San Francisco Film Society Presents SF360 Film+Club: R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet Sing-Along Reprise Back by Popular Demand at Mezzanine SF360 Film+Club Takes Movies Out of the Theater and Puts Them in a Club

January 7, 2007

San Francisco, CA - The San Francisco Film Society’s SF360 Film+Club, a monthly social screening series, returns on Friday, January 25, at 7:00 pm at Mezzanine (444 Jessie Street at Mint) with the triumphant reprise of its wildly successful Trapped in the Closet Sing-Along, R. Kelly’s hip-hopera with guest curator and host Henri Mazza of the Alamo Draft House Cinema of Austin, Texas.

“I know you are kicking yourself for missing the last R. Kelly Sing-Along,” says Sean Uyehara of the Film Society. “Life is too short for regrets. With several new chapters in the mix since our last screening, we are looking forward to another night of absolute enjoyment.”

To say that R&B artist R. Kelly’s hip-hopera Trapped in the Closet is astounding would severely undersell the audacity, wonder and (possible) genius of this “work.” The film is as melodramatic as Douglas Sirk and as earnest as Ed Wood. The only thing that could improve it would be to present it as a Sing-Along, and that’s exactly what Mazza will do. Included with Trapped will be a selection of R. Kelly’s amazing music videos, a Trapped remake by a high school student and a claymation Santa-themed Trapped in the Clauset.

Following the screening the Beat Electric DJs will perform dance classics from their repertoire of great and obscure disco, Italian boogie and old-school hip-hop.

Doors open at Mezzanine at 7:00 pm, program starts at 7:30 pm. Complimentary tasting of Damrak Amsterdam Gin will begin at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $8 at the door or $5 if reserved in advance by emailing info@sf360.org. Must be 21+ to attend.

SF360 Film+Club is presented by the San Francisco Film Society, Mezzanine and Rehab, and is sponsored by SF Weekly and Damrak Amsterdam Gin.

The San Francisco Film Society, presenter of the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival (April 24–May 8, 2008), is a nonprofit arts and educational organization dedicated to celebrating film and the moving image.