7/6 - Hunter S. Thompson Documentaries * NY Premieres * @ Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series - FREE ! July 7, 2008
376 9th St
Brooklyn, New York 11215
Brooklyn, New York 11215
FIRST & THIRD MONDAY of Every Month @ 7pm FREE !
Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series
Barbes - 376 9th St (at Sixth Ave)
Park Slope, Brooklyn
subway: F to Seventh Ave
www.brooklynindependent.com
MONDAY, JULY 7 @ 7pm
Shorts Program
GONZO JOURNALISM
Directed by Wayne Ewing
* NY Premiere *
13 min - USA - English - Color
GONZO JOURNALISM documents P.J. O'Rourke's Rolling Stone interview with Hunter S. Thompson at his Owl Farm compound and explores the nature of Gonzo Journalism & the effect of drugs on the art of writing.
Feature Program
BLASTED!!!
THE GONZO PATRIOTS OF HUNTER S. THOMPSON
Directed by Blue Kraning
* NY Premiere *
58 min - USA - English - Color
This fun-loving but poignant film is a tribute to Gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson, and a document of how his legacy continues to live on in the hearts and minds of his fans. Blasted!!! follows the many "Gonzo Patriots" across America that volunteered their personally owned artillery to fulfill the good doctor's last wish to have his ashes fired from a cannon.
Before Johnny Depp became involved with the ceremony, and paid over 2 million dollars for a professional fireworks company to blast his friend’s ashes from a 200 foot tall ‘gonzo fist,’ an essay contest was held by the Aspen Daily News (at the request of Hunter's family) to see who would be available to provide the service of firing his ashes.
Over 50 private cannon owners applied, but eventually, these men and women, who had come forward to fulfill the dying wish of their hero... were forgotten.
Until Now!
FIRST & THIRD MONDAY of Every Month @ 7pm FREE !
Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series
Barbes - 376 9th St (at Sixth Ave)
Park Slope, Brooklyn
subway: F to Seventh Ave
www.brooklynindependent.com
Official Website: http://brooklynindependent.com
Added by pbnoj productions on June 30, 2008