Comfort Film Presents Silent Films on the Lawn: The Goddess (1934)
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 23rd, from 8PM - 10PM
Comfort Film Presents
Silent Films on the Lawn
The Goddess (1934)
With a Live Musical Score by
Bill Harris / Adam Shead duo
In Shanghai, a young woman (Lingyu Ruan) can support her baby boy only by turning to prostitution. In avoiding the police, the young woman comes under the inadvertent protection of a criminal boss who assaults her, then coerces her to work for him. Brutally forced to continue street walking, the woman nevertheless begins saving money secretly in order to send her son to a good school. When the boy is of age, his mother realizes her dream, until a teacher begins an investigation into her past.
Directed by Wu Yonggang
Starring
Ruan Lingyu
Zhang Zhizhi
Media: Digital Projection
Runtime: 85 minutes
About the Bill Harris / Adam Shead duo
The duo of Bill Harris and Adam Shead consists of two of the most creative and prolific drummers and improvisers currently residing in Chicago, IL. Utilizing a highly rhythmic, melodic, and textural based approach to improvisation the Bill Harris / Adam Shead duo creates a sound world that is equally primordial and esoteric. The Bill Harris / Adam Shead duo released its debut album Orthostat in 2021 through Chicago independent record label Scripts.
Out on the Comfort Station Lawn Weather Premitting.
Free
Programmed for Comfort Station by Raul Benitez, Emily Perez and Mathew Tapey.
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