First Thursday Films @ the Capri Archives - MSP Film

First Thursday Films @ The CApri:

Be @ The Movies!

Noteworthy films with good conversation that follows each screening on the first Thursday of every month at the Capri Theater (2027 W Broadway, Minneapolis). First Thursday Films @ the Capri is presented by the MSP Film Society, the Capri Theater, and the Minnesota Historical Society.

Come for the movies. Stay for the conversation.

2026

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: Acts of Reparation

Thursday, Feb 5th

Thursday, February 5 at 7:00 PM @ Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Selina Lewis Davison, Director of Acts of Reparation ABOUT THE FILM Two filmmaking friends, Selina, a Black woman, and Macky, a white man, head south together to explore their roots and the insidious legacy of […]

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2026

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: 40 Acres

Thursday, Mar 5th

Thursday, March 5 at 7:00 PM @ Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Author David Grant ABOUT THE FILM After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on a farm in the middle of nowhere… so […]

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2026

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Capri First Thursday Films: Souleymane’s Story

Thursday, Apr 2nd

Thursday, April 2 at 7:00 PM @ Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Attorney Francois Ecclesiaste ABOUT THE FILM Racing through the streets of Paris making food deliveries on his bicycle, Guinean immigrant Souleymane (Sangare) is struggling to stay afloat. In two days, he has to report […]

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2026

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Capri First Thursday Films: Putney Swope

Thursday, Jun 4th

Thursday, June 4 at 7:00 PM @ Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Professor Dr. John Wright ABOUT THE FILM New 50th Anniversary restoration! An unforgettable masterpiece of late-’60s counterculture, Robert Downey Sr.’s Putney Swope remains a vital provocation on race, pop culture and America. Putney Swope, […]

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2026

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: Sinners

Thursday, Jan 8th

Thursday, January 8 at 7:00 PM @ Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Filmmaker D.A. Bullock ABOUT THE FILM From Ryan Coogler—director of Black Panther and Creed—and starring Michael B. Jordan comes a new vision of fear: Sinners. Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers […]

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2025

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: Bob Marley: One Love

Thursday, Dec 4th

Thursday, December 4 at 7:00 PM @ Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Star Tribune Arts Reporter Rohan Preston ABOUT THE FILM Bob Marley: One Love celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big […]

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2025

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: Assembly

Thursday, Nov 6th

Thursday, November 6 at 7:00 PM @ Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Musical composer M. Jamison ABOUT THE FILM Visionary artist Rashaad Newsome has always been on the cutting edge, eluding nearly every label, as he creates incredible works of multidisciplinary art. With a group of […]

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2025

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: Ricky

Thursday, Oct 2nd

Thursday, October 2 at 7:00 PM @ Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Rashad Frett, Director of Ricky ABOUT THE FILM 30-year-old Ricky has been in prison half his life. Newly released, and having been locked up from age 15, he navigates post-incarceration back at home in […]

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Capri First Thursday Films: The American Society of Magical Negroes

2025

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: The American Society of Magical Negroes

Thursday, Sep 4th

Thursday, September 4 at 7:00 PM @ Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Performer Fancy Ray McCloney ABOUT THE FILM The American Society of Magical Negroes is a 2024 American comedy film that satirizes the Magical Negro trope in featuring a young man who joins a clandestine […]

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2025

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: Cotton Comes To Harlem

Thursday, Jun 5th

Thursday, June 5 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Dr. John Wright ABOUT THE FILM A disgruntled pair of Harlem cops seeks out a plan to expose the local reverend, whose scheme of selling trips to Africa is taking advantage of the poor […]

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2025

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: The Book of Clarence

Thursday, May 1st

Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Fancy Ray McCloney ABOUT THE FILM From visionary filmmaker Jeymes Samuel, The Book of Clarence is a bold new take on the timeless Biblical-era epic. Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence (LaKeith Stanfield) is struggling to […]

