This is the first music video off of Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn’s acclaimed 2009 album (A)Spera. While Mirah’s career spans over a decade and includes
four praised albums, this is her first live-action music video ever and her second official music video to date.

Pool Party is the surprising story of the largest swimming pool in New York City that transformed into the most unique music venue the world has seen. Both an eclectic music showcase and an urban history lesson, this documentary follows the pulse of McCarren Pool as it reflects the state of the neighborhood in which it lives—Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Weaving stories of neighborhood locals, artists, famed politicians, community organizers and musicians we trace the process of gentrification of one of the most vibrant corners in the city through McCarren Pool.

Featuring music and performances by Aesop Rock, the Beastie Boys, Black Lips, the Breeders, Deerhunter, The Hold Steady, the Liars, Les Savy Fav, Matt and Kim, M.I.A., Sonic Youth, Tall Firs, the Ting Tings, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Yo La Tengo, Pool Party celebrates McCarren Pool as a music venue for the very last time.  director, Beth Aala after the screening (in Person), *TRT: 75 minutes

Tickets:
http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/23987