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DULUTH’S VERY OWN NONPROFIT, INDEPENDENT MOVIE THEATER
Every day we’re showing the best in all types of cinema – from new releases to documentary films, to classic and cult favorites, and foreign films. Our programming is thoughtfully curated with our community in mind.
COMING SOON
FLEABAG
Coming July 3
A rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig cafe struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.
SPECIALTY SCREENINGS
Blacklist Brewing + Zeitgeist Summer Movie Series
We’re teaming up with Blacklist for ONE-NIGHT-ONLY movie events packed with fun, trivia, giveaways and delicious brews!
ONE CRAZY SUMMER
June 18 | 7:00pm
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
CADDYSHACK
July 9 | 7:00pm
An executive golf course has to deal with a flatulent new member and a destructive dancing gopher.
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT
July 16 | 7:00pm
The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor-trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.
THE JERK
July 23 | 7:00pm
A simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.
DIRTY DANCING
August 19 | 7:00pm
Baby has grown up in privileged surroundings and all expect her to go on to college, join the Peace Corps and save the world before marrying a doctor, just like her father.
Unexpectedly, Baby becomes infatuated with the camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle, a man whose background is vastly different from her own.
THE BLUES BROTHERS
August 26 | 7:00pm
After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit “The Penguin” (Kathleen Freeman), the last of the nuns who raised them in an orphanage. They learn the Archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the Education Authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5,000 ($17,868.41 in 2022 adjusted for inflation) tax on the property is paid within 11 days.
BILLY MADISON
September 3 | 7:00pm
In order to inherit his fed-up father Brian’s hotel empire, immature and lazy Billy Madison must repeat grades one through twelve all over again. The further Billy progresses, the harder his hated rival Eric Gordon tries to stop him.
NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE
September 10 | 7:00pm
At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
THE MAYA DEREN PROJECT
July 19 | 7:00pm
Peter Bruhn and Steven Larsen, a creative duo known as ten thousand lakes (xkl) based in Minneapolis, have created a film/music endeavor called The Maya Deren Project: a 75 minute performance featuring four of Deren’s films paired with their live original music.
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Considered a legendary pioneer in experimental filmmaking, theirgoal is to keep Deren’s legacy alive and in the public’s awareness through the presentation of At Land, Ritual in Transfigured Time, The Very Eye of Night, and Meshes of the Afternoon, paired with original music that reflects the mood and atmosphere of each film.
Maya Deren conceived AT LAND and RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME as silent films to be shown as a visual experience without sound or music. She collaborated with her husband, the musician Teiji Ito, to compose music for MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON and THE VERY EYE OF NIGHT. The Maya Deren estate has gracefully allowed us (ten thousand lakes) to show these films with our own musical compositions, in order to allow her work to inspire us, to reach our own creative heights.
Special thanks to Tavia Ito.
CATVIDEOFEST 2025
Sat, Aug 2 | 1:00pm | 3:00pm
The annual family-friendly CAT VIDEO FEST is a compilation reel of cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and, of course, classic internet powerhouses. CAT VIDEO FEST is a joyous communal experience, only in theaters, and raises money for local cats in need through partnerships with cat charities, animal welfare organizations, and shelters. 2025 is the seventh edition via Oscilloscope Laboratories and this proven box office smash grows every year, with the 2024 edition crossing the million dollar mark in box office for the first time. Collectively, we can make 2025 even bigger.
DO THE RIGHT THING
Aug 27 | 7:00pm
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone’s hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
DOC & TALK FILM SERIES 2025
When redlining is compounded over decades leading to inequality and disenfranchisement, how can community members come together to create change in their neighborhood? Come see inspiring documentaries about communities transforming their cities from the ground up, featuring post-show talks with Twin Ports community leaders.
- Join or Die – March 22 | 11AM
- Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley Street – April 17 | 6PM
- Union – July 17 | 6PM
- Let the Little Light Shine – September 18 | 6PM
- We Are Not Ghosts – October 16 | 6PM
- Gaining Ground: Building Community on Dudley Street – November 20 | 6PM
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution – December 18 | 6PM
Complimentary equity tickets are available upon request at the box office for low- or no-income community members, or anyone facing a financial barrier to attending the Doc & Talk Series.
For all ticketing questions, please email boxoffice@zeitgeistarts.com
“Film is an important means of communication. It is an art form that can unite us, define eras, influence change, and bring us comfort. Since I started coming to the Zinema, I always looked forward to seeing films about new cultures, innovative filmmaking, and odd and refreshing ways of telling stories. As a programmer, I try to find things that are, above all, interesting. I try to show stories you haven’t seen, perspectives that take space in your head for days after viewing. Movies that welcome, movies that push the boundaries, and movies that we can actively cheer or dance at. Most of my favorite cinematic memories have taken place in this building and I want to create that same thing for you.”
Zinema Programmer & Manager
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