Jodie Mack’s “The Grand Weird,” a multimedia travelogue about textiles, will display July 18 and 19 at Off the Wall. (Courtesy of Jodie Mack)
Every week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s quick record of the exhibits, exhibitions, concert events and occasions we suggest for the approaching weeks inside one self-discipline within the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and tradition. Each week, we’ll current a distinct artwork type.
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July 15
The 1959 King Vidor movie Solomon and Sheba launches a brand new movie collection honoring legendary impartial producer Edward “Eddie” Small — a visionary born in Savannah, whose seven-decade profession spanned vaudeville, silent movie and the golden age of Hollywood. The movie, starring Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida, was produced by Small and will likely be screened at 7 p.m. on July 15 on the Tara Theatre.
July 16
A jail guard will get transferred to a brand new jail in Corsica, the place a younger male inmate helps her get her bearings and gives her safety however expects assist in return. The third movie by Stéphane Demoustier, Borgo is a gripping thriller impressed by true occasions. It is going to display at Alliance Française Atlanta’s Peachtree Heart (233 Peachtree St. NE Suite #100) at 7 p.m. on July 16. They’ll additionally current the French movie A l’Abordage (All Arms on Deck) on August 20.
July 17
Out on Movie’s new month-to-month film membership screening collection at Lore Atlanta presents Sean Baker’s 2015 Los Angeles-set intercourse employee dramedy Tangerine, starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor and James Ransone. Doorways open at 7 p.m. on July 17, and the movie screens at 7:30 p.m.
July 19
Off The Wall @ 725 Ponce presents the Atlanta premiere of animator Jodie Mack’s The Grand Weird (2018), a multimedia travelogue about textiles, at 9 p.m. July 18 and July 19. The movie is comprised of tens of 1000’s of individually shot frames of psychedelic textiles, maps, alphabets, transport containers and electronics and will likely be projected on the facade of an eight-story constructing on the Beltline, making it the most important outside display within the South. That is a part of a collection curated by Gregory Zinman that may run on the third weekend of every month by means of November. See what’s arising at Off the Wall’s new web site.
July 20
Lure Film elevates the film expertise with a reside DJ, reclining chairs, a full bar and kitchen and servers. Subsequent up is I Know What You Did Final Summer season, screening at Silverspot Cinema at The Battery Atlanta from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on July 20.
July 23
Be a part of Lavender Lens and The Bakery Atlanta for a night screening of Can’t Cease Change: Queer Local weather Tales from the Florida Frontlines at 6:30 p.m. July 23 at The Grocery store (638 North Highland Ave. NE). The movie is by Atlanta’s Yarrow Koning, who will discuss in regards to the movie following the screening. Subsequent up within the collection is a screening of Rose Troche’s Go Fish on August 20.
July 26
A troubled divorcee grappling with melancholy should confront his internal demons and navigate complicated relationships to search out that means in life and break away from emotional chains in To Be Free: The Lion’s Den from Atlanta-based director Jade Angela Moore. The film premieres at 7:30 p.m. on July 26 on the Tara.
July 30
Clara’s Fruit is a brief documentary by director Morgan Mathews that sheds mild on the life and legacy of Sister Clara Muhammad, an unsung hero in American schooling who established the primary community of Muslim personal colleges within the Nineteen Thirties. Within the movie, members of the Atlanta neighborhood, together with her great-grandson, Principal Khalil, present reflections on Sister Clara’s imaginative and prescient and the way her legacy lives on 90 years later. The screening will likely be adopted by a panel dialogue, creative performances and house for honoring neighborhood, reflection and legacy in motion. See it at 6:30 p.m. on July 30 on the Plaza Theatre.
July 31
The Quick Movie Pageant at Black Writers Weekend 2025 showcases a dozen quick movies and trailers that remember the depth of the Black expertise. They’ll have screenings, Q&As with filmmakers and panels exploring the connection between storytelling, tradition and cinema. It’s taking place from midday till 5 p.m. on July 31 on the Auburn Avenue Analysis Library.
August 1-2
Atlanta Pleasure is celebrating its fifty fifth anniversary this yr, they usually’re partnering with Out on Movie for Reel Resistance: How the Lonesome Cowboys Raid Sparked the Southern Queer Rights Motion. This two-day occasion begins with a screening of the provocative 1968 Andy Warhol movie Lonesome Cowboys, which sparked an Atlanta police raid on the Ansley Mall Mini-Cinema in August 1969. The screening at Agnes Scott Faculty at 7 p.m. Friday, August 1, will likely be adopted by the firsthand expertise of native activist Abby Drue, who was there the evening of the raid. On Saturday, August 2, there will likely be a neighborhood summit centered on the a long time of activism, artwork and neighborhood constructing in Georgia that adopted that second.
August 9
The Black Martial Arts Cinema Double Characteristic returns to the Plaza Theatre (1049 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE) withYr of the Rat, directed by Cyrus Alexander and starring underground rapper Noveliss. Following Yr of the Rat is a particular screening of Black Dynamite, starring Michael Jai White, who will likely be in attendance for a Q&A and meet-and-greet session with followers. The screenings start at 6 p.m. on August 9.
August 11
The Auburn Avenue Analysis Library on African American Tradition and Historical past’s Pages to Popcorn collection presents Their Eyes Have been Watching God, the 2005 movie primarily based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston and starring Halle Berry. It’s taking place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. August 11. The collection continues September 8 with For Coloured Women, the 2010 movie primarily based on Ntozake Shange’s 1975 poem.