PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
The Arts Council
Contact: Kevin Ledgewood
205-758-5195, x6
BAMA ART HOUSE SUMMER FILM SERIES BEGINS JUNE 5
(Tuscaloosa) The Bama Art House Summer Film Series will begin on June 5, 2012 and will feature eight films. A program of The Arts Council, this exciting series represents the organization’s goals to bring new and unique film to the West Alabama area. Screenings will take place on Tuesday nights at 7:30 p.m. with the box office opening at 6:30 p.m. and doors at 6:45 p.m.
Discounted complete series subscription tickets are available for purchase at bamatheatre.org/bamaarthouse.php ($40 – available for pickup at the box office prior to screenings). Both series subscription tickets and individual tickets ($7 general/$6 students and seniors/$5 Arts Council members) will be available for purchase at the Bama box office prior to screenings. Turn Me On, Dammit! will be sponsored by The Left Hand Soap Co. (www.thelefthand.net).
Bama Theatre T-Shirts are now available in two exciting designs for $20 each. Patrons can visit www.wix.com/market219/bama_theatre to order their preferred version. Shirts will be available for purchase in person at the Bama as of June 12.
The mission of the Bama Art House series is to bring current and contemporary independent film to West Alabama, transforming the historic Bama Theatre into a cinematic art house. The Bama Theatre is located at 600 Greensboro Avenue in downtown Tuscaloosa.
For more information about The Arts Council or Bama Theatre visit www.tuscarts.org or follow the group on Facebook at “The Arts Council – Bama Theatre – Cultural Arts Center” and Twitter. Call 205-758-5195 for further information.
June 5: Damsels in Distress
Rated PG-13/ 99 minutes
Director/Writer: Whit Stillman
Stars: Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton
A trio of girls set out to change the male-dominated environment of the Seven Oaks college campus and to rescue their fellow students from depression, grunge and low standards of every kind.
June 12: A Separation
Rated PG-13/ Drama/ 123 minutes
Director/Writer: Asghar Farhadi
Stars: Peyman Moadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer’s disease.
June 19: Marley
Rated PG-13/ Documentary/ 144 minutes
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Jimmy Cliff
A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.
June 26: The Hunter
Rated R/ Adventure/Drama/ 100 minutes
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Writer: Julia Leigh (novel), Wain Fimeri (original adaptation), Alice Addison (screenplay)
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Morgana Davies
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
July 3: Jeff Who Lives at Home
Rated R/ Comedy/ 83 minutes
Directors/ Writers: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Stars: Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.
July 10: The Kid With a Bike
Rated PG-13/ Drama/ 87 minutes
Directors/ Writers: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Stars: Thomas Doret, Cécile De France, Jérémie Renier
Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.
July 17: Turn Me On, Dammit!
Sponsored by The Left Hand Soap Company
Rated R/ Comedy/ 76 minutes
Director: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
Writers: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Olaug Nilssen
In Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.
July 24: Surprise Film! Will be announced soon!
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