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SEEDS OF TIME Filmmaker Sandy McLeod and Agriculture Pioneer Cary Fowler in Person at the Music Hall Opening Weekend

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A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races to protect the future of our food. Seed banks around the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation and riots, and the accelerating effects of climate change are affecting farmers globally. Communities of Peruvian farmers try desperately to save over 1,500 varieties of native potato in their fields. With no time to waste, they begin passionate and personal journeys that may save the one resource we cannot live without: our seeds.

SEEDS OF TIME documents all of this. We open the film at the Music Hall on Friday, May 29. Filmmaker Sandy McLeod and Cary Fowler, the film’s subject, will appear in person for Q&A’s after the 7 PM screenings at the Music Hall on Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30.

https://vimeo.com/73726895

Actress Diane Lane in Person at the Music Hall for EVERY SECRET THING

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In the new the new drama EVERY SECRET THING, opening tomorrow at the NoHo and Music Hall, a detective (Elizabeth Banks) tries to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women (Dakota Fanning and newcomer Danielle Macdonald) who, seven years ago, were imprisoned for an infant’s death. The screenplay is by Nicole Holofcener, based on Laura Lippman’s novel and actor Frances McDormand is the executive producer.

EVERY SECRET THING director Amy Berg, along with actors Diane Lane and Danielle Macdonald, will participate in a Q&A after the 2:10 screening at the Music Hall on Saturday, May 16.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QT0zKjvRfE

GROUNDSWELL RISING Q&A’s at the Music Hall

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GROUNDSWELL RISING, the new documentary from Emmy Award-winning Resolution Pictures which we open at the Music Hall on Friday, captures the passion of people engaged in a David and Goliath confrontation. They stand together, challenging a system that promotes profit over health. We meet mothers, fathers, scientists, doctors, farmers and people from all sides of the political spectrum taking a hard look at energy extraction techniques that have not been proven safe. With the oil and gas industry’s expansion of fracking seen as a moral issue, this provocative documentary tracks a people’s movement, a groundswell rising towards reason and sensitivity, to protect life, today and tomorrow.

The GROUNDSWELL RISING filmmakers will be participating in Q&A’s after the 7:40 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16, as well as Wednesday and Thursday, May 20 and 21. Special guests participating will include representatives from Food and Water Watch, the Sierra Club, Californians Against Fracking and the League of Women Voters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cpCz0QPMso

Climate Ride 2015 Is This Weekend! Support the Environment and Our Riders at the Concessions Stand!

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Greg Laemmle, Team LACBC and our contest winners embark on Climate Ride 2015 this Sunday, May 17th!

Follow Greg on Twitter (@greglaemmle) for the latest ride updates as he makes his way from California’s historic Redwood Empire near Eureka, along the scenic coast, and into the famed Russian River Valley before crossing the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco.

We’re halfway to our fundraising goal and your help could put us over the top. Just purchase one (or more) of our tasty Climate Ride Concession Specials the next time you see a movie at any of our locations.

When you purchase a –
• CLIF BAR, we give $1 to Climate Ride California
• O.N.E. Coconut Water, we give $2.
• Climate Ride Combo, we give $3.

Climate Ride California raises money for projects and organizations that work on climate change, clean energy, active transportation, sustainable infrastructure, and public health. It seeks to increase awareness and understanding of the inter-connectedness of environmental issues caused by the climate crisis among participants, donors, sponsors, and the general public. For more information, visit: http://www.climateride.org/

KNOW HOW Filmmaker and Cast in Person at the Music Hall Opening Weekend

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KNOW HOW is a film written and acted by foster care youth, ripped from the stories of their lives. Five youths’ worlds interweave as they confront loss, heartbreak, and growing up in this tale about transience and perseverance. Addie struggles to graduate from high school while her best friend Marie loses her grandmother. Megan copes with being taken from her abusive family and faces the harsh reality of living in a residential treatment center. All the while Eva works to be mother to her sister while their father falls deeper into a crack addiction. Austin is living on the street with his brother, barely able to feed himself. All of them must decide to survive or else fall victim to a broken system.

