UW Cinematheque - New Restorations
The Story of a Three Day Pass | France | 1967 | DCP | 86 min. | English and French with English subtitles Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Event Details
Date
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Harry Baird, Nicole Berger, Hal Brav
Five years before Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song became a box office sensation and a cinematic cause célèbre, writer-director Van Peebles impressed critics, audiences, and cinephiles with his feature debut, an edgy and energetic study of a African-American soldier in France. A recent 4K restoration of The Story of a Three Day Pass will be screened.
Five years before Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song became a box office sensation and a cinematic cause célèbre, writer-director Van Peebles impressed critics, audiences, and cinephiles with his feature debut, an edgy and energetic study of a African-American soldier in France. A recent 4K restoration of The Story of a Three Day Pass will be screened.
Cost
Free
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