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Icarus Project Outsider Artist Film Series!

Saturday, 11 November 2006
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Organizer: The Icarus Project-Minneapolis

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The Icarus Project, a local radical mental health collective, will be showing the film "Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll" at Arise Bookstore on Friday, November 10th at 7pm. This is the last film in our Outsider Artist Film Series, designed to stir up discussion of mental health issues in the Twin Cities. The event, of course, is free!

The film documents the late Chicago artist and musician Wesley Willis. Filmmaker Daniel Bitton follows Willis throughout the Chicago area, riding the bus, talking to friends and strangers alike, selling his CDs to record shops and going about his day. Willis was memorable to many for being schizophrenic as well as 6'6" and over 300 pounds, but was loved by his fans and friends for his quirky, oddball music, artistic talent and for being a real gentle giant. He was a testament to the human drive to survive and create, as he himself was a survivor of extreme poverty, mental illness, child abuse, racism, and obesity. The fact that he lived to see 40 was incredible, but his having a successful music career and being able to function was even more so.

Location:
Arise Bookstore, 2441 Lyndale Ave South, Minneapolis, MN

Cost: free!

URL: www.arisebookstore.org