GENTLEMEN OF VISION Screens at .ZACK Monday Evening

A new film series will take place on select Mondays throughout the year at Grand Center’s .ZACK Theatre., “Films @ SLIFF.ZACK”  kicks off tomorrow!

GENTLEMEN OF VISION screens at .ZACK (3224 Locust Avenue in St. Louis) Monday evening January 16th beginning at 7:30pm. Admission is FREE!

The film is co-presented by Midrash St. Louis, which engages myriad aspects of American culture and seeks to give and receive commentary on the subjects and issues that matter to people in St. Louis. Midrash St. Louis member Michael Leary will moderate a post-film discussion with directors Jim Kirchherr and Frank Popper and subject Marlon Wharton, and members of the Gentlemen of Vision will perform

In the world of competitive stepping, the Gentlemen of Vision are the ones to beat. Offstage, the teen members of GOV – as the team is known – are growing up in the struggling working-class suburbs of St. Louis. Although GOV is based in Riverview Gardens, its members are drawn from schools across North County: Ferguson is their backyard. At the team’s center is GOV founder Marlon Wharton, who has built his team’s winning tradition by acting as both stepping coach and life coach. Wharton demands from the team’s members far more than just half-hearted participation: He asks for time, discipline, good grades, and a clear plan for a future after graduation.

Made by the Nine Network of Public Media, “Gentlemen of Vision” aired on Nine PBS in September, but this screening features an extended version of the documentary, with a significant amount of material not seen in the broadcast cut.

Cinema St. Louis, the presenter of the St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF), introduces an exciting new addition to its annual slate of film-related festivals and events: “Films @ SLIFF.ZACK,” a screening series that will take place on select Mondays throughout the year at Grand Center’s .ZACK Theatre.

“Films @ SLIFF.ZACK” will allow Cinema St. Louis to both re-present favorites from SLIFF and offer other worthy films – American independents, documentaries, restorations, international films – outside the 11-day run of the festival in November.

Cinema St. Louis is pleased to inaugurate the series with a reprise of the Nine Network documentary “Gentlemen of Vision” (Jim Kirchherr & Frank Popper, U.S., 2016, 73 min.). The film premiered at the 2016 SLIFF, attracting a large, enthusiastic audience of 550 and winning the annual Midrash St. Louis Film Award, which honors the best local work at the fest.

.ZACK is located at 3224 Locust St.

A Facebook invite for this event can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/1785556281768907/

Admission is free, but seating is limited to 150, so early arrival is encouraged (doors open at 6:30 p.m.).