Fireplace Music Film Festival: Buckjumping / Amadeus

CAMPUS COMMUNITY ONLY | Join us for three nights of groundbreaking music films screened in the DCB Fireplace Room. Bennington College students, faculty and staff are exclusively invited to join this event in person. The festival will conclude Thursday evening with an open Live-Soundtrack Improvisation Session to a surprise film collage. Voices as well as acoustic and electronic instruments of any kind are welcome!

Tonight we will be showing a double feature: 

6:30 pm, Buckjumping (2018), 70 minutes

BUCKJUMPING takes the pulse of present day New Orleans by turning to its dancers, the men and women who embody the rhythm of the city and prove it on the streets every chance they get. This documentary film follows six different New Orleans communities as they exalt in their distinct form of dance. Nine Times Social Aid & Pleasure Club guide us through preparations for their annual second line. Golden Sioux Gang guides us through their Mardi Gras Indian practice at Handa Wanda. Mourners grieve a family member at a funeral, followed by celebrations for the deceased in the street. Edna Karr High School’s dance troupe hits St Charles Avenue for Muses Parade. Hasizzle The Voice emcees a bounce night. Hustler introduces us to the world of drag in backstreet clubs. Prominent local culture bearers and musicians introduce each section, including DJ Jubilee, Ausettua AmorAmenkum, Mia X, Mannie Fresh, and Nicholas Payton.

8:00 pm, Amadeus (1984), 2 hours 40 minutes

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart's downfall. The story is set in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century at the court of Emperor Joseph II. Based on the Tony Award-winning play by Peter Shaffer, Amadeus is considered one of the greatest films of all time.