Film Screening: Friday
Off-Campus Arts Event
Film Screening: Friday
A riotously funny high-water mark in the tradition of successful Hip-Hop artists pivoting to assume the role of Hollywood auteur, Friday quickly achieved the status of genuine cult hit.
FREE
Lincoln Center - Damrosch Park
June 30, 2023 | 9:00 pm
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Ticket Details

There are two ways to access this event:
1. General Admission, first-come first-served. Just show up!
2. Reserve Fast Track Access, opening the Monday before the event at noon. While event admission is not guaranteed, Fast Track ticket holders will have priority over the General Admission line up until 15 minutes before show time.

Film Details

F. Gary Gray
1995, USA, 97 minutes

Location

Lincoln Center
Damrosch Park
Amsterdam Ave between 62nd & 63rd Streets
New York, NY

About The Event

Co-writers and producers Ice Cube and DJ Pooh originally envisioned Friday as a boisterous corrective to the despairing hood dramas that proliferated in the pop-cultural landscape of the early ’90s, most of which emphasized violent conflict and ingrained hopelessness as endemic conditions of the inner-city milieu. First-time feature filmmaker F. Gary Gray, who had recently come up in the industry as an acclaimed director of music videos, handily translated his talents to the longer narrative format in order to chronicle a sprawling day in the life of newly unemployed Craig (Ice Cube) and his stoner friend Smokey (Chris Tucker) as the two South Central residents scramble to settle a $200 debt with their drug dealer. A riotously funny high-water mark in the tradition of successful Hip-Hop artists pivoting to assume the role of Hollywood auteur, Friday quickly achieved the status of genuine cult hit, equally celebrated for its affectionate, lived-in evocation of life in the hood and for its chart-topping, double-platinum soundtrack.

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Image: Film still from Friday / courtesy of Lincoln Center