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. 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, the Capri Theater, and the Minnesota Historical Society. 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.
2021-2022 Fall/Winter Schedule
Director: Michael Roemer | Feature Fiction | 1964 | Country: USA | Language: English
April 7 at 7:00pm
Post-screening community discussion with MSP Film Programmer Craig Laurence Rice and director Yoruba Richen to follow the screening.
A landmark of American and African-American cinema, Michael Roemer’s Nothing But a Man follows rail worker Duff Anderson (Ivan Dixon) who’s left his 4-year old son with a nanny, and now drifts through life with little ambition. Duff’s outlook on life changes when he meets schoolteacher Josie Dawson (Abbey Lincoln), a gentle preacher’s daughter. Although Josie’s father (Stanley Greene) disapproves of Duff’s lifestyle, the two eventually marry. Duff and Josie struggle to hold on to their marriage as Duff must face up to the oppressive racism of 1960s America.
Director: Prince | Performance | 1987 | Country: USA | Language: English
March 3 at 7:00pm
Post-screening community discussion with MSP Film Programmer Craig Laurence Rice and music industry legend Alan Leeds.Music legend Prince and his band perform 13 numbers, most of them from his double album, “Sign ‘o’ the Times.” In constant motion, never far from center stage, Minnesota’s charismatic virtuoso, Prince, gives the performance of a lifetime.
