April 14th, 2025 | 6 doors, 6:30 music, 7:30 film
Woodward Cinema and The Voice of Black Cincinnati present a 35th anniversary screening of Spike Lee's Mo Better Blues (1990). The film will be preceded by a performance from Cincy jazz performer, Al West Jr. The evening's entertainment will be set up in a speakeasy style, with light bites provided, and a custom cocktail for sale at the bar.
In Mo Better Blues (1990), financially irresponsible Giant (Spike Lee) manages a jazz group, but his sax player, Shadow (Wesley Snipes), wants to replace him with a better businessman. Bleak (Denzel Washington), the band's trumpeter, then tries to defend his close pal Giant, leading to a power struggle between the two musicians. Meanwhile, as Bleak tries to straighten things out with his band mates and manager, he also must choose to be with either sweet teacher Indigo (Joie Lee) or sultry singer Clarke (Cynda Williams).