06/02/2022
MOVIE LOVERS UNITE !!!
A CHILLING FUNDRAISER SPONSORED BY
THE ST. BERNARD-ARABI KIWANIS CLUB
June 17-23 @ 6:45pm Nightly, @ 4:45pm Sat. & Sun. Matinees............................
"SOUTH: Ernest Shackleton And The Endurance Expedition"
EXCLUSIVE NEW ORLEANS ENGAGEMENT
Dir. Frank Hurley / 1919 / 88 minutes
Silent Film with English Intertitles............................
Showing at Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge
6621 St. Claude Avenue, Arabi, LA
All Seats $8.00, Children 12 and under $6.00............................
"Only Movie Theater in the New Orleans Area Showing This 100-year-old Silent Film Masterpiece"
An astonishing record of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-16 Endurance expedition to Antarctica, this landmark documentary has been remastered in 2K by the BFI National Archive and features a newly commissioned score by Neil Brand.
Back in the public eye thanks to a pioneering expedition that has rediscovered HMS Endurance - 107 years after it sank - South is the extraordinary account of one of exploration's greatest survival stories.
When Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail on The Endurance on August 8, 1914, he was already an internationally renowned Antarctic explorer and national hero.
He planned a brave attempt to cross the continent of Antarctica via the Pole. Raising money for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic (ITA) expedition was a huge struggle. With an eye toward profiting from their adventures, Shackleton hired experienced cameraman Frank Hurley, whose films and photographs would hopefully pay for part of the expedition.
But within a day’s travel (80 miles) of land, the Endurance was trapped in unusually heavy pack ice. Completely stuck, Shackleton and his crew drifted helplessly northward during the long Antarctic winter night while listening to the shrieks and moans of the Endurance slowly being crushed by the mounting pressure.
What followed is one of the greatest adventure stories ever and an unbelievable tale of courage and survival.
The crew drifted on ice floes for months before landing on the completely deserted Elephant Island. Though his crew was safe for now, there was no chance for rescue. So Ernest Shackleton and five of his men made a 850-mile journey in an open boat with only a sextent to guide them across the roughest seas in the world to miraculously reach Georgia Island. Even then, they had to become the first people ever to climb over the island's forbidding mountain to reach civilization on the other side. One of the greatest epics in the history of exploration, this is the original 1919 film produced by Shackleton and Frank Hurley.............................
"The overwhelming impression left by South is of the bravery of everyone who ventured to the pole. These men did not have cargo planes to drop supplies, satellites to tell them their position, solar panels for heating and electricity or even adequate clothing. But they had pluck, and Frank Hurley with his hand-cranked camera recorded them, still to be seen, specks of life and hope in an icy wilderness. Watching these images, we are absorbed, as we often are with silent film, in a reverie that is a collaboration with the images."- Roger Ebert............................
"Fascinating viewing. An undeniably fitting testimony, offering a rare and personal insight into the struggle that these men faced."- Eye For Film............................
"The most sensational part of the entire film comes at the very beginning with Hurley’s glorious close-up portraits of his leading players, most prominently Shackleton. The sheer vividness of these personalities scorches out of the screen."- The Guardian............................
Any additional information or questions,
please contact Ellis Fortinberry at (504) 343-4340
Frank Hurley’s 1919 silent footage turns Sir Ernest Shackleton’s gruelling expedition into a travelogue with cute penguins
