Tomorrow night The Ventnor Film Society present Honeydripper at the Ventnor Winter Gardens.
Alabama in the 1950s.
John Sayles uses music as an allegory for social change and it works to great effect in this highly likeable film about the Deep South.
The owner of the Honey Dripper Lounge takes steps to outdo local juke box competition but when he is forced to hire an unknown guitarist, little does he suspect that everybody’s idea of music will be turned upside down.
This is a warm-hearted celebration of communal life where rock’n’roll becomes a joyful assertion of independence, as against the way that the blues represent the stoical acceptance of fate and oppression.
Bits and Bobs:
Tuesday Oct 13th 7.30 p.m. Honeydripper
Dir: John Sayles USA 2007 123 mins Cert PG
Cast: Danny Glover, Gary Clark Jr., Lisa Gay Hamilton, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Yaya DaCosta, Charles S Dutton, Stacy Keach, Gary Clark Jr
Prices
Venue: Ventnor Winter Gardens
Single Ticket: £4.50 (£3.50 Concessionary)
Concessionary tickets are available to students, senior citizens and the unwaged.
All VFS presentations (apart from special events) take place on Tuesday evenings and start at 7.30pm. There is a bar in the building and guests may take drinks into film presentations. All are welcome; you do not have to belong to the Society in order to attend.
