East Bay Media Center's 50th Anniversary Screening of Godard's 'Sympathy for the Devil' in High Definition, today at 7:30
The 50th anniversary of Jean-Luc Gordard's post-May '68 docu-agit prop (and satiric) film 'Sympathy for the Devil,' featuring the Rolling Stones--including a run-down Brian Jones--recording their samba-flavored masterpiece at London's Olympia Studios, intercut with Black Panthers reciting Amiri Baraka poems and clips of the Vietnam War, will be celebrated with a screening in a newly remastered High Definition 50th anniversary edition print at the East Bay Media Center ( 510-849-3699; eastbaymediacenter.com ) Friday at 7:30 pm. 1939 Addison, between Milvia & MLK Way. Tickets $12 at the door or through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
Trailer for the new edition:
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