Tickets on sale Friday, August 13, at 8 am CT
Friday, August 27, 2021
6:30 pm Doors // 7:30 pm Show
$15 Advance General Admission
All Ages
Ticket sales are final and non-refundable
The Parkway is pleased to announce its first post-pandemic movie premiere -- an exclusive Minneapolis screening (two nights only) of Phil Harder's award-winning feature-length film, Tuscaloosa.
Compelling performances — The Hollywood Reporter
The period is beautifully realized — Film Threat
Set in the sweltering heat of 1972 Alabama, Tuscaloosa is a timely narrative dealing with complex issues of race, class, and gender. The Minnesota-made film stars Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things, Velvet Buzzsaw, I Believe in Unicorns), Tate Donovan (Argo, Hercules, Manchester By The Sea), Devon Bostick (Okja, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Adoration, The 100), and YG (Billboard Top 100 Recording Artist). Having previously played festivals around the globe (US, UK, Italy, Spain, India, Peru, Brazil) the film has won numerous awards for best feature, best period piece, best actor/actress, best use of music, and more.
Tuscaloosa now comes home to Minneapolis for a debut premiere with an introduction, Q&A, and meet & greet with director Phil Harder and executive producers Patrick Riley and Erik Helgeson.
1972. Vietnam war protests and racial tension is sizzling in the late summer heat of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Billy Mitchell (Devon Bostick, The 100, Diary of a Wimpy Kid), a recent college graduate, spends the summer working on the lush grounds of an old world mental institution run by his psychiatrist father (Tate Donovan, Argo). Billy falls in love with Virginia (Natalia Dyer, Stranger Things), a patient who is possibly crazy, or perhaps the only sane person Billy has in his world. Billy’s best friend Nigel (Marchánt Davis) becomes involved with a radical civil rights activist (YG) against Tuscaloosa’s white power elite, which includes Billy’s father. Billy is torn between Nigel, his father and his cronies, and Virginia, who is planning her escape with or without Billy.