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Clarksdale Film Festival {Events}

1/19/2018

 

If you're looking for an impromptu get away to round out January, may we suggest checking out the 8th annual Clarksdale Film Festival. The festival starts next Friday the 26th and continues until Saturday, the 27th. Keep reading for more details about this awesome festival in Mississippi's blues city. 

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 The 8th annual Clarksdale Film Festival returns to "Bluestown, USA" — Clarksdale, Mississippi — Friday-Saturday, January 26-27. And it's going to be a real house party.
"This is a curated film festival, so it's not just 'whatever films came out this year,'" said co-founder Roger Stolle. "We premiere new works, of course, but we also showcase films that we think are important and folks may have missed."
Films this year range from Two Trains Runnin' (a blues-meets-civil rights story about the search for 1930s Mississippi bluesmen during Freedom Summer) and Shake Sister Shake (world-premiere about women in blues, including Clarksdalians) to Love is a Sensation(special preview of Mississippi folk artist LV Hull's new bio-pic) and Chasing Trane (the highly-acclaimed John Coltrane documentary).
 The film festival — which specializes in blues/roots music and Mississippi-related movies — is also about more than just screenings, according to co-organizer Nan Hughes.
"In addition to all of the wonderful films, we feature History Bus Tours of Clarksdale, a film workshop for kids, live blues music, a daily reception, special guests and more," said Hughes. "It's really just another excuse to show off our amazing, little music town."
Directors agree there is something special about screening their work in the home of the Crossroads.
New York director Lesley Abbey said, "My documentary brings together generations of Long Island's blues greats. To be acknowledged by Clarksdale, Mississippi, where it all began, is truly an honor." Her film Big Fish Blues will make its Mississippi premiere at the fest.
Similarly, Lisa Eismen, Australian director of Shake Sister Shakesaid, "I love Clarksdale, and I'm so excited to have the world premiere of my film there. It’s the perfect fit." 

Head over to the festival's website for more information!


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