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Sci-FI Pint & Pizza Night

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Science Fiction Pint and Pizza Night featuring Black American sci-fi with The Brother From Another Planet (1984), Son of Ingagi (1940) and other psychotronic weirdness, trailers, short films and strange giveaways Wednesday, February 2, at Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. in Arcata. Doors open from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., cost is free with $5 minimum purchase of food or beverage and is all ages though The Brother From Another Planet is rated R. Sponsored by La Dolce Video, The Arcata Eye, Daisy Drygoods, Vintage Avenger, Tin Can Mailman, The Clothing Dock and more!

Welcome to a world of crude beauty… of danger and excitement… of wonders, legend, and imagination… Welcome to Harlem, Brother.

The Brother From Another Planet (1984) is a film written, directed and edited by John Sayles. A slave from outer space escapes to earth. Except for his three-toed feet, he looks like an ordinary young black man. He crash-lands on Ellis Island, appropriately enough, and ends up in Harlem. There he makes friends with the owner and the regulars of a bar. Because he can fix any machine (by simply touching it), he’s able to make money. He’s mute, which proves more of an advantage than a disadvantage and he can heal himself and others with nothing but his hands. His real troubles begin when two extraterrestrial bounty hunters attempt to recapture him and bring him back to where he came from. Rated R

Terror reigns when the giant of the jungle breaks loose!

Son of Ingagi (1940) is an American horror film directed by Richard Kahn. One of the more interesting low-budget films of the early ’40s, Son of Ingagi is both the first science fiction film and the first horror film to feature an all-black cast. The film is about Elanor and Bob Lindsay inheriting the house of the doctor Helen Jackson, who had just returned from her trip to Africa with a missing link monster named Ingina as well as African gold. When Ingina drinks the doctor’s potion, it puts him into a rage that makes him murder Dr.Jackson. The Lindsay family inherits Jackson’s house where they soon find the presence of the monster. While almost forgotten today, Ingagi was a huge box-office success. Despite what its low-budget origin and lurid subject matter might indicate, Son of Ingagi is both well-written and well-acted. The scenes of the young black couple at home with their friends are the sort of thing almost never seen in Hollywood films of that era. Likewise, you’ll find few films with female “mad scientists” and even fewer where the female lead is in late middle age and heavy set. Overall, Son of Ingagi is an appealing film which makes good use of its meager budget. Persons attracted to early black cinema or unusual horror films will likely find it of interest.

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