AMERICA’S BLUES Screening at Schlafly Bottleworks May 5th

AMERICA’S BLUES screens Thursday May 3rd at 7:00pm at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue Maplewood, MO 63143). Patrick Branson, the director of the film, will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.

Read my interview with Patrick Branson HERE

Transcending generations and racial barriers, the blues laid the foundation for pop culture and virtually all American music. Through interviews with musicians, historians, professionals, and activists, filmmaker Patrick Branson’s AMERICA’S BLUES offers a new angle on an established narrative, focusing on the evolution of the blues and the music’s impact on American society and culture.

A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/1692639794342764/

$6  for the screening. A yummy variety of food from Schlafly’s kitchen is available as are plenty of pints of their famous home-brewed suds.

“Culture Shock” is the name of a film series here in St. Louis that is the cornerstone project of a social enterprise that is an ongoing source of support for Helping Kids Together(http://www.helpingkidstogether.com/) a St. Louis based social enterprise dedicated to building cultural diversity and social awareness among young people through the arts and active living.

The films featured for “Culture Shock” demonstrate an artistic representation of culture shock materialized through mixed genre and budgets spanning music, film and theater. Through ‘A Film Series’ working relationship with Schlafly Bottleworks, they seek to provide film lovers with an offbeat mix of dinner and a movie opportunities.