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.
North High School
1500 James Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Main Entrance is Door 18 on 15th and Irving.
Presented with support from:
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2019 Summer/Fall Schedule

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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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