HOUSTON EXCLUSIVE

OUR IMAGE Presents a screening of “The Beat”
Friday, September 10th at Cafe 4212 @ 4212 Almeda Ave, 77004. A great night of short films!

Featuring:
5:30pm Happy Hour Drink Specials + Great Menu + Great Movies
6:45p Show starts promptly!

Synopsis:
Director Brandon Sonnier’s THE BEAT travels “the roads not taken” through the life of Philip “Flip” Bernard.

Following a tragedy, aspiring rap artist “Flip” Bernard is caught between two staggeringly different realities, each with its own irreversible consequences.

Flip is torn between surviving on the streets in order to pursue his own dream of becoming a hip-hop rapper, or giving in to his father’s demands of getting a “real job” with a steady paycheck.

In a surreal, suspenseful shuffling of parallel realities, Flip lives out both contrasting fates. Run Time: 90 minutes

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Thunder Soul (2010)
THUNDER SOUL tells the true story of Conrad O Johnson and the legendary Kashmere Stage Band

It was afros and pleated shirts; James Brown and Bootsy Collins. It was the ’70s, and an inner-city Houston high school was about to make history. Charismatic band leader, Conrad “Prof” Johnson would turn the school’s mediocre jazz band into a legendary funk powerhouse.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat : The Radiant Child (2010)
Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is Basquiat's own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man. - Written by Sundance Film Festival.

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The Karate Kid (2010)
12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is mutual - but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng.

In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts "the karate kid" on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

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Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2010)
Starting off with simple smash and grabs, and petty crime, Lucky Kunene quickly graduates to more aggressive heists such as armed robbery and carjacking. Soon, Lucky realizes he needs a bigger score to fulfill his goals of making it big, and escaping from the slums, to a dream house by the sea. Kunene hatches an elaborate and violent plan to make his fortune - hijacking buildings from landlords of Johannesburg tenements by winning the favor of the tenants and then holding their rent hostage from the landowners. His high-profile real estate acquisitions attract the attention of the local police force who have no qualms about using unprovoked brutality to bring him down. His trouble with the law, coupled with an escalating war between a local drug lord, creates a tense standoff: both sides are closing in, and Kunene must stay one step ahead--or his empire, and his life, will come crashing down.

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