Dark Progressivism ~ April 17th at the Container Yard
The film Dark Progressivism, featuring the art of Big Sleeps, Defer, Prime, Chaz Bojorquez, Heaven, Tyson, Phowl and many others, plus music from Prayers, will have a pre-festival screening as part of World Arts Day on April 17 at the Container Yard.
The film makes its festival debut as an official selection at the Newport Beach Film Festival, April 22, screening at 7:45pm.
Don't miss a chance to see a film that truly shows L.A.'s art scene like never before.
Here are some more details...
Trailer for Dark Progesssivism: https://youtube.com/watch?v=watch?
Following the film, there will be Q & A with director/writer, Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre hosted by the legendary Greg Escalante, founder of Juxtapoz Magazine, Copro Gallery and the newly opened Gregorio Escalante Gallery. Rodrigo is a contributor to the Huffington Post, the Los Angeles Review of Books and Cartwheel Art, and the author of Urban Politics: The Political Culture of Sur 13 Gangs.
More on Dark Progressivism can be found on their website at DarkProgresivism.com and from Cartwheel Art Magazine here: http://www.cartwheelart.com/
Tickets are $15 and include admisison into The Container Yard, that features murals and art by many of artists in the film.
Also included is a 10% discount to Shreebs Coffee, which will be emailed an hour before the screening.
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