This weekend, Indie Memphis launches a new program, their Freedom Series, a series of “community-hosted films and conversations on topics” on issues related to human and civil rights. The series, which has been curated by local artist and Indie Memphis volunteer Robin Salant, will bring related film screenings to different parts of the city, hosted by different community organizations and with discussion sessions following each screening.
Admission to each program is free, with a $5 minimum donation suggested to benefit the hosting organization.
For an official schedule and guide to the series, go to indiememphis.com/freedom.
Here’s a quick look at this weekend’s screenings:
TONIGHT: Two films screen at Malco’s Studio on the Square, starting at 7 p.m. First is The Veiled Commodity, a short film about the history of slavery and human trafficking. It will be followed by Complaint Choir, an hour-length documentary that follows the international “Complaints Choir” art project by the Finnish/German artists Tellervo & Oliver Kalleinen. The artists travel the world collecting complaints and transforming them into songs, which are then sung by the complainers themselves.
Co-producers Frank and Lisa Mauceri (Frank is in the band Batusis, playing the Hi Tone Café tonight) are scheduled to attend.
The Memphis Complaints Choir is scheduled to perform after the screenings.
Complaint Choir trailer: