MSPIFF @ the Capri: “Shaft” 7pm, 5/12
Partner: MSP Film Society
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Post-film discussion featuring MSPIFF Programmer and filmmaker Craig Laurence Rice.
When a Harlem mobster’s daughter is kidnapped by the Mafosi, does he turn to the cops? Not when Shaft’s in town. Thrilling, sexy, and dangerous, Gordon Parks’ action thriller ushered in the 70s Blaxploitation genre. Richard Roundtree is magnetic as Shaft and Isaac Hayes won an Oscar for the original song.
This is a movie that many long-time Northside residents may have seen when it originally played at the Capri back in the early ‘70s. The film is also a part of the MSPIFF41 Luminary Tribute to Gordon Parks which also includes screenings of The Learning Tree, Leadbelly, and Half Past Autumn.
Director Biography
When speaking of Gordon Parks, one could easily write an entire biography on his work as a pioneering Black photographer working with the New Deal government; or on his fiction, non-fiction and poetry, including The Learning Tree; or on his music, including the scores for his own movies; or on his editorial work or his oil paintings.
Photo Courtesy The Gordon Parks Foundation
MSPIFF is Minnesota’s largest film festival and one of the longest-running film festivals in the country. The Capri is honored to partner with the MSP Film Society for this event! We hope you’ll take this opportunity to explore, experience and enjoy some of the most amazing films in the world, right here on the Northside.
MSPIFF tickets for movies, parties, panels, tributes and guest filmmaker discussions are available HERE.
Updated April 26, 2022
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