Film

Shaft

Friday, August 4–Sunday, August 6

(1971, DCP, 100m) dir Gordon Parks w/Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi. Black private detective John Shaft (Roundtree) must find a Harlem mobster’s missing daughter before the city gets embroiled in a gang war. New Restoration!

For Perisphere, Chelli Riddiough investigates what makes Shaft‘s character so iconic, and Azra Thakur takes a look at the legendary sounds of Shaft.

FRI 7:00 SAT 9:15 SUN 3:00