Lawrence Arts Center’s Free State Festival this summer will carry the theme of “The Revolution is at the Movies,” featuring films on freedom of thought and transformative social movements across history in recognition of America 250.
The festival is slated for Monday, June 22 through Sunday, June 28 with headliners Boots Riley and Robyn Hitchcock.
Riley, a provocative musician, community organizer and filmmaker, is bringing his latest movie, “I Love Boosters,” to the arts center with a screening and Q&A from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 24.
The Lawrence Public Library will host a free conversation with vocalist and instrumentalist Robyn Hitchcock prior to his band performing Friday, June 26.
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A screening with documentaries “The Return of the Sacred Red Rock” and “Healing Ribbons: Once Stitch at a Time” will follow the local movement to have Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe, a 28 ton quartzite boulder, rematriated back to the Kaw Nation.
The lineup also gives a nod to the Algerian football team making Rock Chalk Park its home base for the World Cup this summer. There will be screenings for documentaries “The Arab” and “The Battle of Algiers,” the latter of which is a “1966 film about Algerian independence, often considered one of the best films of all time,” per a news release.
Other festival offerings include a documentary on the police raid on the Marion, Kansas newspaper; a film about the impacts of an American Indian boarding school on a family; a Liber-TEA tea tasting using ceramics from an LAC artist in residence; and more.
View the full lineup and purchase tickets at this link.
Some events are only available to All Access Festival Pass holders. Those passes cost $130 through Sunday, May 31, and $150 after that. Alternatively, attendees can purchase individual tickets for most events, with prices ranging from free to $25.
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