Miami Jazz Society Film Series: Black Power Mixtape followed by Putney Swope - A Free Event at Miami Tower 8/7, starting at 6pm

Miami Jazz Society Film Series
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
 6:00p

FREE Admission, open to the public.

Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd St
10th Fl auditorium
Miami FL 33131

www.miamijazzsociety.com

Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker. (Documentary)

Putney Swope
Dark satire in which the token black man on the executive board of an advertising firm is accidentally put in charge. Renaming the business “Truth and Soul, Inc.”, he replaces the tight regime of monied white ad men with his militant brothers. Soon afterwards, however, the power that comes with its position takes its toll on Putney (Comedy)

FREE Admission, open to the public.

Miami Jazz Society's Downtown Free Film Series at Miami Tower - See "A Separation" and "Sideways" 7/17

The Miami Jazz Society as part of their Downtown Free Film series will be screening "A Separation" and "Sideways" on July 17 starting @ 6:00pm.

Admission is FREE. Film Series take place on the 19th Floor Auditorium. First film at 6:15 pm, second film at 8:15pm. Cash bar and snacks available.

For more information call 305-684-4564 or click here!



Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd Street
Miami 33132

Miami Jazz Society Free Film Series at Miami Tower 5/15

Miami Jazz Society Free Film Series,  05/15 at 6:00p

Miami Tower (19th FL Auditorium)
100 SE 2nd St
Miami FL 33131

miamijazzsociety.com

Carmen Jones –
At an all-black army camp, civilian parachute maker and “hot bundle” Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who’s engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War. Going after him, she succeeds only in getting him into the stockade. While she awaits his release, trouble approaches for both of them. Songs from the Bizet opera with modernized lyrics. (Drama/Musical/Romance)
6:15 – 8:30

Dorothy Dandridge in concert series/bonus biography –
Born November 9, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio, Dorothy Dandridge sang at Harlem’s Cotton Club and Apollo Theatre and became the first African American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Many years passed before the entertainment industry acknowledged Dandridge’s legacy. Her next role, as the eponymous lead in Carmen Jones (1954),a film adaptation of Bizet’s opera Carmen that also costarred Belafonte, catapulted her to the heights of stardom. With her sultry looks and flirtatious style, Dandridge became the first African-American to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Though many believed she deserved to win, Dandridge eventually lost the award to Grace Kelly (The Country Girl). Still, after the phenomenal success of Carmen Jones, Dandridge seemed well on her way to becoming the first non-white actress to achieve the kind of superstardom that had accrued to contemporaries like Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner. In 1955, she was featured on the cover of Life magazine, and was treated like visiting royalty at that year’s Cannes Film Festival.
8:30 – 10:30

Free Admission – Open to the Public. Cash bar and snacks avaialable.

Downtown Jazz Series & Miami Tower Film Series Presents Dodsworth / Heaven Can Wait 8/16

Free Admission to Dodsworth / Heaven Can Wait @ Miami Tower

Tuesday, 8/16/11, 6:00 pm

Miami Tower
100 SE 2nd Street
Miami, FL 33131

Film Series: 19th Floor Auditorium

5 – 6 pm – Reception w/Free food platter, plus cash bar & snacks
http://www.miamijazzsociety.com/

Jazz Series: 11th Floor Sky Lounge

6 – 10 pm –Cash bar and Food
miamijazzsociety@gmail.com

Miami Tower, Sky Lounge, Miami Jazz Society and Community Cultural Discovery Exchange present 2011 Downtown Jazz Series Miami Tower Film Series Community Building and Education Series

A bittersweet tale of the increasing estrangement of a retired automobile tycoon and his wife. Increasingly obsessed with maintaining an appearance of youth, she falls in with a crowd of frivolous socialites during their “second honeymoon” European vacation. He, in turn, meets a woman who is everything she is not; self-assured, self- confident, and able to take care of herself. (Drama/Romance)

Heaven Can Wait
Tuesday, August 16 at 8:15 pm

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn’t ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant, the murderers, are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl. (Comedy/Fantasy/Romance/Sports)