Film series resumes with free screening of “Brothers Hypnotic”
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — The South Arts’ Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Film at Wallace State Community College resumes in February with a free screening of the documentary “Brothers Hypnotic.” The movie will be screened on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m., in the Recital Hall of the Burrow Center for the Fine and Performing.
Admission is free and the program will include a question and answer session with filmmaker Reuben Atlas after the 84-minute screening. The film premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival before screening at numerous festivals around the world. It won Best Documentary at the Savannah, Indie Memphis and Sound Unseen film festivals, as well as the Founders Award at the Pan African Film Festival.
“Brothers Hypnotic” tells the story of eight brothers who form the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. They all are the sons of anti-establishment jazz legend Phil Cohran, and were raised on a “strict diet of jazz, funk and Black Consciousness,” according to a description on the South Arts web page. The film follows this band of brothers as they try to make it on their own, playing in the streets of New York, collaborating with Mos Def and wowing audiences at a jazz festival.
The remaining films on the Wallace State schedule include “The Starfish Throwers” on March 19, and “If You Build It” on April 9. All will be shown at 6 p.m., in the Burrow Center for the Fine and Performing Arts. All are free and open to the public.
For more information about the films, visit www.wallacestate.edu/artscalendar or call 256.352.8457.
The mission of South Arts is to strengthen the South through advancing excellence in the arts, connecting the arts to key states and national policies and nurturing a vibrant quality of life. South Arts works in partnership with state art agencies in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The National Endowment for the Arts is a supporter of South Arts, as well a member states, foundations, businesses and individuals.
For more information about South Arts and the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Films, visit www.southarts.org.