[#FILM SCREENING] Black Music Month – A Band Called Death (7pm) & The Five Heartbeats (9pm)
Presented by @so14below
Wednesday, June 8 | 7pm & 9pm
Syndicated | 40 Bogart St., Brooklyn, NY 11206
Admisison: $3
A Band Called Death | 1hr 36min | 2012
Director: Mark Christopher Covino (as Mark Covino), Jeff Howlett
Starring: Bobby Hackney, David Hackney, Dannis Hackney
Filmmakers Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett tell the story of the Hackney brothers and how the discovery of their long-lost demo tape led to their band’s newfound popularity.
Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/iso14below-presents-black-music-month-a-band-called-death-tickets-25679826051
Five Heartbeats | R | 2hr 1min | 1991
Director: Robert Townsend
Starring: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon
Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/iso14below-presents-black-music-month-the-five-heartbeats-tickets-25679888237
Coming in on the tail end of a rhythm and blues singing group explosion, The Five Heartbeats (Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells) rise and fall within the space of seven years. Along the way, the group deals with all manner of fame and fortune distractions — jealousy, greed, too much womanizing and drugs all take a toll. Their troubles culminate when executive Big Red (Hawthorne James) is arrested for the murder of manager Jimmy Potter (Chuck Patterson).
