First Thursday Films @ the Capri Archives

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.

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First Thursday Films @ the Capri Archive

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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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: 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: 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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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 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: 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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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: 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: 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: We Grown Now

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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