Future Shock: February 2009

Cooley High 1975 - good film
Features The GC Cameron original It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday, made famous in the 90's by Boyz II Men

(1975)Michael Schultz (CAR WASH, GREASED LIGHTNING) directs this refreshing coming-of-age picture, focusing on the lives of two 1964 Chicago high school seniors as they prepare for adulthood. Cochise (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) is a basketball star and Preach (Glynn Turman) is his scholarly best friend. Together, with their pals Willie, Pooter, and Tyrone, the boys spend their days running around the city, pulling off an endless string of harmless scams. But when they agree to go for a joyride in a car that Stone (Sherman Smith) and Robert (Norman Gibson) have stolen, their previously carefree existence takes a turn for the dramatic. This also threatens Preach's relationship with the beautiful Brenda (Cynthia Davis), who he has finally begun to woo. By the time their actions have caught up with them (in the form of the police, as well as Stone and Robert), it might be too late to escape.
Schultz's film, which owes an obvious debt to AMERICAN GRAFFITI (and which also inspired the television series WHAT'S HAPPENING?), boasts an unforgettable vintage Motown soundtrack. It also features a standout ensemble performance, including two sparkling performances by Turman and Hilton-Jacobs in the lead roles.

Filmed on location in Chicago, Illinois.

Beat St, 1984 - 1 of the best Orig Breakdancing Movies Around

Girls Rock Movie

Girls Rock!
A film screening in celebration of International Women's Day

Sunday 8 March, 7pm start
at 128 Abel-Smith Street, Te Aro, Wellington

Entry by koha/donation
All proceeds will be donated to Wellington Rape Crisis and Women's Refuge

people of all genders welcome :)

About the film:

“At Rock 'n' Roll Camp, girls ranging in age from eight to 18 are taught
that it's OK to sweat like a pig, scream like a banshee, wail on their
instruments with complete and utter abandon, and that "it is 100% okay to
be exactly who you are." The girls have a week to select a band, an
instrument they may have never played before, and write a song. In
between, they are taught by indie rock chicks such as Carrie Brownstein
from Sleater-Kinney various lessons of empowerment from self-defense to
anger management. At the end of the week, all the bands perform a concert
for over 700 people. The film follows several campers: Laura, a Korean
adoptee obsessed by death metal; Misty, who is emerging from a life of
meth addiction, homelessness and gang activity; and Amelia, an
eight-year-old who writes experimental rock songs about her dog Pipi. What
happens to the girls as they are given a temporary reprieve from being
sexualized, analyzed and pressured to conform is truly moving and
revolutionary.” (Hot Docs)

To see the trailer go to: http://www.girlsrockmovie.com/trailer.html