Don’t Get Trouble in Your Mind – Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers
Join The Arts Council of Central Louisiana on Wednesday, February 13th for a screening of Don’t Get Trouble in Your Mind: The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Story. This film is part of the 2018 – 2019 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers. Q & A with director John Whitehead will follow the screening.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students.
About the film:
Don’t Get Trouble in Your Mind: The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Story is a documentary portrait of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an African-American string band from Raleigh, North Carolina, and their mentor, fiddler Joe Thompson (1919—2012). The film captures how three musicians from the hip-hop generation embraced a 19th Century genre and took it to new heights, winning a Grammy in 2010. The story of the band’s meteoric rise, from busking on the street to playing major festivals is punctuated and informed by the history of the banjo’s origins in Africa and the untold story of how blacks and whites collaborated to create the earliest forms of American popular music.
Event Date:
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - 7:00pm
Event Category:
Location:
The Hearn Stage at the Kress Theatre
Contact :
Julie Prevot
Contact Phone Number:
318-484-4474
Contact Email:
Address:
1102 Third Street
Alexandria, LA 71301
United States