Thursday, February 20, 2020

Big Weekend at the Strand: John Carter Cash and more...

Big weekend at the Strand 
3 programs:

Friday, February 21 at 7
 Triste Adagio
(new film by Vicksburg filmmaker: 
Mike Gillis)

Saturday, February 22 at 7
Honeyland
(Oscar nominated documentary)

Sunday, February 23 at 5:30
Dragon Song
A film and live concert featuring
John Carter Cash


New Short Film:
Friday, February 21/ 7:00 PM
Triste Adagio
Directed by Mike Gillis


Made right here in Vicksburg. Come see Brelynn Beck, Cassidy Lampkin, Alana LaTorre, Morgan Nelson. Sarah Randolph, Ellie Jones and Mike Gillis in this film about a young dancer.

Written, produced and directed by Mike Gillis.

Tickets: $10 available at Highway 61 Coffeehouse and at the door ($12).

Feature Film:
Saturday, February 22 / 7 PM
HoneyLand
Oscar nominated for Best International Film and Best Documentary Feature.

In Macedonia, the last native beekeeper relies upon traditional methods to harvest honey deep in the mountains. However, her livelihood is jeopardized when a nomadic farming family attempts to infringe on her beekeeping.
$6 advance tickets at Highway 61 Coffeehouse / $8 at the door.
Film and Concert:
Sunday, February 23 / 5:30 PM
Dragon Song
John Carter Cash, having been involved in music all his life, is an accomplished and award winning record producer. However, his activities in the creative world reach far beyond just music production. He is also a singer-songwriter, and author. The grandson of Maybelle Carter and the only son to John R Cash and June Carter Cash, he preserves the family legacy and is a caretaker to the heritage of his musical ancestors.

His latest project: Dragon Song is a film based on the aftermath of the Civil War in Oregon and Tennessee. Survivors Lamberic White (John Carter Cash) and Spiney Shamblins (Eric Hamilton) remain lost in the ongoing chaos of a living hell. Lamberic, enraged by Spineys drunken abuse of his wife Veronica (Ana Cristina Cash), responds with grim measures, leading to a momentous consequence.

The film was produced by John Carter Cash and April Kimbrell, in addition to John Carter, his wife, recording artist Ana Cristina Cash and Eric Hamilton, the film features appearances by Cash's son Joseph Cash, chart-topping singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson, and Damon Fielder.

Hamilton is a "hometown boy" from Port Gibson, Mississippi. He is a singer/songwriter in Nashville and has a prominent role in the film.

The event will include a presentation of the 20 minute film, a Q&A, and a musical performance featuring: John Carter Cash, Ana Cristina Cash, Eric Hamilton, Justin Johnson, and Sweepy Walker.

$15 Tickets available at Highway 61 Coffeehouse and online: 

The Strand Theatre is located at 717 Clay Street in the Adolph Rose Building in downtown Vicksburg. It opened as a movie theatre in 1934, and closed about 30 years later. In 2011, the Westside Theatre Foundation, a 501 (c) (3), began the ongoing task of rehabbing the theatre and bringing it back to life as a movie theatre and performance space.      

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