Well, April 1 is still a few weeks off, but here’s something substantially stranger than fiction. Independent filmmaker Thalia Dori will be showing “Toxic Energy Little Miss Potentiality Returns” on Tuesday, March 6^th at 9:15 pm at the Parkway Speakeasy Theater, 1834 Park Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94606 (2006, 85 minutes. 16mm).

 

Here’s the plot: Why is the corrupt mayor of Richmond, California secretly creating an LSD-like drug that makes people dance naked? For her final project in her detective training course, Little Miss Potentiality returns to expose the Mayor’s illegal ties to the Richmond Chemical Plant and his secret plan.

 

Unfortunately, the Richmond City Council will presumably be in session during the screening but will undoubtedly find a way to create some equally thrilling drama of its own. We are hoping someone will attend to provide a full report on how the film portrayed the mayor of our fair city, whomever he or she may have been.

 

The movie, which features a musical score by Roddy Bottum, has an admission price of Admission: $3.00.

 

Thalia Drori (td@thaliadrori.com) is a filmmaker from Berkeley, California. She received her B.F.A. in Film Production from San Francisco State University in 1985 and her M.F.A. in Film and Television from New York University in 1992. She worked in documentary and television production until 1999, when she became a full time teacher in Media Arts at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In 2005 she founded Cineastas de Granada, a film and video production program for teenage girls in Granada, Nicaragua. For more information on Cineastas de Granada, please visit cinegranada.org

 

Driving Directions:
One mile west off the Park Boulevard exit of highway 580 @ 1834 Park Boulevard in Oakland near Lake Merritt AC Transit: #15 on Park, #14 on E 18th St, #13 on Lakeshore, #40, #43 on Foothill, East 15th St. More info: speakeasytheaters.com.