Upcoming Events
Yellowhouse Film Screening - ‘Black Orpheus’ - Sunday, October 5, 2008
Yellowhouse Films and The Sarah Ruhl Festival present screenings of Black Orpheus Sunday October 5 and 12, 2008 at 7pm at the Firehouse Theatre, $3 admission.
1960 Academy Award Winner and winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States. Orpheus, a trolley car conductor and superb samba dancer, is engaged to Mira but in love with Eurydice. For his change of heart, Orpheus and his new doomed lover are pursued by a vengeful Mira and a determined Death through the feverish Carnival night.