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Saturday April 20 2024

Omen

Grand Illusion Cinema
Sat, Apr 20 2:30 PM
After spending years in Belgium, Koffi (Marc Zinga), a young Congolese man, returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront his family and homeland culture. Secrecy and sorcery erupt when a nosebleed is mistaken for a curse, and Koffi is shunned from his family. Using magical realism to paint a portrait of “undesirables” and “sorcerers,” OMEN delves into the intricacies of identity, culture, and belief systems through a deeply rich and visually captivating lens.
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Hey Folks! It's the Intermission Time Mixtape!

Grand Illusion Cinema
Sat, Apr 20 4:45 PM
A mind-altering mixtape from AGFA! Mid-century America runs amok in this haunted found-footage ode to moviegoing and the snack bar. In the tradition of Negativland and Devo, AGFA’s archival gremlins have spun a mountain of vintage cinema and drive-in ads (courtesy of Something Weird Video) into satanic word salad. Beneath, behind, and between the movies lie carbonized hot dogs from Hades, velvety vapid voiceovers, bewitching visuals, and pizza from the eighth dimension. Take a psychedelic trip to the lobby with us.
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420 Feature: Reefer Madness (1936) & stoned shorts on 16mm

Grand Illusion Cinema
Sat, Apr 20 7:00 PM
Presented by The Sprocket Society. Women cry for it! Men die for it! SEE! Youthful marijuana victims! WITNESS! Unspeakable depravities of drug-crazed abandon! DIG! That crazy piano playing! YES! The most infamous anti-weed scare movie in history will boggle your bong-fried brain! NO! None of its crap is true! WOW! It is hilariously terrible! A stoner must-see! ONE PUFF AND YOU’LL BE HOOKED! Shown from a rare 16mm print, along with stoned cartoons and shorts. Originally produced by a church group as a “cautionary tale,” REEFER MADNESS backfired spectacularly. First it was recut for the sleazy exploitation circuit, then in the 1970s pro-legalization groups started showing it as a fundraiser. Spreading like a contact high, it became a cult hit for generations of pot heads, and the very namesake of fact-free, impotent prohibitionist hysteria. Come celebrate 420 and legal weed in Washington with a taste of this mad chronic nug. (Please always enjoy cannabis responsibly.)
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