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Concert to feature performances by Bijou Phillips, Chris Thomas King and other musicians from the film DARK STREETS, World Premiering at the 2008 CineVegas Film Festival.
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On Saturday, June 14, 2008, the CineVegas Film Festival will present the World Premiere of the film Dark Streets at the Brenden Theatres at the Palms Casino Resort, followed by a charity concert at the Palms Pool. Featured performers include one of the film’s stars Bijou Phillips and Grammy Award-winning blues musician Chris Thomas King, as well as other musicians from the film’s original soundtrack. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation (LCEF), an organization established to provide critical relief and recovery funds for artists and cultural organizations in Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
“CineVegas is proud to continue its mission of giving back to the community by hosting the World Premiere of Dark Streets and this special charity concert,” stated CineVegas Artistic Director Trevor Groth. “Some of the world’s most gifted blues musicians contributed to the film. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate their artistry than to raise money for an organization that gives back to artists to keep the spirit of blues alive in Louisiana.”
From director Rachel Samuels, Dark Streets is a stylish noir fever dream of blues music, seduction and murder. Set in a visually dazzling fantasy of the early 1930’s, the film tells the story of Chaz Davenport (Gabriel Mann), a dashing but naïve playboy who owns the hottest new nightclub in town – “The Tower.” Surrounded by the blues music he adores, and juggling a love triangle between two gorgeous singers at the club, Chaz is the envy of every man. But the truth is that his charmed life is spiraling out of control. He’s up to his neck in bad debts and bad choices, which threaten to bring his dream world crashing down, and the unexpected recent suicide of his father only seems more mysterious and strange. As Chaz is drawn deeper into a web of lies and betrayal, he no longer knows who to trust or who to fear.
The film’s seven original on-camera music and dance numbers are choreographed by Keith Young (Rent), and feature Bijou Phillips and Izabella Miko, as well as Toledo Diamond and a stage full of L.A.’s most talented dancers. Original off-camera songs are sung by some of the best contemporary blues artists alive today, including Dr. John, Etta James, Natalie Cole, Aaron Neville , Richie Sambora and Solomon Burke; and the film’s rich blues score composed by George Acogny also features performances by BB King.
The World Premiere of Dark Streets will be held at 8:30 pm on Saturday, June 14, with the after party starting at 9 pm and the concert, sponsored by Charles Wright, Sherezade Film Development Co. Ltd. and the law firm Greenberg Traurig, starting at 10:15 pm. The film will screen again at 12:30 pm on Monday, June 16. Tickets to the screenings are $10 each and tickets to the concert are $25 each. Tickets can be purchased online, by calling 888-8VEGAS8 or at the CineVegas Box Office at the Brenden Theatres at the Palms Casino Resort beginning Monday, June 2. Tickets proceeds from the concert only will be donated to the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation.
About the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation (LCEF)
The Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation (LCEF) was a concept launched as a result of Lieutenant Governor Mitchell J. Landrieu’s Cultural Economy Initiative in the spring of 2005. The Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation is to serve as a catalyst for growth within the state’s burgeoning cultural economy.
In the fall of 2005, the LCEF was established as a private, not-for-profit foundation to forge a public/private partnership that provided critical relief and recovery funds for Louisiana’s artists and cultural organizations in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The LCEF focused on investing in Louisiana’s artists, cultural organizations, and cultural businesses for them to recover the resources to get themselves, their families and their businesses back on their feet---for the rebirth of the economy and the Louisiana spirit. LCEF distributed almost $700,000 to over 300 artists, cultural organizations and businesses.
Currently, the LCEF has begun implementing a three-year strategic plan to move the organization out of a relief focus and into a proactive economic development posture concentrating on the economic health and quality of life of the state’s entire creative economy workforce. The LCEF, in partnership with other statewide efforts, is establishing an infrastructure that will serve the cultural industry across the state by encouraging and enabling entrepreneurial risks, innovation, and economic growth.
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