We open KNOW HOW May 15 at the Music Hall and the filmmaker and cast will be in attendance for several screenings that weekend:

Friday, May 15: Intro & Q&A 9:45 show w/ filmmaker Juan Carlos & Cast

Saturday, May 16: Intro & Q&A 9:45 show w/ filmmaker Juan Carlos & Cast

Sunday, May 17: Intro & Q&A 2:30 show w/ filmmaker Juan Carlos & Cast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OizNbCyDf2o

ANTARCTIC EDGE: 70° SOUTH Q&A Opening Weekend at the Music Hall

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The new documentary ANTARCTIC EDGE: 70° SOUTH is a thrilling journey to the bottom of the Earth alongside a team of dedicated scientists. In the wake of devastating climate events like Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina, oceanographer Oscar Schofield teams up with a group of world-class researchers in a race to understand climate change in the fastest winter-warming place on earth: the West Antarctic Peninsula. For more than 20 years, these scientists have dedicated their lives to studying the Peninsula’s rapid change.

We open ANTARCTIC EDGE: 70° SOUTH May 15 at the Music Hall. Filmmaker Dena Seidel & co-producer Xenia Morin will introduce and participate in Q&A’s after the 7:20 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16. The Q&A will be moderated by Los Angeles World Affairs Council president Terry McCarthy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwBOijodAo4

During the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, New Drama ‘1915’ Opens at the Music Hall, Playhouse and Town Center

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This year marks a solemn occasion, the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. There are, of course, many events around town dedicated to remembrance as well as action. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles is planning an ecumenical service at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on April 14. United Armenian Council of Los Angeles is planning a march on April 24 and a commemoration of the 25th. A complete list is here.

This Friday we will open the drama-thriller 1915 at the Music Hall, Playhouse and Town Center. The film follows a man on a mission to bring the ghost of this forgotten tragedy back to life. More than a cutting-edge mystery, 1915 is also an explosive call to action against the silence and denial that have fueled a century of genocide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyo-G3dhMRM

Finally, there is still time to join and/or donate to this Sunday’s Walk to End Genocide at Pan Pacific Park, an extremely good cause supported by the Laemmle Charitable Foundation. Greg and Tish Laemmle will be there.

During the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, New Drama '1915' Opens at the Music Hall, Playhouse and Town Center

 

THE ROAD WITHIN Q&A’s at the NoHo and Music Hall this Weekend

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After the passing of his mother, Vincent (Robert Sheehan), a young man with Tourette syndrome, begins treatment at a center for those dealing with similar psychological disorders. Soon he finds company in Marie (Zoë Kravitz), a young woman at the center for her anorexia, and Alex (Dev Patel), his OCD-stricken roommate. These unlikely companions, with clashing personalities, find themselves on an eventful three-day journey that cements their friendship. With Dr. Rose (Kyra Sedgwick), the head of the center, and Vincent’s father (Robert Patrick) in pursuit, Vincent, Marie and Alex learn they’re perfectly capable of living their lives according to their own rules, while breaking some others in the meantime, in this coming-of-age road comedy.

The ROAD WITHIN filmmakers will be participating in Q&A’s all weekend at the NoHo 7 and Music Hall on the following schedule:

Friday April 17th

  • 7:30 PM Q&A with actor Robert Sheehan & Producer Brent Emery at Music Hall

Saturday April 18th

  • 2:30 PM Q&A with filmmaker Gren Wells at Music Hall
  • 7:30 PM Q&A with filmmaker Gren Wells and producer Michael Helfant at Music Hall
  • 7 PM with actress Ali Hillis and producer Brent Emery at the NoHo

Sunday April 19th

  • 1:40pm Q&A with filmmaker Gren Wells at the NoHo
  • 4:20pm Q&A with filmmaker Gren Wells, actor Robert Sheehan and producer Michael Helfant at the Noho
    2:30pm Q&A with with actress Ali Hillis and producer Brent Emery at the Music Hall