First Thursday Films: Chevalier
Partners: MSP Film & MN Historical Society
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This film is based on the factual story of the French-Caribbean composer Joseph Bologne, aka Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an African enslaved and a French plantation owner, who rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with a love affair and falling out with Marie Antoinette.
Kelvin Harrison Jr. stars as Chevalier, with Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Marton Csokas, Alex Fitzalan, Minnie Driver, and Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo. Director: Stephen Williams.
Come for the movie. Stay for the conversation.
John Wright leads the conversation after the film, with MSP Film Programmer Craig Laurence Rice.
Be @ the movies! Noteworthy films with good conversation that follows each screening on the first Thursday of every month. The series is presented by MSP Film, the Capri, and the Minnesota Historical Society