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EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT Screening
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT
Academy Award Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
Screening Followed By Q&A with Brionne Davis
Date: Thursday, June 16th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Vidiots Annex
Tickets:
$12 General Admission
$7 Students/Seniors/Foundation Members
At once blistering and poetic, the ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape in EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT the third feature by Ciro Guerra. Filmed in stunning black-and-white, SERPENT centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, ad the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who travled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.
BRIONNE DAVIS - "Evan"
Brionne was born in Texas and started acting at a very early age, playing Tom Sawyer. He has starred and taken leading roles in more than 30 indpenendent films, including REST STOP, WITCHES OF OZ, PANDEMIA, NARCISSIST, SAVAGED, DON'T LOOK BACK, and HOLIDAYS WITH HEATHER. In New York, Brionne starred in the Theatre Row Adaptation of Sam Shepard's True West. He has appeared in many theater productions all across the country in Wallenburg at the Soho Playhouse, and A Noble Exile, in Los Angeles and Nueva York, a one-man show that he wrote and produced, inspired by the writings of Tennessee Williams. Brionne's character was inspired by the great botanist Richard Evans Schultes, and he feels close to him in his love and search of plants and nature.
All proceeds go towards the Vidiots Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the cinematic and media arts in the form of preserving and protecting our collection of over 50,000 rare and classic VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray titles.
Vidiots celebrates cinema and the vitality of independent art through education, archival preservation and accessibility. The Vidiots Foundation connects people to experience evolving media, taking video store culture into the 21st century.
To find out more about membership and supporting our cause, visit us at: vidiotsfoundation.org
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LocationVidiots (View)
302 Pico Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90405
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 17 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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