BACK IN THE HOUSE
dir. Farid Slimani, 2014
90 mins. United States / France.

SATURDAY, JUNE 22 - 7:30 PM
with Tabu (Soul Summit) in person for Q&A
ONE NIGHT ONLY!

BACK IN THE HOUSE is a documentary about nightclubbing in NYC filmed in the mid-90s, and featuring footage in many famous underground venues, including original footage from Sound Factory, Limelight, Red Zone, Palladium, Arena, Webster Hall, Vinyl, Champs, Life, Tunnel, Twilo, Club USA, and CentroFly.

Growing up in Toulon, a small town between Marseille and Saint Tropez, Farid Slimani was 19 years old and an avid clubber when he came to NYC for a school stage on a 10-day excursion. Half-pro, half-amateur in terms of film, he decided to document his discoveries in New York nightlife and, later, developed the concept that became BACK IN THE HOUSE. 20 years later, Slimani (aka Dj Hedi) resurrected the project, using the original 90s footage that he’d kept in his bedroom, and completed the movie a first-hand audiovisual account of NYC underground club life in the mid-90s, through the eyes of a young French clubber taking his first bite of the Big Apple.

Featuring interviews with Junior Vasquez, Danny Tenaglia, Joe Claussell, François K, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, Dimitri From Paris, Terry Hunter, Juan Atkins, Roger Sanchez, Roy Davis Jr, DJ Sneak, Maurice Fulton, Byron Stringly, Ultra Nate, Kerri Chandler, Armand Van Helden and Steve “Silk” Hurley to name but a few, BACK IN THE HOUSE is arguably the most in-depth documentary about the New York clubbing scene ever made.

Part of JACK YA' BODY, programmed in collaboration with Alfreda's Cinema. JACK YA' BODY is an odyssey into the gritty world of underground disco and house-music dance culture through a selection of features, shorts, and found footage spanning NY-Chicago-Detroit in the 80/90s. Opening with Nicky Siano's LOVE IS THE MESSAGE introduced by Melissa Lyde, this program features talks with DJs Joey Llanos (Paradise Garage), Douglas Sherman (The Loft/Joy), and Tabu (Soul Summit). Film critic and 4Columns film editor Melissa Anderson will introduce Derek Jarman’s recently rediscovered WILL YOU DANCE WITH ME?, and we will be joined by award-winning broadcast journalist Mark Riley to close out the program following the final night of MAESTRO.