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Antonio Filming New Feature Film
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​50th Anniversary of Putney Swope
Showing in Theaters Across the Country
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​Presented as part of 
Art House Theater Day, an annual celebration of art house and indie theaters.
A touchstone of countercultural cinema, Robert Downey Sr.'s satirical masterpiece tracks the bizarre rise and fall of African American advertising executive Putney Swope.  When he's accidentally made chief of his Madison Avenue firm, Swope (Arnold Johnson, with his voice dubbed by Downey) fires his lily-white coworkers, hires a staff of young, black, politically-conscious executives, and renames the company Truth and Soul, Inc. Swope and his compatriots turn the industry on its head and draw the ire of the government with a series of outrageous, politically incorrect commercials (peppered throughout the film like transmissions from a bizarro version of 60s America).  Skewering everyone from establishment wonks to far-out revolutionaries, this irreverent, unsettling film leaves no corner of American society unscathed.  Fifty years after its release, PUTNEY SWOPE still has the power to shock and delight.

The film will be preceded by a brand new video essay featuring exclusive interviews with writer/director Robert Downey Sr.

Restoration by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation.

Cast:  Arnold Johnson, Laura Greene, Buddy Butler, Antonio Fargas

"Funny, sophomoric, brilliant, obscene, disjointed, marvelous, unintelligible, and relevant." - The New York Times



​Calendar

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November 9
Hillside's Opening Night Gala - Durham, North Carolina
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November 3
Saint Louis Black Repertory Theatre Gala and Award Show - St. Louis, Missouri


October 26-28
MCM Comic Con - London



​October 5-7
Galveston Island Film Festival - Galveston, Texas



August 16-25
Action on Film - Las Vegas, Nevada


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​June 15-17
Trifecta 2018 - Starsky & Hutch reunion and fan event
New Orleans, Louisiana


April 27-29

East Coast Comicon - Antonio, Paul and David reunion!  Meadowlands Exposition Center, New Jersey
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April 4-8
Cannes International Series Festival
Cannes, French Riviera


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February 24
Kemit in the Desert - West Las Vegas Library, Las Vega, Nevada
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​January 15
Ambassador for the 35th Annual Martin Luther King Junior Parade

Las Vegas, Nevada


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November 8
Chicago's Cinepocalpse - Music Box Theater, Chicago, Illinois


November 5
Vegas Cares Benefit Concert  - Venetian Theater, Las Vegas, Nevada


November 4
Crossin' Over in Concert - St. Louis, Missouri



​October 29
The Carney Awards - Santa Monica


October 24
Justine for Kids Gala - Brussels, Belgium

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​Coming Soon!
Beyond Skyline


October 22, 2017
The Dream Awards - Las Vegas, Nevada
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September 21, 2017

Sutter Creek International Film Festival - Sutter Creek, California


​September 23, 2017
L'Applause Tribute - New Orleans, Louisiana


July 8
Broadway in the H.O.O.D. - The Smith Center, Las Vegas, Nevada


June 16-20
Monte-Carlo Television & Film Festival - Monte-Carlo, Monaco



June 13
TV Series - Cherif - Lyon, France


June 6
Pop Life Radio Interview on WATB on 1420 AM - Atlanta


​April 21-23 
Chiller Theater Expo - Hilton Parsippany, Parsippany, New Jersey
Chiller Dinner with Antonio Fargas and Paul Michael Glaser



March18-19
MCM Comic Con - Birmingham, England


March 11-12
MCM Comic Con - Liverpool, England


February 11-12
Silent Waterfalls - A Gospel Stage Play - (produced by Fran Hall and Antonio Fargas) - Summerlin Library & Performing Arts Center, Las Vegas


February 2
Talking About Cars


January 16
Ambassador for the 35th Annual Martin Luther King Junior Parade
Las Vegas, Nevada

January 6-8
The Hollywood Show  - The Westin, Los Angeles

                                      
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December 18
2nd Annual Silver Bells Screening & Gift Giveaway - West Las Vegas Arts Center


November 5-6
Brazos Valley Comic Con - Brazos Valley Expo, Texas

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September 18
Orchard Beach Classic Car & Motorcycle Show - Bronx, New York
"...as God gives me breath, I will be able to be a force and purveyor of change and love."  ~ Antonio Fargas
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