What I can’t see at Indie Memphis but you should…

Well, unfortunately, I can’t see everything at Indie Memphis — but for some of you out there – you have the chance to catch some things that my schedule won’t allow. Tomorrow I will look at what I have seen before that is playing at Indie. 

Recommendations that I can’t see: 

• Full Moon Lightnin’  It has been over 60 years since New York City bluesman, Floyd Lee, left the hill country of Mississippi and with his exodus he turned his back on a troubled childhood and a harsh life in the cotton fields. Abandoned by a mother he never knew, Floyd still wrestles with unanswered questions to his mysterious and painful past. Now at the age of 73, Floyd and his band embark on a deeply personal journey back home to Mississippi to reconnect with the family he left behind and search for the family he never knew. Along the way they are forced to deal with a tragedy that will change their lives forever. John Gardiner’s documentary is one that I would definitely recommend to anyone who loves the blues.

• South of Heaven REGIONAL PREMIERE- The Coop Brothers are in trouble. Roy Coop has just finished serving Uncle Sam and he’s come home to find his brother, Dale Coop, nowhere to be found – and he has left a lot of angry men looking for him. Meanwhile, in the Wild West, Dale Coop is finding himself caught up in a crime spree under the manic tutelage of Mad Dog Mantee. Along the way we will meet a vaudeville pair of thugs named Teddy, an eastern European fem fatale named Bebe, a yellow bellied crook named Rooster Union, and we’ll enter the surreal world of the Pawn Daddy Pawn shop. SOUTH OF HEAVEN is a cinephile’s dream: A mix of film noir, Spaghetti Western, and Pee Wee’s Playhouse. The characters are unique, the world obscure, and the colors vivid.
• The Arts Interviews: A Compilation – WORLD PREMIERE, Created to celebrate the lives and creative work of older regional artists who have made a significant contribution to Memphis and the art world, this compilation weaves together a beautiful collective narrative from thirteen in-depth interviews with painters, photographers, and sculptors. Subjects include: Billy Price Carroll, Larry Edwards, George Hunt, Dick Knowles, Marjorie Liebman, Veda Reed, Murray Riss, Ted Rust, Dolph Smith, Agnes Stark, Mahaffey White, Ernest Withers, and Steve Yee.

• The Global Lens Series are ten films that look at global issues.Check out all of them, or catch one or two from different countries, especially Luxury Car from China. 
• Pip and Zastrow: An American Friendship TENNESSEE PREMIERE. PIP & ZASTROW: AN AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP is the true story of two men who cross racial boundaries during segregation in the 1940s and form a life-long friendship that takes extraordinary turns against the backdrop of the civil rights movement and a country that has yet to overcome deep-seated racism and social inequity. After the film, please make plans to join facilitators from Common Ground for “Reel Conversations About Race.”
• Bi The Way. TENNESSEE PREMIERE - Recent studies are suggesting that bisexuality is drastically more widespread than is reported in census counts. The iron curtain between gay and straight is crumbling. The Bible belt is being unbuckled. And for young people, dating a girl one week and a guy the next is no big deal. Journeying through the changing sexual landscape of America, the directors of BI THE WAY investigate the latest scientific reports and social opinions on bisexuality, while following five members of the emerging “whatever generation” – teens and twenty-somethings who seem to be ushering in whole new sexual revolution. Filmmaker from Memphis.
• Ibid-REGIONAL PREMIERE-Following in the footsteps of Laurel and Hardy, Jake and Elwood, and Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo, IBID follows Lionel and Tin on an ill-fated, but well-scripted journey into the depths of the American psyche. Recently escaped from Trinity Psychiatric Center, an “alternative” institution for the wayward, the pair hits the road on a mission from God. Appearing in the form of aged cowboy named Don, the Almighty enlists Lionel and Tin to inscribe the Final Commandments in order to save the world from its ultimate destruction (rumored to be right around the corner). Plagued by their own madness they begin to uncover their own dark past, which might ultimately lead to their undoing – or at the very least, a serious re-write.
• The Way I See Things. REGIONAL PREMIERE - Depressed over the unexpected death of his longtime companion, Otto undertakes a cross-country road trip with his interminably perky friend Rob in an effort to escape his own painful memories. Rob thinks the trip will help Otto pull himself together. Instead, Otto falls further apart. At a rest stop, he escapes with a carload of strangers, leaving behind his friend, his past, and even his name.