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MY FATHER AND THE MAN IN BLACK at Schlafly Bottleworks July 3rd – Johnny Cash Rockumentary
“I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he’s a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never read”….Johnny cash
Head down to Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood Thursday June 3rd where MY FATHER AND THE MAN IN BLACK screens at at 7pm.
The 2012 documentary MY FATHER AND THE MAN IN BLACK is the story of Saul Holiff, the manager of Johnny Cash from 1960 to 1973, told from the personal perspective of Holiff’s son, Jonathan. After Saul Holiff’s suicide, his estranged son, Jonathon, returns home. There, Jonathon learns from his mother that his father’s personal records exist in storage. As Jonathon searches through them, he discovers much about his father’s life of deferred dreams in London, Ontario until he became the manager of Johnny Cash. From there, Jonathon learns of his father’s hectic life managing the erratic country star with his personal demons and moods and how the material success came with a profound cost of its own for Saul. In doing so, Jonathon gets a new perspective of a father who had his problems that he never fully conquered himself.
A Film Series is presenting a new Rockumentary film series – MY FATHER AND THE MAN IN BLACK will be part of it next Thursday, July 3rd at Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood (). The movie begins at 7pm.
Variety said of MY FATHER AND THE MAN IN BLACK:
“Documentaries as expressions of filial trauma usually fail to generate audience empathy. But with its posthumous, anguished, first-person confessional revolving around the larger-than-life Man in Black, this one partly transcends its inherent self-indulgence…..”
$6 suggested for the screening. A yummy variety of food from Schlafly’s kitchen is available as are plenty of pints of their famous home-brewed suds. Dan the bartender will be on hand to take care of you.
The Crown Room at Schlafly opens at 6:00.
Come on out for dinner and a movie.
Funds generated from this series” help support programming and events produced by Helping Kids Together (HKT).
Presented by A Film Series and Schlafly Bottleworks. Sponsored by Real Living Gateway Real Estate, AUDP, Cinema St. Louis and YOU. Thank you for your support!
A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE
https://www.facebook.com/events/698003156901561/
Schlafly Bottleworks site can be found HERE
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