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2025

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: We Grown Now

Thursday, Mar 6th

Thursday, March 6 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 **NEW PARKING INFORMATION** • See where to Park @ the Capri HERE Conversation Leader: Kowanna Powell Anderson ABOUT THE FILM In 1992, best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city of Chicago, looking to escape the […]

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Capri First Thursday Films: American Fiction

2025

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: American Fiction

Thursday, Feb 6th

Thursday, February 6 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 **NEW PARKING INFORMATION** • See where to Park @ the Capri HERE Conversation Leader: Screenwriter/Playwright David Lawrence Grant ABOUT THE FILM American Fiction is Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing […]

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Capri First Thursday Films: Luther: Never Too Much

2025

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: Luther: Never Too Much

Thursday, Jan 2nd

Thursday, January 2 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 **NEW PARKING INFORMATION** • See where to Park @ the Capri HERE Conversation Leader: Actor and vocalist T. Mychael Rambo ABOUT THE FILM Luther: Never Too Much chronicles the story of a vocal virtuoso, Luther Vandross. […]

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Capri First Thursday Films: Sing Sing

2024

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

New Releases

Capri First Thursday Films: Sing Sing

Thursday, Dec 5th

Thursday, December 5 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 **NEW PARKING INFORMATION** • See where to Park @ the Capri HERE Conversation Leader: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by […]

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Capri First Thursday Films: A Thousand and One

2024

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: A Thousand and One

Thursday, Nov 7th

Thursday, November 7 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 **NEW PARKING INFORMATION** • See where to Park @ the Capri HERE Conversation Leader: Neda Renee Kellogg, Director of Project Diva ABOUT THE FILM A Thousand and One follows unapologetic and free-spirited Inez (Teyana Taylor), who […]

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Capri First Thursday Films: The Last Supper (La última cena)

2024

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Images of Africa

Capri First Thursday Films: The Last Supper (La última cena)

Thursday, Oct 3rd

Thursday, October 3 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: August H. Nimtz, Ph.D. – Professor of political science and African American and African studies in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. ABOUT THE FILM Set in 18th-century Cuba, a […]

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Capri First Thursday Films: Power

2024

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: Power

Thursday, Sep 5th

Thursday, September 5 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater | FREE Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Conversation Leader: Alice White, Golden Valley Assistant Police Chief ABOUT THE FILM Driven to contain threats to social order, American policing has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, it can […]

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Capri First Thursday Films: The Blackening

2024

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: The Blackening

Thursday, Jun 6th

Thursday, June 6 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Fancy Ray McCloney leads the conversation after the film, with MSP Film Programmer Craig Laurence Rice. About the Film Seven friends go away for the weekend and end up trapped in a cabin with a killer who […]

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Capri First Thursday Films: MSPIFF43 Shorts Highlights

2024

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: MSPIFF43 Shorts Highlights

Thursday, May 2nd

MSPIFF43 Shorts Highlights Thursday, May 2 at 7pm • Capri Theater Tickets to First Thursday Films are free for Northside residents (zip codes 55411, 55412, 55430). Northsiders will be asked to submit their zip code information at the door or enter it as a promo code during checkout. Post film community conversation with MSP Film […]

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Capri First Thursday Films: Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

2024

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Thursday, Apr 4th

Thursday, April 4 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Gethsemane Herron leads the conversation after the film, with MSP Film Programmer Craig Laurence Rice. About the Film “The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.” Legendary poet Nikki Giovanni’s revelation is a launching […]

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Capri First Thursday Films: Mother of George

2024

First Thursday Films @ the Capri

Capri First Thursday Films: Mother of George

Thursday, Mar 7th

Thursday, March 7 at 7:00 PM | Capri Theater Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Tickets to First Thursday Films are free for Northside residents (zip codes 55411, 55412, 55430). Northsiders will be asked to submit their zip code information at the door or enter it as a promo code during […]

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