Films from the Bob Dylan Center with center director Steven Jenkins

We’re excited to announce two very special, one-night-only film nights in Oxford and Memphis featuring rare films from the Bob Dylan Center.

“Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center”

Steven Jenkins, director of the Bob Dylan Center, will be in attendance for both screenings, followed by a discussion and Q&A. More info below.

Each night will feature a different selection of films—no repeats—so Dylan fans are encouraged to attend both.

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Oxford Screening
Presented by Southwest Review
📍 The Lyric, Oxford
🗓 Wednesday, March 25
⏰ 7:00 p.m.

Following the films, Steven Jenkins will be in conversation with Elizabeth Nelson.

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased here.

Free issues of the Southwest Review will be available at the screening, while supplies last.

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Memphis Screening
Presented by Crosstown Arts
📍 Crosstown Theater, Memphis
🗓 Thursday, March 26
⏰ 7:00 p.m.

Following the films, Steven Jenkins will be in conversation with David Swider.

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased here.

This screening is part of the Crosstown Arts Film Series.

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Both screenings are open to the public and all ages.

Spanning decades and musical styles, this far-ranging one-hour program of short films and videos from the Bob Dylan Archive features rare and previously unreleased clips of Dylan on stage and in the studio. Selections include Dylan’s first film soundtrack for 1961’s “Autopsy on Operation Abolition;” a devastating solo rendition of “Ballad of Hollis Brown” from the 1963 TV special “Folk Songs and More Folk Songs;” a rollicking 1976 take on “I Pity the Poor Immigrant” with Joan Baez; a gospel-infused “Blowin’ in the Wind;” an apocalyptically rocking “When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky” with Dylan backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; loving tributes to Johnny Cash and Tony Bennett; a glimpse into the Archive’s film restoration project with never-before-seen footage of “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” from 1966; and many more treasures.

Elizabeth Nelson will be in conversation with BDC director, Steven Jenkins after the screening. Nelson is the singer-songwriter for the Paranoid Style, and a regular contributor to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Ringer, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, and other publications. Her latest LP, The Interrogator, is out now on the Bar/None Records label.

 

About the Memphis screening:

Spanning decades and musical styles, this far-ranging one-hour program of short films and videos from the Bob Dylan Archive features rare and previously unreleased clips of Dylan on stage and in the studio. Selections include early acoustic versions of “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Girl from the North Country;” an intense rendition of “Isis” from the Rolling Thunder Revue, with Dylan in face paint; a delicate performance of “Simple Twist of Fate” featuring Scarlet Rivera on violin; The Band backing a swaggering run-through of “Baby Let Me Follow You Down;” a cover of Woody Guthrie’s “Vigilante Man” with Ry Cooder and Van Dyke Parks; a glimpse into the Archive’s film restoration project with never-before-seen footage of “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” from 1966; and many more treasures.

 

About the Bob Dylan Center:

The Bob Dylan Center opened in Tulsa, OK in May 2022 as the permanent home of the Bob Dylan Archive. The mission of the Center is to inspire and celebrate fearless creativity by exploring the music and artistry of the Nobel Prize–winning singer-songwriter as a catalyst for personal expression and cultural change.

 

(Bob Dylan on tour, 1974, Photo by Barry Feinstein)