First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Be @ the movies! Noteworthy films with good conversation to follow screened at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month. Join us at North Community High School, 1500 James Ave N Minneapolis, for our 2019-2020 season! Tickets are available for $5 in advance online or at the door night of the show. Free parking!

First Thursday Films @ the Capri is presented by the MSP Film Society and the Capri Theater. Topical and relevant in these turbulent times, First Thursday Films aims to create a space for dialogue and better understanding.

Come for the movies. Stay for the conversation.

Presented with support from:

Amazing Grace
Director: Sydney Pollack, Alan Elliott | Documentary | 2018 | Country: USA | Language: English
December 5, 7:00pm

The never before seen movie featuring Aretha Franklin recording the most successful gospel album of all time, Amazing Grace. Amazing Grace is crafted from never before seen footage originally captured in 1972 at The New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles.

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Love Them First: Lessons from Lucy Laney Elementary School
Director: Lindsey Seavert, Ben Garvin | Documentary | 2019 | Country: USA | Language: English
January 2, 7:00pm

With unprecedented access over the course of a year, Love Them First: Lessons from Lucy Laney Elementary follows the determination of a charismatic north Minneapolis school principal, Mauri Melander Friestleben, as she sets out to undo history.

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Harriet
Director: Kasi Lemmons | Narrative | 2019 | Country: USA | Language: English
February 6, 7:00pm

Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, Harriet tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes.

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Past Screenings

Marshall
Director: Reginald Hudlin | November 7, 2019

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Director: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | October 3, 2019

Do the Right Thing
Director: Spike Lee | September 5, 2019

Black Panther
Director: Ryan Coogler | March 7, 2019

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Director: Sophie Fiennes | February 7, 2019

Detroit
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | December 6, 2018

Don’t Get Trouble in Your Mind
Director: John Whitehead | November 1, 2018

Through the Banks of the Red Cedar
Director: Maya Washington | October 4, 2018

In the Heat of the Night
Director: Norman Jewison | September 6, 2018

Fruitvale Station
Director: Ryan Coogler | June 7, 2018

No Vietnamese Ever Called Me ******
Director: David Loeb Weiss | May 3, 2018

Quest
Director: Jonathan Olshefski | April 5, 2018

Step
Director: Amanda Lipitz | March 1, 2018

Selma
Director: Ava DuVernay | February 1, 2018

Bronx Gothic
Director: Andrew Rossi | January 2, 2018

Moonlight
Director: Barry Jenkins | December 7, 2017

Get Out
Director: Jordan Peele | November 2 2017

Raising Bertie
Director: Margaret Byrne | October 5 2017

Fences
Director: Denzel Washington | September 7, 2017