AcoustiCinema: Films on Music Series at The West

AcoustiCinema: A Special Films-On-Music Series ONLY at The West April 19-25
The West Theatre will be showing seven different films, with an emphasis on music, starting on April 19th through April 25th. AcoustiCinema is our own first ever film series of this kind. The following films will be featured:
Finding Her Beat – Dawn Mikkelson & Keri Pickett USA 2022
Asian drumming divas smash gender roles and redefine power.
4/20 – 6:30 pm; 4/22 – 4:30 pm

Velvet Goldmine – Todd Haynes USA 1998
A 1998 musical drama set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s.
4/20 – 8:30 pm; 4/23 – 2 pm; 4/24 – 6:30 pm
It Might Get Loud – Davis Guggenheim USA 2008
Featuring Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White.
4/19 – 6:30; 4/23 – 4:30 pm; 4/24 – 2:30; 4/25 – 2 pm
Jay’s Longhorn – Mark Engerbretson
Before First Avenue there was Jay’s Longhorn – the epicenter of the Minneapolis punk rock scene.
4/19 – 8:30 pm with Director Mark Engebretson Q&A ; 4/21 – 2 pm
Stop Making Sense Jonathan Demme USA
Considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, starring the Talking Heads.
4/19 & 4/20 – 4:30 pm; 4/22 – 2:30 pm; 4/24 – 4:30 pm
Joan Baez: I Am A Noise Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle & Karen O’Connor
At the end of a 60-year career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward.
4/19 – 2 pm; 4/23 – 6:30 pm
Meeting Charlie Parr Francois Xavier Dubois & Charles Dubois, France
We get to know Charlie Parr, an endearing and unique artist.
4/20 – 2:30 pm; 4/22 – 6:30 pm
Special event tickets $10 for ALL showtimes EVERYDAY! No discount/matinee prices)